This post has to do with Formula 1 racing coverage. Skip it should this not be your thing. At the end of last years' season, Speed Network lost the contract for US coverage for the 2013 season to the unknown (to F1 coverage) NBC Sports network. As … [Continue reading]
Dumb American Speedometers: Ford Mustang
March 13, 2013 by
The other day my lovely wife bought a Ford. It's nice. (They sold her a car that'd already been sold; then made up for it by giving her a car with more options than the one she originally tried to buy and eating the difference. Thanks … [Continue reading]
Talk Like A Healthcare Management Robot
March 9, 2013 by
My good friend Dr. Richard Winters has skills: doctoring, parenting, professional coaching, and computer coding. Add his dislike for mumbo-jumbo and his skills with javascript, and you get: Talk Like A Healthcare Management Robot Instructions: … [Continue reading]
The latest Russian asteriod
February 17, 2013 by
First, thank goodness no-one was killed outright, though I did read someone had a spine injury. Recovery hopes for all. Second, the whole town could have been immolated from the force of the explosion, but the detonation happened just high enough … [Continue reading]
Punctuation?
February 15, 2013 by
From my lovely wife the other day... I posted this to Twitter earlier, but realized I wanted it on the blog, too. … [Continue reading]
Press Ganey, meet Wong-Baker
February 10, 2013 by
For those not actively engaged in the practice of medicine, this will mean nothing to you. For those of us in the trenches: I cannot wait for the day the government realizes this misguided effort is costing them Billions (and harming patients … [Continue reading]
Fort Worth Officer Shot by Drug Suspect Released From Hospital | NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
February 7, 2013 by
A Hero to me A Fort Worth officer who was shot three times last week in Haltom City by a drug suspect left the hospital Thursday afternoon. Officer John Bell was shot in the right eye socket, right hip joint and left hand on Jan. 29 while … [Continue reading]
Fort Worth designated 300th International Safe Community | City of Fort Worth, Texas
February 7, 2013 by
Very nice! Fort Worth designated 300th International Safe Community Posted Feb. 8, 2013 Fort Worth will be formally designated an International Safe Community by the World Health Organization during the City Council meeting at 7 p.m. Feb. 12. … [Continue reading]
So God made a farmer Dodge Ad
February 3, 2013 by
Best Super Bowl ad this year I miss Paul Harvey. … [Continue reading]
Chris Kyle, America’s ‘most lethal’ sniper, dead in a range shooting
February 2, 2013 by
Odessa, TX born Chris Kyle who survived four tours in combat zones. Allegedly murdered at a shooting range, with another. A decorated former Navy SEAL who authored the book "American Sniper" was one of two people shot and killed at an Erath County … [Continue reading]
IRS: Cheapest Obamacare Plan Will Be $20,000 Per Family | CNS News
February 1, 2013 by
"Affordable" Care act. Under Obamacare, Americans will be required to buy health insurance or pay a penalty to the IRS. The IRS's assumption that the cheapest plan for a family will cost $20,000 per year is found in examples the IRS gives to help … [Continue reading]
Feds get specific on ACA individual mandate rules : ACEP NEWS
January 31, 2013 by
After years of legal wrangling and a showdown in front of the Supreme Court, the federal government has finally begun to implement the Affordable Care Act’s controversial individual insurance mandate. Starting on Jan. 1, 2014, Americans will … [Continue reading]
Siri and the Three Laws of robotics
January 31, 2013 by
I'd have been much happier had they just come out straight... So, our future mechanical overlords will at least have some sense of humor... Update: And, from Twitter via @whatImeantwas1 : … [Continue reading]
BS Study*: Doctors Feel Patients’ Pain | Empathy | LiveScience
January 29, 2013 by
Been a while since I pulled out the BS flag, and this seems entirely appropriate: Good doctors really do feel their patients' pain. Hmm. 'Good' doctors? A study, published today (Jan. 29) in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, shows that when … [Continue reading]
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