This post is about per and polyfluoroalkl (PFAs) substances other common names are profluorinated (PFCs). These chemicals are used to make products resistant to oil, water, and heat. PFA’s were invented by 3M and DuPont in the 1930s. Today they are compounds known as PFOs, PFOA, PfNA, & PfHxs. Brand names include Teflon and Scotchgard. […]
URGENT NEWS!!
I asking you call representative John Nygren TODAY and his colleagues in the senate to support SB 772 and SB 773. It is for Clean Water in Marinette, Peshtigo, & Porterfield. Here’s Rep. Nygren’s information. (608) 266-2343 Here are some talking points.Talking Points for SB 772/773• Grant the UW $250,000 to research how to destroy PFAS• […]
Warnings, Warnings Everywhere
After a disaster happens, we want to know; could it have been avoided and who is to blame? Many times, the answer is YES! There was a person, actually many people who spotted a looming crisis and tried to warn those in power but are so often are swept under the rug. They are bullied […]
I went skiing!
I never went skiing before so one day I told myself that I was going to go. Here are the three video clips that was taken at Pine Mountain in Iron Mountain, Michigan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpzMxYPoxjg
TedxDePere talk
How do you define yourself? 17 years ago I thought I had it all. I was a sophomore at Marinette high school awaiting my scholarship to University of Minnesota for hockey based on my stellar athletic ability and native intelligence. I was well respected and liked in my community, however, on January 28th of 2004, […]
The Ugly Side Of The Holidays-Envy
The song goes, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year…” well, not for everyone. While images of love and joy fill storefronts, social media feeds, TV screens and magazine pages, for many people, the reality of the holidays isn’t so cheerful. Between family dysfunction, loss, changes in eating and drinking habits, and increasingly cold […]
Travel
This is just an idea but I would like to travel to California. Along the way, speaking to various people who have suffered a traumatic brain injury or has gone through some traumatic event. Ideally I would like to do this trip sometime in the summer of 2020. Just for one month drive around the […]
Being Real and Raw
As I was meeting with my therapist today, yeah that is right I see a therapist, so what, you are messed up if you don’t see one, we talked about about being real and raw in my posts about my TBI. In other words, I need to stop trying to sound academic. I need to […]
Designing a Simpler Life
An article I gave on nosidebar.com Let us say minimalism or decluttering is a choice, good, right? The science of minimalism is a fantastic idea to experience when it is by choice. My act of minimizing things in life was not by choice but by inferiority. I’m going to share with you my story about […]
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