MY LUCKY GOOD LUCK KIT By Bill Franklin You probably remember when you used to have stock. And a job. Those were the good times, the lucky times. You had it all. But not anymore. Now you’re flat out unlucky and plum out of luck. You’re one of the millions who happens to be […]
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GERIATRIC MEDICINE By J. Manuel Cordova, M. D.Edited by Maria Montenegro Geriatrics is the branch of medicine that focuses on health care of the elderly. It aims to promote health and to prevent and treat diseases and disabilities in older adults. Geriatrics was separated from Internal Medicine Specialty as a distinct entity in the
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UVA’s PEOPLE By Kathleen Hurd We knock on the metal door of an ordinary village home, part of a row of ordinary family homes in San Juan Cosala. José Chavez welcomes us with a huge smile while a sea of heads peers into the crowded entrance. This family is an UVA family. We crowd
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When Insults Had Class…. These glorious insults are from an era when cleverness with words was still valued, before a great portion of the English language got boiled down to four letter words, not to mention waving middle fingers. A member of Parliament to Disraeli: ‘Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some
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Ask Carolyn By Carolyn Comedo (Ed. Note: Carolyn has recently retired to Lakeside after a successful career counselling couples in the former Russian state of South Adiaphorous. She has graciously volunteered to answer questions from readers who may find themselves stalled by one or more of life’s many predicaments. She and her husband, Leon,
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“UNHOLY” SPIRIT his true false-self enamored, groomed, handsomely shaped; speaking in sweeping statements, heard only inside a closed mind. mirror-faceted presence, devoid of innocence; insuring all shreds of truth spill out, discarded in the misty gloom of emptiness. ever stepping backward, each pace measured in short sure clips, their sound resounding off
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THE STUFF OF DREAMS A Novel by Alejandro Grattan-DominguezWeeb Publishers 241 pages $15.95 USReviewed by Jim Tuck(Review first published in The Guadalajara Reporter) One never ceases to be amazed by the versatility of novelist/film director/screenwriter/magazine editor/cultural commentator Alejandro Grattan. This quality is even more remarkable since a main current running through several of his
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WORDPLAY The Washington Post’s Mensa Invitational once again invited readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are the winners: 1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of
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Flying South By Katie B. Goode (Ed. Note: This is the first of an ongoing series about the adventures of “Mildred and Suzette.” The author is an award-winning script writer and a newcomer to our pages. Welcome, Katie!) Out of respect for their adopted country, and in order to support the local economy, Mildred
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RE-GIFTING By Margie Harrell Re-gifting….an interesting word. Unheard of a few years ago but then the whole English language seems to have taken on a life of its own, what with all the new computer lingo out there. That’s not to say that I’m not familiar with the concept but we used to call
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