It has been a wild ride! And I would not trade this decade of happiness together for anything in the world. Every moment has been priceless—well, there may have been a few days we would not want to repeat when we were carving out a […]
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Search for Best Sandwich in Tampa Bay (#6)
Next! The sixth tasting is the Lobster Roll Sandwich at the Boardwalk Grill at John’s Pass. Gina joined me there. It was a twenty-five-minute drive to the restaurant. I have made Lobster Roll sandwiches at home and also had them at restaurants. And this amazing […]
Search for Best Sandwich in Tampa Bay (#5)
Next! The fifth tasting is the Banh Mi Sandwich at Banh Mi Saigon Baguette Vietnamese Sandwich and Pho in Pinellas Park. My friend John joined me there. It was a twenty-five-minute drive to the restaurant. I have made Banh Mi sandwiches at home but never […]
The Unspeakable Cruelty of Religion
It should be no surprise that the religious right (Catholics, Evangelicals, Pentecostals, white supremacists, and their ilk) are leading the red army to overthrow America and to drag her screaming backwards to the medieval dark ages. Throughout the centuries, religious zealots (such as those on […]
For Gina On Her Birthday
For Gina on her Birthday And to think, I could have lived my whole life without her. Without feeling the flush of warmth as she steals a glance my way. Without seeing her body so beautiful stretched out before mine.Without smelling her bouquet of pheromones, the perfect […]
A Birthday Chance To Be A “Grandfather”
Last night around 10pm my birthday was given the icing on my cake! My dear friend JR from Austin asked if he could facetime me. He had told his 7 yr old daughter Kaia that she would really like me and that I would really […]
Thoughts About My Aging (Nude) Body After 64 Years
Today, I snapped an impromptu photo of the person I saw in the mirror upon waking. He startled me. It is my 64th birthday. Even though I seem reasonably fit at first glance after a lifetime of avid running and weight lifting, there are telltale […]
Brain Pathways on Placebo and Psilocybin
Endnotes
1 Why I Hope to Die at 75. The Atlantic. https://www.law.wvu.edu/files/d/1f55427f-0bfc-4159-837f-9d9ca2971c69/why-i-hope-to-die-at-75-the-atlantic.pdf 2 Ed. Joseph Campbell. The Portable Jung. Penguin Group. 1976. p. 17. 3 A Snapshot of the Age Distribution of Psychological Well-Being in the United States. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(22) […]
Suggested Reading
A Brief History of Time. Stephen Hawking. Bantam. 2011. The Ageless Self. Sharon R. Kaufman. University of Wisconsin Press. 1986. A Renaissance Redneck In A Mega-Church Pulpit. Randy Elrod.re:Create Publishing. 2014. Arousal: The Secret Logic of Sexual Fantasies. Michael J. Bader. St. Martin’s Griffin. 2003. […]