Tag: emergency preparedness
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Look On the Bright Side
I like to think of this blog as the place I get to mix entertaining stories with a dash of travel advice, a few uplifting quotes, and a sprinkling of ideas about navigating these challenging times with grace and humor. But ever since I got back to California, I find myself wallowing in harrowing disaster…
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Don’t Panic!
When I first heard a humanoid AI robot had become a monk in a Buddhist monastery, I was aghast. If AI was taking over the work of spiritual heavyweights who had devoted their lives to advancing the human race toward enlightenment, how can the rest of us hope to hold on to our paltry jobs? “At…
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In a Medical Emergency Abroad, Where Do You Go?
How is 2025 treating you so far? I ask because my year’s off to an extremely dubious start. Minutes before midnight on New Year’s Eve, I opened a can of the traditional 12 lucky grapes that MUST be eaten as the clock chimes … and found 11 grapes. Hard not to read that as an…