Vertigo leads to some strange analogies ( Read more... )

The office had a Thanksgiving potluck, so I was motivated to attempt to cook something.  My sister gave me a Moosewood cookbook which I've been slowly experimenting with, and it had a recipe that involved pumpkin,  the "Pumpkin and Porcini Soup" , so I figured I'd give it a whirl ( Read more... )

Four (and a half?) travelers on a trip from Bangkok to Sydney:

1. An elderly and wealthy businessman from the tin industry who was in Bangkok on vacation, was diagnosed with a serious heart condition and is going to Australia to see a specialist recommended by a friend.
2. A young Thai cardiologist, accompanying the businessman because he was headed ( Read more... )

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These are essentially blog posts from my three weeks in Thailand.

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The first two are true, the third... I guess that's not possible anymore.

Despite the temptation, I will not delude myself into getting into NaNoWriMo, even though it is a great challenge.  That I'm spending a good week and a half of the month away from home and I'm going to lose a few days right here and now to utter confusion about what time I ( Read more... )

This is far more complicated than it has any right to be, so I'm writing it down ( Read more... )

Just as a random musing, HIV is often stated to be a disease of poverty.

Part of the question in my mind is "to what extent?"  Is risk of HIV infection a function of poverty, or do other factors dominate?

CDC just published a new set of data for HIV risk in the US.  As expected, men are far more affected than women, and blacks are affected more than ( Read more... )

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I was listening to El Presidente, and for a while I was actually agreeing with him.  Then he gets to the "regulation should not impair growth."  Sounds tautological, right ( Read more... )