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Griffin (in his crib in the background) needs a couple more weeks to work on feeding.

Being a father is literally the meaning of life. All life on our planet from single-celled organisms to multi-ton whales primary drive is to reproduce. Every species’ goal is to expand and thrive. Holding your baby skin to skin awakens some deep primal emotions inside of you. Your life takes on a much bigger purpose outside of your own selfish desires.… read more “Parenthood is the Meaning of Life”

Be suspicious… This is a good list of scams. I’ve run across a number of these, recently including recruiters pretending to be working for a company than asking for financial information, the IRS fake scammers, homeless asking for money for a job interview so they can buy booze or drugs, people with pyramid / multilevel marketing schemes, wealthy people pushing crappy investments, etc.… read more “Frauds and Scams”

Kate is doing really well and has been off of her feeding tube for two days and should be able to come home Monday or Tuesday. She has gained a lot of weight and now is a healthy six pounds.

Griffin is also doing much better and can take up to a third of a bottle by mouth.… read more “Kate and Griffin Update”

https://www.npr.org/2019/07/12/736612514/seattle-faces-backlash-after-easing-up-on-punishing-crimes-involving-mental-illn

I believe the homeless (and everyone else), should be prosecuted in full for crimes they commit.

I think there are two types of homeless – those who are sane and normal but down on their luck – once they get a job and support they can be contributing members of society. These individuals need all the support we can give them.… read more “Homeless Problem”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/11/florida-cop-meth-drugs-arrests-scandal/?utm_term=.0b1170ed45bb

We rely on and automatically trust police officers. Because of this, they need to be held to a far higher standard than the regular population. If a police officer is found to have committed a crime, especially a crime will on duty, he should face a sentence that is automatically 10 times as long as the maximum penalty for whatever crime was committed.

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/politics/a20078774/what-are-incels/

Disallowing patents for drugs would instantly fix the high cost if medicine in America. It would not impact innovation at all as most of this is done through universities and public labs.