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Russ Newton
Jan 29, 20211 min read
Vaccine!
Just returned home from getting my first of two shots for the Covid 19 vaccine. I received the Pfizer version for whatever that is worth....
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Russ Newton
Jan 28, 20212 min read
Medical confusion, again.
I have been waiting to get my Covid 19 Vaccine. As you can imagine having this disease does not cry out for home confinement for a year!...
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Russ Newton
Jan 26, 20214 min read
Another life lesson of some kind.
So, I was promoted to VP of Operations Los Angeles Times in 2005. My immediate supervisor was Mark Kurtich. He was an introvert, and I...
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Russ Newton
Jan 25, 20211 min read
Packers lose!
The only silver lining in this loss for me is that it will make attending the game easier. I would have loved to see the Packers play in...
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Russ Newton
Jan 25, 20211 min read
Opuntia Macrocentra
So a brief call back to our trip in Big Bend. Jim sent me a link that indicates these unusual Cactus's Purple, Blue and Pink in color...
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Russ Newton
Jan 24, 20211 min read
Green Bay Packers Game Today! I have a special good luck Charm at my house to help the Packers win!
Matt Miller is in the house!
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Russ Newton
Jan 18, 20211 min read
Gratitude.
I have always had to fight with being too self absorbed. And often I lost. It takes others to point it out. Today I wish to acknowledge...
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Russ Newton
Jan 13, 20211 min read
Positive Update!
Well, I think I have some great news to report. If you recall, on December 10th I reported that fasciculations were very active in my...
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Russ Newton
Jan 11, 20212 min read
3rd Day of the trip was the Best!
Though it didn't start out that way. We first drove to the famous Hot Springs. It was closed. Then we went to Boquillas del Carmen, a...
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Russ Newton
Jan 11, 20211 min read
Second day of trip, in Terlingua outside of Big Bend Park.
Jim and I at the Chiso's Basin Window. This is the first day at the park. When we left the Basin, the next four photos are of our trip...
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Russ Newton
Jan 11, 20211 min read
First day of trip. San Antonio, Friday, January 8th.
Jim and Jackson at the Filling Station after I picked them up at the Airport Jackson looking at the Camera, Jim who knows what he is...
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Russ Newton
Jan 6, 20211 min read
Big Bend, Again.
My best friend in life is coming to San Antonio on the 7th of January for a last trip (for me) to Big Bend National Park. Jim Pagel and...
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Russ Newton
Jan 5, 20211 min read
I am stupid!
So yesterday, I got up, put on a T shirt and shorts and slippers and went outside to turn off the lights I put on every night on the...
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Russ Newton
Jan 4, 20214 min read
How and when I discovered I had ALS.
A few of you know this story but realized that I have not told many of you how I came to be diagnosed. I woke up in my home in Hayward,...
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Russ Newton
Dec 30, 20201 min read
Update, all good! (Graphic photo warning for those gentle readers out there)
This is me in the recovery room. This is the recovery room. And this is now how I access the tube. Much better in my mind. Almost flush...
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Russ Newton
Dec 30, 20201 min read
Hospital again today.
I am going in for "minor surgery" again in hopes of replacing this dangling 16 inches of tube from my stomach tube with something...
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Russ Newton
Dec 26, 20202 min read
There are still Saints in this world!
For those of you who have visited me in San Antonio, I probably dragged you out to the 2M Smokehouse for Beef ribs. The best I have ever...
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Russ Newton
Dec 24, 20201 min read
More Oly Pictures
Seems to be a popular item so here are some more. This was her mother, a female collie mix that came and lived in our parking lot at...
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Russ Newton
Dec 21, 20201 min read
Foods I can still eat.
Foods I can still eat are narrowing but I am discovering several things I can still get down. Chinese food is one example. Most dishes...
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