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The Ultimate Donation for the Best Reason Ever: Life

March 25, 2025 / 5 Comments / Celebrities, Personal Life, science

Fifteen years ago – I can hardly believe it – my friend Joe Noyes died from leukemia. The story of our friendship is a long and unlikely one. (The full story is HERE.) We had a few adventures together as we tried to spread awareness about bone marrow donation. If he had found a match, he’d likely still be alive today.

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Back to the Future with NDGT

January 17, 2025 / 4 Comments / Celebrities, news, Potpourri, science, Social Marketing

Whenever someone predicted the end of the Internet, I’d wave it away as ridiculous.

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A Long, Long Ago Prediction That Was Wrong (Thank Goodness)

December 17, 2024 / 16 Comments / Personal Life, science

Today, I want to tell you something about myself that I’ve never spoken about to anyone that I can recall. It starts off a little bleak. Then it becomes tremendously positive and victorious. Come along, won’t you?

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23 and (no longer) Me

November 29, 2024 / 5 Comments / news, Personal Life, science, Social Marketing

A year and a half ago, I wrote about having our DNA analyzed by 23 and Me. It was a fascinating experience and we made some surprising discoveries. Among them, that I have a little Italian and Ashkenazi Jew DNA. I’m 2% Neanderthal, which is average. And Derek is a descendant of Alexander Hamilton.

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Why A Closed Door is A Cat-astrophe

September 6, 2024 / Leave a Comment / Animals, General, Photography, science, Social Marketing

If you know a cat, chances are you’ve experienced this: the cat has to come into the bathroom with you. Or the cat is right outside your closed door. Maybe it lays on the magazine you’re reading. Those are all typical cat things.

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I’m Not a Doctor. I Just Play One on the Internet.

August 30, 2024 / Leave a Comment / General, Personal Life, science, Social Marketing

Last weekend, it was absolutely gorgeous out. Sunny and warm. Perfect for a visit from cousins we’ve looked forward to all summer.

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I’m Not a Doctor. I Just Play One on the Internet. Read More »

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Putting Peanuts in Their Place

August 27, 2024 / 3 Comments / news, Personal Life, Photography, science, Social Marketing

Recently, we took delivery of a new coffeemaker. Sadly, the appliance didn’t work and it had to go back. But that’s not the point of the story.

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A Crumby Way to Treat Someone

August 23, 2024 / 8 Comments / Personal Life, science, Social Marketing

When someone gives you just enough attention to keep you on the hook, but they never commit to anything, they’re dropping breadcrumbs

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A Better (Quieter) Leaf Blower

July 5, 2024 / 2 Comments / Personal Life, science, Social Marketing

The world has a lot of problems, especially when you look at the big picture. War. Hunger. I could go on.

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The Sounds of Anything but Silence

May 21, 2024 / 8 Comments / Personal Life, science

It’s not just because I’ve worked with audio my whole adult life, but that’s part of it. And it’s not just because I’m hearing impaired, but that’s part of it, too. We, as a society, pay too little attention to sound.

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An AI Guinea Pig for Voice Actors

April 5, 2024 / 7 Comments / General, science, Social Marketing, Working

Not long ago, I wrote about a prospective client with regard to AI. The post attracted attention on Facebook and on LinkedIn. Now, in the words of the late, great Paul Harvey, here comes “the rest of the story”.

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Come On Get Happy

April 2, 2024 / 8 Comments / Gracefully and Frankly, news, Personal Life, science

Something weird happened on the weekend. I think I was – how to put this – happy!

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Minding the Mind for Health’s Sake

February 16, 2024 / 5 Comments / news, Personal Life, science

My two biggest fears – spiders aside – are being kidnapped and held against my will, and getting dementia.

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AI and the Narrator’s Journey

January 5, 2024 / 7 Comments / Celebrities, science, Social Marketing, Working

I have used Chat GPT, the artificial intelligence program that came on like a thundering herd of wild horses last year. But I’m not a fan of incorporating AI into my work, and I’ll tell you why.

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You Can’t Know What You Don’t Know (Until You Know It)

November 21, 2023 / 7 Comments / Celebrities, science

Have you ever learned something and wondered, how did I get this far in my life without knowing that? I think we all do it. We have different “wow” moments based on different new nuggets of knowledge.

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Old Friends Acting Our Age

November 14, 2023 / 9 Comments / Personal Life, science, Social Marketing

Derek has a weekly breakfast with a bunch of guys he’s known since high school. One of them just had a pacemaker installed. Another, an emergency appendectomy. Still another will have to lie face down for weeks – WEEKS – after eye surgery to repair a detached retina. Four people we know have COVID-19. And all of this happened within the last week.

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So Many (Rhetorical) Questions

August 29, 2023 / 4 Comments / Celebrities, General, Politics, science, Social Marketing

For flat-earth believers. If the earth is flat, why are all of the other planets round? And why doesn’t earth ever flip over like a coin? And if it did, what would be on the other side?

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Other People’s (friendly) Dogs

August 25, 2023 / 3 Comments / Animals, Photography, science

Derek will confirm that I get excited when someone walks toward me with a dog. The animal’s tail begins to wag and my grin widens to match that energy. I always wait to find out whether it’s okay to visit with the dog, but I’m definitely ready for it. The human? It depends. The dog? Always.

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