Rapa Nui! I THOUGHT THIS COVER WAS A PARODY. I GOOGLED THE AUTHOR--YOU SHOULD TOO!

NYT:this should open even without a subscription:     https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/26/well/patients-dnr-orders-ignored.html?smid=em-sh...

In a bulleted format: From Twiv (this week in virology), recorded 5/31/2024 Researcher Judith Bruchfeld, a researcher in Sweden is...

Interesting articles: South Carolina cops target out-of-state drivers for highway robbery https://reason.com/2024/08/06/south-carolina-co...

Our First Civil War by H.W. Brands I purchased this book thinking it would give community level examples of how the war for independence...

Years ago, a talented oncology nurse found herself in a new town with a five year old child with another on the way. When looking for...

Orwell’s Cough, by John Ross This book offers a series of social histories and biographies with an emphasis on specific medical maladies...

My “thesis” at Santa Cruz was an experiment on two unfortunate cats trying to demonstrate that a memory is easier to recall when under...

Shows: I Claudius (PBS)—I watched this in the 1980’s and it has aged well. Ye gads, could that be us? Sunny. Amazon—Japanese story with a...

All from Monte Carlo sight seeing Malaga Tangiers Bike ride down to the beach Malaga city and Cathedral Lisboa Porto Park Sculpture and...

Years ago, on a trip to Europe, Kernie and I had an epiphany: many of our co-travelers were of retirement age and could not enjoy half...

Anecdotes from a “Reader’s Digest” summary of some famous innovators in science, and lessons they bring. To be successful in the sciences...

Books: A Study in Scarlet: my first Sherlock Holmes story and it is the novel that introduced Watson. I was surprised at how good this...

Is the Customer Always Right? Avi Siegel published in Entrepreneurship Handbook The author points out this “truism,” that the customer is...

My first daughter, Amber, was and is a marvelous creature. In her infancy, she was “easy” in every way. She did not fuss, she would take...

MOVIES OR SERIES STREAMING: Wicked Little Letters. Art theaters Mr. Bates vs the Post Office. Masterpiece MaryLand PBS The Veil Hulu...

Medical shows sometimes showcase unusual physical findings that only one of a group of doctors realizes holds the key to a diagnosis....