John Scalzi is brilliant and shares his widely read blog with a physician friend who has some unequivocal things to say about coerced, non-medically indicated, completely unethical and unprofessional administering of transvaginal ultrasound ( Read more... )

Took *forever* to get through this one, even though it's a fairly tiny book... has more to do with the drowsing and the couple of days' headache than the material, however.

The Ecologic Envoy -- L.E. Modesitt, Jr 287pp

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While at a gathering a couple of weeks ago I became peripherlly involved in a conversation with a couple about the upcoming elections. The Lady in question, clearly an ardent feminist, was quite appalled at the thought that there might be a "Black Man" in the Oval Office before a "White Woman". I mentioned that she might be interested in Victoria ( Read more... )