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What a week. And all I can think about is, this time last week, the victims and injured from the Boston bombings and the West, Texas explosion were enjoying their Saturday night, feeling the warmth, beauty and promise of an early Spring weekend. “You just never know.” “Life can change in the blink of an eye.”...

By Eric NelsonA curious thing happened the other night at the Commonwealth Club of California. Smack-dab in the middle of an all-star panel discussion on the need to improve the ethics and practice of medicine – a conversation that included the usual...

April 19, 2013Just got a call from the UCSF Medical Center sleep study doctor. He said I passed the test with flying colors. I had a brief episode of sleep apnea when I was on my back but zero while I was sleeping on my side which is where I sleep the ...

MidLifeBloggers tag line--our credo--is "Making the Most of Midlife Together." MidLifeBloggers & Beyond adds just one word to that: Making the Most of Midlife MARKETING Together!

April 18, 2013Sleep StudyMonday afternoon I left for San Francisco at about 2pm and arrived at 4pm.  I left the car in the Parnassus parking garage across the street from the Moffat Hospital and took the shuttle bus over to the Mt Zion UCSF campus...

Katie, right, and Linda crowd into Carol’s car to head to a race.   Walking the boat down to the water.   Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream. … Continue reading →

Newspaper folks know they need to be on their guard around politicians, who tend to spin information to suit their self-interest. That’s why good journalists – the watchdogs for the public interest — come equipped with a crap detector. They … Continue reading →

If what you're saying is worth saying--and you mean it--say it loud and proud. Try to get your voice down a register. Know that Minnie Mouse and Betty Boop are not good role models in this regard.

While hometeam cheerleaders argue that the NBA should reward Sacramento for its years of loyalty to the Kings, some outside observers suggest that NBA owners might be crass enough to favor money over loyalty. Who would have thought? If that’s … Continue reading →

April 14, 2013Tomorrow Monday the 15th of April, Tax Day, I am off to UCSF to do an overnight sleep test. I am still not certain I have apnea but my heart docs and my new ENT want me to do this test so we can properly diagnosis the cause of my breathin...