Where Did My Brain Go?

Daylight Saving Time ends today, and the season changes.
Mornings will seem earlier than usual for a few days, but it is the early evenings that cause an unusual problem. Pedestrian fatalities from car accidents, which decline during daylight saving time, rise 186 percent right after the time change.
Time Off
I took some time off blogging [...]

Since I started on the bottom of on my list, with Joe Girardi, I will keep things simple (for myself) by working towards the Giants on top. Which is also the underlying theme of this post.
Keeping Life Simple
My traumatic brain injury has forced me to make some adjustments to my life. One of these [...]

Jayne would have been 55 today. <sigh>
I asked our daughters, Maxine and Audrey, to write something this year, but since it is almost midnight, and I don’t see anything, I guess it is up to me to say something.
How Many People Get Colon Cancer and Rectal Cancer?
American Cancer Society estimates that there will be [...]

There are plenty of men in this world, but only a few Dads. Men who shun stereotypes, and get up in the middle of the night, to warm bottles, or change diapers. Men who are occasionally baffled, but always fiercely determined to make everything work.
Children are usually easy to understand. When they cry, they [...]

Where Did My Brain Go? Again. (sigh)
Where Has My Blog Been?
My traumatic brain injury (TBI) has affected me in many ways, but the top two areas are:

Short–term memory
Impulse control

Computers solve the first problem, because once you type something. you don’t have to remember it anymore.
Impulse control is different. You have no idea, how [...]

What Matters Most?
New Year’s Eve is a good time for reflection, and prognostication, so here I go.
I have five wishes for 2008.

I hope our soldiers all come home healthy
I hope we elect an honest President — who makes rational decisions
I hope the New York Giants win their next
three
games

Happy New Year To You
Number 6: I hope [...]

One of the consequences of aging, is watching your spouses and friends die. Their legacy includes two intangible, yet profound, objects: memories, and an empty space.
Both of these objects are permanent. Although memories fade, and empty spaces shrink, they still remain with us forever.
Birthdays are memories, and many cultures celebrate the birthdays of dead [...]

The sixth anniversary of the worst attack on American soil passed quietly. Too quietly for me.
Six years have gone by since Osama bin Laden allegedly masterminded attacks on The World Trade Center and Pentagon. Although The FBI lists Usama bin Laden (their spelling) as a Most Wanted Terrorist, he seems to have gotten away [...]