It was a tough decision to make, because Blue Cross was the largest insurance provider in Michigan and a significant part of my business.
I was able to clone my old hard drive to a new one and didn’t lose any data or programs. It cost me less than $60 to have a practically new desktop computer system.
The Meeting I met Sen. Marco Rubio in Concord, North Carolina last winter. I spoke with him for a few moments while he was signing my copy of his book An American Son. The Man He answered a couple of my questions while he was signing the book....
Almost every software program that you download onto your computer wants to install itself onto your startup menu. The net effect is that your computer is already bogged down before you ever start checking your email or log onto your Facebook,...
If you wonder where I’ve been for the past year or so, I accepted the challenge of becoming the Precinct Organization Chairman for the Republican Party in Mecklenburg County; the largest county in North Carolina. When the Chairman of the...
I remember walking to school one morning in Memphis, Tennessee when I was around 8 years old. I had just come to the realization that I was probably going to be around long enough to see the Millenium in the year 2000. I also remember thinking...
I no sooner got the question about my salvation out of my mouth when I heard the Holy Spirit in a very calm and soothing but firm voice telling me to, “Roll back the stone.” Talk about life-changing!
My wife is not an early riser. She had volunteered to man the reception table at a YMCA-sponsored running event in Charlotte. The only problem was that she was told to be there at 5:45 AM on a Saturday morning. Doing the math, she realized that...
Abraham believed in God before there was the Bible, current knowledge about DNA and the return of the nation of Israel to their homeland in 1948, after at least three exiles and the Jewish Diaspora. These are my beliefs: God created the...
In writing a regular Christian column focused on Charlotte, North Carolina I have found that a few web sites keep popping up in articles and as a response to information that my readers have asked for. This is an alphabetical listing of what I...
For all intents and purposes it was the perfect summer for a 16-year old boy. This was a time when everyone went to drive-in movies. The drive-ins were perfect for young couples to get in a little necking and it was an inexpensive way for young...
If you are comparing one company with another or if an attorney who doesn’t have your best interest at heart is snowing you, it would be helpful for you to be able to quickly wade through their sticky morass of legalese. Compared to the average...
That is why the “Glaser Safety Slug” was invented. The important thing about the Glaser Safety Slug is that it will normally stop the bad guy without endangering anyone beyond him. This blue-nosed bullet isn’t very likely to go through...
I just had a meet-up with a crazy cardinal that was about to change my view of what is normal behavior. I was out in my backyard during the hottest part of the summer when a young male cardinal flew over from the neighbor’s pool. He took off...
The four names that God was given in the Declaration of Independence are Nature’s God, Creator, The Supreme Judge of the World and Divine Providence
A couple of times over the years I have had someone from the IRS either call or send me a message stating that I had forgotten to include some tax form related to my stock trading or that I needed to be more specific about this trade or that one. ...
The NC-1 DMAT (North Carolina Disaster Medical Assistance Team) was returning from a training exercise in Frederick, Maryland when we discovered that the plane we were flying back to Charlotte on was also the same plane that was arriving...
In North Carolina you have to pass a gun safety class before you can get a concealed weapons permit. I took my gun safety class from Rick, a retired Charlotte North Carolina policeman. Rick gave me a card with his rules imprinted on it to keep...
After I had a head-on collision with my 1959 Austin-Healey “Bug-Eyed” Sprite, I traded it in on a 1961 Triumph TR-3. It was the only used car that was being displayed on a show room floor that was otherwise filled with new cars at Seaway...
FreeStockCharts.com combines the programming genius of the Worden Brothers and the stock market trading wisdom of Martha Stokes. Their charts are actually more useful than the ones provided by many professional online trading companies. They...
I had a pharmacy in one of the wealthiest areas in Western Michigan for many years. You would recognize the names of many of my best customers and patients. You probably drink their soft drinks or their beer, wear their clothes and use many of their...
Years ago I took an Italian cooking class. This recipe has not changed in over twenty years. This is probably the only dish that I make that I will spend whatever time it takes to get it right. This recipe is actually inexpensive, very easy to...
We were at a New Years Eve party in Lansing, Michigan when my mother-in-law asked me if I could go and get her younger brother and bring him back there before midnight. I agreed. My father-in-law and two other brothers-in-law went along for the...
I have found that many generically manufactured drugs are literally just the same; as a matter of fact, many are being made by the original drug manufacturers in order to extend the income they are able to produce from their original patent. I...
The US Government has figured out with the help of the EPA, the Environmental Protection Agency, how to tax the air you breath out, by declaring that carbon dioxide is an air pollutant, so that a business that releases carbon dioxide will have to...
Bipolar Disorder, formerly known as Manic-Depressive Disorder, is one of those illnesses where, if you know a patient fairly well, you can often tell, or suspect, that they are "off their meds" and are beginning to show some signs of Paranoia. ...
The mainstream media is losing much of its audience because it insists on telling more than 50 percent of the population that most of what we believe in is wrong. In spite of MSM's derision and arrogance toward us, they think that we should pay up...
I have seen cutaneous anthrax in Haiti. The fact that there are so many wonderful but inexperienced people helping out in various ways due to the earthquake in Port au Prince means that there are a lot of potential victims walking around and...
Radar detectors save a lot of money by preventing speeding tickets and fines. You actually save a lot more money on your auto insurance when you don't get speeding tickets.
It is a deep-diver so you are always near or on the bottom when you either reel it in quickly or troll with it
Keep photos, music, data, home videos safe and backed up on external drives.
