Armchair Musings
j7uy5 | June 15, 2006This week's question:
How is it that all the PIs (Tara, PZ, Orac et al.),
various grad students, post-docs, etc. find time to fulfill their
primary objectives (day jobs) and blog so prolifically?
There are a few things to say about this. It helps to be
proficient with the technology involved, so that the process of writing
and posting is not itself an obstacle.
What I do to facilitate the process is this: first I get an idea, and
do a little background research. Only rarely to I sit and
write a port right away. Rather, I spend five minutes or so
scanning the articles that I will write…
j7uy5 | June 15, 2006While doing background research for my next post, I learned that this
is National
Men's Health Week.
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The National Men's Health Week is an official government activity in
accordance with Senate
Joint Resolution 179 of 1994, introduced by
Senator Bob Dole. Remember Bob Dole? He used to be
the next President of the United States, and later became a
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for the Viagra advertising campaign.
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j7uy5 | June 10, 2006
Memoirs are a big thing in the popular-book publishing arena these
days. It is a fad that is sure to pass. I intend to
hasten its passing with a micro-memoir of my own.
I am in Chicago. I have come to Chicago to visit the
University of Chicago, and to collect 23 of my chromosomes.
(They wandered off last September).
I have come from a spot near a decaying industrial city in the Midwest.
A minor item on my agenda for this trip, is to learn the
secrets of Prosperity from town where people still prosper.
My success in this venture is assured by my skill as a
Natural Observer of Humankind…