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After Navy service in World War II, I earned a BFA from the Phila. College of Art (now the Univ. of the Arts). I was then recalled to active duty in the Korean War. Following was a 40-year career in public relations, advertising, sales promotion, graphic design,

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Sciences > Psychology Tips for assessing your errors and becoming a better person: 1 of 22
"Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive". Sir Walter Scott wrote those lines perfectly describing how most of us refuse to acknowledge our faults, and then spend years and years denying them. The only persons who can free us from those tangled webs are ourselves.Each of us becomes a better person by... More..
Sciences > Psychology Alternatives to getting psychological help: 3 of 36
The only alternative to seeking necessary psychological help is to ignore the problem. Maybe if I wait long enough, it'll go away. Maybe I'm just imagining. Maybe if I have another drink. Maybe if I can get some more coke. Maybe if I can get hold of a gun. Maybe, maybe, maybe.When mental and emotional problems become overwhel... More..
Sciences > Anatomy Do humans use only 10 percent of their brain?: 1 of 12
HUMOR: Well, yes, some very few special people use ten percent or more of their brains. If you're talking about the most intelligent humans of history. We all know, geniuses like Einstein, Gallileo, Edison, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, the Wright Brothers and the Spears Sisters are way up in the brain-use percentages.However, most... More..
Sciences > Genetics Should testing be approved for human genetic engineering?: 2 of 18
We're all such damned hypocrites about this! I remember as a crewman aboard a Navy troop ship for the Iwo Jima invasion, just before we heard the command, "Land the landing force." Navy chaplains of different denominations gathered the boys ... mostly age 17 and 18 ... and said dramatic prayers for the souls of those young Ma... More..
Sciences > Psychology When weekend drinking means alcoholism: 2 of 17
When I was called back to active duty with the Navy in the Korean War, I roomed with another CPO at the Naval Air Station for about six months. He was a hell of a nice guy and a skilled aircraft line worker. But every Friday night he went out and drank heavily throughout the weekend. As a non-drinker I rarely went with him on... More..
Sciences > Medical Science (Other) Is euthanasia ethical or unethical?: 13 of 66
I'm 82, and may soon have to face such a decision. Let me qualify my ethical vote with one requirement: Euthanasia should be administered by a physician only if the patient requests a life-ending procedure, or if the patient is comatose or mentally incompetent, and the closest relative gives approval.No matter how heroic the ... More..
Sciences > Zoology Why giraffes have long necks: 5 of 22
HUMOR POEMZoologists give all kinds of evolutionary reasons why physical characteristics of various animals evolved. But all the descriptions are very scholarly and very boring. I'd prefer a less scientific approach to the explanations, similar to what Rudyard Kipling wrote in his "Just-So Stories," such as "How The Whale Got... More..
Sciences > Psychology Intuition: Have you ever met someone you immediately disliked?: 6 of 26
Hey, why all the immediate dislike ranting? How about some happy examples of meeting someone you immediately LIKE? I still experience both all the time, and I've been around for more than eight decades.I can still remember when I was a kid in school. Unfortunately for me, it was an all-boys school. There were guys, usually th... More..
Sciences > Astronomy The possibility of earth-like life on the planet Gliese 581 C: 3 of 11
Astronomers just discovered a fuzzy, tiny image of a planet that has many of the same features found on Earth. Oceans, atmosphere, gravity, moderate temperatures, a nearby sun-star could all make the yet-unnamed world a virtual twin to ours. It is the first planet ever discovered outside our Solar System with such surprisingl... More..
Sciences > Physics Exploring the theory that time does not exist: 10 of 34
HUMOR, SORT OF: Baloney! Of course, time does exist. If there is no time, how could you explain the following time-consuming moments of my so-far life:1. Kicking around in that closed wet, warm and comfy space waiting to be born. Nine months seem like forever, until someone yanks you out into the blinding light.2. Daydreaming... More..