Tag: mortality
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November 26, 2007 05:06 PM EST --
Three weeks ago I was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. Then the news got worse: a cat scan revealed spots on my liver, a possible metastasis.
So how does a lifelong neurotic and avowed . . . more
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February 17, 2008 08:26 AM EST --
When my step-father was first diagnosed with prostate cancer in the mid 90s, it was scary but treatable. He beat it that time. Then seven years later, he had a cancerous tumor in his kidney. It was very . . . more
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February 07, 2007 09:27 PM EST --
After Frost
The soil is lovely, moist, and deep
Where sprightly earthworms plow,
the April rains upon us seep,
though we don't . . . more
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March 23, 2008 07:57 AM EDT --
I know, "Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics." -I don't recall who first coined the phrase.
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/eco_bud_exp_percap-economy-budget-expenditures-per-capita . . . more
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May 29, 2006 08:17 PM EDT --
we held
our drinks
aloft
in the vortices
and in the gasp
of every
downdraft
we looked
as though
we were
toasting
our demise.
more
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September 10, 2006 07:57 AM EDT --
BIRTHDAY BOY
Late afternoon,, drinking stale coffee inhaling a freshly packed smoke
surrounded by businessmen and homeless souls seeking shelter
swish of the waitresses, clatter . . . more
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September 22, 2007 09:15 AM EDT --
It was an interesting factoid that I stumbled over. A young Marine, in training at fort A.P. Hill here in Virginia, was killed yesterday when his Humvee rolled over. Four other passengers received . . . more
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June 07, 2007 04:01 PM EDT --
‘Tis lonely at the end, even the greatest of men
will eventually come to a single table setting
in his great palace hall, decorated by a solitary rose.
Even the rose becomes, at its demise,
a single . . . more
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November 03, 2007 09:51 AM EDT --
Numbers do not lie. Here it is:
Iraqi deaths . . . more
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August 13, 2008 02:48 AM EDT --
I was wondering if anyone in the gather community had done research on areas with a high cancer rate or potential "cancer clusters"?
I could use some advice on how a person can . . . more
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April 25, 2007 10:08 AM EDT --
I step into the new day.
Standing,
in the valley of the mountains,
The red dawn predicts change.
Inside, a cloak of darkness hangs.
Daniel sits,
confused, . . . more
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May 29, 2006 08:05 PM EDT --
the big idea
the beautiful weight
of linear
sadness
something to
hold on to
of winters
in warm rooms
dry
shocking the fingers
on every doorknob
a jolt for
every exit
every exit
an entrance
the truth . . . more
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June 12, 2006 06:03 AM EDT --
Summer caught me unexpectedly,
the winter clothes in the closet still,
while the small black flies drown in
the dog's water dish,
the lives of small summer flies
a sufficiency . . . more
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September 18, 2007 05:50 PM EDT --
My wife tells me I should be outraged at the way young people dress nowadays ..... but I'm not!
Here Kitty, kitty!
PLEASE NOTE! No animals were hurt during the making of this article. (It was already . . . more
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October 05, 2007 03:47 PM EDT --
Ireland - A female Jehovah’s Witness described a blood transfusion administered to her at a hospital against her wishes as being “like a rape”.
Dr Chris Fitzpatrick said the woman had . . . more
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August 22, 2008 12:59 PM EDT --
Barack Obama has announced to the press that he has selected a running mate but is keeping his lips sealed for now. Thursday night he called people on his shortlist to tell him they had not made it into . . . more
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May 12, 2007 11:18 AM EDT --
This mirror of mortality . . . more
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June 10, 2006 11:31 PM EDT --
Saturday
11:30 pm
I sit on the
steps
while the
well-fed, fear-bred
theater crowd
exits all around
me
they split past
like I'm
another pillar
on the facade.
all this time
I've been
waiting patiently . . . more
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February 22, 2008 07:52 PM EST --
Every time we lose another
Mine life shines out within me.
"Live now!"
"Thou fool, live now!"
Mine heart threatens explosion,
Wanting to soar
Then dive
To . . . more
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December 01, 2006 04:09 PM EST --
Friday night
the lights glow in small square windows .
How many people inside
will warm their bare feet
in perfect unison and harmony
to another pair of feet ?
and how . . . more
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