April 28, 2015

One easy mistake; because we saw images of some young men

looting and setting fires, it's easy to assume that all the young men in the area were looting and setting fires.

April 27, 2015

I only now saw the video of Freddy Gray getting arrested.

I saw a man on his front with his shoulders pulled back by an officer with a knee in his back. Then I saw a man dragged to the police van whom I think was screaming in pain and who apparently had no feeling in his legs. I think he was hurt before he was ever properly handcuffed.

April 25, 2015

Why do so many discussions over food safety get caught up in semantics?

Organic patron: I don't want chemicals on my food (clearly meaning petrochemicals)

Typical response: Why, water is a chemical!

I want my food to be organic(meaning raised using non-conventional techniques)

Response: why, all food contains carbon, so it's all organic!

I don't want GMO food (referring to organisms that have had genes from very different organisms inserted, ex, fish with genes from corn or whatever)

Response: All food is GMO because it's all been selected from wild stock and/or hybridized within the species

I don't think GMO foods are safe for the environment.

Response: GMO foods are perfectly safe to eat!


If you can't defend your position without twisting words and/or ignoring arguments, then why should we believe anything you have to say on the subject?

April 24, 2015

Instead of filling a hanging pot to the brim with heavy soil,

I'd like to fill the bottom half with something lighter. Suggestions?

April 23, 2015

Cisplatin and hearing loss: After two rounds of chemo, I have a loss of hearing in

the high frequency range.

1. Should I expect to lose hearing in this range completely as the chemo continues?

2. Should i expect hearing damage in the lower frequencies?

In other words, is this the damage I'll have, or is there more to come?

April 20, 2015

For cat lovers:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/04/20/400994162/humans-use-of-pain-relief-creams-proves-fatal-to-felines

April 13, 2015

"The deck is stacked"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/04/12/hillary-clintons-very-elizabeth-warren-esque-announcement/






I think she's a little late to the party.

April 12, 2015

MOTORCYCLES! HERDS OF THEM!

Spring is here!

April 11, 2015

Some wild ass speculation posted for further discussion:

1. We know the old recommendation for Vitamin D was based on how much was needed to avoid rickets, an acute disease.


2. Recently, medical scientists have proposed much higher recommendations based on prevention of chronic disease and/or improvement of the immune system, etc.

3. What if Linus Pauling was right about Vitamin C?

April 10, 2015

I'm repeating myself,but Elliot Stabler from Law & Order is a bad cop.

How many times have we seen him beating a suspect upon arrest or during interrogation? But, what about all the other cops who know this is what he does, and cover up for him? On a program that prides itself on being close to reality, this may be the most real aspect.

How many times have we heard a fictional cop yelling "Stop or I'll shoot!" Yet, as far as I know, no one is allowed to shoot a fleeing suspect in real life.