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 'front'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:03:55 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5181915&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FBmHx_Hupjzk%2Fphoto-of-the-day.html Backyard photo by reader, A Bear: a female House Finch taking a sip. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5181915 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 05:01:00 +0100 5181915 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5181916&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FAQKdznf-AkY%2Fplagiarizing-to-test-the-writing-teacher.html Chicago author, Kim Strickland, thought she was getting a raw deal from a writing teacher, so she decided to put him to the test: I pulled out copies of all my favorite novels, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Breathing Lessons, I Know This Much is True. I mean, Irving, Tyler, Lamb—these guys are the best. My idols. Surely they must be following his secret formula for literary success? It was then I got an idea. One of my wonderful, awful... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5181916 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:29:08 +0100 5181916 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5181917&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2Fahf89DCjbG4%2Fdick-cheney.html Dick Cheney discussed his recently released book in an NBC interview last night. Many of the former VP's recollections of events during his time in office differ from the memories of others who were part of the Bush administration. Those differences extend even to former President Bush. That doesn't necessarily mean Cheney or the others are lying. The reliability and objectivity of memory is greatly overestimated by most people. What I find noteworthy about Mr. Cheney's recollections is that he... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5181917 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:44:08 +0100 5181917 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5174675&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2F6-6RH1UwO-8%2Fbachmann-hurricane-eathquake-is-a-message-from-god.html Michele Bachmann: "I don't know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians. We've had an earthquake; we've had a hurricane. He said, 'Are you going to start listening to me here?' Listen to the American people because the American people are roaring right now. They know government is on a morbid obesity diet and we've got to rein in the spending." Huntsman and Romney are the only non-crackpots running on the Republican side, but... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5174675 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:39:29 +0100 5174675 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159218&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2F0NYT7bzjYHU%2Fqaddafi-kadafi-gaddafi-gadhafi-or-qadhafi.html I haven't posted recently because I've been busy determining the correct spelling of the Libyan dictator's name. Okay, not really. I had a minor health issue arise two weeks ago, and I've scaled back my online activity level. I should be back to normal within the next week. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159218 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:02:27 +0100 5159218 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159219&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FHZnpxBMIvaE%2Fgrade-inflation.html InfoGraphic below the fold. Created by: Masters Degree (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159219 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:59:48 +0100 5159219 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5130821&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FdANWMaObGe8%2Fvirtuosos-becoming-a-dime-a-dozen.html Anthony Tommasini, New York Times: The overall level of technical proficiency in instrumental playing, especially on the piano, has increased steadily over time. Many piano teachers, critics and commentators have noted the phenomenon, which is not unlike what happens in sports. The four-minute mile seemed an impossibility until Roger Bannister made the breakthrough in 1954. Since then, runners have knocked nearly 17 seconds off Bannister’s time. Something similar has long been occurring with pianists. And in the last decade or... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5130821 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 01:58:42 +0100 5130821 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5130822&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2F3jyxOfBLwqo%2Ffree-will.html David Eagleman, The Atlantic:(h/t The Situationist) writes about criminal acts that appear to have underpinnings in neuropathology: When your biology changes, so can your decision-making and your desires. The drives you take for granted (“I’m a heterosexual/homosexual,” “I’m attracted to children/adults,” “I’m aggressive/not aggressive,” and so on) depend on the intricate details of your neural machinery. Although acting on such drives is popularly thought to be a free choice, the most cursory examination of the evidence demonstrates the limits of... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5130822 Sun, 14 Aug 2011 17:34:03 +0100 5130822 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5130823&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FifBRAoO1xas%2Fa-muslim-mensch.html A Muslim in Wisconsin sees Jews and Catholics as natural social allies. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5130823 Sun, 14 Aug 2011 16:33:01 +0100 5130823 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5130824&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FuQ2qhS6XRk8%2Fthe-gordon-riots.html (London) were triggered by the proposed Papist Act of 1780. The proposed law would have removed some of the penalties on Catholics that were enacted by the Popery Act of 1698. Lifted from Wikipedia: March on Parliament Despite being aware of the possibility of trouble, the authorities had failed to take steps to prevent violence breaking out. The Prime Minister, Lord North, had forgotten to issue an order mobilising the small number of Constables in the area.... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5130824 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 18:44:13 +0100 5130824 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5125810&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FBh9WRKHnpCk%2Fromney-sowing-religious-confusion.html Jimmy Akin, The National Catholic Register: "Note that I’m not in principle opposed to voting for polytheists. I could see, for example, voting for a pro-life Hindu over a pro-abortion monotheist. But a Hindu does not claim to be a Christian and thus does not risk confusing people about the core doctrine of Christianity the way Mormonism does," And I clearly remember the waves of Catholics and Protestants who became confused about their core beliefs when Donny and Marie cracked... