All my life, I have always loved to talk. With Aphasia, I struggle to speak to others, and I rarely talk with new friends. But my six degrees of Ed Nunez make my brain go into overtime, and I want to explain the story to someone. With all of the recent football about Kansas […]
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The other day, my wife wanted to see if you wanted to join a group of friends with a Happy Hour. She didn’t want to go, but I told her that you said to her that I didn’t like to go because of my aphasia and my ability to talk with others, but I realized
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On November 5, the Philadelphia Union lost to Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) for the MLS Cup title. It was a thrilling game. At the end of the regulation game, after 90 minutes, it was 2 – 2. In the overtime, with about 4 minutes to go, the LAFC goalie, Maxine Crépeau,
You know by now that I love to watch Field Hockey. Mostly because of my friends. Last weekend, I watched the NCAA Semi-finals against Penn State and North Carolina. Penn State lost. I was proud of the team this year. On Sunday, the Championship was won by North Carolina, beating Northwestern. On
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How many people go to Quinnipiac College? According to Google, there are about 6,800 undergraduate and 3,000 graduate students. Penn State has about 40,000 undergraduates and 5,000 graduates. I was one of the Penn State undergraduates in 1977. I have never been to see Quinnipiac College. However, there is a connection between Quinnipiac
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Aphasia worries my ability to talk to others. I love to talk. When I do, I say three words, and I stop. I can’t figure out how to say the words. I know what I want to say, but the terms won’t work. Sometimes it is much easier not to say anything. Then I
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It was 1977, and it was the end of my senior year at Penn State. I realized that I started to find about finding a job. By the time I went to the career services, I had liked Pratt and Whitney Aircraft, but they didn’t have any interviews for the savings open, so I put
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Everyone knew about Jackie Robinson. Number 42. He was a great baseball player and was the first African American for the “major” leagues. Branch Rickey helped Jackie Robinson, who was the General Manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1947, the Brooklyn Dodgers took the pre-season to Cuba to watch games in Havana. Bobby Madura
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When I worked in Covidien, our headquarters was in 15 Hampshire Street, Mansfield, in Massachusetts. I had an apartment during the week and worked on to the weekend to Philadelphia. I worked for Covidien from 2007 until 2011. Almost every Friday, I would take a flight from Providence Airport at T.F. Green Airport. It was
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It was March 16, 2016, and I was taking the Amtrak to Philadelphia on Friday. I had a nice nap and realized that Philadelphia was the next stop. I got up quickly, grabbed my bag, and got ready for the next stop. Then I realized that the next stop was Wilmington, not Philadelphia. I held
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