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• Today is Bill’s Birthday

  . He would have been 67 today.We would most likely have gone out to eat as that is how we usually celebrate. He would have enjoyed that.He would have spoken to... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bill Tchakirides, May 24, 1946 – April 27, 2013

  William “Bill” Louis TchakiridesBill Tchakirides age 66, retired, of Shepherdstown, West Virginia died peacefully Saturday, April 27. Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bill Tchakirides is in Hospice Care

  I am updating this page with some sad news. It is very difficult and I do not like putting this on a public social media page – it seems disrespectful –... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Update on Bill –

  It has been three weeks since we last visited our dogs in Harper’s Ferry, WV. For the last three Sundays, the dogs have had to come to visit Bill. They are a bi... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• An Update on Bill’s Condition

  Hello – I am updating this blog for Bill. He has tried to do his own update but has not been successful at this point.He is sitting here comfortably, watching... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bill and Ellen Are Now at Home in Williamsport, MD

  Hello – I am updating this page for Bill. We are in our second week at Bill’s daughter Penny’s house in Williamsport, MD.It has been quite a change and... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bill is Interested in Having Visitors Now!

  Bill is now in the Candlewood in Shepherdstown, working on his rehab. He will be going home to his daughter Penny’s house soon. Bill has done pretty well these... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2012 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bill is in Shepherdstown Again!

  Hello – This is Bill’s wife again. He keeps saying he get get back on the BLOG but he gets tired and goes to sleep. So I am writing to let you all know that as... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2012 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• OK… Next step.They Are Going to Get Me Ready for Surgery.

  

  Hope this doesn’t take long…. I don’t really want to be knocked out for a long time. It’s my right brain that this tumor is on and I hope when they take it out... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2012 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• In the Hospital Waiting for an EKG…

  Surgery this afternoon, but they decided I needed another EKG this morning. I guess they think the old fat man is going to stop breathing and they want to... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2012 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Harold Kepnes, My Friend, Has Died. I’m Very Sad.

  

  Harold S.Kepnes, 1947 – 2012He was a year younger than me, but we were both in the Class of ’64 at Tabor. Harold was my best friend and in the summers, when I... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2012 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Packing for the Hospital…

  

  I have to get to my daughter’s house before 10 AM with all my clothes and meds packed to get down to Georgetown to the hotel by the hospital. Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2012 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Artist Will Barnet Dies at 101…

  

  Will Barnet, a titan of the visual art world, died at his home in New York on Tuesday. He was 101.His family said the cause of death was old age. Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2012 SOCIETY

• Starting the Day in Hell…

  

  Last night, on our way home from the MRI, we stopped at my daughter Penny’s to pick up our dogs where they were staying all day. Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2012 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Just Finished My MRI…

  

  Elly and Cassandra say I had a seizure going into the test… apparently I was “babbling”…but I don’t remember it. I was under the MRI’s spell for about an hour.... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2012 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Down at Georgetown Having Lunch Before Tests…

  Georgetown HospitalIf you ever have to do something at Georgetown University Hospital, let me recommend a wonderful on-campus restaurant, Empire and Company, a... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2012 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• OK… It’s off to Georgetown Today for the Last Day of Tests Before Surgery…

  

  Something called “Pre-Surgical Intake” and ending with a new MRI. Then we’ll be chugging back to Harpers Ferry, I get a day off and on Thursday night I’m back i... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• What is It About Tattooed People? A Disdain for Their Skin?

  

  After yesterday’s piece on the results of the man with the a Romney tattoo on his head, this bunch of tattoos popped up on the web (can you believe it?! Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Quote of the Day – The Man with the Romney Tattoo

  

  Remember Eric Hartsburg?  He was paid $15,000 to get a five inch Romney campaign tattoo on his face. Hartsburg did it as an auction. Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2012 DEBATE, POLITICS

• Favorite Television Shows?

  

  Since I’ve been forced to stay pretty still most of the day I have been watching a lot of television (and thanks to Infinity I can go back and see many shows... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO