Two Hours of My Life I’ll Never See Again
‘Beware of any enterprise that requires new clothes’ said Thoreau. Warily, I venture out to buy a shirt. I’m embarking on an enterprise and want to make a good impression. All my clothes are garish, vintage or beat up, and I’m not real happy about my waistline. A new shirt will look crisp and corporate, [...]
While it Lasts
It’s 10:10am, I’m cooking what was in the fridge. Everything still works, just a couple of tiny flickers in the lights. I’ve still got hot water and the basement was pretty dry last time I looked. There’s a big branch down in my back yard but nothing was there to hit. In my neighbor’s parking [...]
Men–CNN Will Scare Your Pants Off
Today’s health headline– Five Questions to Ask Before Having Penis Surgery. An unfortunate man in Kentucky not only lost a part of himself, but also a lawsuit against the surgeon who did the cut. It sounds like the doctor had evidence that the man did really have cancer and that he followed the standard of [...]
Trial by Media
Dominique Strauss-Kahn is free, his accuser facing an uncertain future. What started out looking like a turning point– a poor working woman seeking justice for a crime committed by one of the world’s privileged, quickly degenerated into a media circus that left no one looking good. I care very much about the presumption of innocence. [...]
This I Believe — Public Education Needs to be Public
We are facing a bit of a “do or die” situation here in Cranston. On September 1, The Board of Regents will vote on a plan submitted by our Mayor to start a new district of schools that will be run by an out-of-state corporation called Achievement First. Why am I concerned? Why have I [...]
Suburbs 101
Hello friends. I’m not posting so regularly. New job and my father is needing much care and family time. Tom Sgouros has written common sense analysis of the economics of growth that even this nurse can understand. This article in GoLocalProvidence explains the basics of growth, housing, immigration and population, and how it relates to [...]
Fukushima Like Chernobyl
Today’s news from Bloomberg.com reports thyroid poisoning similar to Chernobyl… Medical tests on children living in three towns near the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant found 45 percent of those surveyed suffered low-level thyroid radiation exposure, Japan’s government said in a statement. While the statement didn’t comment on the source of the contamination, the announcement [...]
They Dump, We Pay
I’m on the road today, taking a break at the Liberty Elm. Not much time, but I’ve been on the intertubes late at night when I’m too tired to write, and there’s a little item from the back pages of the ProJo that caught my eye, back on July 27. This is in my visiting [...]
Take This Cup and…
After about 20 years in nursing I’ve learned to take a methodical approach to certain things. Lab tests, for instance– why not test for everything all the time? That way you won’t miss anything? It doesn’t work that way. My experience with community screening for diseases like diabetes only reinforces the principle that you need [...]
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