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How My Wife Tamed the Pain

It started with a sharp local pain over her right eyebrow and gradually spread across her forehead. She said her energy felt like it was sucked out of her body, starting above her gut. Within a few minutes, ugly pressure felt like a tight helmet pressing on her head. For

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Guilty Parts?

For many years, I have wavered between being judgmental or agnostic about who I do business with. I felt twinges of discomfort twice this past

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A Shop Doc Question

Dear Lloyd – I read all of the issues of Today’s Machining World and really enjoy the insight and information. I’m a 62 year old

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Plumbing Brass is Sweet

In the machining world, plumbing products are a sweet spot again because even though new home sales are drifting, the rehab/refurb market is thriving. Faucets

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Michelle Obama's Childhood home in Chicago.

Michelle and I on Euclid Avenue

I’ve been listening to Michelle Obama’s wonderful autobiography, Becoming, with rapt attention. She is a brilliant writer and a terrific storyteller. What makes the book

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