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Why I "tri."

When I finished chemo in 2014 for stage 3b colon cancer that I had been diagnosed with 5 months before,…

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The secrets you don't know about

In the work I do, in helping homeless people overcome addiction, we talk a lot about wearing masks.  We wear…

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Marathon Weekend 2015

    What a weekend!  We are all exhausted, including my daughter who was a real trouper - she walked…

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Remission continues…

I saw my oncologist recently and he noted that in a few months, I would be "Two years out from…

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RIP, Mort the Port

I spent the past 17 months with a compass sized contraption in my chest.  It looks like this:That long tail…

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Hope realized.

Last week I had a doctor's appointment where my doctor analyzed the results of my latest CT scan and blood…

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Frustrated? Maybe this one is for you.

There is a phenomenon that abounds which puzzles me.  I see it in the grocery store, on Facebook, in traffic…

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Ferguson, etc.

Black men keep dying at the hands of law enforcement.  There are a lot of people who are better informed…

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A year ago, tonight…

I was thinking about going to bed early because I had to get up so early to get to the…

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The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, etc

I ask people for money for a living.  No, I don't call people up and ask them to give me…

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