Since moving into our current home, my family has gone through three washing machines. The first was left by the prior owners… a stackable small machine reminiscent of a European apartment so small that two appliance doors could not be simultaneously opened. The quality was as expected… the clothes came out as if Dick Van…
Baseball is now underway and a full 162 game season is planned. Already, 2021 has achieved statistical notoriety. It was actually associated with last season, but 2021 was the first time in sixty years the Hall of Fame did not induct a new group of electees due to coronavirus. In this current season, though, we…
You may have heard of people being “thick-skinned”? These people seem impervious to criticism. However you likely have never heard of anyone being “thin-skulled”, unless you live around Cripple Creek, near Colorado Springs. Here resides the cranium that has forever changed injury legal matters nationwide. On Christmas night in 1901, a goldminer stopped in a…
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) has recently been highlighted in professional sports, like football, as a neurodegenerative disease caused by repeated head injuries. It is now also being suspected in boxing, hockey, soccer, rugby, etc…, and even youth sports. While it still remains controversial, both significant or seemingly innocuous impacts could have a major cumulative effect…