Spring Madness
I had to round on five different acutely bipolar manic involuntary patients this morning. I learned that I am a Clone a Devil a Master of Truth Machines The Real Deal
Author: mike
Neti Pots Considered Harmful
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals is warning residents about the dangers of the improper use of neti pots. The warning follows the state’s second death this year caused by Naegleria fowleri, the...
A Light Delightful, Extinguished
Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011
Salò, or the Funding Round
This is what really happens at Y Combinator Demo Days: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfG1hO3bMUc
Zynga Man’s Man Boobs
Zynga is an ethically challenged company that churns out Skinner Box “games” almost but not completely devoid of class or originality. It’s also been noted for being no less shy than most of the...
Amish Hate Crimes
The leader of a breakaway Amish group allowed the beatings of those who disobeyed him, made some members sleep in a chicken coop and had sexual relations with married women to “cleanse them,” federal...
Bestiality, Smoking and Penile Cancer, Oh My!
This is AWESOME SCIENCE! Sex With Animals was reported by 171 (34.8%) subjects, 44.9% of PC patients and 31.6% of controls (P < 0.008). The mean ages at first and last SWA episode were...
Carbonation Cornucopiae
So we wanted a way to avoid having to schlep soda water bottles home after shopping. Aside from the inconvenience, the added carbon debt of burning energy to collect water forced into plastic bottles...
Our Daily Bread
Bread runs deep. One of the characteristics of the decline of allegiance to the Idea of Rome in Western Europe during late Antiquity was that, as its economy increasingly stratified and its food production...
Today Three Words, Tomorrow The World!
Brenna, at 18 months + 16 days, within the last 24 hours produced her first intelligible three-word sentences: “I want that!” “No more nap!”