Cindy's Blog
My home on the web since 1995
Category: Society
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Review of 1975 Documentary Grey Gardens was a ground-breaking documentary in 1975; forty years later, I’m still fascinated. The film takes you into the raw, real lives of a riches to rags mother and daughter pair who maintain their highly educated and aristocratic personalities among the squalor of their crumbling East Hampton New York mansion.…
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Facebook is great for reconnecting and staying connected to family and friends. But it can also be a nasty place. If your Facebook experience is doing more harm than good, maybe some of my tips can help. If these tips don’t work for you, before you leave Facebook completely, deactivate your account and take a…
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We call our son Anthony, our “ray of sunshine” because he is always happy. Anthony has spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy and a profound developmental disability. He is wheelchair dependent, does not speak, and is fed through a gastrostomy-jejunostomy (GJ) feeding tube. In spite of his significant disability, he is a happy, healthy kid who is…
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Book Review Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man By Mary L. Trump I already knew Donald Trump was a sociopath and a narcissistic liar, but it was interesting to read his life history. Like all of us, some of Trump’s behavior is genetic. But being born into…
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Massachusetts Ballot Question One 2018 Not all Massachusetts nurses want a ‘yes’ vote on Question 1. The Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) is promoting ballot Question 1, which would set limits on the number of patients assigned to a nurse at one time. First, this bill only pertains to hospitals and it’s important to note that…