tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60055012011-07-30T15:37:00.326-07:00Being the random thoughts of a middle aged overeducated physician, father, and citizen. James M. Small MD PhD. Send me a reply to jmsmall @ mycap.org.DenverDochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05905834084963591163noreply@blogger.comBlogger881100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005501.post-57698270879512555282010-07-19T15:25:00.000-07:002010-07-19T15:33:46.888-07:00

'Twas ternship, and the frantic fleasdid bix and bumble in the trach'.All bovey were the Ohbeegees,and uteri did quake."Beware the radical neck, my son,the 'terns that call, the studs that vex.Beware the Open Lung, and shunthe Hemonc-ish Marrow Techs!"He took his 'BP' blade in hand,long time the tumrous nodes he sought,till wondered he, on a quick D and C,"Can I ever escape to the pot?"And as in

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I think my kids shall never see,a sight as horrid as a bee,unless they spy upon their pantsa pair of tiny carnivorous ants.A moth upon the ceiling flits,sending Becca into fits;the fits are only exceeded bythose engendered by a fly.Sarah begs for me to hide herfrom the visage of a spider,or better yet, oh Father Brave,send that ogre to his grave.Katie shrieks, "A bug! A BUG!""Dad, come quick, I

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There are 10 kinds of people: those who know Binary and those who don't.

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On making a cell modelJim Small, ninth-grade, 1969.I. Visualization:Some days ago, our sadistic biology teacher, Mr. Richard Bly, gave us a challenging assignment. He called the class to order and said, "by March the fourth, you will have built a three-dimensional model of a cell. It will contain the following: a nucleus, a nucleolus, Golgi bodies, etc...."I sat smugly, visualizing a gleaming

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This is advice given to a young woman who felt too ashamed to come back to faith; she had become a prostitute, and her uncle found her and came to bring her home.“It is not new to fall; what is wrong is to lie down when you have fallen. Remember where you stood before you fell. The devil once mocked you, but now he will know that you can rise stronger than before….Do not draw back from the mercy

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"Minor surgery is surgery done on somebody else."--J. Small

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"A woman does not choose abortion as she would choose a Porsche or an ice cream cone, but as an animal caught in a trap chooses to gnaw its own leg off."Matthewes-Green, Frederica. Real Choices: Listening to Women; Looking for Abortion Alternatives, Conciliar Press, July 1997.Another idea: A single woman with an unwanted pregnancy is in pain. She faces the following alternatives:1. Have an

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Psalm 103 2,5Praise the Lord, o my soul, and forget not all his benefits...who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the Eagle's!

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The Expectation of GratitudeLuke 17:11, NIV. Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. 12As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy[a]met him. They stood at a distance 13and called out in a loud voice, "Jesus, Master, have pity on us!" 14When he saw them, he said, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." And as they went, they were

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Badges? We don't need no stinking badges! This Long Island boy got all the Merit Badges. Incredible.

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I got an award for service to the College of American Pathologists. What a great ceremony. Here is a link to the press release.Might as well link the other press release, too, on the Missions Ministries clinic we do each February.

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Well, after several training rides, lifting weights, buying clothing, I did it. I rode in the Stonewall Century Ride August 16, 2008.Those who know me, know that I am shall we say a bit compulsive? I really prepared for this ride, my first Century. It's really all Chris' fault, you know, my new son in law. Last spring he announced that he was going to do the Chicago Marathon in the fall. One

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Here is video of Sarah and Chris' first dance.Here is Chris and Irene's touching Mother-Son dance.Here is Jim and Sarah's farewell Father-Daughter dance.

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Yesterday my bro and I went for a drive to look over the course of the Stonewall century ride. It is a beautiful little valley just west of Walsenburg, CO. The two lane road winds through pine and aspen forests up from La Veta to Cuchara Pass, fairly steep looking actually. I think it averages around a 3.7% grade. I came back with a new intensity to my training!So today I went for a ride.

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It's not her body. It's IN her body.

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If I do what I need to do I'm happy. If I don't do what I need to do I'm unhappy.If we don't know what each other are doing we can't support each other.Sober views are more likely than romantic views, to lead to a romantic life.From John Patrick, but a similar thought:Moral thoughts are reliable, moral feelings are not.

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I heard this referred to on a radio program. Didn't know what it meant. The link is here. They are:1. God LOVES you and offers a wonderful PLAN for your life.2. Man is SINFUL and SEPARATED from God. Therefore, he cannot know and experience God's love and plan for his life.3. Jesus Christ is God's ONLY provision for man's sin. Through Him you can know and experience God's love and plan for

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According to Prager, there are five questions God will ask a Jew at the gates to heaven:1. Did you conduct your business honestly?2. Did you partake in every permitted joy?3. Did you set regular times for Bible study?4. Did you look forward to redemption?5. Did you reproduce?

