I held off all notions on what killed Michael Jackson until I was able to see his full autopsy report. The media speculations were all over the place involving Demerol, opiates, needle marks all over his body, name it and I saw it. Around the time of Michael’s death I offered up my [...]

Well, let’s be honest, there are a lot of folks out there who are in marriages of convenience. There are men and women married because s/he looks good, s/he has money, health insurance, a nice house, drives a nice car . . . so what if you can’t stand him/her and s/he’s rude, at [...]

This has been an interesting couple of months. As noted in prior posts, first I had hip joint problems and was walking on a cane throughout much of December. In January, I caught a horrible cold and was sick for weeks. The cold came with chest congestion, coughing, coughing and more coughing [...]

Every year I hope to see Tim Raines make it into the Hall of Fame. Hopefully 2010 will be the year. Tim Raines, for me, is clearly one of the greatest outfielders to ever play the game. In his 23-year career, Raines hit .294 with 170 home runs, 980 runs batted in, 1,571 runs scored, [...]

Lupus is not the only disease Eric Roter, M.D. plays to benefit, actually he has chosen many others to benefit with his music. Dr. Roter is a a Board-Certified emergency room physician and Juilliard trained cellist and with his music, Dr. Roter helps raise money for top-rated health-care charities. While studying music at NYC, Dr. [...]

I’ve been obsessing since I heard the roar of my neighbor’s bike. For a few weekends now I have heard that bike start up, rumble like a purring kitten — well, louder than a purring kitten — and finally, finally, I was able to see him pull from his garage, with those long handlebars, [...]