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5125810 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:09:02 +0100 5125810 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5125811&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2Fg6aEpVCq9TM%2Fdoughtery-gang-captured.html Via NMissCommenter, comments made to a Tampa Tribune reporter by Lee-Grace Doughtery's boyfriend: “Thank God it is over,” Bookman said. “I am pleasantly surprised they are alive. “They were daredevils and thrill-seekers,” Bookman said of the trio police dubbed the “Dougherty Gang.” “I hope it was fun while it lasted because they are looking at some pretty boring years coming up.” Bookman said plans for marrying Lee-Grace Dougherty “are probably over.” “By the time she is out of jail, I... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5125811 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:41:30 +0100 5125811 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5125812&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2Fw_2QurMVfi4%2Fgods-new-blog.html UPDATE: Pretty pleased with what I’ve come up with in just six days. Going to take tomorrow off. Feel free to check out what I’ve done so far. Suggestions and criticism (constructive, please!) more than welcome. God out. COMMENTS (24) Not sure who this is for. Seems like a fix for a problem that didn’t exist. Liked it better when the earth was without form, and void, and darkness was on the face of the deep. Going carbon-based for the... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5125812 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:31:25 +0100 5125812 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5125813&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2Feqk54-TdL_A%2Fbattery-a-monument.html If a cemetery can be said to be beautiful, Rosehill on Chicago's north side is the most beautiful cemetery I've ever seen (reviews of Rosehill, yes there are reviews). It's difficult to explain what it is about this cemetery that creates a sense of comfort and peace, but many Chicagoans visit and explore for hours, even if they have no loved ones buried here. I've heard more than one person say that Rosehill makes death seem less frightening. I agree.... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5125813 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:58:24 +0100 5125813 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5107611&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FQ9hieZGkNuk%2Ftrauma.html This is a rerun for those who have heard that soon to be released tapes of phone conversations will reveal that in the months after her husband's assassination, Jacquenline Kennedy believed that Lyndon Johnson and a group of Texas oil men were involved in her husband's murder. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Psychologist Robert Stolorow is one of the leading intellectual lights of the self psychology movement after Heinz Kohut. Although Kohut began with a psychology of the self rooted in drive theory, his... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5107611 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:32:04 +0100 5107611 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5107612&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FfMSIuJ1FGsU%2Fthe-new-southern-belle-ctd.html Some of Sulivan's readers were as annoyed as I was by that tripe. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5107612 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:35:23 +0100 5107612 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5107613&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FVy7F0jluliU%2Findian-boundary-park.html An ice cream vendor with pushcart at the edge of the park The field house. Indian Boundary Park has a small zoo. On this day, all of the animals, except for this goat, chose to remain indoors, probably to avoid the heat. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5107613 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 03:18:15 +0100 5107613 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5107614&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2Fk8r5yGNPZmE%2Fipod-mugger-pp-man-busted.html A man was arrested for a June 9th IPod robbery and mugging on the Red Line (subway) after he was spotted in a donut shop by an alert CTA employee who recognized him from the two-month-old surveillance video of the robbery. That's impressive. The story doesn't mention it, but the victim was Jesse Andersen, brother of The Smashing Pumpkins frontman, Billy Corgan. Andersen was on his way to work at the Hyatt Hotel when he was accosted by a group... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5107614 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 02:44:18 +0100 5107614 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5107615&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2F2jg6xNQqC7c%2Flocal-shots-1.html Over the past week I posted photos of Devon Avenue, which is at the southern end of the West Rogers Park neighborhood. Today's lead-off photos begin near the north end of the neighborhood, on Touhy Avenue Below: The Yeshiva is an Orthodox boys-only school, through grade 8. There has been a yeshiva at this location for as long as I can remember, but the name changed some time in the last couple of years. The church next door, the one... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5107615 Sun, 07 Aug 2011 20:11:00 +0100 5107615 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5103380&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FNomwjZqwiSs%2Fallison-glock-on-the-new-southern-belle-and-being-a-caretaker.html Allison Glock:, via Andrew Sullivan, who thought this was worth linking for reasons he doesn't explain: To be born a Southern woman is to be made aware of your distinctiveness. And with it, the rules. The expectations. These vary some, but all follow the same basic template, which is, fundamentally, no matter what the circumstance, Southern women make the effort. Which is why even the girls in the trailer parks paint their nails. And why overstressed working moms still bake... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5103380 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 01:12:25 +0100 5103380 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5096357&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2F_32A0l9LChw%2Fthe-patterson-mccormick-mansion.html The Patterson-McCormick mansion was built in 1893 by Stanford White for Elinor Medill, daughter of former mayor and Chicago Tribune publisher, Joseph Medill, and her husband, Robert Patterson. Robert Patterson was a Tribune journalist who later became the publisher of the paper. The couple's son, Joseph Medill Patterson, was the founder and publisher of the New York Daily News. Their daughter Alicia Patterson was the founder and editor of Newsday, and another daughter, Cissy, was the founder and publisher of... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5096357 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 05:09:26 +0100 5096357 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5096358&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FedOBNdlN48Q%2Fsigns.html Hema's Kitchen, Chicago. Punjabi Dhabha India Book House Ghandi Applicances, Chicago Mehrab, 100% Zabiha Halal Meat and Indo-Pak Groceries. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5096358 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 05:01:00 +0100 5096358 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5096359&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FyHe_QWbFpko%2Flocal-shots.html Clothing Store on Devon Avenue. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5096359 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 06:16:18 +0100 5096359 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5096360&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2F2It_zh3jOIc%2Fchicago-photos-2.html I'd like to learn more about this building at 800 North Clark Street, but haven't found anything yet. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5096360 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 19:33:21 +0100 5096360 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5086272&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FewV9rg1HHMc%2Fwrigley-building-chicago.html A few more. There is barely a moment during daylight when nobody is photographing this beautiful building. Sometimes a dozen or more people are snapping shots. The photo-taking continues well after dark, when the terra cotta facade is illuminated by racks of massive floodlights. The image below shows the skywalks connecting the two towers. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5086272 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 06:36:36 +0100 5086272 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5086273&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2F1FuHrtpVe5o%2Fthe-bin-laden-execution.html Nicholas Schmidle August 8, 2011, The New Yorker: The Americans hurried toward the bedroom door. The first SEAL pushed it open. Two of bin Laden’s wives had placed themselves in front of him. Amal al-Fatah, bin Laden’s fifth wife, was screaming in Arabic. She motioned as if she were going to charge; the SEAL lowered his sights and shot her once, in the calf. Fearing that one or both women were wearing suicide jackets, he stepped forward, wrapped them in... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5086273 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 04:08:44 +0100 5086273 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5086274&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FJdbp2Mpq7d4%2Fchicago-photos.html Devon Avenue and North Maplewood, Chicago. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5086274 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:22:26 +0100 5086274 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5086275&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FiYGGIU4OqRk%2Fits-the-sauce.html Many people love this place. It's up on Emerson (Golf Rd) at Greenbay in Evanston. I've tried barbecue here a few times and thought it was so-so. The ribs are pretty good, but not as meaty as I'd like. The chicken was scrawny. I like a little extra meatiness in my barbecue. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5086275 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:33:04 +0100 5086275 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5086276&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FgWyU9Am4FzY%2Ffullerton-california-police-beat-schizophrenic-man-to-death.html Sickening: Kelly Thomas, 37, became involved in an altercation with officers at the Fullerton bus depot July 5 that left him in critical condition on life-support. He died five days later at the UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange. Responding to reports of someone breaking into cars, officers had confronted Thomas, a transient well-known to merchants and officers in downtown Fullerton. The Orange County Register reported that Thomas, who suffered from schizophrenia, began to struggle as officers tried to search... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5086276 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:59:54 +0100 5086276 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5086277&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2F4DMLGZq7A2s%2Flocal-photos-charles-g-dawes-house.html Republican Charles Dawes (b. 1865, d. 1951) served under President Calvin Coolidge (1925-1925) as the 30th Vice President of the United States. Wikipedia: From 1909-1951, Charles G. Dawes, lived in this house at 225 Greenwood St. in Evanston, IL, which was built in 1894 by Robert Sheppard, treasurer and business manager of Northwestern University. In 1944, Dawes willed the house to Northwestern University as a permanent home for the Evanston Historical Society (later re-named the Evanston History Center). Dawes lived... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5086277 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:46:35 +0100 5086277 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5086278&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2Fu5PqsKvpKBE%2Fchicago-ramadan.html A Ramadan sale on Devon Avenue, Chicago. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5086278 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 05:05:00 +0100 5086278 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5086279&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2F9nv2x2h7Lk4%2Fdevon-chicago.html Patel Brother's Cafe: Midday at this open air cafe, the crowd spills deep into the surrounding sidewalk. It's late in the day, so things are a bit more quiet. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5086279 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 05:02:00 +0100 5086279 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5086280&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FzO_Lq4m_Ujk%2Fmark-steyn-on-christians.html This guy [Anders Breivik] isn’t a serious Christian. He’s a devoted New York Times reader, and he’s an extremely well-read guy. Hewitt interview I didn't know that a Christian wouldn't regularly read the New York Times or that Christians can't be well read. Steyn may not have intended for the truth (as he sees it) to slip, but I think it did. That happens when a person tries to maintain politically strategic disingenuousness on a subject. Here and there, the... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5086280 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:20:32 +0100 5086280 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5077778&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FX9YPZpFJXl0%2Fchicago-at-night.html The Wrigley Clock Tower. