What is Going on at Angry Bear
With the passing of my friend Daniel Crawford, I have had to take on new responsibilities. Angry Bear will continue like it has for the last 20 years. Retired Prof. Joel Eissenberg has joined with me is writing at Angry Bear. There will be more new writers joining us with new topics.
I am losing my vision in my right eye and the left is not so far behind it. I have found it difficult to write with one eye and the other fuzzy. It appears the treatment I have had for a blood disorder has created other issues. My eyes will be operated on eventually.
Joel and I are talking to programmers to fix some issues I can not fix. Hope you are a bit patient with us as we repair, repave, and modernize the Angry Bear highways. We will get there.
Thanks!
That you be well is my profound wish. However, a possible path in writing might be using voice translation to post. Possibly look to software (hardware if necessary) that serves people with vision problems.
Hope all goes well with your vision. I myself have blurry vision on one eye but luckily the stronger eye is able to carry me forward.
I’m more on the conservative side so I often disagree with a lot of posts here, but really do enjoy reading the difference in opinion. Wish our culture allowed more people to listen to various thoughts in different forums without the yelling. Look forward to seeing more insightful analysis.
David:
As Joel will tell you also . . . don’t make it personal by attacking the author. You can dispute what is being said. I will not do your homework for you either. If you say something, please back it up. There are a couple of others here who lean towards the conservative side also.
Thank you for the concern and the comment. I am off to see the eye surgeon to find out how many Shekels it will cost to fix the eye. It is fixable. Driving at night is becoming difficult because of the glare of the lights and the haloes.
Voice writing and reading by translation to voice should be readily available, but I have no idea where to turn for reliable assistance. I am sure others will know and I will ask a reference librarian.
Yes, I would turn to a reference librarian for assistance. A librarian at your former university could be helpful. Also, the VA could be of assistance.
Good luck, and thank you for this platform.
Fraud Guy;
We try and thank you.
well, that explains a few things. my eyes went hell a few years ago. not up to proofreading my own stufff. and some very old phylogenetic brain-backup is sometimes not reliable in reading other people’s stuff. treatment if not cure for that has always been reasonably friendly corrections from others who may…most likely do not…agree with me.
which is why it is dangerous..if you care about self deception… to set yourself up to be a judge in your own case. or set someone up to be a judge who says that people he does not agree with “deserve contempt.”
I put up with personal attacks on AB since I started writing here, some of them quite recently from people who did not realize they were making personal attacks [“you are making stuff up” “you are continuing to deceive”…] mostly because I had to if I was going to be heard at all…that is, I am no “better” than anyone else in wishing I could shut up people who attack me, or my work with continual nonsense. I do think a line has to be drawn, but I don’t want to be the one who draws it. in the long run I find the only thing I regret is that i eventually gave Krasting back some of his own.. and a friend advised me that it made me look bad. Someone, not a “scientist” warned against saying “thou fool” and, wouldn’t you know it, he turned out to be right, though I can’t imagine how he could have proved it with a null hypothesis and experimental design…especially one that began by failing to recognize even what the issue was.
and, i should point out that saying an argument is “stupid” is not the same as saying the person making it is stupid. it takes an exercise in diplomacy I am not trained for to avoid the first, but saying the second is something I can’t imagine myself doing…both because it is “wrong”…lots of smart people say something stupid from time to time…, but it is unkind if not pointless to call a stupid person stupid.
“diplomacy” is the art of talking to paranoids who have the power to cut your head off..
I should point out that saying an argument is “stupid” is not the same as saying the person making it is stupid.
[ Importantly so.
By the way, the argument about Eugene Debs being accused of criminal behavior for speaking against WWI being relevant now was interesting. I never knew of the Debs experience. ]
tell me these people “deserve contempt.”
Thanks so much for laboring on. I hear you about the depredations of time. I look forward to the new authors as well.
Take care
Carol
Carol:
Dan asked me to keep it going a few months ago when he could communicate. Two weeks before his death he was asked what he desired for Angry Bear by his family. He told them the same as he told me. He paid for an update to our systems so as more people could view our commentary.
With that being said, I will do my best . . .
About healthcare insurance even for those covered by Medicare:
I learned by chance that a fair number of large state universities have group healthcare insurance policies for previous attendees of all ages.
As for visual assistance and computing, I was just told by a reference librarian they have all sorts of to-the-point information.
Please all, be well.
ltr:
That is probably better than commercial Medicare Supplemental insurance which covers the gaps in Medicare coverage. I suspect it is less costly.
ltr
thank you for useful contribution to help Bill.
for those who may not know. Debs was jailed for opposing the draft.Supreme court said Free Speech does not protect shouting fire in a crowded theater, apparently not noticing that opposing a war was not shouting fire etc. i mention it to remind that even great Justices have trouble with objectivity. protecting Rights the nation was founded on, and avoiding self deception.
Bill,
Sorry for your troubles. As we all know, aging is not all beer and skittles. With luck the vision can be stabilized so you can continue the good work. As ltr notes, there may be some technology aids that can help.
Jack
Jack:
It is a pita and fixable. I had retina problems in that eye. That was worse and required surgery. Painless. The shot they gave me in my eye was a steroid to reduce swelling. It was bothersome.
I am getting a new lens for that eye for medium and long distance. There is no sound when it focuses for long distance or 20:1 vision like the 6 million dollar man. Just a $20 to $25,000 man. Medicare and supplemental insurance paid for most of it.
It is just bothersome. The glare from the car lights at night affects my vision. There are haloes around the street lights. Sunlight which is fierce down here is problematic too.
Next up Hematologist and Cardiologist.
One thing after another.
Jack:
The other thing that was made known to me. I had a retina issue for a long time and should have been sent to a retina specialist a long time ago. The optometrist in AZ noticed it and referred me to a specialist.
Reads for you — looks like regular glasses — costs about $4,000
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Reads for you — looks like regular glasses — costs about $4,000
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Reads for you — looks like regular glasses — costs about $4,000