Had a dinosaur dream last night. Woke up feeling like I was 10 years old. Then I passed a mirror ... illusion be gone!
Posted 9:05AM, Sep 02 on twitter : Comment?
Had a dinosaur dream last night. Woke up feeling like I was 10 years old. Then I passed a mirror ... illusion be gone!
Posted 9:05AM, Sep 02 on twitter : Comment?
Steve Jobs presentation causes geeksplosion on twitter. Jobs' Reality Distortion Field leaves hundreds stunned. Wallet injuries predicted.
Posted 1:35PM, Sep 01 on twitter : Comment?
September always makes me older. That's why it's my least favorite month that begins with S.
Posted 9:22AM, Sep 01 on twitter : Comment?
This report by Dr. Sanjay Gupta features a man who is his boss at Emory, and also the neurosurgeon for my upcoming procedure, Dr. Daniel Barrow. This setting, “brain surgery bootcamp,” is the only place you want to hear a doctor in mid-procedure say “oops.” But it gives you a good idea of the challenges.
Posted 10:21PM, Aug 30 2010 in Health-and-Medicine · Comment? [2]
“There was a time when we could disagree without resorting to name-calling or the outright distortion of facts, when we could focus on the common good and call our political opponents ‘the loyal opposition.’ It seems, as autumn comes and an election looms and our quarreling continues, that such a time has passed. That’s a shame. We stand divided at our own peril. And though we may not see the enemy, we must know, deep down, that the enemy is not us.” Rex Huppke
Posted 10:53AM, Aug 30 2010 in Politics · Comment?
There are days when I just feel like a lowly attendant at the Cat Vomitorium.
Posted 10:48AM, Aug 30 on twitter : Comment?
This weekend my 21 month old granddaughter called me "PaPa" for the first time. Best. Weekend. Ever.
Posted 8:18AM, Aug 30 on twitter : Comment?
I have been assigned as a staff officer to a headquarters in Afghanistan for about two months. During that time, I have not done anything productive. Fortunately little of substance is really done here, but that is a task we do well […] For headquarters staff, war consists largely of the endless tinkering with PowerPoint slides to conform with the idiosyncrasies of cognitively challenged generals in order to spoon-feed them information. Even one tiny flaw in a slide can halt a general’s thought processes as abruptly as a computer system’s blue screen of death. Col. Lawrence Sellin
…who was later fired
Posted 2:14PM, Aug 28 2010 in War · Comment?
Some are complaining Glenn Beck's rally in DC isn't getting "Moon Landing" coverage. Well, some of us simply don't care about Beck. At all.
Posted 12:26PM, Aug 28 on twitter : Comment?
Medical Haiku >> Angiogram done / I want to get the hell out / but can't move my leg
Posted 1:22PM, Aug 26 on twitter : Comment?
Fox News: Evil, Stupid, or Backed By Terrorists?
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Jon Stewart lays naked the hypocrisy of Fox News. This hits so many nails right on the head. And is damn funny to boot.
Posted 9:24AM, Aug 24 2010 in Politics · TV Comment?
“I don’t think Franklin Graham’s father was a saint. But at least ‘America’s Pastor’ focused on preaching the truths of the Christian gospel rather than spreading lies about rival religions. And for all his hobnobbing with presidents from Eisenhower on, he usually managed to stay above the political fray. Franklin Graham, in comparison, is looking increasingly sounding like a garden variety political hack, carrying the holy water for the most unholy elements in American society.” Stephen Prothero
Posted 12:57PM, Aug 23 2010 in Politics · Religion Comment?
Responding to a comment late last night once again set me to contemplating. The waiting is the hardest part. In part because it makes you think.
I’ve read the stories of many people facing a brain aneurysm like I am. Some of them were paralyzed by fear after finding out, spending their days waiting for their head to blow up.
I refuse to be that guy. I will not ruin the “now” spending it worrying about a “tomorrow” that I don’t control. But it is also foolish not to think about all the potential outcomes.
“President George W. Bush was statesmanlike after 9/11 in reaching out to Muslims and speaking of Islam as a religion of peace. Now many Republicans have abandoned that posture and are cynically turning the Islamic center into a nationwide issue in hopes of votes. It is mind-boggling that so many Republicans are prepared to bolster the Al Qaeda narrative, and undermine the brave forces within Islam pushing for moderation. Some Republicans say that it is not a matter of religious tolerance but of sensitivity to the feelings of relatives to those killed at ground zero. Hmm. They’re just like the Saudi officials who ban churches, and even confiscate Bibles, out of sensitivity to local feelings.” Nicholas Kristof
Posted 9:26AM, Aug 23 2010 in Politics · Al Qaeda Comment?
“So virulent is the Islamophobic hysteria of the neocon and Fox News right — abetted by the useful idiocy of the Anti-Defamation League, Harry Reid and other cowed Democrats — that it has also rendered Gen. David Petraeus’s last-ditch counterinsurgency strategy for fighting the war inoperative. How do you win Muslim hearts and minds in Kandahar when you are calling Muslims every filthy name in the book in New York?” Frank Rich
Posted 9:11AM, Aug 23 2010 in Al Qaeda · Media Comment?
If Glenn Greenwald ever wrote an article that was less than 2000-3000 words long plus 6 roman numeraled updates, I might read it.
Posted 11:27PM, Aug 21 on twitter : Comment? [2]
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