3am xmas morning, I hear Daughter creeping around the house, trying to get into the room (locked) where the presents were waiting for daylight. I heard her rummaging around and finally wrapping a present in the kitchen so I went to get a glass of water. I assured her that I couldn’t see anything since […]
Reviewing my list of books that I read this year, I realize that I hadn’t written about two books from my Alaska adventure. The Northern Lights: Secrets of the Aurora Borealis by Syun-Ichi Akasofu, Alaska Geographic Society, was sent to all members of the AAAS expedition that I did in March. This was a required
Following the pattern I have of reading books and watching the subsequent movie, I watched the Stephanie Meyer screen version of The Host. I liked the book and knew that the 2013 movie was not loved among critics. Knowing that the movie was supposed to be awful, I didn’t begin watching with high expectations. My
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Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls is David Sedaris’s literary contribution for 2013. The majority of the book is non-fiction accounts of his life, snippets from his childhood, his young adulthood, and very recent times. Topics vary from the serious vein of racism, sexism and drug addiction to the mundane-made-funny vein of colonoscopy, computer theft and
As the spinal cord travels from the brain down through the spine, it sends out nerve branches between each vertebrae called nerve roots. These nerve roots join together to form the nerves that travel throughout the body and form the body’s electrical system. The nerve roots that come out of the cervical spine form the
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