PSA??? On a Thursday???

I know, I know, public service announcements are supposed to appear here on Tuesdays. Rules are made to be broken, isn’t that what they say? Especially if it’s for the betterment of the entire human race. And even more so if it’s a matter of extreme importance to world peace, promotes human dignity, saves marriages and interpersonal relationships, prevents unemployment, …

Hump Day Hiatus #37

This is a day in many places of solemn ceremony and remembrance of the thousands upon thousands of lives lost to terrorism, and untold thousands more that will carry the scars of September 11 forever. It is sometimes all too easy to focus on the negative; there is so much of it. Today’s Hump Day Hiatus is a dazzling reminder …

PSA of the Week

As Medical Examiner readers know, this week is National Suicide Prevention Week, and today is World Suicide Prevention Day. This week’s front page story (scroll down to read it) relates a number of sad statistics about suicide, including the statement that “every day more than 20… members of the US armed forces die by suicide.” The figures we have seen …

I Hate Monday

Allow me to state right off the bat: this I Hate Monday is pure trivia. It’s nothing vital and important, like I hate war or I hate cancer or I hate people who take more than 15 items into the express check-out lane. No, in the grand scheme of things this is inconsequential. Still, it’s annoying. What am I talking …

Church of the Infinite Chasm

Granted, this is an animation (below), but it does illustrate in dramatic fashion why people frequently call it the miracle of birth. There are so many elements to conception and fetal development that are complex and sophisticated beyond our ability to duplicate – and at the same time elegantly simple. To take but one example: compacting the complete blueprint for …

Today’s paper!

Delivered electronically, completely free of Fido saliva, ants from the front yard, ink smudges on your face and hands, etc. And as always, compared to the print edition it’s slightly more typo-free. Have you ever thought to yourself, “Smokers are crazy”? Well, you’re correct, and we have proof, right there on page one, courtesy of John Gever of MedPage Today. …

V is for…

Well, let’s see… V is for Victory, V is for Vengeance (according to novelist Sue Grafton), V is for five, V is for video… hey wait, isn’t Thursday the 5th day of the week? It is! What a perfect day to post a video about vengeance and victory! Even so, we’re not going to do that. Instead, here’s a music …

Ready for a break?

Of course you are. Let’s pay our respects to the last days of summer with a trip to the beach down under and, courtesy of the gentleman we meet about thirty seconds into this, we get to see a helicopter rescue. You’re too close the edge, mate! Bathtub IV from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.