MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'arts'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:53:09 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5119039&cid=t_105088_180_f&fid=38609&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidSeah-BetterLivingThroughNewMedia%2F%7E3%2F_t1xNjBzGh0%2F Fellow explorer-writer-layabout Colleen Wainwright, AKA The Communicatrix, asked if I’d like to contribute a wallpaper design for her latest give-till-it’s-awesome brainstorm 50 for 50. It’s a fundraiser to raise $50,000 in 50 days for LA-based non-profit WriteGirl by Colleen’s 50th birthday. WriteGirl mentors teen girls in self-expression and writing, which I think is a fine thing to support. Colleen is even planning to shave her head if the target is met. You can visit Colleen’s site to see my wallpaper design, and if you’re REALLY curious about how it came about, you can visit my newly-opened DesignThink process blog. Enjoy! Head over to IndieGoGo to donate something to the girls. There are a lot of great rewards available. (Source: David Seah - D... David Seah - Design, Development, Inspiration, Empowerment blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5119039 Tue, 09 Aug 2011 19:38:02 +0100 5119039 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5077700&cid=t_105088_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1754 Here’s an interesting article on the future of publishing and the rationality of self-publishing.  Maybe writers who self-publish, like me, are actually a little ahead of our times! http://pajamasmedia.com/lifestyle/2011/07/27/the-publishing-times-they-are-achanging/2/ (Source: edwinleap.com) edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5077700 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:14:44 +0100 5077700 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5069851&cid=t_105088_180_f&fid=38609&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidSeah-BetterLivingThroughNewMedia%2F%7E3%2FEH5x9_szoA8%2F Over on my fake agency blog I have some design notes on the pretend “Seah Microcomputer” logo, including a look at whether it stacks up with other logos of that time period. (Source: David Seah - Design, Development, Inspiration, Empowerment) David Seah - Design, Development, Inspiration, Empowerment blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5069851 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:15:55 +0100 5069851 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050748&cid=t_105088_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2011%2F07%2F21%2Fa-day-in-the-or%2F Buffer This time-lapse video was made for a video contest for residents. It’s a look inside a busy time in the OR, showing all the people involved during different procedures. Fine example of why hygiene is such an important topic in hospitals. More videos in this contest here Buffer   No related posts. (Source: Dr Shock MD PhD) Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050748 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 06:34:52 +0100 5050748 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5051094&cid=t_105088_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2F_f7eAApeUEw%2F . Filed under: art, etc. Tagged: arts, draw, Sharpie, Visual Arts (Source: white pebble) white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5051094 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:13:23 +0100 5051094 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5029324&cid=t_105088_180_f&fid=38618&url=http%3A%2F%2F21dragons.com%2F2011%2Ffacing-violence-by-rory-miller A sign of a good book is how much it changes you. In 2008, when I read Rory Miller’s first book Meditations on Violence: A Comparison of Martial Arts Training & Real World Violence, it evolved the way I looked at martial arts and self-defense training so much that despite having trained in the martial arts for 15 years, I completely changed how I trained and what I trained in. So I was definitely looking forward to Rory’s new book, Facing Violence: Preparing for the Unexpected, and seeing what more I could learn from the jiujitsu-trained ex-corrections officer. Having read it, my first impressions are how Facing Violence differs from Meditations on Violence; Meditations was focused on showing the differences between martial arts training and real-world violence. Facing Viol... 21 Dragons blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5029324 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:30:47 +0100 5029324 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4968580&cid=t_105088_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F06%2F24%2Fintroducing-panic-about-anxiety%2F Lots of people experience panic attacks. For some people, it can get so bad that they also get agoraphobia — the fear of leaving one’s house. So I’m happy to introduce Panic About Anxiety with Summer Beretsky, a blog that will explore panic, agoraphobia and even topics about general anxiety in upcoming entries. If you’re not familiar with Summer, you can check out her archives at the World of Psychology blog. She is a graduate of the University of Delaware, where she received her Master of Arts degree in Communication. She enjoys writing about her experiences with anxiety, panic, and Paxil. She contributes to the World of Psychology blog here on PsychCentral and has written for the Los Angeles Times. You can follow her on Twitter @summerberetsky. You can read more about her here. W... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4968580 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:34:41 +0100 4968580 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4945304&cid=t_105088_180_f&fid=38609&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidSeah-BetterLivingThroughNewMedia%2F%7E3%2FRSRDsjwIZkQ%2F I’m on a home cooking streak, so on Thursday I thought I’d try making tacos. I bought everything I needed for about $7.00, enough raw ingredients for 2 or 3 meals, which seemed like a great deal to me! The only downside was the tendency for the tacos to explode upon contact with my mouth. Ingredients would fall out as I tried to angle for a good chomp, and the crisp taco shells have a tendency to shatter. Sweeping up the ruins of my first meal, I got to wondering if there was a better way. Over the course of the next few meals, I worked out some guiding principles: Finely-shredded cheese will fall off the taco if you put it on top, so put it on the bottom of the stack. Meat over the cheese helps hold it in place. Meat next to cheese is generally a good thing, taste-wise. So... David Seah - Design, Development, Inspiration, Empowerment blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4945304 Sat, 18 Jun 2011 03:27:35 +0100 4945304 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4813696&cid=t_105088_180_f&fid=38609&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidSeah-BetterLivingThroughNewMedia%2F%7E3%2FwVkJhtcOIHA%2F I’m having a pretty good day. I have my checklists from yesterday (which I’ll post soon) and this got me through the morning with less fuss than usual. So I’m feeling ready to take on the first order of business for the day: design a logo. Yeah! Oh wait, I’m stuck. I feel the resistances pile on. I haven’t even grabbed a notebook or popped Freehand up on my screen, and I’m already feeling half-defeated. In times like these, it’s useful to remember the process, and since I’m being mindful of writing things down this week I’m going to say there are four stages of logo design that I go through. Stage 1. I don’t know how it’s going to come out. It might suck. Stage 2. Ok, THIS doesn’t suck so much. It could be BETTER,... David Seah - Design, Development, Inspiration, Empowerment blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4813696 Tue, 10 May 2011 18:23:25 +0100 4813696 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4789667&cid=t_105088_180_f&fid=38618&url=http%3A%2F%2F21dragons.com%2F2011%2Fmy-journey-from-the-bujinkan In which I do my best to narrate my spotty 15-year martial art journey, inject some humor into a little learning, and explain why I’ve stopped training in the Bujinkan, hopefully without annoying any ninja assassins lurking in the shadows. The Beginning; or How It All Started with a Bright Red Book I wanted to be a ninja. Never mind that it was as impossible to be a ninja today as it was to be a samurai. My 14-year old mind didn’t know and didn’t care. All it knew and was imploding over was the fact that this gnarly book in front of him called Ninja: Spirit of the Shadow Warrior actually existed. Never mind that the cover was a hideous brilliant red, and the hood on its ninja face looked like it had been clumsily filled in with a marker pen. It told the story of how an Am... 21 Dragons blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4789667 Wed, 04 May 2011 11:00:23 +0100 4789667 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4775649&cid=t_105088_180_f&fid=38618&url=http%3A%2F%2F21dragons.com%2F2011%2Fself-defense-fighting-under-stress Conclusion So two points. First, most martial art systems today (most, not all) don’t train you how to defend yourself under adrenal stress and when disadvantaged. Instead, they teach you how to duel in pre-determined conditions and rules against a sparring partner. It’s the wrong problem to train solving if you want to learn how to defend yourself against predators. If you want to learn how to defend yourself against predators, not how to duel martial artists, then you have to train against how predators attack. No predator will announce themselves to you straight on, take a few step backs, then start bouncing up and down, weaving left and right for a fair fight. Secondly, if you want to train against a specific problem; how to defend yourself against an ambush from a stronge... 21 Dragons blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4775649 Mon, 02 May 2011 23:11:26 +0100 4775649 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4742613&cid=t_105088_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2F94T64umVcyU%2F Real art has the capacity to make us nervous. — Susan Sontag via Quote of the Day: Susan Sontag — The Brooks Review. Filed under: art, etc., qotd Tagged: arts, Authors, Literature, qotd, Susan Sontag (Source: white pebble) white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4742613 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:12:50 +0100 4742613 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734064&cid=t_105088_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F1TK6Wboi4Xo%2F By Tad DeHavenWhat do these federal agencies and programs have in common? Agricultural Research Service, Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service, Rural Development programs, Women, Infants & Children, Foreign Agricultural Service, National Institute of Standards & Technology, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Economic Development Administration, National Telecommunications & Information Administration, Small Business Administration, State Department foreign aid, Fund for African Development, International Development assistance, Economic Support Fund, Peacekeeping Operations, Trade Development Agency, Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Reclamation, National Forest System, Appalach... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734064 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:59:09 +0100 4734064 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734719&cid=t_105088_180_f&fid=38618&url=http%3A%2F%2F21dragons.com%2F2011%2Fself-defense-dry-land-scuba-diving You wouldn’t take scuba lessons from an instructor who’d never been in the water. It wouldn’t matter how many hours of instructions he’s logged, how many certificates he has framed, and how good he is demonstrating on land. If he’s never been in the water, you wouldn’t bet your life on him. And yet, all across the world, hundreds of thousands of people take self-defense classes from instructors who have never been in a violent encounter. People tend to forget that, maybe because these self-defense skills aren’t as easily, regularly and vividly tested as going on a scuba dive. You wouldn’t trust a scuba instructor who’s never been in the water – why would you trust a self-defense instructor who’s never been in combat? We also... 21 Dragons blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734719 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 23:00:49 +0100 4734719 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4704873&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F04%2F12%2Fandr-gagnon%2F The upright grand piano in our living-room was given a good work-out most days when I was a kid, if not from older brother Craig or me (our sisters never took to it) then most certainly from Mom’s many piano students on weekdays after school, evenings and the occasional Saturday.  Piano music, therefore, is something [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4704873 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:42:13 +0100 4704873 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4696882&cid=t_105088_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2FXSnKZyz-tX4%2F This past winter, Peter got to fulfill his movie-lover’s dream of going to the Sundance Film Festival. Of course, picture opportunities abounded for any young man with an iPhone. However, this is the only one I got sent. (On left, Peter’s soon-to-be brother-in-law Dan, on the right is Peter. In between is Tobey Maguire.) (Spiderman! Hah!) Filed under: Film Tagged: arts, Film festival, iphone, movies, Spider-Man, Sundance Film Festival, Tobey Maguire (Source: white pebble) white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4696882 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 18:04:05 +0100 4696882 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4693461&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F04%2F07%2Fmessiah-the-musical%2F I know, I know – George Frederick Handel’s famous work is actually an Oratorio.  (A musical would require lots of period costumes and at least one big dance number!  Now imagine combining that with Mel Gibson’s gratuitously blood-letting Passion of the Christ.  