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Russ Newton
Jan 26, 20220 min read
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Did an interview with a San Diego Reporter, link below to her website where it is.
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Russ Newton
Jan 25, 20221 min read
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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...

Russ Newton
Jan 23, 20221 min read
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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...

Russ Newton
Jan 21, 20221 min read
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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...

Russ Newton
Jan 20, 20221 min read
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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...

Russ Newton
Jan 20, 20221 min read
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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...

Russ Newton
Jan 19, 20221 min read
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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...

Russ Newton
Jan 18, 20222 min read
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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...

Russ Newton
Jan 18, 20221 min read
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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...

Russ Newton
Jan 16, 20222 min read
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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....

Russ Newton
Jan 13, 20221 min read
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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...

Russ Newton
Jan 11, 202212 min read
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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...

Russ Newton
Jan 11, 20222 min read
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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...

Russ Newton
Jan 11, 20222 min read
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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...

Russ Newton
Jan 9, 20221 min read
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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...

Russ Newton
Jan 9, 20221 min read
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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...

Russ Newton
Jan 7, 20221 min read
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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....

Russ Newton
Jan 6, 20222 min read
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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...

Russ Newton
Jan 5, 20222 min read
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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,...

Russ Newton
Jan 3, 20221 min read
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