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I am participating in the "Fight for Preemies" by blogging on the subject November 17th. For...

I have been asked what the theme of my musings is. Writers typically have a special interest in, an expertise in some special subject and write about it. I can see that in several of the blogs on Growing Bolder. There are many writers who have the expertise to dwell on some singular subject and I admire them for that. I admire anyone who possesses knowledge and even more so who have...

Reader’s note: The following deals with a rather morbid matter – death. It also presents various ideas (ideas you may or may not agree with) about how humans deal with it. Enter at your own risk. Michael Shermer is a provocative columnist for the Scientific American magazine. He often takes on topics that are disputed and dissects them with the twin scalpels of objectivity and...

I changed the name of my S.O.S blog to The Elder Generation. This is the first paragraph of the...

I read the most interesting blog on the Time Goes By site this morning. The title is "Placing...

I’d like to thank Marc Middleton and the whole gang at Growing Bolder for that glowing report in the GBInsider (vol. 132), supporting the story of my pursuit against stacked odds for the title of ‘2009 Body-for-LIFE Challenge Champion’. What a blast to open it up and find that it wasn’t just a dream after all. I'll do my best to live up to what it represents. One reason—the...

I try to ignore most reality shows. Let's face it, what's real about any of them? I really don't need to see people degrading themselves, risking their lives and eating vile things just to be on TV. The money can't be the only motive for most of these people, it has to be the celebutard factor...where anyone who gets on tv for doing something outrageous remains something of a mini-celebrity and...