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Planning on doing a Century Ride in mid August. Stonewall century, southern colorado.Here is a route for training, 50 miles, from home around (up thru Wash Park to CC trail) Platte to 470, up to Potomac, to Cherry Creek Res, back home.More notes: From Cherry Creek Shop Ctr to Reservoir, 8.8 mi. another mile down to road. Around loop to Jordan, 13.8 mi. Jordan around to Arapahoe, 16.4. Potoac

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People get the gas prices they deserve.

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He recommended Breakpoint as a good site to visit. No time today but will take a look some time.

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31,000 scientists say no consensus.

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I asked one of my lists for suggestions on resources for a seeker. They came up with a lot!Dorothy Sayers.N. T. Wright's The Resurrection of the Son of GodChesterton: Father Brown, *Orthodoxy, Everlasting ManC. S. Lewis, *Mere Christianity, *Screwtape Letters, *Surprised by Joy, etc.Anything by George McDonald and Charles Williams Charles Colson, especially "How Now Shall We Live""*Evidence that

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I had not heard of Meyer before, but he has written a fascinating analysis of major trends in the US today. They are:1. Iraq2. China3. Demographic changes4. Restructuring of businessWorth a read. Sounds like a bright guy.

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Two teens started "The Rebelution." Their motto seems to be "Do hard things." (It's a rebellion against low expectations.) Now my Father told me he thought the secret of his success was that whenever he came to a decision point, he just naturally always took the more difficult path. He would love these kids!By the way, they are having a conference at Colorado Community Church for teens and

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This polish woman defied the Nazi's and saved 2000 Jewish children. A heroine.Two quotes from Prager on this:Rarely are the famous significant, or the significant famous."Good" is more of a mystery than evil. I understand the Nazi's more than a great woman like Irena Sendler.

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“I am Your Message, Lord. Throw me like a blazing torch into the night so that all may see and understand what it means to be a disciple.”Maria Skobstsova, from the CMDA Practice by the Book. She died trying to help the Jews in WWII in Paris.

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Interesting article, heard her interviewed. She's definitely not an antifeminist but does like men. She has a book deal and even maybe a movie coming.Prager's comment: "People who look in a sober manner are more likely to find romance, than people who look only for romance."

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote: Marriage is more than your love for each other. It has a higher dignity and power, for it is God's holy ordinance, through which he wills to perpetuate the human race till the end of time. In your love you see only your two selves in the world, but in marriage you are a link in the chain of the generations, which God causes to come and to pass away to his glory, and

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First Things, May, 2008, Alan Jacobs discusses his Commonplace Book on line. This sounds like an interesting idea to me and perhaps I'll play a bit with it.

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This one came across an Email discussion list I attend. He is a climate scientist in Alabama. He has several fears in regards to the Global Warming debate. First, he fears for science; science should be about measurements, not egos, or grants, or fame. Second, he fears for the poor. Cutting carbon-based energy now will harm the world's poor far more than the wealthy. Third, he fears for our

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A colleague of mine who takes the time to really investigate things offers the following analysis of global warming. He is a kind and honest individual who pursues things like a bulldog. See what you think. GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE Based on literature research ending 14 March 12, 2008 Compiled between 6/2007 and 3/2008 by Sanford D. Peck, B.S. (Zoology); M.D. FASCP, FACP BACKROUND AND

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Calvary Chapel south denver is Gino's church. Here is their website.

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Here is a link. They meet every Wednesday night--get in touch with them if you have cancer or know someone who does

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Here is the link to the CMDA website.And a link to Sarcoidosis, an inflammatory disease of the lymph nodes.Recently a Korean scientist admitted that he faked his research on cloning...

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Try this oneAnd this one: Live blogging the Gino Geraci show on 1/4/05!

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Here is a link on colloidal silver:

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Victor Davis Hanson has an article worth reading. In short, listen to what the Islamic radicals say, not what American professors and reporters think they heard. Hint: they hate us for what we ARE, not anything we did.

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A new pope has been elected, Cardinal Ratzinger of Germany has become Pope Benedict. As a Protestant I don't really understand why they change names but it's not an important issue. He is a conservative Christian, which will annoy a lot of people. How dare the Catholic church not listen to the 6-8% of its members who are in the United States? Here is a sermon he gave recently. Quite frankly,

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There is a whole raft of articles on Science and Christianity here. I'll bet they're worth reading...when I get time of course!