No, let’s not.) This was the time of year, probably forty years ago, [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4693461 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 03:27:48 +0100 4693461 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4642901&cid=t_105088_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2FdE51Fsb1dW4%2F Image by C. McKane via Flickr RIP: Diana Wynne Jones, author of several successful young-adult fantasy novels including Dark Lord of Derkholm and Howl’s Moving Castle, passed away today following a hard-fought battle with cancer. She was 76. Her final novel, Earwig and the Witch, will be published this summer through HarperCollins in the UK and Greenwillow in the US. via RIP: Diana Wynne Jones – The Daily What. RIP: Diana Wynne Jones (thedailywh.at) “Diana Wynne Jones, 1934-2011″ and related posts (feministe.us) Diana Wynne Jones (stevenhartsite.wordpress.com) We’ll never forget you, Diana Wynne Jones (cherstinieveen.wordpress.com) Filed under: books Tagged: arts, author, books, Dark Lord of Derkholm, Diana Wynne Jones, Fantasy literature, Greenwillow, HarperC... white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4642901 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 13:39:26 +0100 4642901 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4527729&cid=t_105088_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FRpPLh6yImcg%2F By Michael F. CannonThis weekend I opened The Washington Post to find the editors arguing that Congress should cut federal subsidies to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Institute of Peace, and the National Endowment of the Arts, and George F. Will arguing that Congress should preserve federal subsidies to Teach for America. Weird. One Step Forward, One Step Back is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4527729 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 02:40:33 +0100 4527729 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4525145&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F26%2Fresistance-and-recording-history-through-music-in-palestine%2F Songs from a Lost Homeland, which originally aired on Al Jazeera English last year, is in the programming rotation again this weekend. Is there a song in the west right now with even a small percentage of the punch of these musicians? I hope you get a chance to see the entire documentary. There’s another [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4525145 Sat, 26 Feb 2011 23:46:00 +0100 4525145 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4501689&cid=t_105088_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FfdPGYPyz51Y%2F The following is an excerpt from “Sleights of Minds: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions.” by Stephen L. Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde with Sandra Blakeslee, published by Henry Holt and Co., LLC (© 2010 by  Stephen L. Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde). Visual illusions are fascinating. They have both been used by artists and studied by scientists. Read on to learn how art can help science understand the secrets of how we perceive the world around use. Chapter 3. The Brother who Faked a Dome Visual Illusions in Art and Science Vision scientists like us seek to understand how we see, from both a psychological and a biological perspective, and our discipline has a long tradition of studying visual artists such as painters and sculptors. Scientists d... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4501689 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:37:23 +0100 4501689 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4355874&cid=t_105088_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2FD-_B8hTIfwc%2F Image by Rockies via Flickr I dragged up my copy of Infinite Jest last night before going to bed. I suppose that I thought I would make some kind of headway into it at last, after more than a year of ignoring the poor thing. Now it sits on the radiator, staring at me. I left off reading the book last year after it was far more effective at making me feel the cultural emptiness that inhabits and surrounds all of the characters. I needed a time out. I suppose that a year is enough of a time out. I have also skimmed the end of The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet and am looking for my next book. Thus, the reasoning behind dragging Infinite Jest upstairs. Anthony Powell‘s books — A Dance to the Music of Time — are in the running as serious candidates. Not sure about Don DeLillo —... white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4355874 Sun, 16 Jan 2011 14:19:01 +0100 4355874 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4343290&cid=t_105088_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2FPnQDlTl2ZeA%2F Image via Wikipedia Book club is tonight — I actually believe that I have not been to book club since A. S. Byatt‘s Possession was the topic, and that was right after it was published. 1990. Tonight’s subject: David Mitchell‘s The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet. I am halfway through — had chosen to read it before Liz invited me back to book club two days ago. This is not a pastoral book, nor a post-modern item with all of the conflict bred out of it and putting fancy word-play above plot in importance. We have story, and we have characters. These are major compliments for me. Another compliment: I haven’t thrown it out yet. Jacob belongs to two worlds: Dutch and Japanese. He is exiled from one and can never belong to the other. Add to this some culture clash... white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4343290 Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:31:42 +0100 4343290 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4253200&cid=t_105088_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F12%2F12%2Fdo-your-panic-attacks-ever-grow-rosy-in-retrospect%2F Photo Credit: gavinmusic The other night, I found myself obsessively listening to a unique crowd-sourced brand of music at OneHelloWorld. OHW is — well, think Postsecret, but for your ears. The site’s creator (who doesn’t identify himself by name) asks the world to call his phone and leave a three-minute narrative voicemail. Then, he creates a musical composition for the background that’s inspired by the content of your message. (“Call it a soundtrack for your thoughts,” the site describes it.) The result? An intriguing amalgam of personal stories and instrumental melodies. The completed tracks are moving. Some are inspirational; some are depressing. Always one to take part in the novelty of experimental projects on the internet, I called OHW’s ph... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4253200 Sun, 12 Dec 2010 23:06:16 +0100 4253200 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4229192&cid=t_105088_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2F3ZeKA7kYNl8%2Fmacrame-covered-clothes-hanger.html Almost two weeks ago my friend Jabulani tweeted a photo of a covered hanger project she was working on. I tweeted a photo of a macramé covered hanger I had made a few years ago. As there was interest in how to do mine and as I could find no instructions online to direct folks to, I decided to try to do a show-and-tell. The supplies you will need are a wire coat hanger, twine, two rubber bands, tape, and fabric glue. Cut approximately 6-7 yards of twine twice. [I used 10 yds and had just under 5 left on each.] To make them easier to handle and to avoid tangling, coil and secure with a rubber band. Now that all your supplies are gathered, let’s begin. Tape the loose ends of each twine coil to the end of the hanger hook. The ends of the twine should point towards the upsweep of the hook a... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4229192 Sat, 04 Dec 2010 12:33:00 +0100 4229192 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4207472&cid=t_105088_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2FQ9RYKhc-qF0%2F Image via Wikipedia But not too big of a lull. Last night, after a marathon not-quite-all-day bout of reading, I finished Robert Graves‘ I, Claudius. Not only did the action and characters in the book carry me along quite effortlessly, I was also refreshed by reading about a political climate that is even more poisonous (literally) than ours today — the one that existed two thousand years ago in Rome. Therefore, our political climate is not, in fact, devolving into some kind of sub-civilized mosh pit, but is quite a normal one, judging by every single other society we know of since recorded history began. I suppose that this is all a great relief to me; we have been like this before, and survived it. I am turning now to a re-reading of A. S. Byatt‘s The Children’s Book... white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4207472 Sun, 28 Nov 2010 21:53:50 +0100 4207472 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4152154&cid=t_105088_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2FnpcbNl_Dryk%2F Image via Wikipedia If people would only leave me alone with their damned faces. — Thomas Gainsborough, revolutionary portrait painter who would rather have been painting landscapes Filed under: qotd Tagged: arts, England, qotd, Thomas Gainsborough (Source: white pebble) white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4152154 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:03:40 +0100 4152154 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3999002&cid=t_105088_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1293 Elijah's weapon of choice for flashlight wielding intruders This morning I worked day shift.  To allow my wife and children a little more sleep in the pre-dawn stillness,  I poked around the house with a flashlight, gathering stuff and attempting not to fall over a cat on the dark stairs. While downstairs, putting on my shoes around 6:30, I heard tentative steps down the stairs.  I looked up to see Elijah, my 11-year-old son, walk into the dining room, eyes squinting…with a machete in his hand. ‘Uh, what’s up?’  I asked, hoping that he wasn’t having a dream of combat in which I would become the ‘black knight.’ ‘I wasn’t sure who was using a flashlight,’ he answered calmly. I hugged him and said, ‘I am so proud of you... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3999002 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 02:47:07 +0100 3999002 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3982134&cid=t_105088_180_f&fid=38618&url=http%3A%2F%2F21dragons.com%2F2010%2F6-favorite-fight-scenes-of-all-time As a martial arts nerd, I’ve got a soft spot for movie fight scenes done well. So – inspired by a friend’s post – here are my favorite 1 on 1 fight scenes of all time. Enter the Dragon: Bruce Lee vs. Bob Wall The rest of the fight is pretty meh, but those first three impossibly fast strikes easily make this one of the best fight scenes of all time. Rapid Fire: Brandon Lee vs. Ai Leong The son of Bruce is no slouch either, and he shows off some impressive Wing Chun/Jeet Kune Do as taught to him by Guru Dan Inosanto, one of Bruce Lee’s top students. The Bourne Identity: Matt Damon vs. Nicky Naude Choreographed by one of Inosanto’s top students, Jeff Imada, The Bourne Identity was one of the first movies to really showcase the deadly beauty of the Filipin... 21 Dragons blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3982134 Sun, 19 Sep 2010 08:02:10 +0100 3982134 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3907571&cid=t_105088_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Four-5-favorite-local-tv-commercials-from-childhood-%25e2%2580%2593-what-are-yours%2F Somebody stop us: We cannot stop searching for our favorite cheesy local/regional TV commercials from our childhood hometowns. You know, the ones with really high-quality production values, classically-trained actors, and demure used car salesmen that only you and the people you grew up with remember? We bet a slew of your own nostalgic TV ads will come to mind if you really sit and think about them. (Do this while at work – we did!) And when you find those old-timey commercials on YouTube, paste the link in the comments section below, along with any memories you’d like to share, and we’ll publish your retro hometown TV commercial on Blisstree! To put you in the proper old-school mood, here are 5 TV gems spanning the country – from the good ol’ days of Blisstree staff... