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I was born, raised and went to school in eastern NC. Too immature at 17 to comprehend the seriousness of university life, I dropped out after two years and joined the Air Force. I spent two years of my four year military career in Germany, which I enjoyed immensely. I completed my Bachelor's Degree at Guilford College in 1985. My first career was in the computer field where I did everything short of design one. I've spent the last 30 years in the environmental field working for local governments. In December 2017 I retired from full time work. My overdeveloped sense of fairness and justice lands me on the liberal side in my political views. I think government plays a large role in social responsibility in a civilized state. I believe in the innate compassion and goodness in everyone despite the daily news reports to the contrary. My genetic predisposition for generosity in nearly all things is sometimes a source of future angst. I've been a musician and still have a deep love of music. I am naturally curious about all things especially metaphysics and science.

A New Personal Best

Personal bests are goals that we most often want to achieve whether in sports, academics or other areas of interest. I fondly recall making attempts at such when I was a runner. And, I vividly recall my personal best 5K at the 2015 Beat the Heat 5K race in Winston-Salem. That year I broke the 25 min barrier for a 5K race for which I had trained. Now I'm sporting a new personal best in blood work and didn't even have to get off my ass to achieve it.

On August 3rd, 2020, during my 6 month checkup with Hematologist Extraordinaire Dr. Ellis, my WBC hit 29.5K, shattering my previous record of  19.4K back in August 2019! My absolute lymphs also reached a new high of 23.5K. My previous record for lymphs was 14.5K in February 2019. I am on a roll!

The bad, no wait, the good news is, my hemoglobin, platelets and neutrophils are still within normal limits. It seems that my deranged lymphocytes are not winners yet when it comes to crowing out the good stuff so they can go suck it! Fucking 3rd string lymphocytes. I hope they aren't attending on a scholarship. New numbers are posted on the panel to the right, as always. 

Next visit is in February 2021, post-Covid pandemic, I hope. Until then, stay safe, healthy and tuned in.

PS: I had my right eye cataract removed in June, 2020 so I became 20/20 in 2020. I guess I like plays on numbers and words.

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