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Joan Chandler Communications: No Guns Allowed?
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Thursday, July 23, 2015. No guns allowed." I noticed the sign on the doorway to my doctor's office. These signs have been popping up a lot lately. I guess they're a small gesture against the epidemic of gun violence. I left. I could schedule my stress test for another day. Stress indeed. And what would have happened if the man had a gun? Was the sign enough? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Out of the Bubble. Keeping Them in Mind. There was an error in this gadget.
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Joan Chandler Communications: Sky High
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Saturday, July 11, 2015. Watching Million Dollar Listing: New York. The Bravo reality show, isn't any fun anymore. The millions have gone as sky high as the buildings. The real estate and the people who buy it are way too "special" - even for a natural voyeur like me. New York is going the way of Venice and other "trophy" cities: only affordable for global oligarchs and other billionaires who often don't even live there but touch down every once in awhile and boast of the precious address.
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Joan Chandler Communications: May 2015
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Saturday, May 30, 2015. Can you spell it? For everyday spelling, computers have made champions of us all. Spell Check will handle it immediately. There are even programs that make sure we get the grammar right. I'm not surprised about the spelling help. With calculators everywhere, it's been years since I went through the mental exercise of remembering the multiplication tables. I mean I'd be glad if I could recall them, but that would be some "senior" thing. Sunday, May 24, 2015. Live and Let Live?
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Joan Chandler Communications: Disposable
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Saturday, August 1, 2015. There was a time when "disposable" was considered cutting-edge innovation. I remember when, at the hospital, I was offered a sample supply of the new disposable diapers - the first ones on the scene before they reached the market. They were pretty awful so I stuck with the diaper man who picked up and delivered the cloth ones twice a week. The diaper men were the ones who became disposable. Will pensions, safety regulations, and "expertise" be next? View my complete profile.
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Joan Chandler Communications: January 2015
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Monday, January 26, 2015. We're studying the death penalty in my class about proposed amendments to the constitution. I'm sure most of the members in my class are against it. We probably wouldn't put it this way, but I bet we think that the death penalty is one of those things that happen in "bad" states. The ones where we don't want to live. It was so unfair to spring that on Dukakis, And yet, even though I am against the death penalty, I don't know how I would have phrased an answer on the spot. So, I'...
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Joan Chandler Communications: March 2015
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Sunday, March 29, 2015. Creepy Times in Sleepy Town. Indiana: you've stepped in it again. You'd think our neighbors would lie low for awhile after everyone was reminded that Indiana staged the last lynching. But no. Until now, probably the first thought I had about Indiana was that it was boring. I know there are islands of interest like beautiful Bloomington or architectural Columbus, but the rest? I got to see the state on a trip to Huntington. Never heard of it? Friday, March 27, 2015. When Dean Smith...
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Joan Chandler Communications: June 2015
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Saturday, June 27, 2015. I noticed a little headline on the NY Times web page: "NBA Draft Needs a Men's Wear Makeover.". Oh no you don't." I cried. "You're not going to ruin one of my favorite fashion shows of the year." I don't know these young players, or any of their stats. I show up for the outfits. All of the lottery teams are winners. They got NBA fashion at its finest. Saturday, June 13, 2015. Laura says that the current across-the-board bans against university professors dating students is caused...
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Joan Chandler Communications: August 2015
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Saturday, August 29, 2015. Michael Brown, the notorious ex-Fema Chief during Katrina, has written a plea "Don't Blame Me for Katrina." It turns out to be all about him. Sorry, we don't feel sorry for you. Now, is Andy Cohen, the ebullient guru of Bravo TV Network and King of Reality TV, going to have to do the same? Is Andy going to have to write: "Don't Blame Me for Donald Trump? The best person I can imagine to interview The Donald would be Andy. I'm sure he understands him completely. Oliver Sacks, th...
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Joan Chandler Communications: Reading
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Monday, July 13, 2015. Sandra Verthein's post about reading stats caught me off guard. 80% of US families did not buy or read a book last year. 42% of college grads never read another book after college. This puts a new slant on "best sellers," doesn't it? My friend Kathy always said that reading great literature was the best form of therapy. If you agree that reading expands our place in the universe and inspires empathy you understand what she is getting at. July 15, 2015 at 9:07 AM. Out of the Bubble.
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