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3907571 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:25:29 +0100 3907571 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3903097&cid=t_105088_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2FzvhwsnVI0bU%2F Everything looks better in the morning, even the previous night. However, the previous night looked pretty good anyways. This is the sort of pretentious blather that my mind runs through when it is waking itself up, which it is attempting to do so right now. It is helped along by a mocha frappuccino; I suppose that the first bits of caffeine are hitting the brain-blood barrier right now as I type. The crickets are still running on, though their enthusiasm is much less in the mornings than in the night. I find myself worrying about how exhausted they must get with singing 24 hours a day, but in a few months, they will all be dead anyway, from the cold. On that cheery thought, I will go and try to make something out of the aforementioned morning. Filed under: Ephemera Tagged: arts, Brain, Ca... white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3903097 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:08:45 +0100 3903097 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3889278&cid=t_105088_136_f&fid=39025&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Feverythingchangesbook%2F%7E3%2FRCq7mA4zsbA%2Fetsy-crafts-cancer I’m a dreamer, not a crafter. I’ve got material for four baby blankets floating around my apartment. But, these newborns may be in middle school before they get their blankies from Aunt Kairol. (Some of it is nifty Amy Butler fabric to boot.) If you have crafty visions AND the follow through to match, or if your friends and family are itching to do something productive for you while you are down and out with cancer or other chronic illnesses, feast your eyes upon these free pattern downloads for crafty patient projects: *  Want a leopard print, tangerine silk, pink taffeta, or camo hospital gown? Try this pattern from Lazy Girl Designs. *  If you are tired of visitors spying your pee-bag, this is an extremely simple pattern for a catheter bag cover. *  In four steps you can cran... Everything Changes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3889278 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:45:00 +0100 3889278 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3805818&cid=t_105088_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fpre-med-vs-liberal-arts-dont-know-much-biology%2F2010.07.30 Study painting, drama or the “soft” social sciences and you’ll probably be a pretty good doctor anyway. Mt. Sinai School of Medicine has been doing it for years and compared students in a special liberal arts admissions program to its traditional pre-med students. For years, Mt. Sinai has admitted students from Amherst, Brandeis, Princeton, Wesleyan, and Williams colleges based on a written application with personal essays, verbal and math SAT scores, high school and college transcripts, letters of recommendation, and personal interviews. No MCAT is required. Students need to take one year of biology and one year of chemistry and maintain (swallow hard) a “B” average. They later get an abbreviated course in organic chemistry and medical physics. (more…) ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3805818 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:17:36 +0100 3805818 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3610333&cid=t_105088_88_f&fid=39185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinleap.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1148 Here is my column in today’s Greenville News.  They haven’t put it online, so you’ll have either read it in the actual paper, or here.  Have a great day! Edwin I believe, sometimes, that one of my children is misplaced in time. Seth, who is 13, loves things ancient. He plays the bagpipes and does it well. He reads mythology and memorizes it. He hopes to one day learn to read Anglo-Saxon. He would love to have a falcon and he looks longingly at long-bows. I suspect that somewhere in the time-line, a family in medieval Scotland is struggling with a son who keeps writing the word ‘KOMPUOOTER,’ and who is ceaselessly trying to generate electricity in their stream. Anyway, several years ago Seth began a quest that grabbed us all. He came to me one day and asked... edwinleap.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3610333 Fri, 28 May 2010 18:51:14 +0100 3610333 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3569800&cid=t_105088_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FKw8PUvf17JY%2F The Kreeger Museum’s Great Hall. Photo by Robert Lautman, 2004. By Judy Greenberg. Conversations at The Kreeger Museum: A Program for People Living with Alzheimer’s Disease and their Caregivers On behalf of The Kreeger Museum, I am thrilled to announce the development of a new art program especially designed for people living with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), their families and caregivers.  Modeled after the pioneering Meet Me at MoMA (Museum of Modern Art, NYC) program (est. 2006), Conversations at The Kreeger Museum will similarly provide a forum for dialogue and connection through looking at art.  Docents and other arts specialists will conduct small interactive tours and discussions through the museum’s accessible galleries and grounds. During the program, tours will have exclus... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3569800 Mon, 17 May 2010 12:00:38 +0100 3569800 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3526776&cid=t_105088_105_f&fid=39191&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fblogspot%2FMwTK%2F%7E3%2Fu5kSO91j2aQ%2Ffirst-ill-get-shameful-admission-out-of.html First, I'll get a shameful admission out of the way. Yep, I used to make mix-tapes. You know, the kinds that you'd give to friends full of meaningful songs? As I've noted many times, I'm lucky to have time to take a shower now, but I'll bet if I had time I'd still be at it, cruising iTunes for the perfect song for any given occasion.My husband took the kids to the library this afternoon. I've got a pot of lentil soup on the stove; cauliflower roasting; breakfasts for the week tee'd up; green beans braising; a chicken roasting; and rice for lunches and fried rice this week done. While I've been here in the house alone I've been listening to my mix from my very last month of residency. It's very amusing to visit with mind of then-Iced and now-Iced. Listen along with me, a husband, two kids, ... Medical Marginalia blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3526776 Sun, 02 May 2010 20:07:00 +0100 3526776 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3524270&cid=t_105088_105_f&fid=39191&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fblogspot%2FMwTK%2F%7E3%2FmD2WxEdimWQ%2Fnot-medical-but-fantastic.html Holy Toledo, Batman. I can't get enough of these pictures. Plenty more over at The Big Picture. My Blog Name (Source: Medical Marginalia) Medical Marginalia blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3524270 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:06:00 +0100 3524270 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3524271&cid=t_105088_105_f&fid=39191&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fblogspot%2FMwTK%2F%7E3%2FnNP666uZAso%2Fmore-ill-at-art.html Came across this today in buffet, about a self-published book by Finnish photographer Henrik Malmstrom:On Borrowed Time, limited editionabout the photographer's sister's battle with ovarian cancer. There are pictures at the link, and from there you can link to the photographer's site and download PDF previews for more. Terrific, wrenching stuff. My Blog Name (Source: Medical Marginalia) Medical Marginalia blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3524271 Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:08:00 +0100 3524271 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3524272&cid=t_105088_105_f&fid=39191&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fblogspot%2FMwTK%2F%7E3%2FYuWou0kCuEQ%2Ftoday-in-medmarg-its-depressing-ill-art.html Daniel Carlat, psychiatrist, has one of his quietly subversive NYTimes Sunday Magazine articles again. Remember Dr. Drug Rep? He made shilling for a drug company sound exactly like what it is: shilling for a drug company. What was most amusing to me about that article was confronting drug reps the next day about it. The most amusing thing about that was how many had no idea hucksterism was covered in great detail in the Newspaper of Record. I mean, the medical blogosphere lit up like a Christmas tree exactly five seconds after the Times hit my stoop with posts: Carlat as villian, Carlat as hero, Carlat as clueless. It took a few weeks for the Effexor rep to have an officially well-crafted, Lancome-covered, Anne Klein-clad response. As I recall, she delivered it with a fruit tray, which was... Medical Marginalia blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3524272 Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:20:00 +0100 3524272 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3480780&cid=t_105088_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F04%2F17%2Fsilly-saturday-22-a-picture-is-worth-a-1000-words%2F This post is my submission for the Grand Rounds to be hosted at Sterile Eye. This upcoming edition has the theme VISUAL COMMUNICATION. You know I love visualizations, they are so easy to understand. No lengthy post here, because a picture is worth a 1000 words….. ————————————— I 250lbs versus 120 lbs The body scans side by side of 250 lb. woman [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3480780 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 16:15:57 +0100 3480780 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3251244&cid=t_105088_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F02%2F08%2Fintroducing-the-pop-psychology-blog%2F Genders issues in mainstream psychology are of interest to a great many people, us included. So we’re happy to welcome Yale University student, Johannah Cousins, as our newest blogger to be blogging about the intersection of gender issues and pop psychology in her new blog, Pop Psychology. Johannah Cousins is a senior English major at Yale University with a focus on gender studies and contemporary popular culture. She recently completed her senior thesis, an analysis of the cultural and feminist context of the Twilight series. She is a film and music critic and staff writer for the Yale Herald Arts & Entertainment Section. Please head on over to Pop Psychology and check it out today! (Source: World of Psychology) World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3251244 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:11:00 +0100 3251244 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3204837&cid=t_105088_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F9iPcYt_91oc%2F By Chris EdwardsJanuary 22, 2010 is a day that should live in infamy, at least among believers in limited government. On that day, the federal government added its 2,000th subsidy program for individuals, businesses, or state and local governments. The number of federal subsidy programs soared 21 percent during the 1990s and 40 percent during the 2000s. The entire nation is jumping aboard Washington’s gravy train. My assistant, Amy Mandler, noticed the recent addition of two new Department of Justice programs, and that pushed us over the threshold to reach 2,001. There is a federal subsidy program for every year that has passed since Emperor Augustus held sway in Rome. We’ve gone from bread and circuses to food stamps, the National Endowment for the Arts, and 1,999 other hand-out progr... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3204837 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:36:52 +0100 3204837 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3189345&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F20%2Fthe-seventies-certainly-werent-all-bad-r-i-p-lindsay-cullen%2F Yesterday I learned of the death, on New Year’s Eve, of one of my favourite high school teachers. A reporter from The Gleaner, the local small-town newspaper, contacted me when she saw that I had written a letter which mentioned Lindsay Cullen a while back. I was a student of his from approximately 1972 to [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3189345 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:10:34 +0100 3189345 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3149187&cid=t_105088_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FcYw8eK7cwQs%2F In this January issue of our eNewsletter, we will first brief you on the enlightening demos that will take place on Wednesday, January 20th, as part of the SharpBrains Summit, and then present the 15 most stimulating SharpBrains articles of 2009. Expo Day If you want to see and discuss the latest programs and technologies for brain fitness, presented by Summit Sponsors, Wednesday January 20th is your day. Each demo will last 30 minutes, followed by 15 minutes of Q&A. 9am. Baycrest/ Cogniciti will introduce the new Memory@Work workshop, designed to teach what memory is, how lifestyle factors such as distraction and stress can affect memory, and how to enhance memory performance at work with the use of enabling strategies. 10am. CogniFit will demo CogniFit Personal Coach and CogniFit Sen... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3149187 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:34:33 +0100 3149187 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3030057&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F11%2F25%2F2744%2F To mark the eighteenth anniversary of Freddie Mercury’s death (reflections here from his mother) – really 18 years? – his old friends The Muppets have destroyed, all in good fun mind you, Bohemian Rhapsody. All in time for World AIDS Day! (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3030057 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:12:12 +0100 3030057 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3524281&cid=t_105088_105_f&fid=39191&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fblogspot%2FMwTK%2F%7E3%2FAO37LSFP--0%2Fyou-might-have-too-much-time-on-your.html Toilet paper sculptures via Sprayblog My Blog Name (Source: Medical Marginalia) Medical Marginalia blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3524281 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:45:00 +0100 3524281 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2927246&cid=t_105088_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F10%2F26%2Fsilly-sunday-9-the-apocalypse-of-the-vocal-bubblewrap-plop%2F Tuesday Grand Rounds will be hosted by Gina Rybolt of Code Blog (see announcement). O dear, a few hours left before the deadline expires …. What to do? I could submit the post on BlogWorld Expo [SOTB], where I embedded an interview with Gina and Kim. However, because it is almost Haloween, Gina is all for the super-scary! What [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2927246 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:48:53 +0100 2927246 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2912573&cid=t_105088_180_f&fid=38618&url=http%3A%2F%2F21dragons.com%2F2009%2Fa-question-about-psychological-self-defense Conclusion? It wasn’t as easy as I thought it’d be. And yet. Real-world physical violence will be rare for most of the people I know, including myself. Yet I suspect we experience real-world mental and emotional violence more frequently in our daily lives from toxic people and relationships, some more than others. But how? Why? And how do we defend ourselves? Wolves choose their prey; they don’t challenge the strongest in the herd, they go for the weakest. They’re not looking for a fight, they just want food as quickly and as easily as they can get it. Predators choose their victims in the same way, they want to get what they want with as little injury to themselves as possible. And as ugly it is to say, and as hard to admit, I’ve seen that abusive relationshi... 