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I admit it, I used to believe science and religion were incompatible. As an atheist majoring in science, I thought the Church was the enemy. But then came conversion and my eyes opened. Judaism and Christianity made science possible. Don't believe it? Read on.What do you have to believe to be a scientist? I submit that a fundamental assumption is the constancy of the universe. If you set

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Take a look here if you like freedom.

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Dennis Prager writes a series on Judeo Christian values. I like his style, his honest inquiries. Take a look at these:Judeo Christian Values III III IV Index (NEW: V VI VII)Reminds me of what I think is a Dosteoevsky quote, although I can't Google it. It goes something like, "If there is no God, everything is permissible." Where, indeed, would you find the idea that the Nazi's were wrong other

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For previous letter and links: 3"It is high time for me to write to you fully on the painful subject of prayer." So begins letter 4.Obviously the first effort is to keep the patient from praying seriously at all. For Lewis, prayer is concentration of intelligence and will, not just a "vaguely devotional mood." It should be regular and planned. And the bodily position actually matters: "They

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Here are some interesting contrasts. First, the president of Harvard (not a conservative by any stretch) raised the hypothesis that there might be biological differences behind the lack of women at the highest levels of physical and mathematical sciences. Women walked out, a firestorm erupted, and he was forced to retract. Second, a University of Colorado professor wrote a stupid article

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Just read The Bleat. What a hoot. I particularly loved the part about how his daughter didn't want to have a baby because she wants to stay thin, and she's only five. Since I have three daughters, and have been through some of the neuroses about thinness, made me smile. But it's a wistful smile. How sad, that an essential part of the human life cycle, that creates new life with all the

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Just ran across a report from a physician who specializes in sexually transmitted diseases, and it is alarming. I'm going to see him speak Thursday this week and will pass on more (guess that isn't the best way to phrase it!) later. In the meantime, seriously consider whether sex outside of marriage is in your best interests. He (Dr. McIlhaney) says his saddest encounters as an OB-GYN were

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Here, from Joe Carter, is a pretty good link to starting a Blog.

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For previous letters: 1 2 For next letter: 4Our patient has a strained relationship with his mother (who he lives with.) How can our devils exploit this?First, the Patient thinks his conversion to Christianity is inside him, so keep him focused internally. (God wants us focused on God and on our neighbors.) One of my favorite quotes is in this section: "You must bring him to a condition in

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Yes, the world is dangerous. From Australia comes a nice article about suffering, pain, and God. Take a quick look... and think about this quote: "if there is one single conclusion forced on us by the history of mankind, it is that the growth of faith in God is not hindered by misfortune and suffering, but by satisfaction." Look at Western Europe, and compare it to Africa and Asia where

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For letter 1, see here. Letter 2 begins with the horrifying news that the Patient has become a Christian, tempered with the reassurance that lots of adult converts revert to their old ways and can be reclaimed. Some evangelicals don't believe that you can "lose your salvation." I claim no expertise but don't want to take the chance! The letter goes on to describe the church in England in the

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Why does God allow suffering? Big problem. David Hume said, "Is He willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then He is impotent. Is He able, but not willing? Then He is malevolent. Is He both able and willing? Whence then is evil?" Here is an interesting approach to the problem. It should be noted that the Theodicy problem (the problem of evil in the world) is not a new flash that occurred to a

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I just found a whole website on The Screwtape Letters! I'll have to see what it has that I haven't thought of. There is also a reading group guide. There is a series of Study Guides on PDF files that Literary Guild put out as well. Go here for letter 2. Letter One introduces us to the three main characters. Wormwood receives the letters, and is a "junior tempter" in the Devil's Lowerarchy.

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Just finished a terrific anthology of science fiction stories, edited by Orson Scott Card. "Masterpieces: The best science fiction of the 20th Century." Readable, a full range of terrific short stories. I've always thought short stories were the natural element of science fiction, anyway. This is a good bedtime book. James Gleick's Chaos is one of those rare books that changed the way I

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My oldest daughter has asked for a list of books I've enjoyed. There are so many, but here is a sampling: The entire Master and Commander series by Patrick OBrian. 20 books about two great characters in turn of the 19th century England on the high seas as they battle Napolean, the Spanish, and of course the terrible Colonists in the War of 1812. They are wonderful books. The second is slightly

