Carl Lance

The Procedure

I had a medical procedure done this week. That name sounds so vague, so clinical, so nondescript that I don’t know why they use it. Perhaps the words are meant to convey reassurance as they tell you they need to cut you open and remove something that is causing you pain. Some people have a […]

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The Sleep Study

To be more precise, it was a study about what I do when I sleep. I sometimes have trouble falling asleep, staying asleep or going back to sleep after waking up. I also have some symptoms of sleep apnea, which can interrupt breathing and restful sleep. That’s why I ended up becoming the subject of

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Chocolate Covered Cherries

I guess you are expecting to hear me describe how delicious strawberries are when they are covered in chocolate? Actually, I am here to complain. Maybe you think I am a chocolate snob, after living in Belgium and tasting the world’s finest chocolates? No, I want good value and bought my chocolates in Brussels grocery

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The Winner!

Hondo, Texas doesn’t sound like the birthplace of a winner. It isn’t much of a town now and must have been less 74 years ago when he was born there. What a place to start out, as it is too far from San Antonio to benefit from their jobs and there wasn’t much of a

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Existential Threat

If you pay any attention to the news, you know the enemy is preparing to attack on a scale we haven’t seen in recent memory. In fact, we are already at war and casualties are mounting. It’s less obvious because the enemy is hiding his actions and intentions. They have been secretly attacking over social

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