21 Dragons blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2912573 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:03:39 +0100 2912573 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2871975&cid=t_105088_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F10%2F07%2Fbest-sctv-skit-ever%2F “Perry Como, Still Alive.” Watch it while you can. Eventually the powers that be will yank it offline. Posted in Media, Performing Arts Tagged: perry como still alive, sctv, Video (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2871975 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:11:00 +0100 2871975 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2804190&cid=t_105088_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F09%2F16%2Frip-mary-travers%2F First song I ever memorized and sang. Peter, Paul and Mary’s “Where Have All the Flowers Gone.” Posted in Performing Arts Tagged: mary travers, peter paul mary, where have all the flowers gone (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2804190 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:15:40 +0100 2804190 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2782280&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F10%2Fautumn-writing-group%2F Following three successful summer workshops seventeen participants, including facilitators Linda Dawn and me, have signed up for the fall writing group starting 15 September and continuing most Tuesdays thereafter through 8 December from 7:30 – 9:00 p.m. You do not need to have attended the workshops to join us nor are you required to commit [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2782280 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:29:31 +0100 2782280 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2859108&cid=t_105088_136_f&fid=39027&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lrdlc.dreamhosters.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fmy-foundation%2F I’m a newbie dad (about 7 years experience so far). Each day that goes by I am reminded of the strength and determination of one man: My father. He started out as a newbie dad once. He had five kids in all: 3 girls and 2 boys. He was poor, but I didn’t really know it or feel it. He worked his ass off in a factory. His children could have gone to public school for free, but he knew the value of education, so each one of them attended private schools through high school. His income went to food, rent, school, and clothes. He was also a young father. He wasn’t perfect by any means (but in my memory he comes damn close), but still he worked for all of us: Mom, Grandma, May, Jess, Thani, Alan and I. I see his sacrifice in retrospect and frankly, it floors me. Then one day he w... Cancer, life, and me blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2859108 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:38:16 +0100 2859108 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2734228&cid=t_105088_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F08%2F17%2Fmad-men-era-sexist-and-cruel-and-i-miss-it%2F My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up: Is it wrong to miss the stewardess? The bellhop? The secretary? I know they’re politically incorrect. But the hit show “Mad Men” on AMC – set in the early 1960s and arguably the best TV show since “The Sopranos” – has brought back dormant longings I didn’t know I had… Read the rest on AOL @ Mad Men Era Sexist and I Miss It. Posted in Performing Arts, Woman Up Tagged: 1960s, mad men, secretary, sex single girl, stewardess (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2734228 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:25:12 +0100 2734228 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2712322&cid=t_105088_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F08%2F17%2Fmad-men-era-sexist-and-glamorous-and-i-miss-it%2F My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up: Is it wrong to miss the stewardess? The bellhop? The secretary? I know they’re politically incorrect. But the hit show “Mad Men” on AMC – set in the early 1960s and arguably the best TV show since The Sopranos – has brought back dormant longings I didn’t know I had… Read the rest on AOL @ Mad Men Era Sexist and Glamorous, and I Miss It. Posted in Performing Arts, Woman Up Tagged: 1960s, mad men, secretary, sex single girl, stewardess (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2712322 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:25:12 +0100 2712322 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2709362&cid=t_105088_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F08%2F17%2Fmad-men-recalls-glory-days-of-stewardesses-and-shorthand%2F My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up: Is it wrong to miss the stewardess? The bellhop? The secretary? I know they’re politically incorrect. But the hit show “Mad Men” on AMC – set in the early 1960s and arguably the best TV show since The Sopranos – has brought back dormant longings I didn’t know I had… Read the rest on AOL @ Mad Men Recalls Glory Days of Stewardesses and Shorthand. Posted in Performing Arts, Woman Up Tagged: 1960s, mad men, secretary, sex single girl, stewardess (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2709362 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:25:12 +0100 2709362 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2645519&cid=t_105088_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2F-s-W9LAdGO8%2F The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money. — Mark Twain, Pudd’nhead Wilson (Source: white pebble) white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2645519 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:36:35 +0100 2645519 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2859124&cid=t_105088_136_f&fid=39027&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lrdlc.dreamhosters.com%2F2009%2F07%2Frecess-and-sports%2F There were many recesses and lunches where I sat in envy. ESPECIALLY during the times I rode around in a wheelchair. I’d watch the girls playing tag, their legs zigging and zagging flawlessly.  I’d want their gracefulness. I’d watch the boys on the basketball court. They’d make high jumps, their hips would pivot as they tried to avoid losing the bouncing ball. I’d want that athleticism. Thankfully, I had my own set of nerdy friends who’d sit with me on the benches. But as I laughed and joked with them, I craved and craved to play with those other kids. Their physicality just looked so FUN. They bursted with life out there on the school yard. Recess and lunch: Wonderful for the laughs I got from my buddies. Excruciating to see over and over the physical ... Cancer, life, and me blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2859124 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:41:34 +0100 2859124 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2571119&cid=t_105088_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F07%2F04%2Famerican-gothic-sings%2F Happy Independence Day! Posted in Performing Arts Tagged: american gothic, frank loesser, independence day, july 4th (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2571119 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:49:10 +0100 2571119 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2528105&cid=t_105088_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F06%2F26%2Fthe-amazing-persians%2F Saeed Shahram’s score for the 11th Annual Festival of Khane Cinema: If you happen to live in Kansas City, come to the JC Nichols fountain on Saturday, June 27 at 10:30 AM or 3:00 PM for a protest against violence and a vigil in memory of Iranians who died fighting for a voice. Posted in Film, Performing Arts, Politics Tagged: iran, khane cinema, saeed shahram (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2528105 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:37:32 +0100 2528105 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2453106&cid=t_105088_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2FFrnQg3fuNEk%2F — Henry David Thoreau Related articles by Zemanta Paper Cuts: Thoreau the Pencil Maker (papercuts.blogs.nytimes.com) thoreau and fires (3quarksdaily.com) Technorati Tags: arts, books, Henry David Thoreau, Literature, Walden (Source: white pebble) white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2453106 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:55:17 +0100 2453106 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2442122&cid=t_105088_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FHMdav34z_sI%2F Arts education influences learning and other areas of cognition and may deserve a more prominent place in schools, according to a wave of recent neuroscience research.One recent study found that children who receive music instruction for just 15 months show strengthened connections in musically relevant brain areas and perform better on associated tasks, compared with students who do not learn an instrument. A separate study found that children who receive training to improve their focus and attention perform better not only on attention tasks but also on intelligence tests. Some researchers suggest that arts training might similarly affect a wide range of cognitive domains. Educators and neuroscientists gathered recently in Baltimore and Washington, D.C., to discuss the increasingly detai... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2442122 Sun, 24 May 2009 19:15:40 +0100 2442122 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2415633&cid=t_105088_131_f&fid=34994&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gnxp.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F05%2Ftwo-cultures-and-some-data-on-publics.php SEED has a set of short video responses to the question "Are we beyond the Two Cultures?", a reference to the split between the arts & humanities types and the science types. Steven Pinker discusses several ways in which the arts can benefit from working with the sciences, such as gaining a better understanding of human attention, visual processing, and so on. In his book The Blank Slate, Pinker argues that one reason that 20th C. art and architecture have been such huge flops is Modernism's denial of a basic human nature, both in terms of how the mind works and what things push our pleasure buttons. But aside from what has been going on in academia and the art gallery world, where does the art-consuming public stand on bridging the Two Cultures?If we are to believe Tom Wolfe's account... Gene Expression blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2415633 Mon, 18 May 2009 22:04:00 +0100 2415633 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405972&cid=t_105088_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F05%2F12%2Flove-them-we-still-do%2F (Second part of Love Them? We Do. This month marks the 45th anniversary of the first number-one hit by The Beatles in the United States. The song was “Love Me Do.”) It’s the rare cover that matches or supercedes the original (Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley comes to mind) but that’s not what I seek on YouTube. Some performers take a song and “make it their own.” Others do impressive, if slavish, reproductions of the originals. Others make up in sincerity, charm or passion what they lack in skill. In case you’re wondering, the reason I like covers is because they represent a kind of universal language. And because you can listen to a song you love only so many times before you get sick of it — unless you’re listening to a ne... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405972 Tue, 12 May 2009 06:31:18 +0100 2405972 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405973&cid=t_105088_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F05%2F10%2Flove-them-we-do%2F (Updated May 13, 2009 with new videos.) Forty-five years ago this month The Beatles snagged their first bonafide hit when “Love Me Do” reached the top of the charts in the United States. I was just ten years old, but even so, I listened. The Beatles were my introduction to rock and roll. No one then could have predicted how lasting or profound their influence would be. Today I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I heard the news of John Lennon’s death, just as I do for JFK’s assassination, the Challenger explosion and 9/11. The Beatles For some time now I’ve been blogging YouTube covers of Beatles songs. The people of Japan adore The Beatles, but then, so does everyone else. When you look at how many great songs The Beatles wrote and recorde... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405973 Sun, 10 May 2009 23:34:26 +0100 2405973 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2399130&cid=t_105088_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F05%2F08%2Fa-little-hip-hop-therapy%2F Depressed? Recessed? Here’s a little therapy from the world of hip hop. Flo Rida and Wynter Gordon suggest you seize the day. The lovely Wynter endured a rough childhood with her mother and six brothers and sisters in South Jamaica, Queens. Then she snagged a coveted spot at the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music, Art  & the Performing Arts. What I know about hip hop you could fit into Barbie’s makeup case, but I reserve the right to like any song I like. Note the lack of hooker/sleaze vibes in this video. Are we finally graduating from the era of fake boobs and talon fingernails? Say amen, somebody! The world is a mess. But when was it not a mess? Throw away your Schopenhauer books and embrace your flawed existence. Peace, love, sex, music — maybe that’s... