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Feb 14, 2022

How Not to Call 911: Canada Isn’t Doing it Right

The right and wrong way for non-voice emergency calls. — A Canadian woman desperately tried to get police help when there was an intruder in her home. Presumably she wanted to use text chat to contact the police rather than call on the phone to keep things quiet, and not draw attention from the intruder. …

911

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How Not to Call 911: Canada Isn’t Doing it Right
How Not to Call 911: Canada Isn’t Doing it Right
911

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Published in True Uncommon Sense

·Oct 15, 2021

Colorado Fixed Gerrymandering

Politicians & voters made elections more fair for all. — With the release of the 2020 Census, some states have started the Redistricting process: drawing the lines for the state Congressional districts. The question is, are they drawing them fairly? “Texas House passed extreme gerrymandered GOP state House map at 3:30 am last night,” tweeted Ari Berman, a senior reporter…

Politics

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Colorado Fixed Gerrymandering
Colorado Fixed Gerrymandering
Politics

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Published in True Uncommon Sense

·Oct 4, 2021

Amazon’s Robot: Evil Wall-E?

And why I’ll NEVER have one in my home. — Last Week Amazon Unveiled its newest bit of hardware, a “personal robot” on wheels armed with a screen, cameras, and their Echo (aka Alexa) “smart” speaker built in. …

Artificial Intelligence

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Amazon’s Robot: Evil Wall-E?
Amazon’s Robot: Evil Wall-E?
Artificial Intelligence

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Published in What It’s Like to

·May 6, 2021

What It’s Like to Have a Migraine

In Short: Torture. — When I was diagnosed with migraine headaches, the doctor told me the typical sufferer was creative, intelligent …and female. “Two out of three ain’t bad,” I replied. Not that it was a difficult diagnosis: my parents also had migraines, and my siblings. But it did open up treatment options. At…

Migraines

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What It’s Like to Have a Migraine
What It’s Like to Have a Migraine
Migraines

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Published in What It’s Like to

·Apr 27, 2021

What It’s Like to Lose a Child Patient

In Short: Memorable. — I was an ALS medic in rural northern California, and there’s one call I think of often — even though it was 38 years ago. …

Death

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What It’s Like to Lose a Child Patient
What It’s Like to Lose a Child Patient
Death

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Published in What It’s Like to

·Mar 23, 2021

What It’s Like to Drive in a Cop’s Funeral Motorcade

In Short: A touching honor. — I heard the ambulance paged out for a severe accident. Out of my response area, but hearing details I alerted my wife, a deputy coroner, that her services may be needed. One of the problems of working EMS in a rural area: sometimes you know the patient. The man killed…

Police

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What It’s Like to Drive in a Cop’s Funeral Motorcade
What It’s Like to Drive in a Cop’s Funeral Motorcade
Police

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Published in What It’s Like to

·Mar 18, 2021

What It’s Like to Meet a Celebrity

In Short: Normal People. — I’ve had the good fortune to meet many famous people, including Star Wars creator George Lucas (long before he was famous), magician and skeptic James “The Amazing” Randi, original Star Trek’s “Scotty” Jimmy Doohan (and “Chekov” Walter Koenig — and “Trouble with Tribbles” writer David Gerrold), Science Fiction Grand Master…

Celebrity

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What It’s Like to Meet a Celebrity
What It’s Like to Meet a Celebrity
Celebrity

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Published in What It’s Like to

·Mar 11, 2021

What It’s Like to Carry a Concealed Gun

In Short: Accountable. — I was a reserve sheriff’s deputy in rural northern California. At least at the time, a reserve at the level I was didn’t automatically have the right to carry a gun off-duty, but the sheriff was a practical sort: the more responsible citizens that could help, he figured, the better…

Guns

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What It’s Like to Carry a Concealed Gun
What It’s Like to Carry a Concealed Gun
Guns

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Published in What It’s Like to

·Mar 6, 2021

What It’s Like to Give the Covid Vaccine

In Short: Fulfilling. — Even though I’m not a doctor or a nurse, as a volunteer medic in my rural community I do sometimes give people shots (jabs for you Brits). Our county has one full-time public health nurse, and as you can imagine with the pandemic, she’s awfully busy. One nurse is usually…

Covid 19

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What It’s Like to Give the Covid Vaccine
What It’s Like to Give the Covid Vaccine
Covid 19

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Published in What It’s Like to

·Mar 3, 2021

What It’s Like to Save a Life

In Short: Awesome. — My wife and I are volunteer medics in our rural community, and were awakened by my pager on a Sunday morning at 1:04 a.m. The report: a 50-year-old man, unconscious, about 5 miles away from our house. As the garage door rolled up, an update came from dispatch: “CPR in…

Life

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What It’s Like to Save a Life
What It’s Like to Save a Life
Life

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