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A Couple of Ways to Eat Better in this Age of Excess. — We all need to eat better; it’s just a fact of life. For myself, a recent health scare put me in this very mindset. The results of my bi-annual blood tests for kidney function back in August came back with elevated liver enzymes. Kidney results were stable, in keeping with…

A few thoughts on classic literature and the modern world. — Read more of my work by following this link. My Catalog An Index of Indexes Linking to All of My Medium Postsdarhtbjehl.medium.com Perhaps my life experience is not all that it could have been, but if there’s one constant therein, it’s that I’ve had relatively decent exposure to popular culture these last four decades. Whenever I hear someone speaking on what it means…

A quick anecdote on curiosities from the animal kingdom. — Let’s be honest, unless you’re a field researcher or a really proactive nature hobbyist, there are some quirks of the animal kingdom you’re just not likely to observe in the wild. You’d have to be very patient indeed to witness a snake shedding it’s skin, and the odds of watching…

A few thoughts on poor mental health and its effect on intimacy. — Confessions of The Saucy Kind Time for a February prompt.medium.com I’ve been rolling it over in my head for weeks now as to how to respond to this latest challenge by Sadie Seroxcat. And now that the month is practically out, I find that I can’t really respond in any celebratory way, mainly because all but one of the sexual…

A few thoughts on living with chronic mental illness and other disorders. — It’s pretty rare that I have the energy/willpower to do anything substantial. Given my bad sleep situation and my persistently low mental state, I find it very hard to muster the strength to do anything in a measure most would take for granted, which hinders significantly any real possibility of…

A few brief thoughts on some remarkable people in history. — Read more of my work by following this link. My Catalog An Index of Indexes Linking to All of My Medium Postsdarhtbjehl.medium.com Part of what keeps me going is an interest in learning. I like knowing about different things, keeping tabs on what happens around me. Not merely news, mind you, but the history of the little (and not so little) things we…

Observations and commentary on elements of my daily doom-scrolls these past weeks. — Read more of my work by following this link - My Catalog An Index of Indexes Linking to All of My Medium Postsdarhtbjehl.medium.com Ivan Stole Siberia — On Russia and Violent Land-grabs I’m sick of seeing violence in the news. Let’s face it, the War for Ukraine is a war of conquest, and it’s a piss-poor effort at that. Russia’s pretext therein, its claims on ancestral land, are bullshit. There are no…

A few responses to low-brow ‘hallmark card’ wisdom. — All you need is love… …unless you’re hungry, then you need food. And when you’re thirsty, water works wonders. And when you’re being audited by the IRS, a good tax lawyer works quite well. And if you’re bleeding from a bullet wound, a hospital fits the bill. What’s that, you say…? Your car won’t start……