Thursday, February 29, 2024

ALS Update: Sleep medicine and cutting my nails

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I have four more falls to report.  Two scared the dickens out my whole family, even me.  One worried them.  The other was an annoyance and a...
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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

ALS Update: I fall and need a bib

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I am doing two months worth of updates.  I don't have much good news to share.  I fell six times during the month of December (four with...
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Saturday, December 30, 2023

Dr. Feser defines "woke" out of existence, part 2

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In a not-so-recent post on his blog, Dr. Feser attempted to define the term "woke" .  I discussed the first part of the post earli...
Tuesday, November 28, 2023

ALS Update: I aspirate and I drop things

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I will be updating my decline every month or so, towards the end of the month (here, my timing is prompted by a doctor's appointment the...
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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Dr. Feser defines "woke" out of existence, part 1

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In a not-so-recent post on his blog, Dr. Feser attempted to define the term "woke" .  Unsurprisingly, he made several mischaracter...
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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

I have ALS

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 My family, workmates, and board-gaming associates all know I have ALS (more specifically bulbar-onset ALS), so it is about time I announced...
Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Layer upon layer of wrongness

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In my effort to better understand our nations conservatives, I spent some time recently over at The Scratching Post , one of the shrinking...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Graph on the effects of the Corona virus spread

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I'm working right now on reports tracking this for my employer. What a difference 6 days made.
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Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Heard on a train

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I hate driving. About two years ago, I changed jobs to from working at a Metro East hospital to working for the WashU School of Medicine, w...
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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

A response on the nature of science, denialism, and global warming

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Lately, I have been engaging in discussions on a site called The DiploMad , which is a very right-wing site run by former employee of the US...
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Saturday, January 6, 2018

Ten Years (and counting)

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Ten years ago today I started this blog. I don't remember if I thought I could change anyone's mind, but I don't think I ever di...
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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

"I thought she was going to stab me"

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There was a disagreement at our worksite at the end of the day. People my company hired to clean up some leaves were blowing onto a smallis...
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Thursday, October 27, 2016

You can't tell a relativistic rest frame from measurements

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So, after a year-and-a-half of no posts, and something like four years since my last post on relativity crankery, here we go again. Below t...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Quote of the week, 2014-02-18

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Today I'm quoting from a post on ~"Passage...Messenger...Passenger..."~ , a blog by an interesting young writer named Benny Li...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Quote of the Week, 2015-02-11

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It is inevitable for human nature that man a should wish and seek for happiness, that is, satisfaction with his condition, with certainty of...
Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Quote of the Week, 2015-02-04

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I'm not making light of what happened to Trayvon by any means, but after you read this, count how many people you personally know who ha...
Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Quote of the Week, 2015-01-28

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Consequently, it can be nothing else than the cultivation of one's power (or natural capacity) and also of one's will (moral disposi...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Quote of the Week, 2015-01-21

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It is likewise a contradiction to make the perfection of another my end, and to regard myself as in duty bound to promote it. For it is just...
Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Quote of the Week, 2015-01-14

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We cannot invert these and make on one side our own happiness, and on the other the perfection of others, ends which should be in themselves...
Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Quote of the Week, 2015-01-07

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Here, therefore, we treat not of ends which man actually makes to himself in accordance with the sensible impulses of his nature, but of obj...
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