April 2008
3 posts
sacred cow no more →
Everybody can be Mayo! →
I love it when the NYTimes discovers health care “solutions” like turning every institution into the Mayo Clinic, as if it’s a matter of snapping your fingers to make it happen. Oh, the dears.
bar tricks →
March 2008
12 posts
(and read the comments too) →
WatchThomas Goetz talks about his Sunday New York Times Magazine article on PatientsLikeMe. I.e., the greatest site ever.
stuff white people like: an assessment →
so far, I’m 25 for 89. Several more are negotiable. Good thing I don’t recycle.
“Last year, according to David Simon of “The Wire,” there were more...”
– “Hustle and Merlot”
the new organic →
morts →
i personally am a fan of social networking, but i... →
some inconvenient truths for health plans, by Matt... →
Balko and Burns →
February 2008
28 posts
Regionalisms
Me: Yeah, and they don't say "milkshake" up there in Boston either. They say "frappe".
Tommy and Jordan: *stunned silence*
Tommy: Then what brings all the boys to the yard?
because I believe that the vignettes of ryan... →
about a billion Of Montreal covers →
The Unfairly Maligned "Managed Care" →
“According to many physicists, minuscule things (atoms, electrons, some...”
– Via.
Resolved: Christina Ricci is the worst actress of our generation.
I still have an iTunes playlist called...
I hate pugs. They are ugly. →
“What we have here, KTBC, is a failure to correctly diagnose the problem.”
– Dan Savage, the voice of reason.
In honor of the Daniel Johnston show tonight,...
Questions for the Ages
More to the point, why do all of Ted Leo’s songs sound the same, and why do I like them all so damn much? Mostly, I mean. And furthermore, when Spack mentions the Gin Blossoms, why did I go to iTunes to download the song he referenced? What is it about the mid-90s that grips my heart so?
Agreed. Poor Drew. →
“If the entire world population of 6.7 billion lived in the United States, the...”
– Via Slog.
E: Wow, so you like really know a lot about health care, don't you?
Me: In theory. But everytime I try to come up with my Grand Unified Theory of U.S. health are, I get tired and have to lie down.
“Dead people don’t count in the social welfare function.”
– Via MR.
You know, W. does kind of talk like Sammy Davis,... →
Stunning Diamond Necklace →
I would no more celebrate Valentine’s Day than Kwanzaa, but if a boyfriend ever got me one of these necklaces, I think I’d make an exception.
the language of upscale hair salons is one I don’t speak. Stylist, I pay you $50 to tell me what I want re: my hair. kthx.
Paul Anka covering...
Remember the Eels?
Man, what a band. And now another reason to love them: the NFL wouldn’t air their one-second ad.
meatacular
according to my farmer friend who knows these things, if you’re stuck buying meat at the regular grocery store rather than at some organic temple or specialty store, the order of badness/uncleanliness goes: 1) pork; 2) chicken; 3) beef. Ground versions of them being exponentially worse than non-ground. Also of note: bison is essentially never industrial-raised or slaughtered, because their...
January 2008
15 posts
so awesome →
“The reason our national affairs are so verpfuscht is, we’ve been electing...”
– John Derbyshire
Eponymous Diseases →
In the forums of the ALS community at PatientsLikeMe, there’s an interesting discussion surrounding how ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) is still commonly known as and referred to as “Lou Gehrig’s disease,” despite the fact that, as one colleague’s bumper sticker quips, “1 million people had ALS before Lou Gehrig.” Looking through the list of eponymous...
Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler →
Yes, going 100% vegetarian is difficult for a devoted meat-lover, but cutting your meat consumption by 20% or more? Mind-bogglingly easy.
Thighs Wide Shut Oscar Picks →