This topic has been on my mind for a while, and the fact that I'm going to be a father soon makes it a bit more relevant. In a roundabout way. It's really a cluster of topics, and hopefully there will be a common thread when I'm done with them. So bear with me ( Read more... )

Yesterday I was at the old house -- which, by the way, seems unimaginably shoddy now that all our personal belongings aren't masking any of its "charm" -- I was cleaning up a bit and packing a few remaining odds and ends, when the new tenant came by to negotiate on the washer, dryer and fridge ( Read more... )

"Do not discuss the supreme virtues with those who are addicted to ghosts and gods. Do not remark upon supreme techniques with those who are abhorrent of needles and healing stones. Do not cure those who refuse treatment, or is not meritorious."

--from the Huang Di Nei Jing ("yellow emperor's inner classic")
My professor's explanation of the ( Read more... )

Ryan J recently posted about drunk driving talking on the cell phone while driving. Apparently you're more likely to have an accident while talking on the phone than you are with more than the legal limit of alcohol in your blood.

1. read his blog entry (added bonus: it's well written).
2. If you find it compelling, then don't talk on the phone ( Read more... )

(More silliness from the professional ethics class)

First, this is relatively straightforward:

The Five Cardinal Rules of a Medical Practices:1. Wash Your Hands ( Read more... )

Continuing with the topic of the collision between TCM and the sex industry, meet my Professional Ethics instructor: Tiffa Taylor. She, incidentally, is not involved in the sex industry ( Read more... )

Today, rather than my usual saturday classes, I had an all-day class on the subject of "Professional Ethics." I was initially dreading this class, knowing that the legal side of any business has serious potential for mind-numbing tedium.

But I am pleased to say that it has been more interesting than my usual saturday classes. Yet another ( Read more... )