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In Defense of Simone Biles

Simone Biles withdrew from Olympic competition earlier this week.  Unfortunately, she was already at the Olympics. I have to admit, at first I was on team “Stop Being a Whiny Little Baby”.  I thought she should’ve just sucked it up and done her job. Then I thought some more. First,

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Worried Sick

I’m really glad I haven’t been vacksinated.  Because I think if I did it would ruin my life.  OK.  Maybe ruin is a bit too strong word.  Or maybe it isn’t. Let me tell you what I’m thinking.  There are two types of people who would willingly allow themselves to

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A COVID Shot

There’s an injection that we’ve all heard of.  A lot of us get one every year.  The injection doesn’t make you immune to the disease it’s protecting you from, it just makes you less susceptible to having a bad case of it.  You may still get sick, just not as

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Faulty Assumptions

On July 21st, the CDC quietly published a “Lab Alert” detailing a change in their stance on COVID-19 testing.  Well, not actually COVID-19 testing, they changed their stance on SARS-CoV-2 testing.  And there’s a huge difference between the two. Why is this important?  I’ll tell you that after I tell

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Unbelievable!

I’m one of those people who doesn’t like to be just told what to do.  Don’t get me wrong.  I don’t mind doing things.  As long as the person trying to get me to do something has a valid argument, I can probably be convinced to do it. I haven’t

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The Customer is #4

Maybe I expect too much, but these days it seems that most people aren’t very good at doing their jobs.  More often than not, when I reach out to a company for help, I have a crappy experience.  It used to be that if an employee wasn’t doing his or

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Women’s Bikini Soccer

Yesterday, the US Women’s Soccer Team lost to Sweden 3-0 in their opening match.  Contrary to what pundits are saying, this wasn’t a “You go woke, you go broke” situation.  No, the US team lost because the team from Sweden simply played better. In reality, both teams knelt before the

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