Cross posted from Rants, Raves, and Rhetoric?

Babies are fascinated by me. When the two of us are in a room, they often find me the most interesting thing in the room. Usually, it is mutual.

So, a mutual friend of a friend, Mojan has a fantastic blog. The past year or so has been about being pregnant and most recently figuring out how to be a parent ( Read more... )

I just finished How Doctors Think yesterday.

First impression was doctors don't spend very much time thinking and gathering information to make a diagnosis. That impress struck a very negative chord with me as it sounds like in my profession of database and computer administration we spend hours picking apart the data we have to diagnose even minor ( Read more... )

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What is the cheesiest gift someone could possibly give you this year for Christmas? I've been reading quite a bit about what people want for Christmas. I'm curious about those gifts you would hate to get but others would think you would like ( Read more... )

It's 67 F in my apartment this morning. It feels so very good. Over the past week I've noticed temperatures have dropped. My apartment retains heat pretty well. Its 42 outside.

I went to visit Cat in Lawrenceville. She asked me to help her with her computers. I knew both were old and one is a Mac. What I didn't know is she only has a Dial-Up ( Read more... )