The Skeptical Surfer informs me of a rather disturbing programming decision by PBS: I first caught wind of the autism film “Beautiful Son” through the surfing community. Surf filmmaker Don King has an autistic son. Being a filmmaker, Don always has a video camera at hand and has documented his “journey” of discovering that his […]
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One of the most important responsibilities of health care workers and hospitals is to protect the privacy of the patients for whom they care. Unfortunately, in the case of George Clooney’s recent hospitalization for injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash, a consequence of electronic medical records was revealed when dozens of employees, some of whom […]
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Detroit Rock City
It’s Saturday afternoon, time for a break from science as I attack the disaster that is our backyard. In the meantime, let’s rock out for a few minutes: I’m not a huge KISS fan, but the above song is the absolutely best song that KISS ever did in their entire career–and it’s an ode to […]
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Believe it or not, this post is related, albeit somewhat tangentially, to my area of expertise, breast cancer. It’s also related to one of my great loves in life, namely loud, obnoxious rock and roll. Unfortunately, it involves bad art and an album cover so puzzling that, even when considering the source, I have a […]
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It’s Saturday afternoon, so what the heck? Ah, that’s better.