According to Investopidia, “J. Welles Wilder … introduced the world to the indicators known as true range and average true range as measures of volatility. Although they are used less frequently than standard indicators by many technicians,...
Net10 is the least expensive and most dependable cell phone provider that we have been able to could come up with. We are very conservative when it comes to spending money, so we are always on the lookout for good deals. In the nearly five years...
I was very happy with the Google Chrome browser; so I decided to try the new Google Chrome beta. I guess it was too soon. I was not happy with the beta version. When I uninstalled the Google Chrome beta and reinstalled the old Google Chrome I...
Who is in charge? I have had several programs that seem to have a mind of their own. They want to install or update themselves without my permission every time I boot up. I am an admitted control-freak so whenever something tries to tell me what...
When we first bought this property I had to use a pick-mattox in order to remove a small magnolia tree that was in the wrong place. I weigh 185 pounds and couldn’t even get a shovel into the ground while I was jumping up and down on it. After I...
1955 Chevy sedan with a brand new 350 horsepower 327 Chevy short block. It had a huge four-barrel carburetor and a set of custom exhaust headers with a 3:89 or 4:11 rear end. It was a true “sleeper.”
By DiamondRN I like to write. I write articles for three or four blogs, several other Internet sites and some professional journals. I like to use photographs to help make them more attractive and informative. Most of the photographs I...
I just read a new study in the September issue of the North Carolina Medical JournalThe study was about Community Acquired - Methycillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, better known as a CA-MRSA infection, in children under 18 years old. ...
My mother had colorectal cancer so I have to be careful, since it has already occurred in my family. Colon and Rectal Cancer Beginning at age 50, both men and women at average risk for developing colorectal cancer should use one of the...
by Bob Diamond R.Ph NASDAQ.com publishes a “Most Advanced” list every morning. It is a list of stocks that have had the greatest percentage of price increase since yesterday. There are several reasons I like this list at ...
You want to be informed about your medical treatment. People are searching for information on drugs everywhere from newspapers to the Internet. The barrier that most of them face is that there is a lot of bad information in the marketplace. It is...
By Bob Diamond I installed a floating hardwood floor in our new patio room. We were thinking about buying a new home. We looked around for several months. Our house isn’t old. We just needed just a little more space for entertaining friends,...
Note * Prices have gone down drastically since I first wrote this article. Note ** AT&T started doing strange some things so we have now switched from AT&T to Vonage. I am a relief pharmacist. I don't work at any one pharmacy location on a...
By Bob Diamond R.Ph By definition, a pheromone is a chemical that triggers a natural behavioral response in another member of the same species. There are alarm pheromones, food trail pheromones used by ants and other insects to guide others to...
We have been watching the warnings on various television networks for several months now. I also learned from the constant barrage of commercials, that there are two $40.00 coupons that you can get from the US government to help you to defray the...
Would you go rummaging around in every cupboard in the house just to find any amount -- no matter how small? Would you get up in the middle of the night and start scouring the neighborhood for any supplier that might be available. Are you really...
Check out Frommer's Travel Guides for a lot of good local travel information: http://www.frommers.com/destinations/athens/A6087.html I have been told that the damage from air pollution is actually worse than what was caused by the rigors of time...
Marmaro is on the coast near the top on the right. I remember sitting on my Grandfather's knee, listening to his stories about how he and two of his best friends had escaped from Marmaro - possibly Marmara -- during an uprising against the...
Carla and I visited Bermuda just after 911. We discovered that it has many unique features, including the pink sand that surrounds it. Horseshoe Bay has to be one of the most beautiful and unusual beaches in the world. (We have seen many of...
I put the battery and SIM card back in about a day later. Everything seemed to work fine. All the functions seemed to be normal.
My new swing produces longer straigther golf shots and is similar to Steve Stricker's 'quiet hands' swing.
Wal-Mart began to test-market selling many generic prescriptions for $4.00 for a 30 day supply. The tests were successful and Wal-Mart began to roll it out in several states.
You can now add the singer and performer Michael Jackson to the list of victims of improperly administered prescription medications. List of drug-related deaths - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ...
By the time I got home from Vietnam I was a confirmed smoker. I went back to college and finished my pharmacy degree. I always ended up at the end of the day with my full quota of smokes.
The Tornado - A few years ago, on a hot Sunday afternoon in August, I came as close to death as I ever care to.
Constant Road and Housing Construction Create Navigation Problems in Almost Every City in Almost Every Town Almost Everywhere In the World My wife can't read a map without getting carsick. When we are on the road, there is a constant battle between...
You could miss seeing a mountain lion a broad-shouldered Brown Trout or one of the most beautiful homes in the world, if you drive too fast through the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.
By DiamondRN Reflections on a Medical Mission to Haiti sponsored by the Providence Road Church of Christ in Charlotte, NC. Before leaving, I had to be inoculated against typhoid fever and Hepatitis A. I also had to begin weekly administration of...
Breezes Runaway Bay The Beginning This started out as a long awaited trip to Israel and Egypt. For about a year Carla and I had been planning to tour the Holy Land with a group from church. We were supposed to spend a week in Israel and three days...
By DiamondRN A few years back I was fishing for Steelhead (a large species of Rainbow Trout that has grown up in Lake Michigan) on the Rabbit River near Hamilton, Michigan. It is a small farming community in the Southwestern part of the state, just...
I have always been the entrepreneurial type. I knew that I would never retire from any one company. I knew I would never have a "pension." One of the problems that loomed on the horizon was that, even though I don't mind working, I couldn't work...