Author Archives: deconstructingdoctor

Glue Gun Control

Posted on May 20, 2017 by deconstructingdoctor

After my last post, I decided to do something “fun” and stop feeling so deflated.  I had been kicking around some “fun” ideas and landed on one that required a trip to the craft store.  I wanted to make something … Continue reading →

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Not for Human Consumption

Posted on May 17, 2017 by deconstructingdoctor

Blogging.  Writing.  The great need to share the inner works of one’s brain is a double edged sword.  On one hand, there is this insatiable need to get the words and ideas out, to share them with someone, everyone, to … Continue reading →

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Smother’s Day

Posted on May 11, 2017 by deconstructingdoctor

Mother’s Day is fast approaching, the first Mother’s Day since my mother’s passing.  I am trying to get all of the dread out of they way so that day doesn’t feel so bad when it gets here.  I bought fake … Continue reading →

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The American Health Care Act: A Doctor’s Perspective

Posted on May 7, 2017 by deconstructingdoctor

Check out my friends at The Shinbone Star.  This is one I wrote in response to the recent American Health Care Act (Trump-doesn’t- Care) that attempts to undue the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).   I once took an oath. It … Continue reading →

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Seeing Color

Posted on May 5, 2017 by deconstructingdoctor

I first wrote this as a Facebook post about 2 years ago.  Back then I’d subject my friends to these little ditties.  That was before I started my blog and started subjecting all of you to my ramblings.  The news … Continue reading →

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Stay Woke America

Posted on April 30, 2017 by deconstructingdoctor

There are times in life when you just get so worn down, so tired, so disappointed, so disgruntled that you think you can’t keep going. You just want to stop, get off the hamster wheel and shut out the world. … Continue reading →

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My Favorite Writer

Posted on April 28, 2017 by deconstructingdoctor

If you were to ask me who my favorite writer is, I might be inclined to say something that would impress you with my great literary insight like Hemingway, Keats, Austen, Joyce, or Fitzgerald.  I love them all, but if … Continue reading →

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Why Deny Science?

Posted on April 22, 2017 by deconstructingdoctor

I think I know that answer. It’s hard to admit, being a scientist of sorts.  I’ve studied chemistry, biology, biochemistry, physics.  I admired the way that science layers itself over time, building information and facts one on top of the … Continue reading →

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Golf and the Phallus-y of Trump

Posted on April 17, 2017 by deconstructingdoctor

Sometimes I moonlight over at the Shinbone Star.  They are very gracious to let me hang with such capable and bright journalists and editors, I think they feel sorry for me and let me pretend to be one of them … Continue reading →

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On Writing

Posted on April 14, 2017 by deconstructingdoctor

I think if one considers themselves a writer, they have a deep desire to peck out the great novel on an old fashioned typewriter.  Now this does not mean you are not a writer if you don’t have this desire. … Continue reading →

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