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TRAUMA TELEVISION: NFL vs SVU

December 20, 2024 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Trauma television: scenes where you look away. The NFL is a hard watch at the beginning of the season because we forget how violent it is. Then we get up to spreed. When injuries happen it’s, “Well that’s football.”

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: big game, college football, cte, entertainment, football, frozen tundra, history, longevity, national football league, Neil Lomax, next season, NFL, Oregon, Oregon Ducks, special victims unit, SVU, television, television networks, trauma, trauma television, win

TAPPHORIA TAP HOUSE AT TEN YEARS

July 16, 2024 by David Gillaspie

There’s good news and bad news: The good news: Tapphoria Tap House is a mile away from my house. The bad news: A mile away and I’ve walked it. They couldn’t be any closer. The best news? Ten years in, baby.

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BLUE ZONE BLUES

November 4, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Like many of my readers I’ve gone through a few things. Which you’d expect after nearly seven decades. But does that mean everyone else has too? Google ‘blue zone.’

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: blue zone, blue zone blues, blue zones, exercise, family, life expectancy, living, location, long life, longevity, Mississippi, nursing home, quality of life, reduce stress, simple diet, slovember, social connections, stay active

RED FLAG IN MORNING, BOOMER TAKE WARNING

December 2, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Ordinarily a red flag is a warning, a fire warning, a dire warning. See one of those on the news and get your boogie bag packed. That’s a big red flag, not the one for this post. Let’s look at the small ones just for baby boomers who have it all. And, based on current […]

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