Posts by: Rick Jobus

Rick Jobus

May 25, 2022May 25, 2022

Don’t Let Awareness Get Lost on the Already Aware

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“What’s the buzz? Tell me what’s a-happening, Why should you want to know? Don’t you mind about the future? Don’t you try to think ahead? Save tomorrow for tomorrow, Think ... Read more

May 25, 2022June 20, 2022

Don’t Let Awareness Get Lost on the Already Aware

ALS News Today Columns

“What’s the buzz? Tell me what’s a-happening, Why should you want to know? Don’t you mind about the future? Don’t you try to think ahead? Save tomorrow for tomorrow, Think ... Read more

May 4, 2022May 4, 2022

A Plot-twisting Cliffhanger That Leaves Me Breathless and Hospitalized

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“Take my hand, precious Lord, Lead me home. … When my life is almost gone, Hear my cry, hear my call, Hold my hand lest I fall.” Although I fall ... Read more

April 27, 2022April 27, 2022

Is It Do-si-Do or Do-si-Don’t With a New Home Healthcare Aide?

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“I been in the right place, but it must have been the wrong time, I’d have said the right thing, but I must have used the wrong line, I’d have ... Read more

April 20, 2022April 20, 2022

A Musical Medley That Stands the Test of Time

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“The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.”  Time fascinates me, now more than ever. In my own way, in the face of ALS, I’ve learned to enjoy ... Read more

April 13, 2022April 13, 2022

Simon Says, Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

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“‘The problem is all inside your head,’ she said to me, ‘The answer is easy if you take it logically,’ … She said, ‘It grieves me so to see you ... Read more

April 6, 2022April 6, 2022

Some Serious and Silly Words With a Friend

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“I know all too well it don’t come easy, The chains of the world they seem to movin’ tight. I try to walk around, if I’m stumbling so come, Tryin’ ... Read more

March 30, 2022March 30, 2022

Assessing the Contents of the Toolbox While in Exile

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“By the rivers of Babylon Where we sat down And there we wept When we remembered Zion But the wicked carried us away in captivity Required from us a song ... Read more

March 23, 2022March 23, 2022

‘Mission Impossible’ Merits a Blockbuster Cast

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“To dream the impossible dream, To fight the unbeatable foe, … To reach the unreachable star, … This is my quest.” Vanquish ALS! Last week, my wife and I enjoyed ... Read more

March 16, 2022March 16, 2022

The Same as It Never Was

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“And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack … And you may ask yourself, ‘Well, how did I get here?’ … Letting the days go by, same as ... Read more

March 9, 2022March 9, 2022

Twisting the Night Away on the Titanic

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“And you know that you’re over the hill, When your mind makes a promise that your body can’t fill.” This refrain from the Little Feat song “Old Folks Boogie” could ... Read more

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022

Someone Thought Enough to Write About ALS, and It’s About Time

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“The book I’m not reading is riveting The book I’m not reading keeps me up at night The book I’m not reading is better than TV Giving me insight.” These ... Read more

February 23, 2022February 23, 2022

Fighting the Predictable Unpredictability of Rare Disease

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“Will you still need me, will you still feed me, When I’m sixty-four” Paul McCartney wrote the song “When I’m Sixty-Four” four decades before reaching that age himself. McCartney admitted ... Read more

February 2, 2022February 2, 2022

Technology Blazes a Trail Out of the Wilderness

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“Keep off the path, Beware of the gate, Watch out for signs that say ‘hidden driveways.’ Don’t let the chlorine in your eyes, Blind you to the awful surprise, That’s ... Read more

January 26, 2022January 26, 2022

The Soulful Benefit Arising From Punching a Clock

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“‘There must be some way out of here,’ said the joker to the thief, ‘There’s too much confusion, I can’t get no relief.’” When I first heard “All Along the ... Read more