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This Week in COVID

The COVID Apocalypse continues, albeit with a lower toll in lives than it visited upon humanity last year. Some of that is due to acquired […]

“This really chaps my ass”

One of my brother’s favorite expressions when he was a college student and later a medical student, was “That really chaps my ass.” A decade […]

Timekeepers

I’m thinking of clocks and calendars. In our earlier years, when we were students or parents or employees/workers or more than one of these, our […]

“Q”

These days, Q is most often mentioned in the context of a conspiracy theory – Q-Anon. In 1982, Q was a movie about the emergence […]

If it’s good for the Goose

I have followed Pope Francis’ pontificate with interest despite my being neither a Catholic nor a Christian. To me, the Pope is a quasi-political figure […]

Was it the same possum?

Crepuscular and nocturnal denizens of the urban green spaces cross our deck and backyard every evening and night. Sometimes, while watching TV in the living […]

Wireless

If you are a computer nerd like me or an engineering geek, you likely have a pile of vintage computing gear stacked up somewhere in […]

This Week in COVID

This week, Dr. Klotman reviews the rapid spread of the Omicron variant, and discusses the Texas Medical Center’s recent COVID experience. Unvaccinated individuals comprise the […]

American “Sickcare”

Last year, I had an overnight hospital stay for a small vessel stroke. Today, I received my insurer’s explanation of benefits for the year. Hospitals, […]

Flaming Star

This is IC405, the Flaming Star Nebula in the constellation Auriga. Like the Tadpoles Nebula, it is a star-forming region. As new stars form from […]