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5077778 Sat, 30 Jul 2011 06:03:00 +0100 5077778 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5077779&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2F0gSGGk3fd-o%2Fcircumcision.html I see that a judge struck down the ballot proposal to criminalize childhood circumcision in San Francisco. I was reminded of a scene from Fargo. This isn't a representation of my views; the clip is merely presented for my amusement, and maybe yours, as well. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5077779 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:26:04 +0100 5077779 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5077780&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FvTVb-JSPhno%2Fchicago-photos-5.html This is the North Shore Channel of the North Branch of the Chicago River. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5077780 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 04:18:24 +0100 5077780 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5077781&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FNyIDZ6r9NIQ%2Fflagged-as-spam.html The blog was down for 3 1/2 hours this evening. Not only that, the log-in page was unresponsive, so I couldn't submit a help ticket to Typepad. After messing around for far too long, I found an email address to contact support directly and then another entryway into the help queue. A Typepad rep apologized and explained that they were clearing out spam blogs and mine was accidentally flagged. Here's a tip: a Pro Unlimited customer--the highest level typepad customer--is... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5077781 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 04:03:40 +0100 5077781 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5077782&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FKkV_zkAlVKE%2Fthe-hope-diamond-of-fender-benders.html The Hope Diamond of fender benders unfolded yesterday in possibly the most conspicuous stretch of asphalt in the .75-square-mile principality — the round-about in front of the James Bond-worthy casino — when three blondes in a jelly-bean blue Bentley Azure ($363,000) scraped the rear of a white Mercedes-Benz S-Class (a paltry $91,000). And that was merely the appetizer. Served up for the main course were a hapless black Ferrari F430 ($186,000), which was hit nose-first by the 2.7-ton Bentley. Then,... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5077782 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:23:20 +0100 5077782 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5069539&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FN2GpnGsyT2o%2Fcon-man.html Ken Dachman was morbidly obese as a child. He was teased and tormented because of it. I think we can safely say, that much is true. In his late teens, Dachman lost an enormous amount of weight--also true. He wrote a book, and developed a weight loss program for children based on his own experience--all true. Dachman received a lot of press coverage at the time, and my impression was that he built quite a successful business. I heard about... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5069539 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:52:51 +0100 5069539 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5069540&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FaCCfGoKqPMc%2Fsuicide-by-train.html Last Friday, someone committed suicide by train at the same crossing where someone committed suicide on a Friday back in late March. Last time, it was a 70-year-old man. This time it was a 59-year-old man. This fellow took his own life at the very late end of the Friday evening rush, rather than at the beginning of the rush as the 70-year-old did. There are many crossings along this short stretch of the Metra line. I wonder if there... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5069540 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:35:31 +0100 5069540 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5069541&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2Fq5V8NKDA2dk%2Fstop-and-drink.html Stop & Drink Liquor House , on Clark Street in River North. Except for the fancy wood finish on the ground floor, Stop & Drink reminds me of the grittier Chicago I encountered when I arrived here from the East Coast. At the time, Chicago was a few years away from gentrification, and it still had the hardscrabble feel of an earlier 20th century city of meat packers, tradesmen and corner taverns. Some people miss the old city. I don't.... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5069541 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:25:36 +0100 5069541 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5069542&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2Fpl_WL_neKLE%2Fnorway-massacre-glenn-beck.html Among the many idiotic reactions to the murders in Norway, one of the more represensible comments comes from Glenn Beck, who Godwins the victims of his ideological twin: "And then there was a shooting at a political camp, which sounds a little like, you know, the Hitler youth or whatever. I mean, who does a camp for kids that's all about politics? Disturbing," - Glenn Beck. Do you really want an answer to that question? Here you go, schmuck. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5069542 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:24:37 +0100 5069542 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5062299&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2Fl75LkkXxcuc%2Famerican-civil-war-version-40.html Abraham Lincoln, from his Cooper Union address: Under all these circumstances, do you really feel yourselves justified to break up this Government unless such a court decision as yours is, shall be at once submitted to as a conclusive and final rule of political action? But you will not abide the election of a Republican president! In that supposed event, you say, you will destroy the Union; and then, you say, the great crime of having destroyed it will be... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5062299 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:45:26 +0100 5062299 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5062300&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2F4tSMD5Nko2I%2Fptsd-in-combat-veterans.html Erin Finley, medical anthropologist and author of Fields of Combat: Understanding PTSD among Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan: [L]istening to veterans talk about the way that they mourn their friends was very eye-opening, because although that kind of bereavement received a lot of attention in World War II-era accounts of combat stress, it has fallen out of the realm of what most people think about with regards to PTSD. Listening to veterans speak about their concerns in an unstructured way... