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Filling a Prescription: Jumping Through Extra Hoops This Month 0 (0)

First, the good news. I have enough methyphenidate for another five days, and may be in the process of resolving another SNAFU with both getting the legally-required authorization properly processed and satisfying the paper-shuffling needs of every organization involved. The … Continue reading

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Independence Day, 2024: America and Context, a Short Ramble 0 (0)

“A False Alarm on the Fourth” Udo Keppler, Puck. (1902)“Uncle Sam — It’s all right! There’s no fighting!The noise you hear is just my family celebrating!” I like that double-page cartoon by Udo Keppler. And I like his image of … Continue reading

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Capital Punishment: It Could be Worse 0 (0)

It seems that, no matter how bad things are: they could be worse. Take Alabama’s recent execution of a Mr. Smith, for example. There’s been discussion of whether or not using nitrogen gas was okay, along with the ongoing capital … Continue reading

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The Chrysler Building, Copyright, Spider-Man and Rules 0 (0)

This is not what I’m talking about for this week’s ‘Saturday’ post. But since I’m interested in both intellectual property rights and the fiction side of writing, I’m taking a few minutes from my Wednesday afternoon to share this excerpt … Continue reading

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Pakistan: Blasphemy and Bombs, Death and Dalits; and History 0 (0)

I’ll be talking about today’s Pakistan: particularly what it’s like being a Pakistani Christian, Hindu or Sikh. Or, for that matter, the ‘wrong’ sort of Pakistani Muslim. The list of at-risk Pakistanis depends partly on who’s talking. A few weeks … Continue reading

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