The Good Health Clinic has been my primary health advocate for a number of years now. I am one of the pathetically uninsured that exist in the upper Keys. They help fill the cracks of an imperfect system.     They have come to my rescue when I was unable to work. They connected me with MCVI (Miami cardiovascular Institute) who performed two ablation procedures. And it's much more than just the procedures. It's all the echocardiograms, blood work ups, MRI’s and what not as wel

I walked in the store, passing the tables full of baked goods and sweet treat specials, into the fruit and vegetable section to grab healthy crap, like bananas and apples. One thing I noticed was the price of beer and soda has increased exponentially in the last 6 years since I cut those types of beverages from my routine. Especially the good beer. I still have the occasional soda pop, but I had my last beer on my birthday in 2020. No more fun stuff of any kind for me. Mari

I sometimes get impatient with the baby dog stopping to sniff gross stuff every 5 feet. My body doesn't start and stop on a dime so easy anymore and it's hard to hit my target heart rate at that pace. I usually give her the 1st mile to take her time so that she can check and leave scent messages for her canine friends(aka pee mail). I like walking in the sunshine which is a good thing considering where we live. I never enjoyed working out. For what was a brief time in high s

It brings the welcomed return of some of our regular winter visitors as well as the cold, flu and other nasty things that accompany them. I've been fighting a cough and sinus pressure. It's amazing how much mucus the human body can manufacture, I don't even produce that much semen anymore... Add to that, longer travel times, seasonal pricing, longer lines for everything and slower internet speeds. Even the cellular networks bog down this time of year. Gawkers are the biggest

What sucked me in to using ChatGPT, was that when I was a kid watching Star Trek, they talked to the computer like it was another crew member. Even though they tried to make it sound mechanical in certain episodes, they still spoke to it as if it was cognizant of their language, without having to speak specific commands. They asked it to solve theoretical problems in loose scientific terms at best. They didn't have to spend hours typing away at it, trying to speak its languag

I went to elementary school in Tight- ass- ville, Florida. The school I attended would've been an entirely white school pretty much except for they bussed the black kids from across town to the school I attended. They had closed all the black schools and they were now forced to leave their neighborhoods and the schools that were in walking distance to their homes, to come to school with us. I imagine it might've been exciting for them except for the fact that there was a lot

Don’t be a person who can’t understand normal thinking.

I should feel blessed and grateful that I have access to Medical Marijuana. It was a long fight just to be able to smoke “flower.” I use quotes because that is a relatively new term on me used for bud. In 2017, then governor Rick “dick with ears” Scott ignored the voters wishes and limited medical marijuana to vapes and concentrates only- NO BUD! More litigation was required before the state finally accepted the will of the people. And when I say it was a long fight, I joined

Life on planet Earth or at least that's what we the inhabitants are calling it these days. Now you may wonder if I'm talking about life,...

Custom cans, Monroe County. Holds a month's worth garbage for two people. We were issued two of them. The other one is kept safe in the shed for storm season.  Paradise, not a care in the world. Savoring an Irish whiskey in the coffee, watching the sun poke its head over the palms. The songs of our fine, feathered friends, in natural surround sound as they flit around to and fro earning their morning meal, is about as relaxing as it goes in Key Largo. Personally, I've always

I look around my office and see the pile of disarray that has been 12 years in the making. Just the thought of having to go through all...

I woke up on Delray Beach after getting hammered at an establishment called Bostons on the Beach. As I gathered my wits about me, I...

Five years and 120 pounds ago, I experienced an adverse cardio event known as congestive heart failure. I thought I was just having an asthma attack. My heart was in atrial fibrillation and the inhaler I was hitting to relieve the asthma was aggravating the arrhythmia. Long story short, at some point, I was given a drug to lower my blood pressure though I've never had high blood pressure and did not then. Whatever drug that was, I would recommend to anybody on death row con

There is nothing to do. I mean, I've got plenty I should do but it's not what I feel like doing. All I know, is, I want to do something...

I've done more stupid shit in the last three days, more like three weeks, actually it's been more like three months, made some genius...

I, like the most of us, am used to controlling everything in my life even though control is just an illusion. We actually control...

My landlord showed up a few months ago. First time we've seen her in about 10 years. Unfortunately, her husband isn't doing well,...

I had a bench seat in my pickup trucks, my dad’s 1977 Malibu Classic station wagon had bench seats (we called it the pie wagon because it...

It had been quite a while since I had the displeasure of going inside a crowded convenience store. I'm not talking about crowded with...

I wasn't driving my usual 10 miles an hour over the limit on the stretch as I wasn't excited about going through this procedure. I was...