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5062300 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:03:57 +0100 5062300 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5062301&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FltVtmh5EuOc%2Faddiction-leadership.html Neuroscientist David Linden (NYT): WHEN we think of the qualities we seek in visionary leaders, we think of intelligence, creativity, wisdom and charisma, but also the drive to succeed, a hunger for innovation, a willingness to challenge established ideas and practices. But in fact, the psychological profile of a compelling leader — think of tech pioneers like Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison and Steven P. Jobs — is also that of the compulsive risk-taker, someone with a high degree of novelty-seeking... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5062301 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:30:37 +0100 5062301 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5062302&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2Fqi2v6_Vbs30%2Fthe-luther-mcconnell-house.html 1401 North Dearborn Street, Chicago. Luther McConnell House, 1877, architect Asa Lyon. Designslinger: The lot McConnell purchased at the corner of Dearborn avenue and Schiller street had recently been the southwestern edge of the Catholic Cemetery. In the 1860s as the city grew out beyond its original small town boundaries, the cemetery, which had once been far from the city center, was decommissioned and divided-up into housing lots which the Cardinal sold to a monied clientele. McConnell was one of... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5062302 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 05:41:00 +0100 5062302 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5062303&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2F75GsNkxLuJI%2Fwrigley-building-chicago.html Through an open window. The screen is missing; must have been blown out in a recent storm, and probably lies at the bottom of Lake Michigan. Wrigley has been moving all of its Chicago employees to their facility up at Goose Island. This week the company announced that the employees still working in the Wrigley Towers on Michigan Avenue are set to make the move. The company promises to make arrangements for the landmark towers to always retain the Wrigley... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5062303 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:50:31 +0100 5062303 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5057765&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2F2t_bZueG9cU%2Frecord-rainfall.html It rained hard last night, but I had no idea that we were on our way to a rainfall record. Nearly 7 inches fell before 7am, more than any previously recorded, single-day rainfall since record-keeping began in 1871. Left-click image for larger view. The red bus, just above the stern of the abandoned tour boat in the photo above, is a sightseeing bus with an open, upper deck. Using my binoculars, I could see that the tiny white spot on... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5057765 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 19:11:13 +0100 5057765 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5057766&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FT6x5ecnbyRQ%2Fchicago-photos-4.html The Felix is a boutique hotel located on West Huron at Clark Street, in the River North Gallery District. This neighborhood is a patchwork of old and new, glass buildings, some 70s, and early 20th century stuff. I don't know the history of this particular building. It looks like it might have been a mixed use structure with apartments above street level. And it was probably an SRO during the scruffy, pre-gentrification years, but I'm just guessing. I imagine the... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5057766 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:12:18 +0100 5057766 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5057767&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FUDSLHEJN5Bs%2Fthe-medinah-temple.html The temple at 600 North Wabash Avenue was built in 1912 for The Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, the fraternal organization more commonly known as The Shriners. The Chicago architects who designed the temple, Huel and Schmidt, were members of the group. The organization is not in any way connected with Islam or any specific religion, for that matter. The only religious membership requirement for Shriners is that they must also be Masons. The Shriners... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5057767 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 06:09:40 +0100 5057767 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5057768&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2Fs2OgZxVjx68%2Fpileated-woodpecker.html Another one from A Bear in B.C. Left-click image for larger view. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5057768 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:58:39 +0100 5057768 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5057769&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FiD0W_7kpXyU%2Fchicago-photos-3.html 1300 block of North Dearborn Street, Chicago. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5057769 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:01:25 +0100 5057769 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050731&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FJYK5xwGgDSw%2Funderground-station.html She missed that train by seconds. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050731 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 05:01:00 +0100 5050731 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050732&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FBNDIOXtD_Oc%2Fsex-cup.html Moms Who Drink and Swear, gives her husband a piece of her mind: You can bet the attraction to him at that moment was intense. He became a magnet for my venom. I’m good with words. I can spin a damn metaphor that can make even the most blockheaded person understand a basic concept, yet I had never found the words to communicate my feelings of frustration. I told him this, “I am a cup. See me as a cup.... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050732 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:41:57 +0100 5050732 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050733&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2F82Xr38FilLs%2Fwater-taxi.html (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050733 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:56:00 +0100 5050733 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050734&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FIavxwkiLd-8%2Ffork-size.html Here are some interesting findings from research into the relationship between fork size and amount of food consumed, via Laura Freberg: ScienceDaily (July 15, 2011) — Larger portion sizes usually mean we eat more food, but according to new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, bigger bites lead to eating less -- in restaurant settings. "In this research we examined the influence of small versus large bite-sizes on overall quantity of food consumed," write authors Arul Mishr The authors... