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Why laughing is good for your health.

Posted onMay 22, 2019April 30, 2019

The world can be a depressing place, what with all the school shootings, terrorist threats and political nonsense. I needed to laugh, to lighten things up. Laughing is good for your health. I worked in medical biotech for 30+ years, Read More …

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MALE BRAIN BOX VERSUS FEMALE SPAGHETTI BRAIN

Posted onMay 8, 2019April 19, 2019

My wife and I raised three daughters, now adults at 34, 32 and 24. I struggled for years to understand and communicate with them. My wife and youngest daughter recently explained my dilemma to me. It involves the male brain Read More …

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New Subgenre, the Biotech Murder Mystery

Posted onApril 24, 2019April 10, 2019

I am currently writing a new subgenre of murder mystery, which I am calling the Biotech Murder Mystery, that includes a humorous and whimsical look at what might go wrong with biopharmaceutical development. There are two major types of medicines, Read More …

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Reading Versus Binge Watching

Posted onMarch 27, 2019March 12, 2019

I love to read. I have devoured murder mysteries, science fiction, and horror novels since high school by such authors as John Sanford, J.A. Jance, the late Robert B. Parker, Janet Evanovich, Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, Dean Koontz and Stephen Read More …

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WRITING A MEDICAL COMEDY MURDER MYSTERY

Posted onFebruary 27, 2019February 9, 2019

Four years ago I retired from a thirty-nine-year career in pharmaceutical development, including the FDA, industry and a consulting group. I retired to try my hand at writing fiction novels. I have always been an avid reader. My favorite genres Read More …

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What’s the Best Midlife Crisis Car?

Posted onJanuary 31, 2019February 10, 2019

A midlife crisis is said to occur at an age where one begins to realize you are half-way through your life, and you start to question things like your career, your current situation, your goals, perhaps your marriage, all the Read More …

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COMEDY OF THE ABSURD

Posted onJanuary 16, 2019January 2, 2019

I like to laugh, and I have always loved comedy of the absurd, exaggeration for effect and slapstick comedy. I like to watch and read stories that don’t require any deep thought and have no purpose at all other than Read More …

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PLEASURIA: Take As Directed, How Did It Come to Be?

Posted onJanuary 2, 2019December 12, 2018

How did PLEASURIA: Take As Directed come to be? It all started when I retired from a 39-year career working in pharmaceutical development (both the FDA and industry). Retirement gave me the time to try my hand at writing fiction. Read More …

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Pleasuria: Take As Directed; Publishing, Marketing and Panicking

Posted onDecember 19, 2018December 19, 2018

I spent 39 years working in the pharmaceutical industry, with the FDA, then a drug company and I finished up my career as a consultant, working with companies from all over the world. I was on top of my game. Read More …

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NORBERT THE CAT

Posted onDecember 4, 2018December 6, 2018

Back in 2002, my oldest daughter, 17 at the time, brought home a little ball of fur, a long-haired kitten that she named Sugar. Sugar became an outdoor cat, and when she was a year old, I suggested that she Read More …

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