Order from Chaos

The Brave Astronaut is taking the day off tomorrow to golf in the annual St. Ambrose Men's Club Golf Tournament.  This will be the first...

I just realized that I hadn't posted last week's recipe (it was still in draft form) and also realized that I didn't have one in...

Tomorrow, LBA will see a new allergist.  We learned when he was just about 18 months old that he was allergic to peanuts.  I may have let hi...

Of course, you all know that I am drawn to space stories. Here's three for you to look through. The first is sort of evidence as to why...

A neighbor and good friend is having brain surgery tomorrow. I am putting the word out through this blog to ask all my friends and readers ...

There is an interesting medical condition in which individuals lose their ability to smell, in many cases due to some sort of head trauma. I...

I feel like crap. About ten days ago, my tongue started to feel funny. It felt like it was coated in wallpaper paste. The next day, while...

C'mon now, we all had to do it. Those bored and burned out teachers made us write that essay at least once in our school careers, yes? ...

It's President's Day (or as the Office of Personnel Management knows it, Washington's Birthday (I know, don't get me starte...

I have a number of posts ready to roll out the gates, but I had a disturbing dream last night. Normally, my sleep is uninterrupted by dreams...

I learned a few things today. One, I am no longer in college, when I could pull all-nighters with abandon and make it through the daylight ...

With the return of the wintry weather to the DC area, my head is all congested and I can't seem to shake my latest case of the sniffles....

Last Saturday, I participated in the Diabetes Walk America here in Washington, DC. I decided to take part largely because my mother suffered...

Well dear reader, I'm back from the precipice. Wednesday evening I came home with a fever and flu-like symptoms. By Saturday and no sign...

In February, I lost my mother. She had suffered from diabetes for a long time. As the disease attacked her body, she suffered from blood clo...