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050734 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:11:27 +0100 5050734 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050735&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FQSjS_xU6Z6U%2Fif-only.html If this were an imposter Sally Kern, the comment would be brilliant satire. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050735 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:00:37 +0100 5050735 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050736&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FxyPmw9EkA4M%2Fchicago-and-rush.html Currency Exchange, Chicago Avenue at Rush Street, Chicago. (left-click image to enlarge.) (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050736 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:34:04 +0100 5050736 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050737&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FcUuyuIl91fM%2Fchicago-rush-street.html A Bentley dealership across from the entrance to the Archbishop Quigley Center, the R.C. Archdiocese of Chicago headquarters at 835 N. Rush Street. The Quigley Center was originally a Catholic high school seminary. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050737 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 05:01:00 +0100 5050737 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050738&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FNWMCRxA7MZU%2Fquote-of-the-day-1.html Larry Summers on the Winklevoss brothers: One of the things you learn as a college president is that if an undergraduate is wearing a tie and jacket on Thursday afternoon at three o'clock, there are two possibilities. One is that they're looking for a job and have an interview; the other is that they are an asshole. This was the latter case. But what do you really think, Mr. Summers? (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050738 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:35:57 +0100 5050738 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050739&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FHc2_aNXmV4E%2Fchicago-wrigley-field.html Waveland Avenue at Sheffield, shot from a Red Line train approaching the Addison Street station. Cubs fans beginning to arrive at Wrigley Field before the Cubs v Florida Marlins game on Sunday. Some rooftop stands are under the flag on the right border of the photo. Rooftop tickets are a hot item in Chicago. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050739 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:12:06 +0100 5050739 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050740&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FyihDglgzMvE%2Flincoln-house.html 1525 North Astor Street, Chicago. This was the home of Robert Todd Lincoln, son of President Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was a successful private practice attorney, served as US Secretary of War (1881-85) and president of the Pullman Company (1897-1911). He was also a founder of the Illinois Industrial Training School, which still operates today as Glenwood School for Boys and Girls, a year-round residential school serving children from low-income households, especially those headed by working single parents. Lincoln also owned... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050740 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 05:01:00 +0100 5050740 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5036286&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2F9jzoNxs35N4%2Ffive-years-later-copyright-suit-backfires-on-belgian-newspapers.html The NY Times, 2006: BRUSSELS, Sept. 18 — A court ordered Google to remove on Monday all links to French- and German-language newspaper reports published in Belgium after an association of local publishers won a case that accused the company of violating the country’s copyright laws. The legal action is the most recent example of the news media’s challenging the growing power of Internet news portals run by the large search engines. Increasingly, people are obtaining their news in bite-size... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5036286 Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:42:26 +0100 5036286 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5036287&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2Fz0ij7mb4PD4%2Fchicago-photos-1.html Wilmette, IL: A bad week for trees, but a good week for the auto glass business. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5036287 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:23:26 +0100 5036287 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5036288&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FQ7jryCBjfJA%2Fopposite-sex-civil-unions.html The Illinois Civil Union Act that went into effect on June 1 permits state recognized civil unions for both same-sex and opposite-sex couples. Why would an opposite-sex couple opt for a civil union over marriage? Civil unions afford couples all of the state-recognized rights of married couples, including rights of inheritance, spousal insurance benefits, pensions, medical decisions, hospital visits, parental rights, adoption rights, the right to share a nursing home room and the right to decide disposition of partner's remains.... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5036288 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:42:20 +0100 5036288 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028476&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FkNZCwigK1Fc%2Fphoto-of-the-day-1.html Generic 21st century modernist condo building. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028476 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:22:07 +0100 5028476 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028477&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FYwKwMNH4Itc%2Fblackout-etiquette.html When recharging batteries in public wifi locations during widespread, prolonged power outages, use no more than one socket to recharge gadgets. Bring a power strip if you need more. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028477 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:34:20 +0100 5028477 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028478&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FsDDsQe2FP-Q%2Fphoto-of-the-day.html A deer feeding on backyard weeds, somewhere in B.C. Photo by reader, A Bear. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028478 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:03:15 +0100 5028478 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028479&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FAJDs4gsWiE4%2Fman-who-returned-jeter-3000-hit-ball-could-owe-thousands.html Before you give that ball back: Christian Lopez might end up wishing he kept that baseball after all. Lopez became more than a footnote to the spectacle of Derek Jeter(notes) getting his 3,000th hit on Saturday at Yankee Stadium by returning the milestone baseball to the New York Yankees shortstop rather than cash it in for a likely six-figure payday. That touched off a debate still raging among fans days later: Would you have given the ball back or sold... