Somewhere around 2005, I was working in a lab at UNC-Chapel Hill. The main building had a few trailers with decks surrounding it. For the most part, I took university transit because there was no place to park except at odd hours and weekends. I sometimes would drive in and park on the street next […]
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Wrestling I went to a large high school and as a somewhat popular athlete, naturally, I knew other athletes, both guys and gals. Sports practices and events were generally held after school and, for some sports, the gymnasium could be partitioned by folding doors so that more than one sport could be practiced. Men’s wrestling […]
Read MoreThis story can go in several directions but most of it is the bulk of an email (in quotation marks) I sent to my six siblings after my oldest brother posted that he had contracted covid: Last year, shortly after getting the 2nd vaccine shot, I started having back/hip problems to the point where I […]
Read MoreA prerequisite to graduate from UNC-Asheville was to take the Graduate Records Examination (GRE) which was required for entrance into most graduate programs at any university. I had no intention of going on to graduate school so, at the time, I viewed it as just a waste of money. After getting my degree from UNC […]
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