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The questions you ask yourself…

I’m discovering as I face brain surgery and it’s unknown consequences that I find myself asking questions about what I have and have not accomplished over the last 66 or so years. It’s not a pleasant...

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Now that the Political Season is 0ver…

After the most expensive and longest and most frustrating presidential campaign in our history, we can now get back to0 the important stuff. To me, of course, that is the Arts, especially Visual Arts...

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So where are we with General Petraeus?

What on earth is happening when an American who has been trusted as much as General Petraeus has his little love affair exposed (which doesn’t seem to have effected his CIA leadership at all) and feels...

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Favorite Television Shows?

Since I’ve been forced to stay pretty still most of the day I have been watching a lot of television (and thanks to Infinity I can go back and see many shows I’ve missed over the months) and have...

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Quote of the Day – The man with the Romney Tattoo

Remember Eric Hartsburg?  He was paid $15,000 to get a five inch Romney campaign tattoo on his face. Hartsburg did it as an auction. His only requirement for bidding on the ‘ad space’ was that it could...

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What is it about tattooed people? A disdain for their skin?

After yesterday’s piece on the results of the man with the a Romney tattoo on his head, this bunch of tattoos popped up on the web (can you believe it?!): So it doesn’t matter whether you are a...

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OK… it’s off to Georgetown today for the last day of tests before surgery…

Something called “Pre-Surgical Intake” and ending with a new MRI. Then we’ll be chugging back to Harpers Ferry, I get a day off and on Thursday night I’m back in Georgetown at the hotel next to the...

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to my more conservative readers…

    Pardon the Header … it relates to my Tattoo stories. Related articles Our Readers Show Off Their Dog Tribute Tattoos (dogster.com) Permanent Makeup: Do or Don’t? (dailyglow.com)   Filed under:...

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Down at Georgetown having lunch before tests…

Georgetown Hospital If you ever have to do something at Georgetown University Hospital, let me recommend a wonderful on-campus restaurant, Empire and Company, a great classic buffet with a side pizza...

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Just finished my MRI…

Elly and Cassandra say I had a seizure going into the test… apparently I was “babbling”…but I don’t remember it. I was under the MRI’s spell for about an hour. Now we are having dinner and getting...

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Starting the day in Hell…

Last night, on our way home from the MRI, we stopped at my daughter Penny’s to pick up our dogs where they were staying all day. Getting out of Cassandra‘s car and walking toward her house, I tripped...

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Packing for the hospital…

I have to get to my daughter’s house before 10 AM with all my clothes and meds packed to get down to Georgetown to the hotel by the hospital. I’ll bring my laptop and hopefully I can review the news or...

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Harold Kepnes, my friend, has died. I’m very sad.

Harold S.Kepnes, 1947 – 2012 He was a year younger than me, but we were both in the Class of ’64 at Tabor. Harold was my best friend and in the summers, when I worked on Cape Cod at the Candle Factory...

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In the hospital waiting for an EKG…

Surgery this afternoon, but they decided I needed another EKG this morning. I guess they think the old fat man is going to stop breathing and they want to cover their ass. Had a no sleep night in the...

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Update on Bill

Hello all, This is Cassandra, Bill’s oldest daughter. I just want to keep you updated on my Dad’s progress.  He made it through surgery and is now sedated and resting comfortably in the ICU.  Thank you...

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Update on Bill

Hello – Bill is eating and talking and smiling and communicating well. Next step is rehab.  He hopes it won’t be longer than a week. He is eager to get back to the radio and writing this blog. Bill...

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Bill is in Shepherdstown Again!

Hello – This is Bill’s wife again. He keeps saying he get get back on the BLOG but he gets tired and goes to sleep. So I am writing to let you all know that as of yesterday, he at the Candlewood in...

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Bill is interested in having visitors now!

Bill is now in the Candlewood in Shepherdstown, working on his rehab. He will be going home to his daughter Penny’s house soon. Bill has done pretty well these last three or four days. He is more...

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From Bill

Hi folks. I am not in a writing mode yet. My friends Linda and Cecil are visiting me in a new rehab called College View in Frederick, MD. Tomorrow I will be starting radiation and chemo. I would thank...

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Article 5

Here if is… nighttime in his hospital and related nursing home in Frederick, Maryland… and I am still in an utter depression and still have a long way to go to get what was my life back.   Filed under:...

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