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• 14-Jan-2025
  Marc Sageman I listened to this talk by Marc Sageman a long time ago. I’ve been thinking about the radicalization of young men and techbros as parallel to the way Salafi Jihadism grew from unhappy people. When I was in my early teens my father encouraged me to read The True Believer by Eric Hoffer. That book...

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• 24-Sep-2024
  Actually everything is healthcare In theory I write code for a living. But the “lung” from my online handle is the echo of my career in medicine. I practiced Respiratory Therapy for under 10 years but even now I look at things from that perspective. I was reading today’s California Sun and saw that locally a man named Keith...

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• 21-Dec-2021
  Another thing to worry about! Surfer’s Ear My sister, who loves me dearly, is now worried about me getting Surfer’s Ear, something I’d never heard of. I did used to get swimmer’s ear as a kid a fair about. I’m pretty sure it was the result of me not cleaning my ears well enough after swimming in pools or the ocean. In...

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• 03-Mar-2020
  About Covid-19 Instantaneous global communication without nuance is a perfect carrier for amplifying panic. As a web technology cheerleader for 2-1/2 decades I find myself filled with ennui about this. As a former health care professional I urge cautious research and consultation with your own physician and local public health authorities. That instantaneous global communication response added...

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• 30-Sep-2015

  
  2011: Amateur Flowsheet Leah made this spreadsheet when we were helping my aunts and uncles take care of my Grandmother Jean at the end of her life, back in 2011. It’s a nursing flowsheet, meant for laypeople. It’s pretty useful and good. At that point we’d had a fair amount of experience taking care of the sick, having...

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• 05-Mar-2014

  
  Am I still a Respiratory Therapist? I am not licensed in California. That expired 10 years ago. My CV is way out of date. I kept paying for the license until 2004 even though I last practiced in 1997. I received Certificate Number 1555 for Respiratory Care Practitioner in Virginia in November 1993, but those expired long ago. In 1998 Virginia...

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• 28-Apr-2012
  So, my health is lame. In my last, incredibly brief post I said I’m tired of being sick, and declared a hearty: No More. I mean that. This week I went to the doctor. Why? To get a sense of where the heck I stand. I’m 42 years old, 360 pounds, and often don’t feel so hot. So, what does...

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• 01-Jun-2011

  
  Flowsheet Link to Flowsheet PDF Leah made this flowsheet. It was to help keep track of care for my Grandma in her final months. When did she eat? What were her vital signs? What medications did she take or not take? Leah did a really nice job with it. Leah is not a medical professional, but...

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• 20-Oct-2009

  
  Thank You All Thank you to all who have offered condolences and warm thoughts in the past weeks. This photo is from the “Celebration of Life” event we had at Mt. Soledad, the last formal event as part of my Grandfather’s funeral services. Other posts about this are here: Previously, previously, and previously. I semi-dropped off the grid,...

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• 30-Dec-2007
  Quiet Faith in Man This post by Dave Segovia, who I’ve mentioned before, VINCENT, THOMAS, and ME has been knocking about in my brain for a few weeks. Much as we worry about the toxins and pollutants and sure as they do us damage, science and medicine end up tasked with correcting the wrongs, they sort of do the...

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