Epistomophobia

My graduate school degree major was Computer Science, and my minor was Philosophy. In those days, those two subjects had considerable overlap, and I hope […]

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Early Satiety

It’s one of terms that clinical folks use to describe disturbances of appetite; the other common ones are anorexia and dysgeusia. Early satiety means that […]

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What does it mean?

If you are anything like me, you encounter words in contexts that are unfamiliar now and then. Maybe you even encounter words that are completely […]

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This Week in COVID

This will be the last of my weekly COVID updates unless the SARS-CoV-2 virus spawns another mutant strain that causes another wave of severe illness. […]

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Bugs!

It’s an iconic, one-word line from the 1997 movie Starship Troopers based on Robert Heinlein’s novel of the same name. These bugs are just crawdads. […]

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Scallop Porn

This is a favorite meal here at our house. I prepare two giant scallops over Susan’s basmati rice, and I grill six oysters on the […]

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Dinner and a Movie

What movie? Why the next installment in the tale of Jardani Jovanovich, loving husband of murdered wife Helen, of course. It’s John Wick 4 (JW4). […]

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Tabletops

There is a style of group analysis often called a tabletop exercise. Such exercises posit a particular problem for which the participants must design a […]

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Shrimp Pasta Porn

This evening’s dinner was created from leftovers; perhaps yours was as well. I sauteed leftover blue oyster mushrooms in EVOO and butter, then added leftover […]

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Equal Opportunity

We all want a fair shot – women, people of color, LGBTQ folks, individuals of all creeds or none. The truth is that white, male, […]

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