April 2010
113 posts
Perspective.
inthefade:
mathcat345:
thejohnblog:
Throw your religious sensibilities and beliefs out the window and believe in one thing today and the rest of your life.
Believe in LOVE. This picture is living proof of it.
We love you guys, and our thoughts are with you and your family.
Amen to that.
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Put the health and care back in healthcare
I’m writing a chapter, and as usual I’m stuck on a sentence that I can’t get just right. So I paused, and I thought about what I was writing, which was about doctors. I thought about why I’m writing it, beyond “would like to finish my dissertation before the end of time,” and about why I care.
I care about doctors. How they work, how they’re perceived,...
March 2010
109 posts
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Polaroid Film Back On Sale This Week →
instantfilm:
With an assist from Lady Gaga, The Impossible Project pushed new black-and-white film back on the market this week, promising that color film is coming soon. However, apparently some of the endearing aberrations of the film have been (accidentally?) fixed.
“The colors feel quite different,” Cookman says. “They are not crisp and clear and [it] has a certain retro feel to it in terms...
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Ok fine.
I’m going to explain this joke.
Weber (English pronunciation: [ˈwɛbər]) is a familiar brand of grills.
Max Weber (German pronunciation: [maks ˈveːbɐ]) was one of the grand/godfathers of sociology and he was hugely influential in examining and developing the concept of bureaucracy.
Wow, do I feel like a giant dork, but in a really good way.
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“Healthy living should be encouraged, but punishing patients who make poor health...”
– “No Matter What, We Pay for Others’ Bad Habits” By Sandeep Jauhar, M.D. (NYTimes.com, March 29, 2010)
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“I don’t think I’ve changed my mind about fundamental principles. I still...”
– David Frum, “Welcome Frum Forum Party-Crashers!”
You’ve probably heard about his “Waterloo” commentary by now and how it made him PE1 among the wingnuts and earned him an invitation to leave the conservative think-tank American Enterprise Institute. Read both of the articles. They’re great. I don’t...
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“Obama’s legislation comes from an alternative idea, begun under the Eisenhower...”
– Robert Reich (via azspot) (via marco)
Have the previous 50 years been a success for healthcare in America? Have these historical solutions put us on the right trajectory toward a sustainable health solution? Has anyone discussed the possibility that we screwed up 50 years ago? Have we been so...
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“Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in...”
– Gustave Flaubert
(By the way, William Styron had this posted above the door to his studio.)
Raiding Eternity →
biorhythmist:
jimray:
Joel Johnson masterfully takes on our digital and analog impermanence.
Ignore the domain and go ahead and read this (skip the dumb comments). More technology writing — hell, more writing — should be as thoughtful.
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they're all going to hate you
You’ve guessed by now that I have, for much of my life, been one of those people. The ones who are convinced yes, it’s possible, somehow, in some way, for everyone in the entire universe to like them. You think this is crazy because as any sane person knows, no, it’s not possible. No one likes everyone. No one likes everything, for chrissakes. I mean, no one likes even every ice...
One person noticed I was wearing a Swatch. ONE.
And how is it none of the rest of you have shown your Swatch Watches?? Or it is because this is post awkward photos from the ’90s and I totally screwed it up by going all ’80s? God I am STILL SO UNCOOL.
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All my writer/grad student/whatever people are busy or at SXSW or not on tumblr at the moment and I haven’t talked about this in a little while but today I am totally stressed out and panicky and did I mention I’m behind in my writing schedule and oh god, dissertation.
This post will self-destruct in five minutes but writing it is helping me get the shaky feeling out. And also get...
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In lieu of a telephone post, today I give you...
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WatchHi everyone.
This is my gift to all of you as we all start our Mondays: Two minutes at China Beach on a glorious Sunday. You can loop it, as necessary, to keep you sane.
(The fisherman, when he goes to the rock, breaks off some mussels. In case you were curious.)
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A telephone post in which I: am at the beach,...
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Another telephone post in which I: have a Gas...
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Thank you
to those of you who have shared in my writing these past two days. Seriously. When I hit create post on these things my heart races like CRAZY, so for you to like it and especially to pass it on makes me feel slightly. You know. Better. Anyway.
Not that constructive criticism isn’t welcome. And I’ve enabled comments for that purpose - with some reservations, of course. But to have...
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the possible cool
When I was nine years old - god, I talk a lot about being nine, don’t I? it was a monumental year for me, that’s for sure - a group of girls did a real number on me. One girl in particular was the ringleader: She moved to town, made friends with me, and then turned all the other girls against me.
You have to understand that when I was nine, I was in 5th grade. I’d skipped a...
