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 The Legacy

Humans, as with all biological beings, have rhythms, for example, an internal circadian rhythm of day and night that, when perturbed by multi-hour shifts from flying, results in jetlag.

As a surgeon, writer, and amateur woodworker, I have had many opportunities to use my head, heart, and hands, which are the basis for much of my creation. Then I ran across this.

Obesity has many “causes.” There will never be a smoking gun that will “cure” this ill. Consider this:

Lars Larson and I discussed the urgent issue of organ transplants. Every day, 17 people in the US die waiting for a life-saving organ, and more than 100,000 are on the transplant list.

I have to admit that I am a sucker for Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and James Ellroy, all of whom evoke the 20s and 30s feel of San Francisco and LA, my hometown.

Elasticity is one of those economic terms that concerns how willing you are to spend more for a given product.

The Legacy

And one more worry for the perpetually stressed.