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About me - Rick London

I'm a simple animal-loving, nature loving, environmentally-friendly writer, cartoonist, and
e-entrepreneur.

was a late bloomer, as I battled a fatal disease until
age 48, had been misdiagnosed (but close) for almost 25 years and received the wrong health-care.

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Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Lack of sanity: 3 of 69

TALE OF A MAD FISHERMAN I am a writer and because I write, I am poor; living down on squid roe. Now that I'm reaching minnowpause, a good many folks think I'm mentally eel. My theory though is that I've haddock with life, not unlike Salmon Rushdie or Marlin Brando. Since I've always marched to a different drum, you know, dan...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: How I found success on the Internet: 2 of 13

It was a long lonely journey. You may have started with nearly zero funds using technology as your leverage. You may have been a "trust fund baby" or backed by venture capitalists and sped things up quite a bit and it didn't take so long to "make it". If you were like me, you started with a beat up computer, and a lot of con...
Jobs & Careers > Job Search (Other) How to deal with unemployment during a recession: 1 of 6

When I was in my thirties and even early forties, I was a workaholic. My boss in Washington media never failed to tell me I was a great problem solver and backed his words with raises which I much appreciated. I was certain this was going to be my life until I retired when I might be in my eighties or so. At age 42, I fell i...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Your job and happiness: 7 of 39

MOM WANTED ME TO BE A DOCTOR...I'M A CARTOONIST AND SELL CARTOON GIFTS AND MERCHANDISE AT MY ONLINE STORES I can remember as a child Mom telling me how great life would be as an adult when I finish medical school or major in business and go into the family real estate business or pick some such humble profitable profession. ...
Business > Entrepreneurship How to grow from a small to big business: 1 of 3

I can remember having several debates with my girlfriend who is a high-profile attorney on the west coast. The fact that she was a high-profile attorney, though impressive, was not her lure. For me, the fact that she started from scratch, actually on a park bench, worked her way through one of the most prestigious law school...
Health & Fitness > Depression Treating depression: 3 of 7

For 35 years I was waging a war against depression. I was losing the battle. Then something very unique and important happened. I was diagnosed with Treatment Resistant Depression and VNS (Vagus Nerve Stimulator) became approved for it. I became one of the first implant patients in America. I no longer have symptoms of depre...
Health & Fitness > Herbal & Natural Remedies How to use medicinal herbs: 5 of 11

I owned a health food store for 4 years. I did everything right. Ate well, took my vitamins and herbs. Ran two marathons. I had it all. Everything but my health...if I only knew then what I know now. It took a major heart attack to learn it. Better late than never. In 1978, I was working as a Realtor in my family's 100 year ...
Health & Fitness > Healthy Living & Wellness How to find your share of happiness: 3 of 6

Are you balanced? No, I don't mean do you eat balanced meals or are so coordinated you can balance a ball on our nose. I don't really even mean "happy" though it is the closest thing that comes to happy since I truly don't believe there is such a thing. However I am no expert. Nope. I admit it unlike so many authors, Twitter...
Style & Beauty > Clothes (Other) How theme aprons can make or break a dinner party: 1 of 2

You have prepared all month. You even had invitations engraved and bought a new cookbook to serve something new and different. You asked a wine expert which vintage went best with which. You were prepared! There is little doubt that whether it be a business meeting, a dinner party, or a casual rendezvous, the "leader sets th...
Style & Beauty > Fashion Trends & Styles T-Shirts in American fashion culture: 1 of 1

And You Thought T-Shirts Were Not An Important Part Of American History Ninety-one percent of Americans claim they own a "favorite T-Shirt". That, of course is no big deal...I have a favorite pair of socks, shoes, even salad fork. But there's more to the T-Shirt than meets the eye. There's important history and economics. Th...