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2399130 Fri, 08 May 2009 21:23:26 +0100 2399130 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2376633&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F04%2F25%2F1993%2F A great scene from “The Golden Girls”, although I remember Bea Arthur from her 70’s show “Maude” and her first portrayal of that character on “All in the Family”. The hilarity of Bea Arthur, and the rest of “The Golden Girls” helped get me through some of the roughest moments in the early years [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2376633 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:04:35 +0100 2376633 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2368018&cid=t_105088_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F04%2F25%2Fmoon-river-redux%2F Audrey Hepburn I have updated my January tribute to Audrey Hepburn with eight new versions of “Moon River” (and kept two of the old favorites). Like Blackbird, “Moon River” is covered so often on YouTube that one must check back now and then. Among the new performers are a singer from Romania, a couple from Italy and the first little girl I’ve ever thought skilled enough to feature here. Also a singer/guitarist who’s quite good, but he appears to be performing on a stage set for The Importance of Being Earnest or maybe Arsenic and Old Lace. Ah, the joys of being a folksinger on the college circuit! At least he was paid. Probably. Posted in Film, Media, Performing Arts Tagged: audrey hepburn, breakfast at tiffany's, moon river, moon river cover (Source:... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2368018 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:05:04 +0100 2368018 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349251&cid=t_105088_131_f&fid=34994&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gnxp.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F04%2Fmeasuring-whether-painter-is-under-or.php As a follow-up to the previous post on measuring the price-to-earnings ratio of composers, I've done the same thing for painters. The motivation is the same, and I'm still using the painter's score in Charles Murray's Human Accomplishment to measure earnings (the more objective valuation). Here, instead of measuring price (the more fashion-driven valuation) with the number of works available at Amazon.com, I'm using the number of works available at AllPosters.com, the main place that people visit to buy inexpensive high art.The AllPosters score is simply number of works available, divided by the max for any artist (which happens to be for Monet), multiplied by 100. So, like the HA score, it is a measure of how valued an artist's works are, using the most highly valued artist of all as a re... Gene Expression blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349251 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:51:00 +0100 2349251 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2347789&cid=t_105088_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F2erB6kj8WAk%2F Too many people in Washington look out upon the beauty and bounty of America and see a vast wasteland, enlivened only by government programs. If government isn’t doing it, they think, then it isn’t being done. When the Republicans threatened to nick the budget of the National Endowment for the Arts, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton wailed that the proposal “not only threatens irrevocable damage to our cultural institutions but also to our sense of ourselves and what we stand for as a people.” Seriously, she thought that if the then-$167 million of the NEA were eliminated, the $37 billion that Americans spent on the arts that year would somehow disappear in a puff of smoke? Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was even more sweeping when he said  in 1992, “The ballot box i... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2347789 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:58:01 +0100 2347789 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349068&cid=t_105088_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FfG7V3iNsAJQ%2F At a time when educators are preoccupied with standards, testing, and the bottom line, some researchers suggest the arts can boost students' test scores; others aren't convinced. Karin Evans asks, What are the arts good for? --- When poet and national endowment for the Arts Chairman Dana Gioia gave the 2007 Commencement Address at Stanford University, he used the occasion to deliver an impassioned argument for the value of the arts and arts education. "Art is an irreplaceable way of understanding and expressing the world," said Gioia. "There are some truths about life that can be expressed only as stories, or songs, or images. Art delights, instructs, consoles. It educates our emotions." For years, arts advocates like Gioia have been making similar pleas, stressing the ... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349068 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:12:58 +0100 2349068 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2323413&cid=t_105088_131_f&fid=34994&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gnxp.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F04%2Fmeasuring-whether-artist-is-under-or.php The concept of price-to-earnings ratio can be extended to anything that has an objective, fundamental value and a subjective value that people give to the thing -- assuming these can be measured, however crudely. The ratio gets bigger when the price goes up while the thing is still generating the same amount of earnings, or when it generates less earnings while being priced the same. So, larger values of this ratio mean that the thing is overhyped, while smaller values mean it's overlooked.When lots of instances of the same thing are over-hyped, and when this over-hyping steadily increases for a stretch of time, we have a bubble. When people wake up to reality and the P/E ratio plummets, the bubble bursts. See the first graph in the Wikipedia link above for stock market data that show this... Gene Expression blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2323413 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:24:00 +0100 2323413 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2298741&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F03%2F30%2Fmixing-analogies-with-easter-sensibilities%2F Perhaps it is the season but it has been interesting to see the number of hits my night-time photo of Almuth Lutkenhaus-Lackey’s “Crucified Woman” has been getting at my photo blog photosbykenn. The dramatic sculpture sits in a courtyard of the University of Toronto’s Emmanuel College, the local theological college of The United Church of Canada. [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2298741 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:49:27 +0100 2298741 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2463358&cid=t_105088_180_f&fid=38618&url=http%3A%2F%2F21dragons.com%2F2009%2Fmartial-arts-is-dealing-with-self-defense-failure Most people think that learning a martial art teaches you self-defense. But actually most martial arts don’t teach you self-defense – they only teach you how to deal with self-defense failure. That’s something I realized only after practicing martial arts for nearly 15 years. The Difference Between Martial Arts & Self-Defense Here’s an easy way to understand the difference between martial arts and self-defense, and why one doesn’t always equal the other. Scenario A It’s 4 in the morning, and you’re going home by yourself after a late night out. You wonder whether to take your usual short-cut through the back-alley. It’s dark and deserted, but you decide to anyway. Halfway through, a man steps out and threatens you with a knife, demandin... 21 Dragons blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2463358 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:51:08 +0100 2463358 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2260241&cid=t_105088_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flbnuke%2F%7E3%2Fklo8lDeiUBM%2F Chocolate, from Magnet Releasing, is a martial arts film from Thailand coming to theaters on Feb. 6th, 2009, and DVD Feb. 10th. Directed by Prachya Pinkaew, this sweet, action-packed martial-arts drama features the debut of young female fighter Jeeja Yanin Vismitananda as Zen, an autistic savant who learns to kick heads by watching Bruce Lee and Tony Jaa movies. Zen’s father, a Japanese gangster, has been driven out of the country by a rival Thai gang, so her mother has been forced to raise her alone. When her mother becomes sick, Zen goes on a candy-fueled rampage to collect debts from the corrupt gangsters that owe money to her mom. Thanks to Rina for the link (Source: LBnuke) LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2260241 Sat, 07 Feb 2009 21:41:46 +0100 2260241 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2134802&cid=t_105088_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2FN8DCtQYACxU%2F I just learned about the One World One Heart giveaway when I visited the Meandering Threads blog.  This is a world wide gathering of crafters and those interested in the arts from around the world.  There are many fascinating blogs to visit and many really nice giveaways.  Stop by Meandering Threads and you’ll find out more about this event.  Perhaps you’ll find here arts and crafts (as well as giveaways) to perk up your day. Tags: Alzheimer's Notes, arts and crafts, giveaway, Meandering Threads, One World One Heart, One World One Heart GiveawayShare This (Source: Alzheimer's Notes) Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2134802 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:00:09 +0100 2134802 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2122292&cid=t_105088_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F518745212%2F In 1993, Paramount Pictures released Searching for Bobby Fischer, which depicts Joshua Waitzkin's early chess success as he embarks on a journey to win his first National chess championship. This movie had the effect of weakening his love for the game as well as the learning process. His passion for learning was rejuvenated, however, after years of meditation, and reading philosophy and psychology. With this rekindling of the learning process, Waitzkin took up the martial art Tai Chi Chuan at the age of 21 and made rapid progress, winning the 2004 push hands world championship at the age of 27. After reading Joshua's most recent book The Art of Learning, I thought of a million topics I wanted to discuss with him--topics such as being labelled a "child prodigy", blooming, creativi... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2122292 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:35:39 +0100 2122292 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2115930&cid=t_105088_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2F0KfwbUYilio%2F I’ve shared occasionally arts and crafts ideas from the Arts Bloggers.  We are a group who put together some of our favorite posts each week to share with others.  Often Alzheimer’s patients like to be involved in crafts.  Also, caregivers find them relaxing and inspirational. The Arts Bloggers are putting together their creative ideas for 2009.  See what you’d like to try.  Drawer Pull & Pants Hanger Project Turn these items into a unique photo display via Craftynest. Gravestone Rubbings for Fabric Art Mary Emma, at Quilting and Patchwork, discovered instructions for turning gravestone rubbings into fabric art and family history. How to Make Soap Petals Soap petals are simply silk flower and leaf petals dipped in melted soap. They are single use and look pretty... Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2115930 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:00:10 +0100 2115930 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2066312&cid=t_105088_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2008%2F12%2F25%2Fto-all-my-friends%2F Little Drummer Boy, music by Low, film by newbltp: The Holly & the Ivy by Mediaeval Baebes, posted by mothball22: Jeff Buckley sings Leonard Cohen’s masterpiece Hallelujah live in concert, hi-res video by johnny500000: Carol of the Bells by Straight No Chaser, posted by mikado95: Aimee Mann sings Jacob Marley’s Chain, posted by CoffeeNo2: Ding Dong Merrily on High by Mehlville High School. Ya gotta love the oxymoronic tuxedos + slacker hair. Posted by GuenterErde: Angels We Have Heard on High by zacharron: Wassail Song by Northville sophomores. They must have a good teacher. Posted by coachsigmachi: Driving Home for Christmas (Chris Rea) by Atomino8: Carol of the Bells by puppetpatti: To all my friends… (Mickey Rourke in Barfly) …let’s... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2066312 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:19:20 +0100 2066312 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2036045&cid=t_105088_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2F483610061%2Fgift-from-india.html I didn’t make Vijay’s daughter the pink quilt expecting anything in return.  Vijay (Scanman) and his wife, however, wanted to give me a gift from their country.  This is what they chose.  It is a Tanjore metal plate, and I think it is lovely.  I am trying to decide the best place to hang it in my home.   Here is some information on the history of the craft: The creation of the Tanjore metal plate is credited to Raja Serfoji II (1797-1832), the Maratha ruler of Thanjavur (or Tanjore), who asked his royal artisans to create an object that would reflect the glory of his kingdom. Silver, brass, and copper are encrusted on to each other to create this stunning piece of art. The effect of silver in high relief on the reddish copper ground is unusual and striking.... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2036045 Sat, 13 Dec 2008 12:13:01 +0100 2036045 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1999114&cid=t_105088_107_f&fid=35041&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fdigitalbio%2F%7E3%2F470284914%2Fmake_a_merry_molecule_mug.php The grocery store magazine covers all say that home made gifts are big this year. So I thought, some of you might like to channel your inner Martha Stewart and make gifts with a science theme. Reposted in honor of the holiday and the economy. I'm here to help to you make a merry mug with one of our favorite molecules. Yep, we're talking caffeine. