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Breathing easier thanks to doctors

Posted on January 31, 2014January 31, 2014 By Brody No Comments on Breathing easier thanks to doctors

This column appeared in The Herald-Sun in January 2014: It’s not that I hate doctors. Most of them seem like perfectly fine people. But I’m almost certain you’d never hear me utter anything like what my wife told the dental receptionist over the phone the other day: “Wes would love to see you at 11.”…

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Worrying about the storms we can’t track

Posted on January 19, 2014January 19, 2014 By Brody No Comments on Worrying about the storms we can’t track

This column appeared in The Herald-Sun in January 2014: I was almost finished building the new toy box for John Michael last Saturday when our smartphones buzzed about a tornado warning in Durham. Soon, we found out that – although it’s not a comfortable fit for all involved – it’s possible to cram two adults,…

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Welcome to the nerd club

Posted on January 10, 2014 By Brody No Comments on Welcome to the nerd club

This column appeared in The Herald-Sun in January 2014: Fifteen years ago, I told my editor at The St. Petersburg Times that I was working on a new side project — an online role-playing game. He smiled, laughed and said, “Wow, you really are a geek.” This, coming from a guy with an office festooned…

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Sometimes luck trumps preparation

Posted on January 3, 2014 By Brody No Comments on Sometimes luck trumps preparation

Nearly a year ago, Rachel Raney showed me the perils facing pedestrians around Trinity Park, Duke University’s East Campus and Durham School of the Arts. She worried about motorists speeding through crosswalk zones, endangering adults and children alike trying to make safe crossings. She was concerned not just about her son, Leo Bortiri, who loved…

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