times of turmoil due to an illness while working for uncle sam

Federal & Postal Disability Retirement: Life’s Satire

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There is a subtle distinction between satire and comedy; as the latter is intended directly to evoke laughter, in whatever manner possible (though, of course, there are comedies which provoke guffaws of loud, unconstrained and boisterous mirth, as opposed to the delicious chuckle, and a spectrum of multiple layers in between), the former can be dead serious, in leveling commentaries and sharp criticism upon political or social misfortunes. […]

 
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Reflections on Federal Disability Retirement this Independence Weekend

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Each country has a symbolic date for celebrating independence; that historic marker which represents the freeing of a populace from the chains of tyranny. Some may view it as an anachronism, and in such a mindset, it is merely another day off from the daily . […] Read More …

Disability Retirement for Federal Workers: What Was It All For?

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In the midst of a crisis, when the security of the mundane is replaced by the turmoil of fears, “what ifs”, pain, intrusive nightmares, suicidal ideations, profound fatigue, and the uncertainty of one’s future, questions begin to haunt and abound, enveloping decisions of past moments […] Read More …

Federal and USPS Disability Retirement: Change within Flux

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The anomaly is that change occurs only within the context of constancy; for, if everything was perpetually in a state of flux, the very concept of ‘change’ would lose its meaning. It is similar to the argument often made in philosophy where one posits that everything […] Read More …

CSRS & FERS Medical Disability Retirement: Inside/Outside

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Visiting another institution, community, neighborhood or business often evokes an initial response of envy or dismay; first impressions abound, and floods the channels of opinions based upon a comparison of one’s own life. It is an interesting phenomena to view […] Read More …

Federal Disability Retirement: This Side, or the Other, of Paradise

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It represents that mythical existence — whether in a physical sense, or a metaphysical state of being — where harmony, the absence of pain and a continuum of pleasure and contentment are experienced daily and in sustained fashion. Perhaps it is a fictional […] Read More …

Federal Worker Disability Retirement: Reality, Fantasy, and the Medical Condition

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One often reads about sociological studies which purport to show a corresponding significance between the genres of movies made, and the particular time period, […] Read More …