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Month: July 2012

Educate me, sports fans

July 23, 2012Russell Saunders 48 Comments

Because this is the Internet, and thus one is required to stipulate things that shouldn’t need stipulating lest people infer that you are History’s Greatest Monster, I’ll start out with what should be obvious — Jerry Sandusky is a horrible… Continue Reading →

Uncategorized jerry sandusky, joe paterno, NCAA, penn state

Let’s not be stupid, people

July 23, 2012Russell Saunders 23 Comments

Full disclosure:  I have never eaten at Chick-fil-A. Part of this is due to the lack of any of their franchises around where I live.  The last time I know I had the chance to sample their wares was years… Continue Reading →

gay rights chick-fil-a, dan cathy, thomas menino

What am I missing here?

July 22, 2012Russell Saunders 19 Comments

I… do not understand this:  Fire officials said 21 people at an event hosted by motivational speaker Tony Robbins suffered burns while walking across hot coals and three of the injured were treated at hospitals. The injuries took place during… Continue Reading →

Uncategorized bad ideas, hot coals, tony robbins

Quirk or disorder?

July 21, 2012Rose Woodhouse 29 Comments

Recently, I was with my middle kid, whom I will call James, on a playdate. The other kid was receiving physical therapy and speech therapy because he wasn’t walking or talking at 15 months. He seemed otherwise normal to my… Continue Reading →

Uncategorized anxiety disorder children, occupational therapy, sensory integration disorder, Sensory therapy

New TV Genres

July 21, 2012Rose Woodhouse 14 Comments

TV has changed drastically in the past decade. Yet we still use the same names for TV genres that we always did: soap, sitcom, drama, cop show, hospital show. Or else we just use derivatives from movies: Western, horror, noir,… Continue Reading →

Uncategorized TV, TV genres

Parenting has changed me

July 20, 2012Russell Saunders 7 Comments

The above image of a woman holding her son was from the article in the New York Times about the movie theater shooting in Aurora.  (The photo is credited to Barry Gutierrez of the Associated Press.) I know that I… Continue Reading →

parenting aurora shooting, parenting

Pass the Purell

July 20, 2012Russell Saunders 52 Comments

Asks Burt: What’s the next big public health risk? Not public health scare, since that’s as likely as not to be something like “psoraisis” given the panicked ignorance that characterizes medical “journalism.” And we have to exclude the “unknown unknowns,”… Continue Reading →

Uncategorized medical catastrophe, zombies

On Kleenex

July 19, 2012Russell Saunders 23 Comments

In a late entry, Jaybird asks: To what extent do you tend to recommend stuff in your day to day interactions (and I don’t mean “you’ve got to go to the new Thai place on 3rd” but “it’s my recommendation… Continue Reading →

patient care advertisement, more doctors recommend, physician recommendations

University 911

July 19, 2012Rose Woodhouse 2 Comments

The university at which I teach and study is in a pretty high crime area. The campus and county police do their damnedest to get crime alerts out to the students, faculty, and staff. So I am woefully ungrateful for… Continue Reading →

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Fundraising bleg

July 18, 2012Rose Woodhouse 9 Comments

So we’re hosting a fundraiser for the national support group for my son’s Ridiculously Rare Syndrome. We are doing an email/FB beg as well as holding a silent auction at a local art gallery. Question for those of you who… Continue Reading →

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