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Russ Newton
- Jan 25, 2022
- 1 min
Did an interview with a San Diego Reporter, link below to her website where it is.
https://theupload.substack.com/p/questions-01-russ-newton
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Russ Newton
- Jan 23, 2022
- 1 min
Good news, I think.
Well I know I have been a bit negative in my posts lately but come on, I do have ALS and it is getting close to the end. But on that...
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Russ Newton
- Jan 22, 2022
- 1 min
This is from the Book named Anthem by Noah Hawley. First page of Book 3 Titled Half Earth. Page 217.
First of all, your author would like to apologize for the world he has created. He knows it is ridiculous. The fact that the world he...
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Russ Newton
- Jan 20, 2022
- 1 min
I an horribly remiss at acknowledging a visitor from a few weeks back.
The esteemed Jeff Johnson President of Hearst Newspapers Division and for close readers of this blog is written about in one of my...
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Russ Newton
- Jan 20, 2022
- 1 min
Mark Lowe dropped by
for a visit. Mark is one of my oldest friends. Met him back in 1974 as a freshman in high school. We were pretty close friends through...
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Russ Newton
- Jan 19, 2022
- 1 min
Another subtraction of Joy from my life.
The good news? Have not fallen in 23 days. The bad news? Now I am really struggling with my left hand. I take five minutes to button my...
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Russ Newton
- Jan 18, 2022
- 2 min
A Friend I haven't seen in 40+ years!
John LaBreche John LaBreche stopped by yesterday for dinner and conversation. I met John at the home of Steve Nashold back in 1976. He...
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Russ Newton
- Jan 18, 2022
- 1 min
Don't mess with me and ADA!
So this is how I deal with folks that will not allow for communication with a mute person. And I checked ADA to be sure, Mute is a...
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Russ Newton
- Jan 16, 2022
- 2 min
Woke up this morning with a price on my head.
I am going to ignore the headline for now and bury the lead. I had Botox injections in San Antonio on the 18th of December. It took...
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Russ Newton
- Jan 14, 2022
- 1 min
Tom Wiensch visited me today.
Tom and I go way back, to middle school. And High School. We were part of a large group of guys that hung out with some common people....
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Russ Newton
- Jan 11, 2022
- 12 min
Dwight Clark. ALS Victim.
This story made me cry six or seven times while reading it. And I think it was because he got it when he was 59 (As I did) and died with...
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Russ Newton
- Jan 11, 2022
- 2 min
ADA and am I pissed about it not being followed!
History of the ADA The ADA was signed into law on July 26, 1990, following many years of advocacy by the disability and civil rights...
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Russ Newton
- Jan 11, 2022
- 2 min
A Busy social calendar for me yesterday.
Good day yesterday but it really wiped me out. First up was John Otterson. I worked with and met John with my first full time Newspaper...
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Russ Newton
- Jan 9, 2022
- 1 min
Site Maintenance.
I tried to organized the site a little better. It is a work in progress but for now I have tamed the size a bit. If you look closely at...
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Russ Newton
- Jan 9, 2022
- 1 min
Can't sleep so I will post a little story about over the top medical costs.
So I started physical therapy in my home about ten days before i went to Texas for a month. I started this because the nurse that...
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Russ Newton
- Jan 7, 2022
- 1 min
Keeping you all in the loop
Just a short note to say I am up to 22 days without a fall. Even though I tend to wobble when I walk I always keep something in mind to...
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Russ Newton
- Jan 6, 2022
- 2 min
Caroline Thorpe
Caroline and her husband Dale. I know Caroline from my time at the Los Angeles Times. She was the Executive Secretary to the Publisher....
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Russ Newton
- Jan 5, 2022
- 2 min
Update! An old problem but no clue how to fix it this time.
I think I figured out to stop this. At least I have not coughed once during the day so far. Step one, break out the rags. A rag in my...
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Russ Newton
- Jan 3, 2022
- 1 min
This and that.
Well I forgot rule one. Don't put yourself in position to fall. I cooked myself a slow cooked chuck roast today. Salt and Pepper, Onions,...
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