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I’m so unique!
HowManyOfMe.com There are: 0 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name? That’s for my real name. I get the same results for my nom de plume. I wonder what it means …
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The Maltese Falcon, part III
Satan Met a Lady was surprisingly good. The plot is still noticeably The Maltese Falcon, but it’s undergone major changes. Joel Cairo is now an Englishman, Gutman is now a woman, and Wilmer is now a cat-loving nephew. The names have all been changed of course, and this includes the falcon itself – it’s now…
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My Political Compass
Link here. Economic Left/Right: -2.63 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.00 I’m not sure I buy it. I think I’m further to the economic right than this though the libertarian/authoritarian axis is probably about right. Of course, trying to express complex political viewpoints on even two axes is vastly undersimplifying …
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Republican Goblins
From today’s Boston Globe. Romney is the current Mass. governor, Healey the Republican candidate to be the next governor. Deval Patrick is the Democratic candidate; he was of course a defense lawyer.
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Interesting ICD-9 codes
I’m working in the ER right now, and while I was trying to find an ICD-9 diagnostic code for a patient, I came across the following code that I’d never seen before: E845.8: Accident Involving Spacecraft Injuring Groundcrew, Employee I wonder how often that one’s been used?
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The Maltese Falcon, part II
I just got through watching the 1931 Maltese Falcon that I referred to yesteray. (Yes it is the middle of the day – I’m working from home and decided to take a break. I am so working!) It’s OK, but is clearly not the film the 1941 movie is. The acting is not as strong…
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The Maltese Falcon
I just got through watching The Maltese Falcon with Mrs. C. What a great movie! Bogart really was a great actor and this is such a great role. He’s funny, sincere, tough, emotional – you name it. He’s convincing, and a blast to watch. The movie is just so well made too. The end took…
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The National Provider Identifier
All MDs in the country now have to have an NPI number. This is supposed to be a unique number that identifies you throughout the nation, presumably so the government knows that we’re qualified to practise medicine and knows where we are at all times. Unfortunately, there are still some hitches in getting one. What…
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The National Provider Identifier
All MDs in the country now have to have an NPI number. This is supposed to be a unique number that identifies you throughout the nation, presumably so the government knows that we’re qualified to practise medicine and knows where we are at all times.Unfortunately, there are still some hitches in getting one. What follows…
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Clinton and Wallace and ‘Against All Enemies’
I’m sure many of you saw the Wallace-Clinton interview last week. My initial impression was that Clinton, though justified in his response, might have went a little off the deep end. But he kept saying that all you had to do was read Richard Clarke’s book, and all the things that he did to fight…
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