Every day, retired U.S. Army general Stanley McChrystal wakes up at 4 a.m., shaves, exercises for 90 minutes, takes a five-minute shower and then goes to the office. He doesn’t eat anything until dinner because, “It just makes me feel better,” he says. “My body has gotten used to it, and so if I eat
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June 20, 2017
Last week we discovered a pool of water sitting on our basement carpet. From the ceiling above, broken drywall fell in clumps. A complete mystery lurked behind that drywall. I thought the water was seepage from rainwater through the foundation. My wife thought it was coming from a leaking pipe. Others thought it was due
August 13, 2014
Last week, my wife and I became concerned about a rash that had developed on the head and neck of our newborn baby. Worried that it was an allergic reaction, my wife called the after-hours nurses’ hotline to present the problem. The nurse began by determining the urgency by asking life-or-death questions. Next, the nurse