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A whole day nearer

Posted on September 30, 2013 by motleydragon

I have used this link in my blog before (Les Vieux. (July 6, 2012).  The very old lady I referred to in that post, my mother’s last survivng friend, has since died.  She decided she was too tired to go … Continue reading →

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Saying Goodbye

Posted on September 24, 2013 by motleydragon

SARS doctor pleads for legalized assisted suicide in posthumous video This was a headline in today’s Spectator. Both my parents struggled through unnecessary pain and fear in their final days.  My mother went into the hospital “for tests” and never … Continue reading →

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Dr. Henry Morgentaler

Posted on May 29, 2013 by motleydragon

Dr Henry Morgentaler died to-day. An article in the NYTimes reminds us: [He was]   Canada’s most heralded and vilified abortion doctor, who was assaulted and imprisoned for defying restrictive laws but who won the landmark Canadian Supreme Court decision … Continue reading →

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Again?

Posted on January 22, 2013 by motleydragon
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Graphic Evidence

Posted on January 16, 2013 by motleydragon

From the National Post.  Sometimes there is just nothing more to say. It will be very interesting to watch the reception of the bill Obama introduced to-day.

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The Great Confession

Posted on January 15, 2013 by motleydragon

From Awaiting the Great Confession,  January 15, 2013 The NYTimes You do have to hand it to Lance Armstrong and Oprah Winfrey, two icons — one disgraced, the other faded — who have found a way to milk several days’ worth … Continue reading →

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It’s Not Easy

Posted on January 14, 2013 by motleydragon

Miss Piggy may have the right idea… don’t take the self-help mystique too seriously, be true to yourself, and above all, have fun! Yesterday I looked at a serious approach to understanding why even earnest and sincere attempts at self-improvement … Continue reading →

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Sometimes It Helps

Posted on January 13, 2013 by motleydragon

At the start of the 21st century, “the self-improvement industry, inclusive of books, seminars, audio and video products, and personal coaching, [was] said to constitute a 2.48-billion dollars-a-year industry”  in the United States alone. By 2006, research firm Marketdata estimated … Continue reading →

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Nursing your Sweet Tooth

Posted on January 9, 2013 by motleydragon

Your Brain on Sugar, an article in  this morning’s paper, reminded me of this infographic. It explains a lot!

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Backwoods Barbie

Posted on October 20, 2012 by motleydragon

“A culture fixated on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty, but an obsession about female obedience. Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women’s history; a quietly mad population is a tractable one.” ― Naomi Wolf, … Continue reading →

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