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Isn't it amazing? When we in the US have a natural disaster, there are six deaths and a special interest story about the rescue of a family pet. When there is a natural disaster in India or Southeast Asia, the deaths number in the tens of thousands immediately, with who knows how many from Cholera, Typhoid, malnutrition, etc. What do we do? We can contribute to relief organizations. Hugh

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All of my girls are home for the Christmas holiday. It's so much fun to see them growing up into fine young women. Soon the two older ones will be heading back to school and I will miss them. Katie gave me a signed C. S. Lewis book of letters to Malcolm. I love C. S. Lewis' writing. I think I've said before that it is at least partially responsible for my being able to be a Christian. So my

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On the cover of the NEJM... Back at Duke Med School in the seventies, they did a big production show at the end of each school year with a band (variously called The Electrolyte Orchestra and the Ileo-Tibial Band, click links for references) and actors. One of the songs was a take-off on "The Cover of the Rolling Stone" which was a popular song back then. The NEJM is the New England Journal of

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Newspeak, er Newsweek and the "Historical" Jesus Hugh Hewitt has challenged us to respond to Newsweek's latest salvo in the culture wars. By coincidence, I've been working through The Case for Christ, which gives a fairly detailed and quite readable analysis of Christianity. Newsweek: Yet almost nothing in Luke's story stands up to close historical scrutiny; Case: "The general consensus of

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Novels worth rereading Can't resist contributing to a Hugh Hewitt symposium, since his book In but not Of got me started on this project! What books have I reread... Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, of course. Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis I've read several times; a Buddhist friend of mine calls it a "Desert Island book" that can be read over and over. Sort of a novel, I guess. The Great

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Ah, Mexico! My daughter and I traveled to Mexico (Juarez, border town) with a small church from Fort Collins last week. The twenty-odd of us were there to build a house for a poor family under the auspices of Missions Ministries. I had gone a couple of years ago with my own church. You arrive on site and there is a 12 x 36 foot concrete slab poured onto the desert floor. A crew of locals has

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My brother came to town last night to visit his alma mater during homecoming. His son goes to Mines now. Last night we heard the story of the great parade float of 1978. Seems the Mines fraternities make floats for a homecoming parade. The Betas had a new truck donated by an alum and covered it with decorations made of paper napkins. There was a mineshaft, a donkey, and miners. When passing

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Lie:  NOUN: 1. A false statement deliberately presented as being true; a falsehood. 2. Something meant to deceive or give a wrong impression. "Bush lied about Uranium and Iraq."  Well, not exactly.  He said in State of Union that Iraq was trying to buy uranium from Niger.  This was called a lie.  Now we find out that the British Government has evidence that Iraq was trying to buy...uranium! (

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This was indeed an interesting weekend! Through the College of American Pathologists, I do sometimes get into the news as a doctor. But this weekend I was part of a national news story on an airline flight. We took off from Denver a little late and had an uneventful flight, at least until the captain came on and said, "Weather is bad in Chicago and we need to divert to Milwaukee. We'll gas up

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Dr. Jim and his Wife

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This is an unbelievable account of what went on in Iraq. Somewhere between 300,000 and 400,000 people, minimum, were murdered in sadistic ways. While I can see how, pre-war, there could be reasonable debate about whether this was a just war, it is difficult for me to see how decent human beings could stand by and watch this. But we did. At this point we as a nation need to come to terms with

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At the risk of blowing the game, here's an interesting article about the president's Harvard MBA. My intuition agrees with this article. Why try to defend yourself against seven different onslaughts simultaneously? The american people have a very short memory. He's just saving his ammo.

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this is one of the funniest things I've read in a while. Be warned: it's pro-Southern! I may have to link to this guy more often.

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Ooh, here's an interesting pro-Bush blog. And another that I like for all its links is Hugh Hewitt.

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Here is my favorite radio host, although he comes on in the middle of the day while I'm working and I rarely have the opportunity to hear him. Dennis Prager always makes me think. He comes from a highly ethical and liberty-based background. Take a look at his columns. I've read one of his books, Happiness is a Serious Problem, and recommend it highly. I outlined my thoughts in pen in the

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This came in my email, interesting. Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1... ... The first battalion of the new Iraqi Army has graduated and is on active duty. ... over 60,000 Iraqis now provide security to their fellow citizens. ... Nearly all of Iraq's 400 courts are functioning. ... the Iraqi judiciary is fully independent. ... On Monday, October 6 power

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Found an interesting website, recommended in Wash Times. These guys are using leftist tactics (signs, Tshirts, posters, etc.) to champion freedom and support the American system. Take a look at ProtestWarrior.com. Spilled water on my laptop last night. I quickly shut it down and removed the battery, let it dry all night, used a hair dryer carefully and it survived! This blog entry is on the

