Small Worlds are Intersting
I have many small world stories. We meet someone who knows that an unexpected place or finding for one share a friend with another person. This is the definition of a “small world”. This doesn’t work if no one asks a question or comment. In my life, I always ask questions. Maybe I am curious or just friendly. With Aphasia, it is different to get something started. I need to continue to do this to get these stories again. With my current world stories, I get the missed of my recollection. With photographs and google, I can add some stories. Maybe my friends can ask some of them for me.
Two Degrees of Ed and Taylor Swift
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
How to Tell a Story – Matt Bahr and Me
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
Union MLS Cup
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,
Middlebury Field Hockey
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
Quinnipiac? Seriously?
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
Professor Judi Wakhungu
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
PRATT & WHITNEY AIRCRAFT AND PSU
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
JACKIE ROBINSON AND BRANCH RICKEY
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
MARK ALEXANDER AT THE AIRPORT WITH A PHILLY BASEBALL
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
AMTRAK STORY ON A TRAIN
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
MORE SYNCHRONICITY IN BOSTON AND PENN STATE BASKETBALL COACH
From October 2007 until December 2011, I worked for Covidien in the Boston area. My first apartment was in Quincy, but after one year, I moved to Wellesley. As usual, I commuted back to Philadelphia every weekend. Occasionally, Becky would come back to Boston for the weekend. On Sunday
AT THE METRO IN VIRGINIA – ANOTHER SYNCHRONICITY
I used to live in Virginia, working for DXC (formerly CSC) in Tysons Corner. I worked there from July 2013 until December 2019. For the first four years, I had an apartment in Prosperity Flats on Dorr Avenue. It was easy to take the metro to the Amtrak and go