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028479 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:44:11 +0100 5028479 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028480&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FtXpX-fk4e5I%2Fblog-authority.html Does anyone pay attention to Technorati ranking these days? I haven't looked in ages. Back in the day, when Technorati counted every splotch in the universe as a blog, I cracked the 4,000 mark out of something like 75 million blogs they tracked. I notice that from time to time visitors arrive via Technorati, but I haven't followed the referring Technorati links until today. According to this, Dr. X is now ranked 6,587 out of 1,273,077 blogs. In English, sort... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028480 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:46:15 +0100 5028480 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028481&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FWTUF8TdxC1A%2Fblackout.html Another nasty storm passed through this morning, wreaking havoc in just minutes. Over a million people without power again. Repair crews are on the way from other Midwestern states. We had comfortable temps as I shot these photos earlier today, but a wave of oppressively hot, humid air rolled over us about half an hour ago. It happened so suddenly that the weather site is still reporting 80 F, which cannot be right. ComEd is saying that they will deploy... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028481 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:32:44 +0100 5028481 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028482&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2F5UHN_Ie1xU8%2Flocal-photos-trains.html Howard Street, Chicago. A Red Line Train about to loop around the yard before heading south. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028482 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 05:01:00 +0100 5028482 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028483&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2Fe_a8xq1l4bg%2Fso-what-went-wrong-in-the-casey-anthony-trial.html "Nothing," says former federal prosecutor, Dan Small: [T]he media and the talking-head lawyers got way out of control. Way far from criminal trials and truth. One of the many rabid spectators was quoted as saying this was just like a reality TV show: sex, lies and videotape. And what a show it was: the “hot body” mom, the cherubic baby dead, forensics straight out of CSI, and wild allegations from the defense. The commentators treated it that way. Like a... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028483 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 23:59:49 +0100 5028483 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028484&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FXB8oOjGO8oI%2Fglasses-that-read-facial-expressions.html ROSALIND PICARD'S eyes were wide open. I couldn't blame her. We were sitting in her office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab, and my questions were stunningly incisive. In fact, I began to suspect that I must be one of the savviest journalists she had ever met. Then Picard handed me a pair of special glasses. The instant I put them on I discovered that I had got it all terribly wrong. That look of admiration, I realised,... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028484 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 05:02:00 +0100 5028484 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028485&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FhhQMFf1h7Hk%2Fsee-you-naked.html From a New Yorker piece about Facebook's chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg: There are also, of course, still remnants of “Mad Men”-era sexism. Dina Kaplan, the co-founder of Blip.tv, says that when she met with angel investors to raise funds she dressed nicely, and in a meeting with a potential funder he told her, “Here’s what we do, Dina. We’re going to spend half the meeting with you pitching me, and half the meeting with me hitting on you!” “I... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028485 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:03:17 +0100 5028485 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5008319&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FYuYcfryOs4I%2Fquote-of-the-day.html Pardon him, Theodotus, he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature. -- George Bernard Shaw (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5008319 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:36:21 +0100 5008319 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5008320&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FmIlbdkicUek%2Flocal-shots.html The original Playboy Mansion at 1340 N. State Parkway, in the Chicago Gold Coast neighborhood. It was too large to photograph in one frame. This 70-room brick and limestone home was built in 1899 for Dr. George Swift Isham, a prominent Chicago surgeon. Hefner bought the home in 1959, eventually splitting his time between the Chicago residence and his L.A. mansion. Hefner moved out of the Chicago mansion in 1974. My guess is that the original owner of the home,... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5008320 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 23:09:14 +0100 5008320 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5008321&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FLTtGgMP9r30%2Fchicago-photos.html The terrace of Sixteen, a restaurant on the 16th floor of the Trump Hotel. Haven't been there. So-so food, according to reviews I've read. I assume that customers sitting in chairs and on benches along the perimeter are there only for drinks and the view. Average Drink Price‎: $9 For Beer, $14-$23 For Specialty Cocktails, $14 And Up For Wine By The Glass. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5008321 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:30:04 +0100 5008321 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5008322&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2Fh1Wgr3LDVKw%2Fthe-decline-of-illegal-immigration-from-mexico.html Damien Cave, NY Times: Douglas S. Massey, co-director of the Mexican Migration Project at Princeton, an extensive, long-term survey in Mexican emigration hubs, said his research showed that interest in heading to the United States for the first time had fallen to its lowest level since at least the 1950s. “No one wants to hear it, but the flow has already stopped,” Mr. Massey said, referring to illegal traffic. “For the first time in 60 years, the net traffic has... