Sad to see that my mentor and former boss, David Cox, passed away unexpectedly ( Read more... )

At the suggestion of one of my buddies here in Ukiah, I had a dinner party tonight, the first of my own for a long time. Cobbler's children, and all that; I've been doing it for money for so long now that I had forgotten to do it for my own friends ( Read more... )

This keeps happening: now it turns out that eating quinoa is roughly as bad as barbecueing bald eagles.

It seems like no matter what you do, whenever the strong touch the weak, the weak suffer. Sometimes I think there is no point in ever trying to do anything good in the world.

Richardson Grove:


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"My point is that we are all pharmaceutically-compromised now. From SSRIs to Adderal, from Xanax to taurine and caffeine energy drinks, it's harder and harder to draw very clear lines between what chemicals are illicit and what chemicals aren't. We don't begrudge injured athletes drugs that alleviate pain and speed recovery. And the distinctions ( Read more... )

Sigh. Have to say I am not even slightly surprised:

This is a real weakness in medical research, and the nature of the publication process means that it's hard to overcome. The truth usually comes out eventually, but it takes WAY too long.

Part of the problem may be that eating fresh fish does help, but when you extract the oil and put it in a ( Read more... )

I thought this was a hoax at first. But it appears to be real!

I present you with the Chinese Water Deer:


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There is yet another strange and unusual thing in our lives right now. This time it's not my drama, but Bill's. He's given me the OK to talk openly about this, because I have a wide net and might come up with some interesting leads. So here we go ( Read more... )

One gets the sense there's some serious content behind this one. I like it!

It's unusually appropriate because at work, I've *always* been "number two". I report straight to the chief, I avoid commanding others whenever I can, and I'm forever the second author on that important paper. Just how I like it.

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