Your Reputation Has Folowed You
Your ReputationHas Followed You Farmer Hugh was lounging around the potbelly stove in the general store when one of his workers burst in the door, more animated than the farmer had ever seen him. “Mr. Hugh,” he said excitedly, “Mr. Carpenter’s son has just been caught stealing your oranges, right off the tree in broad daylight.”“What?” demanded farmer Hugh, growing quickly angry. “This time he’s going to jail, since he has a reputation for stealing people’s crops.”“Speaking of the devil,” said Mr. Steele, the store proprietor, “here he comes now.” Everyone looked as the young man en...
Source: The Virtual Salt - January 20, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Robert Harris Source Type: blogs
Mundane Movies Meme
I posted a fairly simple challenge on Facebook at the weekend:
Make a movie mundane by subtly altering one word in the title. I'll start..."Radiators of the Lost Ark"
I expected a few friends to join in with the fun and for it to fizzle out quite quickly…I watched the first few entries dribble in and then went off and did something completely different. When I came back to Facebook a few hours later there were more than 500 comments, it quickly got to 600 and I added a few more of my own. It’s still going on, at the time of writing 745 comments, which is almost viral for one of my posts. I’d estimate th...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - January 18, 2021 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Sciencebase Source Type: blogs
Taking Stock of America ’s Public Schooling Battles
Neal McCluskeyIt is probably fair to say that Americans arehighly polarizedright now. Public schooling is likely a reflection of, and contributor to, that division. A reflection, because political control of schools is likely to replicate the divisions and animosities of the electorate. A cause, because public schooling requires people with diverse views and backgrounds to engage in political combat to deter mine whose values, views on history, and more, will be taught.Cato ’sPublic Schooling Battle Map catalogues values and identity ‐based conflicts – highly personal battlegrounds versus, say, fights over sch...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 15, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Neal McCluskey Source Type: blogs
A Boring Story
Discussion1. Discuss with others what things, subjects. or entertainments you find interesting and which you find boring. For each one, can you explain why?2. If you had to write a five-page essay on “What is interesting?” what would you say?3. Over time, have you changed your mind or your interests so that some things you used to find boring you now find interesting, and some things you used to find interesting you now find boring? How do you account for the changes? (Source: The Virtual Salt)
Source: The Virtual Salt - January 14, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Robert Harris Source Type: blogs
The dangers of selective empathy
I go to medical school with a girl who is universally disliked, perhaps more than anyone I ’ve met before. It began innocuously enough: She was too active in the group chat, too pushy about ordering class jackets, this and that. In lecture, she barked out obscure answers like “Saturday Night Palsy” with physical force; her […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 8, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/anonymous" rel="tag" > Anonymous < /a > < /span > Tags: Education Medical school Source Type: blogs
The Girl Who Worked for Peanuts
Discussion1. Both the peanut farmer and his wife are interested in helping the girl. How do they differ?2. How would you describe the peanut girl ’s personality or character? Be sure to point to places in the text that support your description. VocabularyLocate in the story where each of the following words occurs. Then look up a definition of each word. Finally, write a sentence or two explaining the effectiveness of the word. rebuffapprisedelusionfusilladeexpletiveanimadversiondemurelysubstantialperceivedoutrageousaffrontasperitiesexcoriationscurrencybenefactorproportionsevictedventure capitalistAbout Teachin...
Source: The Virtual Salt - January 4, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Robert Harris Source Type: blogs
Trump ’s Christmas Pardon Spree
Gene HealyLast week, Christmas came early for various disgraced GOP congressmen, presidential cronies who didn ’t“rat,” and a latter‐dayLt. William Calley, thanks to a flurry of pardons issued by President Trump. As the 25th approached, I half‐expected “45” to wind up his clemency spree with a big present for himself. A Christmas Day self‐pardon would have been a fitting capstone tothe ‘Me’ Presidency”: “🎶On thefirst day of Christmas/ my true love (me) gave to me/a pre‐emptive pardon in a.…🎶”—eh, you know how it goes. For whatever reason, Trump decided not to...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 28, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Gene Healy Source Type: blogs
The week I tested positive for COVID, the vaccine arrived: a family doctor ’s perspective
On Friday evenings, my family usually listens to my husband DJ music in the basement, streaming online on Twitch, and dancing along. During one of these nights, I went upstairs to check on my two girls and remembered to check online for my routine COVID-19 screen results that I ’d done the day before. Since the […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 28, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/nicole-swiner" rel="tag" > C. Nicole Swiner, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions COVID-19 coronavirus Infectious Disease Source Type: blogs
On becoming a psychotherapy pioneer and bestselling writer: A fantastic memoir by, and window into, the unique mind of Irvin D. Yalom
If you’re interested in the life of the mind, here you have an awesome window into a unique mind — a profound memoir by bestselling writer and psychotherapy pioneer Irvin D. Yalom. It was published back in 2017 but, like good wine, it has aged well and is more relevant today than ever.
Irvin D. Yalom, MD, is an emeritus professor of psychiatry at Stanford University and a psychiatrist in private practice in San Francisco. He is the author of many books, including Love’s Executioner, The Theory and Practice in Group Psychotherapy, and When Nietzsche Wept. He lives with his wife in Palo Alto, California.
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Source: SharpBrains - December 23, 2020 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Alvaro Fernandez Tags: Education & Lifelong Learning book Irvin D. Yalom memoir mind psychiatry Psychotherapy Source Type: blogs
Unlimited potential: report of the Commission of Gender Stereotypes in Early Childhood
This report warns that harmful gender stereotypes are significantly limiting children ’s potential, causing problems such as lower self-esteem in girls and poorer reading skills in boys. It finds that stereotypes contribute towards the mental health crisis among children and young people, are at the root of girls’ problems with body image and eating disorders, higher male suicide rates and violence against women and girls.ReportPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - December 15, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Mental health Public health and health inequalities Source Type: blogs
My Benjamin Hartman Story
“I need intravenous Beefsteak,” I texted my forever-Beefsteak date Ben Hartman, who others called Benjie or Bean or sometimes Boozey, and who I called Kryptonite or sometimes Sushi Ben. “See you there at 6:30,” he texted back. Since meeting in 2014, we each accommodated the other when it came to Beefsteak — a fast-casual restaurant near George Washington University that served paleo-friendly fare before paleo was cool and offered outdoor seating long before covid-19. My gcalendar archive shows that we made seven Beefsteak dates in advance, though that’s a fraction of our total as most stemmed fro m mi...
Source: cancerslayerblog - December 5, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: death life lessons Source Type: blogs
