It seems that in nearly every issue of the Medical Examiner, typos rear their ugly heads, try as we might to avoid them. Typos – or as we like to call them, tpyos – are the bane of every publication whether the Medical Examiner or the Wall Street Journal. And I’ve seen typos in novels and non-fiction books plenty of …
It’s MONDAY!!!
And that, boys and girls, means it’s time for another installment of I HATE MONDAY! Let’s see… what shall we despise today? I know! RUDE PEOPLE. We have flat gone off on rude people before – although we did it politely – in the pages of the Medical Examiner. We called them Retail Terrorists, because they often take their rudeness …
Church of the Infinite Chasm
More evidence: Within just a few million short generations, these cats will develop the ability to fly. You heard it here first.
The crisp new Medical Examiner
Here you go, and you don’t even have to totter out to the end of the driveway in your pjs. Issue highlights: an eye-opening article about hearing loss. Listen up. Also, ::sniff, sniff:: the final column by Cindy Elia, our Ask A Dietitian columnist since 2008. Something else that’s new: the debut of our new Professional Directory. Use it to …
NATIONAL DONUT DAY!
What’s the appropriate way to celebrate? Eat one of these: – All credit to Keith Jones
Hump Day has arrived.
And along with it, the perfect time for a refreshing hiatus. Here’s a question: if you were asked to irrigate a large area – say 500 acres – how would you do it? That’s a lot of ground. There would be miles of pipes to lay, a powerful pump and power source for it would be needed, and of course, …
The PSA of the Week
The federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 made discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin illegal. Do you think it ended prejudice? Not hardly. It just made it illegal. Fast forward a few decades. Recent laws enacted in Georgia and elsewhere have made texting while driving illegal. Do you think the practice has stopped? Of course not. …
Uncle Sam wants bloodless surgery
As a growing number of doctors now recognize, blood is the most dangerous drug in their arsenal. Why? It’s much more than a drug: transfusing it amounts to an organ transplant (albeit a liquid organ), yet it’s administered with none of the precautions associated with other organ transplants. Its use could sometimes be described as casual. As one doctor told …
I HATE MONDAY
Know what I hate? Boredom. No, not being bored. But people who are easily bored, now that just baffles me. Actually, the concept of boredom is completely foreign to me. I can’t remember the last time I was bored. There are too many ways to avoid it. An infinite number of ways. This video doesn’t even scratch the surface, but …
Church of the Infinite Chasm
MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT: This might be the final installment of the Church of the Infinite Chasm. If you have read previous Sunday installments, you know the church’s mission; I won’t belabor it here. Since last Sunday I’ve had something of an epiphany. I have never been one who is reluctant to admit my mistakes, and this is going to be one …