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15 Gallons!

By Dennis Cherry Posted on June 8, 2025 Posted in American Red Cross, Health Tagged with American Red Cross, Blood Drive, Loscon
15 Gallons!

I try to give blood ever eight weeks, but my May 3rd donation was special.  It completed my 15th gallon donated.  About a week later, I received my 15-gallon pin. I had most of my gallon pins in my desk, …

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The Three Worst Ways to Lose Weight

By Dennis Cherry Posted on July 16, 2023 Posted in Food, Health Tagged with Food, Goals
The Three Worst Ways to Lose Weight

If you follow my quarterly goal reviews, you know one of my goals is to lose weight.  A pound a month until I’m down to 190 pounds at the end of the year.  I generally just watch what I eat …

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2022 Goal Check – First Quarter

By Dennis Cherry Posted on April 3, 2022 Posted in Cooking, Food, Goals, Health, Writing Tagged with cooking, Food, Goals, Writing
2022 Goal Check – First Quarter

Well, it’s the end of the first quarter of 2022.  Time to check on how I’m doing on my goals for the year: 2022 Goals – the expurgated version (the one without the gannet). For the full version see my …

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I’m Special – And Now I Have Scientific Proof

By Dennis Cherry Posted on March 27, 2022 Posted in American Red Cross, Health Tagged with American Red Cross, Donating Blood
I’m Special – And Now I Have Scientific Proof

It’s been a while since I gave blood.  Thanksgiving weekend to be precise.  I was going to give in January, but then, well, Covid. I am O Negative, the universal donor.  I am also CMV Negative.  CMV is a bacterium …

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Out of Order

By Dennis Cherry Posted on February 6, 2022 Posted in Health, Writing Tagged with Writing
Out of Order

So, I recovered from my kidney stone and went back to work on Monday.  On Tuesday I got a scratchy throat and was coughing a bit.  Came home dead tired.  That was the start of a cold.  It wasn’t the …

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I Spent the Week Stoned

By Dennis Cherry Posted on January 30, 2022 Posted in Health Tagged with Health
I Spent the Week Stoned

Above is a picture of a kidney stone.  A tiny ball of sharp little knives.  To be fair, there are smooth kidney stones.  The one I had did not feel smooth.  This little torture device spent about four days in …

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