Today’s Topic is Vision and AMD (Age-Related Macular Degeneration Age-Related Macular Degeneration)
If you live long enough, you’re very likely to acquire Age-Related Macular Degeneration, an eye disease affecting more than 100 million Americas (more than glaucoma and cataracts combined). Factors affecting AMD are being overweight, smoking, poor diet, but mostly age. The two types of AMD are dry and wet, and wet AMD is much more serious than dry AMD. Below is a link to the American Macular Degeneration Foundation.
An Extremely Important Book During these Difficult Times
“To Rescue the Republic: Ulysses S. Grant, The Fragile Union, and the Crisis of 1876” by Bret Baier, chronicles the efforts by President Ulysses Grant to reach a compromise during the election of 1876, which essentially elected Rutherford B. Hayes as president, federal troops left the South, and Reconstruction ended. Prior to the election, the south, weary of reconstruction and occupation, threatened again to secede and leave the union.
Below is a link to a compelling interview with Mr. Baier.
Remembering A Fun Novelty Song
Ray Stevens made a career of writing and recording fun novelty songs, including Ahab the Arab, a song that could never be released today. It’s goofy and juvenile, which is understandable, because the target audience was teenagers spending many hours every day listening to the radio. Ahab reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Getting Old Ain’t for Sissies 