Category: Science
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A Day in the Life …
Out of bed at 6:15. Out the door at 7:00. On the train at 7:13. Grab a latte. On to another train at 7:35. Onto the bus at 8:10. At work at 8:50. Read Dain Curse while on bus/train. Talk with the programmer about why my data looks weird. Learn that he’s right and that…
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Whoo! Hoo!
Today was a big day! I got word that the NIH gave a large chunk of money on my behalf to the folks who own my student loans. I got on the web site and confirmed it. I am now several thousand dollars less in debt! What a happy day! Now to put this in…
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September A&R Roundup
At long last, it’s time for the September Roundup of Arthritis & Rheumatism, the premier(?) journal for all things rheumatologic. Sorry it took me so long; I will plead that it was a very busy month, and that the paper journal took a long time to come out. I should also note that abstracts for…
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Scientists and Engineers for America
There’s a new organization out there: Scientists and Engineers for America. They’re a group who are trying to actively support political candidates who will give credence to scientific evidence when making policy decisions. Those of us who are not wilfully ignorant recognize that the current administration has a tendency to pick and chose (and outright…
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Sept A&R is Out – Check Out This Letter!
This month’s Arthritis and Rheumatism is now available, on line at least. I’m not sure why I didn’t get the TOC email, but I found out through the grape vine and have taken a preliminary look through it. Sorry, you can only read it if you have a prescription. Jumping Jehosephat! It’s packed with good…
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On HIV Denial
I did something very interesting yesterday. I posted a comment on Tara Smith’s Aetiology in response to an HIV denier. He was making some comments that just didn’t track with everything I’ve learned about HIV, so I thought I’d try to address some of his misconceptions. Big mistake. Boy did I get flamed. I don’t…
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Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub
Hunh? Yeah, that was my first thought, too. But the author of this very interesting blog, Ed Darrell, was kind enough to refer to one of my posts and so I looked around his site a little. I like it! My first thought is that it rebuts the idea that the humanities and the sciences…
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Project Steve
You know, it just struck me that I haven’t told you guys about Project Steve! This is a tongue-in-cheek project sponsored by the National Center for Science Education. Let me quote from their web page to describe what it’s all about: NCSE’s “Project Steve” is a tongue-in-cheek parody of a long-standing creationist tradition of amassing…
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Coulter’s ‘Godless’ and the Like
I haven’t read Ann Coulter’s newest book – in fact I haven’t read any of her books – but I’ve read a lot about it recently. And I’ve read lots of quotes. (Check out this post and others at Talk Reason and The Panda’s Thumb for discussions of this book.) I find it hard to be very impressed or…
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Coulter’s ‘Godless’ and the Like
I haven’t read Ann Coulter’s newest book – in fact I haven’t read any of her books – but I’ve read a lot about it recently. And I’ve read lots of quotes. (Check out this post and others at Talk Reason and The Panda’s Thumb for discussions of this book.)I find it hard to be very impressed or interested…
Steven Vlad 