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Dear Reader, Rear Admiral Grace Hopper is a special hero to me. As a computer science major in the 1970’s, female role models were few and far between. In addition to all her other accomplishments, she was instrumental in the …[Continue]

Dear Reader, Do you usually get an annual flu shot? Have you had one this year? I’ve been getting them annually since I reached “a certain age!” And I got this year’s shot in October. In other vaccine news, Pfizer …[Continue]

Dear Reader, Happy birthday to Marie Curie, who was born November 7, 1867! I didn’t remember that she won TWO Nobel prizes: one in physics and one in chemistry. Wow. And her daughter Irene Joliot-Curie also won a Nobel Prize …[Continue]

Dear Reader, “Someone struggled for your right to vote. Use it.” ~~ Susan B. Anthony I voted last week. Have you? In many states, you can still register to vote, if you are not yet registered at your current address. …[Continue]

Dear Reader, Dr. Jonas Salk announced the success of his live-virus polio vaccine trials on March 26, 1953, just two months before I was born. But the polio vaccine I received as a child was not Salk’s live-virus version, but …[Continue]

Dear Reader, I know it’s not yet Halloween, but I’ve been thinking about Thanksgiving and hosting a small, outdoor, lunch instead of a larger, indoor, dinner. Because we live in San Diego, I think an outdoor lunch will be possible, …[Continue]

Dear Reader, Noah Webster’s birthday (Oct 16, 1758) is celebrated each year as Dictionary Day, thus the inspiration to update my recommendations for Online Dictionaries. Trick or treating maybe taboo in your neck of the woods this year, but there …[Continue]

Dear Reader, Although all the COVID experts keep reminding us that we have to remain vigilant, it seems that many of us are suffering from what is called “pandemic precaution fatigue.” Have you let your guard down a bit? Done …[Continue]

Dear Reader, L’Shana Tova to my Jewish readers! Ready for 2020 to be over already? The Jews get a chance to say hello to a new year this Friday night (September 18, 2020) as we celebrate Rosh Hashanah. Hopefully, this …[Continue]

Dear Reader, Have you picked up any new hobbies during the pandemic? Like many others, I have expanded my baking, which used to be limited to a weekly challah (for our Friday night Shabbat dinner). In the past few months …[Continue]