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by Ryn Gargulinski | Jul 19, 2018 | Blogski Archives, column, danger, death, gross stuff, health, life
Some pine for the good ole days of their childhood or early romances. I pine for the good ole days of health insurance. When I first became fully self-employed, I had a decent Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance plan for about $99 per month. The deductible was...
Don’t Weld in Your Underwear (and Other Beginner Welding Tips)
by Ryn Gargulinski | May 17, 2018 | art blogski, Blogski Archives, column, danger, death, environment, life
Alright, you got me. I didn’t really weld in my underwear. It was technically a pair of boxer shorts I wore as pajamas. This was years ago when I bought my first low-powered welder and thought I could be a welding genius in two minutes or less. I wasn’t. So I put the...
How Technology is Making us Loony
by Ryn Gargulinski | Mar 29, 2018 | Blogski Archives, column, danger, life
I have a new friend. Her name is Bixby. And I’m already worried that I’m making her mad. While fretting that you may have ticked off a new pal is not something that’s necessarily considered nuts, it is when you add the fact that Bixby is a machine. Or not even a...
May I Brag about My Brother?
by Ryn Gargulinski | Dec 7, 2017 | Blogski Archives, column, columns and editorial, health, life, writing
My brother won an award, and I feel like bragging about it. This is a big deal. The award is a big deal, sure. It consists of recognition for teamwork – and a designated parking space – at the hospital where he works. But the biggest deal about the deal is that I’m...
There’s still hope for a Tucson truck driver’s ‘widow’
by Ryn Gargulinski | Jun 17, 2013 | Blogski Archives, column, danger, life
Never mind the thought of your beau rambling in a big rig through a tornado zone or the fear that truck-stop hookers, known as “lot lizards, ” will be swarming around him like maggots. The worst part about being a truck driver’s so-called widow is...
Tucsonan discovers how a severed arm can haunt you (even when it’s not your arm)
by Ryn Gargulinski | May 20, 2013 | Blogski Archives, column, crime, danger, health, life, police, fire, law
Being young, drunk and stupid can come with lifelong consequences. And those consequences can come even if you weren’t drunk. Just ask a Tucson guy we’ll call Sam. Twenty-something Sam was an upstanding person: a former soldier, an intelligent and...