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VA "Healthcare"

VA "Healthcare", who's entitled? Find out in my latests post. Spoiler, it is not all #veterans

Alright, time for me to admit I know fuck-all about anything other than my own personal healthcare journey. So I have limited knowledge to contribute to the Tricare and CHAMPVA conversations. When active National Guard folks would come to my office asking about Tricare, my go to was to give them a number (1-800-444-5445) they probably already had and ask them why there was no one on base to help…

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Can't Believe I Almost Taught This

Can’t Believe I Almost Taught This

It’s been about ten years since I ordered “Dead Souls” by Nicolai Gogol from W. W. Norton for a literature class I was scheduled to teach. I have a vague recollection of reading it and thinking it was meh then placing it on my bookcase and promptly forgetting about it. Back when I taught various college literature courses, I needed to either love or hate the book in order to make the class…

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Have You Served?

New post "Have You Served?" on MoKnapp.com #veteran #veterans #veteranbenefits #veterandiscounts #veterandisability #serviceconnected #veteranentitlements #airforce #army #navy #marinecorp #coastguard #airnationalguard #armynationalguard #reserves

Apologies for not posting last week. I had a migraine that lasted three days and it made my crappy sleep pattern crappier, so all told, it was a pretty shitty week.  Unfortunately, not all who serve are considered veterans. For example, if a person has served in the Reserves or National Guard for six years, but never deployed, that person is not considered a veteran. No DD-214, usually means no…

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Resisting Resistance

New post "Resisting Resistance" on MoKnapp.com #writing #resistance #thewarofart #lowbuyyear

I spend a lot of time and money buying things. Then I spend a lot of time organizing those things. Then I spend even more time purging the things I have. Look, I’m a pretty smart cookie. Top of my class in Air Force Tech school. BA in Psychology and MFA in Creative Writing & English. Taught as an adjunct professor for 4 colleges concurrently. And my biggest achievement yet? I aced consumerism…

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My Claims Journey

New blog post at MoKnapp.com "My Claims Journey", the second in the #veteran series. #vadisability #serviceconnected

I suppose my claims journey began as I was out processing from the Air Force in August of ’99. I was handed a green cardstock form, told to fill it out, and take it to my local VA facility if my shoulder ever bothered me. That was it. No further help or instruction.  I stuck that form in a folder and eventually shredded it along with a bunch of other AF documents after I decided I was no longer…

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My Nearly Illuminated Mind

My Nearly Illuminated Mind

This is going to be short because I always have trouble writing at length about something I like. And I really liked “The Mind Illuminated” by Culadasa (John Yates, PhD). Because Culadasa is both an adept meditator and neuroscientist, he breaks down the stages of meditation for those of us who are currently sans guru. He lets us know what to expect as we delve deeper into our meditation…

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My Credentials as an Advocate

My latest blog post "My Credentials as an Advocate" is up at MoKnapp.com #veteran #vadisability #veteransbenefits

This post is long, but I want to create it, so I can refer back to it in future posts. Inevitably, I will be asked about my qualifications to write about Veteran benefits. So the following is my curriculum vitae, as it pertains to this portion of the blog. The information here is for educational purposes and is not meant to replace a good VSO. An advocate is always advisable as VA law changes…

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When a word you though was wholly made up by your mother, wasn’t. #umpteenth #notslang https://www.instagram.com/p/CL9vHbcgN8h/?igshid=14mpa9097eeeh

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Mutant Message ... Ugh

Mutant Message … Ugh

So, for my next read, I decided to listen to the audio version of Mutant Message Down Under by liar extraordinaire, Marlo Morgan. I listened to this they way I listen to all audiobooks, through the Libby app for iPhone. If you don’t know Libby, she’s the online library or Livebrary app, and you should get to know her. I use Libby for audio and ebooks because I can listen or read right in the app,…

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"Rose Madder" in Review

“Rose Madder” in Review

A woman who is married to an abusive man, who also happens to be a cop, leaves because she cannot stand the thought of changing the sheets again. That’s the super simplified version. King, of course, gives a very good account why Rosie just cannot face changing the sheets again because of one drop of blood then explaining to hubby why the sheets were changed then getting beaten for bleeding on…