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Discovering Biology in a Digital World) Discovering Biology in a Digital World blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1999114 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:05:45 +0100 1999114 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1947290&cid=t_105088_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F1BAbqjBnDPI%2F Let’s End Adolescence writes Newt Gingrich in the October 30th Business Week. Adolecense, argues Gingrich, is a 19th century invention and, indeed, a “social experiment” that has largely failed. Why keep supporting a “system for delaying adulthood and trapping young people into wasting years of their lives”? Why not skip the whole notion of some kind of transition stage between childhood and young adulthood and stop (as Gingrich seems to suggest)  delaying the inevitability of adulthood, and have kids “shift to serious work, learning, and responsibility at age 13 instead of age 30″? Well, Newt, let me tell you something. At 11 1/2, my son Charlie’s definitely in the throes of adolescence. Almost all the clothes he wore last summer have eithe... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1947290 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:00:27 +0100 1947290 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1873146&cid=t_105088_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2F4sCXTPmaeJk%2F AlzheimersNotes.com QuiltingAndPatchwork.com Join the Arts Bloggers for fall creations and other projects.  These may be activities your Alzheimer’s family member may enjoy as well.  If he/she can’t participate, watching you often provides pleasure, too.  My mom enjoyed anything that had to do with the colorful autumn leaves. Celebrate fall colors Tangled Thread is inspired by fall colors to create a new fall flower wall hanging. Change Your Writing Tools Encouragement to use differernt writing tools in your journal Layers Upon Layers Come see some of the work that has arrived at the home of the “Ties That Bind” collaborative art project, raising money for ovarian cancer research.  Make It Pink Challenge at CraftStylish Upload your pink craft project to CraftS... Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1873146 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:00:32 +0100 1873146 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1775614&cid=t_105088_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2FfK2RazzomKE%2F AlzheimersNotes.com We have another round of inspiration for caregivers and Alzheimer’s patients from the crafty Arts Bloggers.  Try these ideas on a crisp autumn day and enjoy. First Day of Spring (or Autumn) Create a visual journal entry about spring or your favourite season. Hannah’s Toadstool Doorstops Get instructions for cute doorstops using gravel-filled plastic food containers. Layers Upon Layers Artist Profile  Pallas Vititoe is a mixed media fabric artist that you’ll want to meet!  Quilters’ Lunch Box Memories Back-to-school time brings lunch box memories. Do quilters make quilts and fabric art with lunch box designs? Here are some suggestions. “Costume” Earrings Do you have any outfits that you just can’t find the right earrings for... Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1775614 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:02:22 +0100 1775614 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1779341&cid=t_105088_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2F386700156%2F Another era in my cat-blogging starts now, with Satchel attempting to steal my breakfast apple turnover. I thought he’d go for the raspberries first, but that’s more Newton’s style. Satchel loves the carbs. Pictures will appear if I can get my camera. 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Please contact legal@www.white-pebble.net so we can take legal action immediately.Plugin by Taragana (Source: white pebble) white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1779341 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:44:34 +0100 1779341 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1760020&cid=t_105088_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2FQ2ZtF_5mA7g%2F QuiltingAndPatchwork.com With the beginning of September and the youngsters in our household  back in school, our thoughts turn to autumn.  Often there’s a nip in the air at night which reminds us fall is “around the corner.” The Arts Bloggers share their weekly inspiration which I thought I’d share with you.  My mom used to like to sit and watch me when I worked at crafts or my writing.  Sometimes she’d chat and reminisce.  Other times she simply sat contentedly…at least for a short time. Crocheted baby sweater and cap Caron Yarns commissioned Noreen to design an adorable baby sweater and cap. Here’s the patttern for it.  Congratulations, Noreen! Photo Talk at Layers Upon Layers Give your photos a graphic quality that will make them pop! M... Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1760020 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:58:47 +0100 1760020 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1739253&cid=t_105088_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FqFP19ytiFC0%2F Be warned. This post contains a disparate slew of references to martial arts (kind of in a Kung Fu Panda vein); chocolate (M & M’s, even); the use of the r word in Tropic Thunder; Thailand; lots of flies. (And autism, but you knew that.) No, we didn’t once again see Po the Panda executing his moves against an opponent to get that last pad thai noodle or chocolate bar, with insects buzzing in the background. All the items listed in the first paragraph appear in Chocolate, a martial arts movie from Thailand with an autistic heroine who really knows how to kick her way around. From a review on Film School Rejects: [”Tattooed hottie”—that’s a quote, please note—Zin] gives birth to an autistic girl she names Zen, and we’re treated to another monta... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1739253 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:00:06 +0100 1739253 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1622244&cid=t_105088_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2F335546130%2F Copyright © 2008 Patti. Visit the original article at http://www.white-pebble.net/?p=4160.Admit it, you’re as bored as I am | Classical and opera | guardian.co.uk Music Why has the public accepted abstract art but not abstract music? (Discordant visual art does not cause visceral pain, discordant music does.) You have to admit that it’s true. If it’s not Philip Glass or John Cage (most of the time), modern “classical” music just pisses me off. ShareThis (Source: white pebble) white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1622244 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:43:57 +0100 1622244 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1458615&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F05%2F20%2Fcolours-of-spring%2F (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1458615 Wed, 21 May 2008 00:10:52 +0100 1458615 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1396276&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F04%2F24%2Fstill-here-a-post-cocktail-aids-anthology%2F Mt. Sinai Hospital I will be out of town so I’ll miss this, unfortunately, but here’s the information: Life Rattle Press is pleased to invite you to a reception celebrating the publication of STILL HERE: A POST-COCKTAIL AIDS ANTHOLOGY Mount Sinai Hospital and the Department of Psychiatry, The 2008 Narrative Matters Conference: Storying Our World, Ontario HIV [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1396276 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:57:53 +0100 1396276 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1325186&cid=t_105088_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2F257371224%2F AlzheimersNotes.com As spring arrives (at least in the U.S.), caregivers may be looking for a change of pace.  This often means finding something new to do at home with their Alzheimer’s family member or by themselves as they have a spare moment. Arts and crafts often can furnish that break from the routine and frustration.  Check out this week’s offerings of the Arts Bloggers, at the Round-up of the Arts Bloggers as Spring Arrives. What are you doing for springtime? (c)2008 Mary Emma Allen Tags: Alzheimers, Alzheimers-disease, artisans, artists, Arts Bloggers, bride, caregivers, crafts, quilters, quilting, quilting in the classroom, springtimeShare This (Source: Alzheimer's Notes) Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1325186 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:01:24 +0100 1325186 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1307779&cid=t_105088_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2F253169370%2F AlzheimersNotes.com Arts and crafts projects often bring comfort and inspiration to the caregiver as well as the Alzheimer’s patient.  It depends on the stage of Alzheimer’s whether the patient/family member can participate in any of these. However, caregivers find crafts and journaling projects a stress reliever, as my daughter did when  her husband was undergoing cancer treatment and she was the caregiver. Take a look at these projects and ideas from the Arts Bloggers, in which I participate through my Quilting and Patchwork blog.  Is there something there that piques your interest and inspires you? What types of arts are you involved in to find relief from stress and inspiration midst your caregiving tasks? (c)2008 Mary Emma Allen Tags: Alzheimers, Alzheimers-disease, ar... Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1307779 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:58:45 +0100 1307779 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1281236&cid=t_105088_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F246351191%2F A few updates and announcements: - 1) My apologies for slow blogging, due to travel. I participated yesterday in a fun panel discussion at ETech on Use Your Head- The Future of Mind Hacks. You can read some take-aways (in Italian, so this may be good brain exercise) here. - 2) We will release our report The State of the Brain Fitness Software Market 2008 next Monday, to coincide with Brain Awareness Week. Make sure to visit our blog next Monday if you want to learn more. - 3) The National Museum of Health and Medicine at Walter Reed Army Medical Center is planning some great activities during Brain Awareness Week (Thank you, Tim). Learn more about their "Partners in Education" activities for students in the Washington DC area. - 4) The Dana Foundation has released a great researc... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1281236 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:50:00 +0100 1281236 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1184646&cid=t_105088_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F01%2Ffunding-arts-false-alternative.html Wat Tyler writes Burning our Money, the leading economic blog in Britain. He makes no secret of his firm right wing views. Perhaps predictably enough he does not believe that tax payers should fund the arts. In Arts Angst he presents a characteristically well-researched and witty appraisal of the current state of arts funding. Not a pretty picture. The trough is large, and many are feeding.For once, though, Wat’s conclusion is wrong. He makes the classic mistake of “the false alternatives”.Let us imagine that the Chancellor of the Exchequer of a country with no arts funding and no health care is down to his last £1 million and faced with a stark choice. Does he build a hospital or an art gallery? The answer is obvious, but the question is irrelevant in a country like the UK. We are ... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1184646 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:03:00 +0100 1184646 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1127376&cid=t_105088_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F210406405%2F It never rains but it pours: At 1 pm I’m talking about the need for more afterschool programs for autistic kids; by 5pm, Charlie’s been invited to two basketball programs, one soccer program, and bowling, and I’ve found about a new special needs Tae Kwon Do class near to where we live. Charlie has bowled at least two times and really enjoyed it: I guess you could call “bowling together” a (rather literal) variation on “parallel play”. He is strong enough to pick up his own ball and, I suspect, liked sticking his fingers into the holes (and he was not perturbed by wearing banged up bowling shoes). Any other “ball” sport has been a bit of an exercise in rather vain running back and forth across a field, court, etc., full of a chaotic tu... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1127376 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:41:43 +0100 1127376 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1126249&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F01%2F02%2Fim-being-published-on-paper-even-in-a-book%2F Not just a letter to the editor, nor a link from a blog (not that there’s anything wrong with that), I shall be published in a book - an anthology - to be called Still Here: A Post-Cocktail AIDS Anthology and released some time this year by Life Rattle Press. I just signed the consent form. The anthology is selected short stories which have come from several years of work in the Narrative Group of the Psychiatric Department’s Clinic for HIV-Related Concerns at Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital. (I might rightly receive some constructive criticism over the length of that sentence!) These groups are run twice a year, by Dr. Allan Peterkin and occupational therapist Julie Hahn, with participants writing each week on set topics, quite general, that have stood the test of time -... My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1126249 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:34:09 +0100 1126249 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1124895&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F01%2F01%2F1314%2F Facebook me! (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1124895 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 02:18:50 +0100 1124895 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1097676&cid=t_105088_107_f&fid=35041&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fdigitalbio%2F%7E3%2F201380283%2Fwhile_visions_of_gingerbread_d.php Maybe there's something a little bit odd about having a gingerbread construction contest to raise funds for researching juvenile diabetes. Maybe these gingerbread houses aren't environmentally proper or particularly sustainable. But they are impressive. If you're in Seattle over the holidays, you can see them at the Sheraton Hotel until Jan 2nd and even help fund research on juvenile diabetes. Some more examples are below. