http://www.edscotw.com edscotw.com Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:46:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I can get a little moody and punchy when I'm short on sleep, so my reaction was not particularly favorable a few mornings ago when I opened up the AMA Morning News in my inbox and read the first headline:"Study indicates MMR vaccine may not be linked to autism."  I ... http://www.edscotw.com/2008/09/09/apology-accepted-now-dont-do-it-again/ A tip of my hat goes out to David Campbell, a biology teacher at Ridgeview High School in Orange Park, FL.  The NYT recently published an article detailing his difficulties in teaching evolution to his Biology I class.  I thank my Dad for pointing the article out to me.  The ... http://www.edscotw.com/2008/09/09/a-courageous-teacher/ What a crazy few weeks it's been.  For those of you who know me personally (and I think almost everyone who reads this blog does), you know that we are in the throes of a tricky move.  Moving is enough of a pain when it's uncomplicated.  But for this move, ... http://www.edscotw.com/2008/08/12/in-transition/ I gotta hand it to the Chinese - with their remarkable Olympic opening ceremony this last week, they showed just what a strong authoritarian regime directing a large population acculturated to obedience and uniformity can accomplish.  And I truly don't mean that in any negative sense.  China's amazing display was ... http://www.edscotw.com/2008/08/12/not-pretty-enough/ You might say I'm a well-traveled vomiter (vomiteer?). I've puked in several different countries around the world, not to mention over international waters, and I've had some sort of GI distress in 6 continents (only because I haven't been to Antarctica yet). I love to travel, but somehow ... http://www.edscotw.com/2008/08/12/no-more-veggies-for-me/ This story came to my attention via P.Z. Myers and his Pharyngula blog. I'll let you read the story for yourself. Say what you want about whether the kid, Webster Cook, was malicious in his intent or not. There's little excuse for the reaction from the church and its ... http://www.edscotw.com/2008/07/10/remind-me-never-to-go-to-ucf/ Shadowfax wrote a nice little post today about docs who "practice scared" - those poor souls (I think every doc knows at least a couple) who order tests and call consults left and right, worrying constantly about this zebra* or that, admitting everyone who sneezes. It's an interesting problem, ... http://www.edscotw.com/2008/07/08/fear-of-failure-in-medicine/ Carisa and I had the pleasure this last Saturday of attending the wedding celebration of Mary Ly and Chin Song. We knew Mary from the Korean language classes we took through the Brookline Center for Adult Education, and we were happy for her, if a little sad to see ... http://www.edscotw.com/2008/06/23/congratulations-to-mary-and-chin/ I got a message in my inbox a couple days ago highlighting a recent controversy in infant formula. Now infant formula is controversial enough to begin with, so some sort of brouhaha is certainly nothing new. But this one struck me as, if not sinister, certainly a little ... http://www.edscotw.com/2008/06/10/can-you-have-a-sweet-tooth-before-you-have-teeth/ Carisa and I went to see the new Indiana Jones movie last Friday.  Meh.  While it was not quite the childhood-ruining, franchise-destroying crap that Episode I was, there were no terribly redeeming traits about it, either.  (Spoiler alert!)  Returning a crystal skull to a hidden temple in the jungles of ... http://www.edscotw.com/2008/06/01/a-lament-about-indy-and-lousy-sequels/