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Medicine, nursing, health
”Crockefeller”: the story just keeps unfolding
(EDIT: Scroll down to the bottom of the posting for video of the August 11 press conference with Rockefeller / Gerhartsreiter’s attorney.) I’ve continued to follow the “Clark Rockefeller” / Christian Gerhartsreiter story over the past few days as it just keeps getting more convoluted, and as the subject’s apparent/alleged pathway between Germany and the USA [...]
So bitter, so bizarre
Some of you will know approximately where we live in Ireland, so I am sorry to tell you that this story is locally germane: Post mortems due on County Wicklow bodies They were our neighbors. Not the kind you’re close to, perhaps (though they were close to many others), but they were the kind you’d [...]
Feeling a little better today
Thanks for your concern, everybody. I’m a little better. Won’t be able to get the ultrasound till next week, though. (mutter) I will be sorting out those last book requests today and tomorrow, though, so if you haven’t heard from me, you will shortly. Meanwhile, though, there’s this to laugh about. LOLTrek (snort) Click on [...]
Here’s something interesting: the best way to kill the germs in the kitchen sponges
Microwave them. A team of University of Florida Engineering researchers have come to the conclusion that microwaving plastic scrubbers and kitchen sponges on full power can destroy practically 100% of the bacteria and viruses, parasites or spores collected on them. …[Gabriel] Bitton, leader of the study, … remarked that if people really wanted to sanitize [...]
The accident scene you really don’t want to be sent to
After 16-year-old Jacqueline Cossairt of Markle lost control of a sport utility vehicle on gravel-covered Wells County Road 1050 North about 4:30 p.m., it struck an old hollow tree, rousting 80,000 to 100,000 honeybees inside. By the time Ossian Volunteer Fire Chief Kent Gilbert arrived he found a black cloud of the insects swarming around [...]
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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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