Out of Ambit
Medicine, nursing, health
Mr. Squeak: a bulletin for his fans
Indignant sick kitty is indignant… Just a quick thank-you to those who’ve tweeted and emailed over the weekend to ask how Squeaky is. For the last few months he’d become increasingly subdued and lethargic at home. Initially we put this down to the aftereffects of a bitterly cold and snowy winter, during which he actively [...]
The past, buttered up
About twenty years ago we were living in a different house in Ireland, and we had analog satellite rather than the digital that’s pretty much all there is here now. That analog system meant we had access to a lot of the satellite stations that broadcast “in the clear” from Germany. I was just starting to [...]
I love “Polite Dissent”
…for rigorous medicine applied to that often non-medically-rigorous venue, the comics. The most recent example, quoted at length (and there’s more at source — I trimmed it a little): Dr. Koslowski (narrating): Dr. Singh decided to inject 5ccs of Adrenalin directly into the Joker’s heart. It was our only chance to save thousands of lives. Injecting [...]
What to do about your chubby baby (NOT)
Baby Bariatrics (Gazelle milk, huh?) Tags: gazelle, milk, chubby, baby, bariatrics, spoof
About the blogger
30+ years in print, 50+ novels, assorted TV and movie work, the NYT Bestseller List a few times, blah blah blah. Also: the Young Wizards series, 1983-2010 and beyond.
That said, sometimes I want to talk about anything but writing. This is one place where that happens.
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