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Discovering Biology in a Digital World) Discovering Biology in a Digital World blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1097676 Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:44:12 +0100 1097676 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1097705&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F12%2F16%2Fi-bn-memed%2F I don’t encourage my being memed (it seems like a modern-day chain letter and is, at the very least, work!) but, when a friend reaches out to me from the heat of California on a day like today, I kind of melt! Now Mame (as in “She’ll coax the blues right out of your heart!“) is [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1097705 Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:54:48 +0100 1097705 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1091369&cid=t_105088_107_f&fid=35041&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fdigitalbio%2F%7E3%2F199556468%2Fby_request_the_glowing_cheeseb.php From the original lolcats: moar funny pictures Read the comments on this post... (Source: Discovering Biology in a Digital World) Discovering Biology in a Digital World blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1091369 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 04:40:44 +0100 1091369 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1081617&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F12%2F08%2Fhandels-messiah-never-fails-to-stir-me%2F Living in a large city affords me the opportunity to experience a wide variety of the arts and, when considering a seasonal favourite such as Handel’s Messiah, many choices of presenters. According to Whole Note magazine 13 different presenters, in the Greater Toronto Area alone, are offering a total of 23 performances of the work. Last [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1081617 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:19:46 +0100 1081617 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1067829&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F12%2F03%2Five-been-publishederre-blogged%2F Announcing Edition 2.6 of the International Carnival of Pozitivities. Scroll down the page, after reading the rest of this periodic blogzine, and you’ll see a couple of entries from yours truly which appeared here recently. Why, it’s almost like being published! Facebook me! (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1067829 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:22:31 +0100 1067829 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1064235&cid=t_105088_107_f&fid=35041&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fdigitalbio%2F%7E3%2F193588400%2Fdrink_to_me_only_with_thine_mu.php The grocery store magazine covers all say that home made gifts are big this year. So I thought, some of you might like to channel your inner Martha Stewart and make gifts with a science theme. I'm here to help to you make a merry mug with one of our favorite molecules. Yep, we're talking caffeine. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Discovering Biology in a Digital World) Discovering Biology in a Digital World blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1064235 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:36:08 +0100 1064235 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1063561&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F12%2F01%2F1217%2F (OXFAM) Today, on World Aids Day, Oxfam Global Ambassador Annie Lennox is launching SING, a new charity single calling on women to ’sing out’ around the issues of HIV and AIDS. Featuring the vocal talents of 23 major female artists, including Angelique Kidjo, Madonna, Melissa Etheridge, Dido, Pink, Shakira, Fergie and Céline Dion, the single is aimed [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1063561 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 11:02:50 +0100 1063561 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1062911&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F11%2F30%2Fbomb-hoax-shuts-down-aids-fundraiser-prankster-blames-police-over-reaction%2F 25-year old art student Thórarinn Ingi Jónsson was released on $33,000 bail today, charged with a bomb hoax that forced the shut-down of a gala fundraiser for the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR).  The glittery dinner was to have been held two nights ago in the lobby of the Royal Ontario Museum’s new Libeskind Crystal. A retired honorary consul general [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1062911 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:34:52 +0100 1062911 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1025439&cid=t_105088_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2F184465940%2F Many of the b5media blogs offer contests throughout the month.  Some bloggers also provide opportunities for our readers to submit entries to their theme days.  If you’re a caregiver and blogger involved in arts and crafts, you’re invited to participate in the Arts and Design November Showcase.  Also, your Alzheimer’s patient may still be active in crafts.  You can mention something they’re doing related to the Christmas theme of the carnival. Check out the rules at Tangled Thread’s Call for Entry - November’s Blog Carnival. Share This (Source: Alzheimer's Notes) Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1025439 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:09:21 +0100 1025439 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=985651&cid=t_105088_136_f&fid=35299&url=http%3A%2F%2F500miles2nowhere.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fmineral-point-1007-shopping.html So we had a very successful day of shopping in Mineral Point today. We hit several galleries and shops and bought things for gifts and things just because we liked them. If you think you'll be a gift recipient, don't look at the photos. HAHAHA. Here's the booty:This was found out at the Brewery Pottery Studio, which is one of my favorite places to go when visiting the Point. HBB hasn't ever been there before, so I was excited to share it with him this trip. I bought this, oddly enough, at a little shop called In the Bag, which is a store specializing in made to order purses... but now that I actually write this paragraph, and write the name of the shop, the fact that I purchased wine there isn't quite so odd to me as it seemed at the time... ;)We ended up eating at Mineral Spirits again th... Keri - Still Running/Walking for a Reason! blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=985651 Sun, 28 Oct 2007 04:14:00 +0100 985651 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=982603&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F10%2F26%2Fonly-gay-in-the-village%2F My birthday ought to be an occasion to blog. While I await inspiration I shall turn the day’s post over to Little Britain’s Daffyd Thomas, “the only gay in the village”. Like Daffyd I am ’the ONLY gay in the village’…or in my building…on the 5th floor…okay in Unit 503!  And I’m 48 today… Thank you for the greetings [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=982603 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:54:20 +0100 982603 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=962576&cid=t_105088_122_f&fid=35076&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bohemianscientist.org%2Fblog%2Findex.php%2F2007%2F10%2F18%2F2230%2F enjoy these two sites, full of well-known illusions. i’m going to wash out my eyes and try to regain a sense of reality. twenty amazing optical illusions the latest works (Source: bohemianscientist) bohemianscientist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=962576 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:49:21 +0100 962576 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=962589&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F10%2F18%2F1178%2F I’ve had a hand-me-down audio recording of this for some time - one of my favourites, actually - but only recently realized that it was Annie Lennox singing it! The video backs that up. (It has been mistakenly attributed to Eva Cassidy. and I should hand in my gay card for not having disputed that.) She recorded this [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=962589 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:42:18 +0100 962589 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=948602&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F10%2F13%2F1176%2F One of my modern-day classical favourites… Facebook profile (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=948602 Sat, 13 Oct 2007 16:59:14 +0100 948602 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=944635&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F10%2F11%2F1175%2F Facebook profile (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=944635 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:23:00 +0100 944635 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=939849&cid=t_105088_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2F167700319%2F  Do you enjoy crafts as a hobby, to relieve the stress of caregiving?  Is there a favorite craft your Alzheimer’s family member enjoyed, or still does? Do you teach crafts at a nursing home? Would you like to share a post from your blog about Halloween crafts? Generally the monthly Arts and Design Showcase at b5media features only bloggers from that channel.  This month, our host, Noreen from Hankering for Yarn, is opening it up to all craft bloggers. The theme is Halloween or Day of the Dead crafts.  For more details on Noreen’s blog  about  linking your blog post, click here.                The showcase is scheduled for October 21.  Noreen would like all links and a short blurb by a deadline of October 19. See you there! Share This (Source: Alzheim... Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=939849 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:30:46 +0100 939849 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=934043&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F10%2F08%2F1173%2F With a tip of the hat to The Church of the Sour Apple Martini, a great clip from SNL on the latest twist in the Senator Larry Craig saga. Facebook me! (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=934043 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 04:10:14 +0100 934043 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=933206&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F10%2F07%2F1170%2F It rained steadily overnight and the dehumidifier sucked the moisture right out of my face! The morning, after the rain (après la pluis), feels promising. Over to you André Gagnon. Facebook me! (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=933206 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 17:34:49 +0100 933206 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2512983&cid=t_105088_140_f&fid=36503&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAzureone%2F%7E3%2F0ONKeoKrYmI%2Fffffound.html FFFFOUND is a website located here . The site consists of images that are posted by members. Members also choose their favorite images from those posted by others. This creates a web of images: one image leads to several others then to others and so on. I find the process of looking around very addictive. I often find that I have spent more than an hour on the site without even noticing. It is well worth the time, however, as the images are beautiful and challenging. Ffffound is a nice stretch for the right lobe.A great feature is that any visitor can save an image. Once you find an image you like click on it to open it in a new window. Working in the new window, simply hit the apple plus S keys or go to the File menu and click on 'save page as.’Membership is by invitation only. These in... azureone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2512983 Sat, 06 Oct 2007 13:28:00 +0100 2512983 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=918050&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F10%2F01%2F1167%2F It is October, my birth month, and I love this song - particularly the piano intro! Facebook profile (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=918050 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:04:36 +0100 918050 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=883770&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F09%2F18%2Fself-portrain-as-reflected-today-in-royal-ontario-museums-libeskind-crystal%2F Facebook me! (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=883770 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:59:12 +0100 883770 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=858401&cid=t_105088_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F154780657%2F In Greek mythology, Icarus is the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, who makes wings out of wax. Father and son fly away from the palace of King Minos but Icarus flies too close to the sun and his wings melt, and he falls into the ocean. Icarus rises again in a play entitled “Izzy Icarus Fell Off the World” by 15-year-old Aliza Goldstein of Jacksonville, Florida. Goldstein got the idea for her play from volunteering at the Mt. Herman Exceptional Student Center in Jacksonville, a center for students with developmental disabilities. Here is a summary of the plot: Teenage Izzy is fascinated by birds. With beach season fading, he loves to stand on the sand, flap his arms, and watch the gulls take flight for winter. His curious movements have attracted the eye of budding photogra... