The idea of hybrid vigor has entered the world of Ping Pong Parkinson.  In our case, it’s combining the wisdom, which comes as a result of experience from older people, and the techno skills of young people.  Both subgroups...

     So, I walk under a ladder leaning against my house, and 5 minutes later I hammer my thumb instead of a nail.  You think those two things are connected?  Some people do.  Of course, you know (if your head is attached to your neck) that it’s superstition –...

     I’ve got a diet for you. Oh, have I got a diet for you.  It’s fantastic!  Eat whatever you want, and I still guarantee that your waistline will shrink dramatically by 5 inches as you lose 10 to 20 pounds the first week.  By week two, you’ll be as slender as Grace...

     No one wishes to dampen the enthusiasm that arises with hoped-for breakthroughs in Parkinson’s Disease or any other disorders but, however tantalizing some of these reports may be, if they are false or unsubstantiated by scientific evidence...

     I frequently get up at night to take a leak. (Editor: Can you rephrase that? ) (Lao Du: What's wrong with it?) (Editor: It's just not refined. Not genteel, get it?) (Lao Du: Jeez! Touchy, touchy, touchy! So, how do you want me to say it?)...

(Last blog on this subject.  If you haven’t read Stress I and Stress II, shame on you.)           Don’t despair about this stress thing.  Just follow the instructions below and you’ll soon be  coming to a place of...

We’re about to embark on a new year, and this prompted me to scour the world of literature on behalf of Ping Pong Parkinson to search for words of wisdom to live by.  I found some pithy stuff written by Confucious, of course, but I have also included, Friedrich...

    I keep hearing about MRSA (Mersa), and it scares me to death.  Why? It’s not because I’m unhinged  (regardless of what my mother said), it’s just that I’m very concerned about Staphylococcus aureus.  I used to be frightened of...

Stress, Part III will be arriving shortly (hold on to your hats).  In the meantime, may I present this meaningful and profound poem by Mario Raul de Morais Andrade (they didn’t have short names like “Twiggy” back in the early 1920’s. my soul has a hat I...

     I thought that when I retired I would be free of the tensions and emotional strains that had accompanied my job.  But other stressors gradually nudged their way into my life, a vast array, including financial, relationships, family...