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Here is a cool website. I'm going to the airport tonight to get my two daughters for Thanksgiving tomorrow, and you can track flights on the web with it. Useful when you don't want to spend forever driving to pick folk up. Also just in case you didn't already know this, you have to call before going to catch your flight! Mine on Sunday was cancelled and had to go to next flight, and today my

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Health News: Flu is bad this year! Go get a flu shot. Reactions are rare. Last year, while looking up SARS statistics, I found some interesting numbers. Accorging to CDC, since SARS was recognized 774 deaths occurred in abou 8000 cases, worldwide. Influenza, on the other hand, leads to 114,000 hospitalizations and 36,000 DEATHS in the US in an average year. (see "myths" at bottom of page.)

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Here is an interesting post about business and character. We all remember the business excesses of the last few years and the obvious political excesses. People laugh at character these days, and call for more regulations. I submit the following thought: If people have ethics and character, little regulation is needed. If they lack ethics and character, no amount of regulation will be

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Rabies from a raccoon. When I was a pathology resident, I got a call at 3 AM from a medical student who told me "My wife just got bit by a raccoon, so I killed it. What do I do?" I told him to wrap it in a bag, keep it cold, and take it to State Health Dept. Now there is a news story about a death from Rabies in a human who seems to have gotten it from a raccoon. Don't worry, it's still

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Thomas Sowell agrees with me on "Free Lunch Healthcare."

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Quotes of the day: "Son, you guys will never control health care costs until the customer pays the bill." --Masters in City Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "It's all part of the Holy Grail of health care in America -- getting someone else to pay." Debra Saunders "I tell a patient they need to stop smoking. Their copay is $5 for the visit. They figure, these days, that my

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The President made a milestone speech earlier this week on Iraq, laying out his vision for freedom and democracy. It has been hard to find the text. It is in the Investor's Business Daily, the complete speech, a few days ago. I found a link to the speech if you want to read the actual speech instead of just commentary about it.

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Read an enjoyable hard science fiction book by Greg Bear called Slant. It's about the near future with most of our mental illnesses having been cured by nanotechnology. In fact, people who have not had "therapy" are unusual. Unfortunately, there is a worm in the apple, and the author weaves several disparate stories together as they converge to an exciting ending. One of the most valuable

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Oops, first time I've tried to insert a link. Try again: Sex Education Link

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Here is a great website. This is a group of physicians who decided to really look at data on sexuality and come up with a complete educational approach. Take a look!

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My wife is terrific. She's from the south and they have the most interesting language down there. For example, one time I came home somewhat depressed and said, "I'm the new hated minority. I'm a white male christian doctor!" "Could be worse." "How?" I asked. "You could be Southern." Or there's "hoo haw." Hoo haw is what happens when several teen age girls get together and start fighting.

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An email group I'm on has been having an interesting discussion in the past few days. The premise seems to be that religious fundamentalism causes problems, so the best way to run things is through a secular humanist system that does not allow any religion to be in charge. Sounds reasonable in theory. To see what can go wrong with such a system, look at Stephane Courtois' The Black Book of

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Man, what a day. I planned to come in early, get my work done, and get to an off-site meeting. But then, the phone, the phone. Oh well, at least I'm employed doing something that I mostly enjoy. Pathologists look at the tissue the surgeons take out to figure out what it really is. It's lots of science, beautiful images that rival modern art, and a certain amount of memory of what different

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It always brings a smile when I hear or see yet another comedian call George Bush a "moron." Let's see...MBA from Harvard Business School, BEFORE daddy was in public office. Moderately successful businessman, Governor of Texas, elected president of US, first president in recent memory to gain significantly in Congress in midterm elections. His "smart" opponent? Finished middle of high school

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As I was going through my burgeoning pile of paperwork, I came across a useful item that I thought I'd pass on. It's ways to protect your credit and identity from fraud. 1. Put only your initials on your check (like J. M. Small) instead of whole name. But sign with whole name. Thief won't know your true name. 2. Put only the last four digits of credit card numbers in memo field. 3. Make a

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This promises to be an interesting experiment. I used to pride myself on being an early adopter, but I'm late to the Blog scene. By early adopter, I mean that my first computer programming experience began in 1966 with a Burroughs B5500 computer and ALGOL. Then we moved our club and took up programming in FORTRAN on and IBM 1130 with 8K (yes, 8K) of RAM and a 1 meg hard drive. It was the size

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