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=858401 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:43:22 +0100 858401 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=845796&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F09%2F06%2F1142%2F Here’s Toronto Star’s obituary and a video of what would be his last public performance: Nessun Dorma, sung at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, in February 2006. Facebook me! (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=845796 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:28:46 +0100 845796 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=821408&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F08%2F24%2F1108%2F Have a great weekend! Facebook me! (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=821408 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:00:36 +0100 821408 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=811191&cid=t_105088_145_f&fid=35710&url=http%3A%2F%2Fksdescartin.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F08%2F20%2Fthis-artists-canvass-some-of-my-blahs%2F Thank you, Odette & Yuneeks for sharing this video. Thank you Joey Velasco for doing what you do. We all have a part. And it is very easy to forget. I hope the good collective intents and doings will have more and more tangible effects. The artist has done a very good service in letting the rest know what exists. Jose’ Rizal has always been right about bettering EDUCATION. With better education (and I mean real education and not just rote ABCs minus the practicality), people can think more, and can understand complexities of life more like the merits of planning and knowing when to have children or not. Procreation is a basic instinct. It is a primeval conduct. And personal evolution, seeing beyond and living beyond instincts, can be achieved with better education — better ... the story of healing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=811191 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:24:15 +0100 811191 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=809637&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F08%2F19%2F1101%2F Click here and then “Sort by newest first” to see my latest pictures from the Royal Ontario Museum’s Libeskind addition and the Royal Conservatory of Music’s nearly-complete renovations and concert hall addition. Facebook me! (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=809637 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:55:10 +0100 809637 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=808697&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F08%2F19%2F1100%2F I have always loved the energy of this song.  It’s great how, in this performance, they go nuts with a college band, etc. Facebook me! (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=808697 Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:20:18 +0100 808697 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=793958&cid=t_105088_136_f&fid=35299&url=http%3A%2F%2F500miles2nowhere.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fmore-brain-dumping.html Just a brief note tonight before we try and get a better night's sleep than we did last night. A quick recap of our day... Last night was cut short by a crazy loud storm that moved in around 4:15 this morning. As the thunder began to roll in, I woke Keith up because we both enjoy a great storm. Well, twenty minutes later I was ready to put in a pair of earplugs and pull my pillow over my head and wishing I hadn't ever heard it when it moved in. I am always amazed later to learn that some people can actually sleep through storms like this one. There was thunder that sounded like the loudest banging of the big celebratory fireworks. So explosives, in other words. I really expected to look out windows and see blackened smoke from smoldering buildings across the landscape or some such catastro... Keri - Still Running/Walking for a Reason! blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=793958 Sun, 12 Aug 2007 04:31:00 +0100 793958 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=770745&cid=t_105088_122_f&fid=35076&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bohemianscientist.org%2Fblog%2Findex.php%2F2007%2F07%2F31%2F1341%2F credit: blog carnival welcome to the twenty-eighth edition of encephalon, a circus of recent highlights from the neuroscience blogentsia. this time around, we had many reviews of some interesting original research, along with posts on everything from aesthetics to eulogies. enjoy! neo-neuro fields one of the beauties of neuroscience is its universality: at some level, everything involves the [...] (Source: bohemianscientist) bohemianscientist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=770745 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:58:33 +0100 770745 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=765792&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F07%2F29%2F1085%2F Melissa Etheridge Live Earth Parts 1 and 2 http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/7/15/223826/026  ”The world is divided into two kinds of people - people who divide the world into two kinds of people, and people who don’t, and that’s (George W. Bush’s) problem.” –Gloria Steinem Facebook me! (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=765792 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:17:40 +0100 765792 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=659059&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F06%2F04%2From-crystal-a-must-see%2F For whatever reason, it was only after I had a ’stop and smell the roses’-type tour of the new addition to the Royal Ontario Museum today, that I had a cathartic emotional breakdown, as described in “Sleepwalking…” Most of the new space at the Daniel Libeskind-designed addition has not been “populated” yet so today’s walk through [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=659059 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:25:37 +0100 659059 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=644937&cid=t_105088_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F05%2F30%2Ffood-porn-for-breast-cancer%2F Filed under: Breast Cancer, Pink products, BlogsAt our sister site Slashfood, we often spotlight gorgeous creations prepared by ourselves and legions of other food bloggers under the category of "food porn" -- a voyeuristic look at the culinary arts. It didn't escape my attention then, when one of my favorite fellow foodies Béa at La Tartine Gourmande prepared this beautiful pink dish of Quinoa Beet Verrine, designed to help raise breast cancer awareness. She has been gracious enough to allow me to repost it here, and I'm hoping that it inspires you (like it has me) to help spread the word. On that note, if any of you are gastronomically-inclined and would like to prepare your own "pink food" creation -- anything from pink cream cheese on a bagel to an entire fuchsia dinner -- post ... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=644937 Wed, 30 May 2007 04:00:00 +0100 644937 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=623160&cid=t_105088_114_f&fid=34646&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthcarebloglaw.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Ffishy-festivall-2007.html As a follow up to my recent post about Charleston being featured in Kiplinger's Best Cities At Every Stage of Your Life it reminds me to mention that FestivALL is on its way (June 21-24).FestiVALL is just one example of why I think Charleston received a postive ranking in Kiplinger's bohemian factor. Here are posts (here and here) about last year's Charleston's premier arts event. For more background check out What is FestiVALL.I got excited earlier this week after seeing the production photos of the 2007 FestiVALL Catfish over at friend and fellow blogger, Dale Morton's Costume Blog. (official FestiVALL catfish photo above).Here is the quick overview of FestiVALL 2007 (For more info on 2007 FestiVALL check out the full schedule of events). Also, to stay up on FestiVALL check out the Festi... Health Care Law Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=623160 Fri, 18 May 2007 07:31:00 +0100 623160 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=538590&cid=t_105088_122_f&fid=35076&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bohemianscientist.org%2Fblog%2Findex.php%2F2007%2F04%2F11%2F1422%2F sad but true. just came across this guy’s comics and had to link. (Source: bohemianscientist) bohemianscientist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=538590 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:32:07 +0100 538590 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=528404&cid=t_105088_107_f&fid=35009&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsciencesque.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F04%2F07%2Fa-nice-looking-pill-to-swallow%2F Darzso has a number of really nice photos guaranteed to appeal to the doctor and pharmacist in all of us. You can visit her photoblog here. (Source: Sciencesque) Sciencesque blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=528404 Sat, 07 Apr 2007 20:08:14 +0100 528404 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=524551&cid=t_105088_107_f&fid=35009&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsciencesque.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F04%2F05%2Fpoplar-leaf-miner-2%2F Originally uploaded by aroid. This is just a beautiful picture. Check out this photographer’s other work for more nature-related images. (Source: Sciencesque) Sciencesque blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=524551 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:07:29 +0100 524551 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=486881&cid=t_105088_122_f&fid=35076&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bohemianscientist.org%2Fblog%2Findex.php%2F2007%2F03%2F15%2F2203%2F two thirds through donald miller’s blue like jazz, he confesses his love affair and frequent conversations with the late (as of 1886) emily dickinson: Back then I imagined her as the perfect woman, so quietly brilliant all those years […] I daydreamed about living in her Amherst […] I don’t care why [guys] get crushes on [...] (Source: bohemianscientist) bohemianscientist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=486881 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:20:32 +0100 486881 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495595&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F03%2F10%2Fbartlemans-story-inspires-me-to-press-on%2F Before beginning this blog the autobiography I would like to write some day consisted of a few file folders in the My Documents section of my computer hard drive. The blog has, piecemeal I grant you, helped me see things from a slightly wider perspective. Whether my story ever becomes more than something [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495595 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 20:37:53 +0100 495595 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495596&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F03%2F09%2F22-minutes-video-vault%2F I missed this week’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes broadcast so I’m extra appreciatve that they store so many hilarious segments in the video vault. There’s something for everyone and I know a friend who will appreciate the deadbeat dad segment this week, considering one of his ex-boyfriend’s past! Facebook me! (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495596 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 00:57:46 +0100 495596 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495597&cid=t_105088_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F03%2F09%2Fgrace-brothers%25e2%2580%2599-mr-humphries-john-inman-%25e2%2580%2598free%25e2%2580%2599-from-life%25e2%2580%2599s-illnesses%2F I can’t remember when I first came across the British comedy series “Are You Being Served?” but it was definitely on Buffalo’s PBS television station WNED and well after the program first aired in Britain in the 1970s. One of the show’s most colourful figures, John Inman (aka Mr. Humphries) has died in London at the [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495597 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:51:57 +0100 495597 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=486325&cid=t_105088_107_f&fid=35009&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsciencesque.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F03%2F03%2Fthe-genotype-of-sciencesque%2F Via ScienceRoll, I came across Web2DNA, a project that uses a number of parameters to “genotype” your website. It then produces a stylized DNA gel like this one: I think what this is telling me is that I need to get hip to HTML and I use too much text. Maybe I should use more graphs and flowcharts…   Technorati: web2DNA, art, html, websites (Source: Sciencesque) Sciencesque blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=486325 Sat, 03 Mar 2007 22:24:29 +0100 486325 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=462964&cid=t_105088_114_f&fid=34646&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthcarebloglaw.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F03%2Fbethany-college-value-of-small-liberal.html Today's Charleston Gazette contained a letter to the editor, Not all is negative in West Virginia, that made me proud of my alma mater Bethany College. As the Bethany website says, Bethany is a place that gives you "permission to dream."The letter by the grandparent of a current graduating student understands the often negative stigma that West Virginia receives and highlights the important role that places like Bethany play in the future of our state. Interestingly, I was reading this NYT article, A Fighter for Colleges That Have Everything But Status, yesterday and would put Bethany in this same category.The letter prompted me to think about the impact the professors I had while attending Bethany from 1984-1988 had on me in developing learning skills that I apply everyday as a health car... Health Care Law Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=462964 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:30:00 +0100 462964