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5008322 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:25:51 +0100 5008322 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5008323&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FUxL2XwDJS3I%2Fa-three-minute-tour.html Begins on Lake Michigan near McCormick Place, and ends at Navy Pier, via canals and the Chicago River. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5008323 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:09:31 +0100 5008323 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4997626&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FQeDwEHvbvcs%2Ffrom-the-mailbag.html Thanks to TJ from Chicago. From an exhibition by Australian photographer, Julie Adams: The Beauty of Italian Women. More images here (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4997626 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:20:50 +0100 4997626 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4992762&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FZaI7gxmbuxY%2Fpsychiatrist-pleads-guilty-in-200-medicare-fraud.html The Miami Herald, via Stephany @ soulful sepulcher: South Florida psychiatrist Alan Gumer got in near the start of the nation’s largest mental-health clinic racket in 2004, signing bogus medical evaluations to qualify patients for costly group therapy sessions covered by Medicare. At times, Gumer also prescribed psychiatric medications to individuals who did not need them to make it appear to Medicare that the patients qualified for treatment, according to federal court documents. On Thursday, Gumer, 64, of Tamarac pleaded... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4992762 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 20:26:17 +0100 4992762 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4992763&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2Fbjo2_3DG5Zs%2Fguardian-angels.html A Guardian Angel riding the Red Line underground last night. Chicago. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4992763 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 20:08:36 +0100 4992763 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4992764&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FuqbvDqBJzUs%2Fpower-out.html Again. No word yet on how long before power will be restored. Tomorrow temps are supposed to reach the upper 90s. If ComED doesn't resolve this quickly, an awful lot of customers who went 3-4 days without power last week are going to be extremely peeved. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4992764 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 04:07:29 +0100 4992764 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4992765&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FeLm7B5L8xQU%2Fcase-against-strauss-kahn-near-collapse.html The Chicago Tribune: The Times said prosecutors had met with Strauss-Kahn's lawyers on Thursday and the parties were discussing whether to dismiss the felony charges. "Indeed, Mr. Strauss-Kahn could be released on his own recognizance, and freed from house arrest, reflecting the likelihood that the serious criminal charges against him will not be sustained," the paper said. "The district attorney's office may try to require Mr. Strauss-Kahn to plead guilty to a misdemeanor, but his lawyers are likely to contest... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4992765 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 03:38:41 +0100 4992765 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4992766&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2F5_TOwo18LGE%2Fbirthers-feelings-hurt-demand-200-million-in-lawsuit.html Jeff Bercovici at Forbes: Joseph Farah and Jerome Corsi have some pretty interesting beliefs. They believe Barack Obama was born in Kenya, not there’s no proof Barack Obama was born in Hawaii.* They also believe Hearst Corp. and a writer it employs ought to pay them hundreds of millions of dollars for making fun of them for believing that first part. Read more Who needs comedians? Every time I open my browser, I see something that puts me on the... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4992766 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 03:04:29 +0100 4992766 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4992767&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FujxRigZItlU%2Fsurging-today.html This vintage photo post (reposted below) is drawing about 100 visits/hour with news of the death of Edith Fellows, the young actress in the photo. Melvyn Douglas, Claudette Colbert and Edith Fellows. Click photo to view full-size. "A super-efficient secretary (Colbert) at a department store falls for and marries her boss (Douglas), but finds out that taking care of him at home and especially his spoiled-brat daughter (Fellows) is a lot different from taking care of him at work." (She... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4992767 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:34:29 +0100 4992767 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4992768&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FPMQkZ6dRQRI%2Fchicago-shots.html Trump Tower, Chicago 10:00 AM. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4992768 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:13:23 +0100 4992768 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4992769&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FJk0rhFPXg8E%2Fbachmann-homosexuals-barbarians.html Here is Dr. Marcus Bachmann, who owns a Christian counseling clinic with his wife, Rep. Michele Bachmann, commenting on homosexuality: We have to understand: barbarians need to be educated. They need to be disciplined. Just because someone feels it or thinks it doesn’t mean that we are supposed to go down that road. That’s what is called the sinful nature. We have a responsibility as parents and as authority figures not to encourage such thoughts and feelings from moving into... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4992769 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:28:08 +0100 4992769 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4984507&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2F7QXq-zOYuh0%2Flocal-shots-1.html Snapped a few more shots at Oz Park yesterday. Oz Park, in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago. Tin Man under the fold. The previous Tin Man image was blurry. This is a cleaner shot. Earlier shots from Oz Park. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4984507 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 05:01:00 +0100 4984507 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4984508&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2Fz5mlQGIE6-0%2Fseeing-two-therapists.html Cheryl Fuller: A reader emailed me to ask why therapists do not want patients seeing more than one therapist at a time. Historically, in Zurich it used to be the practice for analysts to suggest to analysands that they see 2 analysts at the same time, one of each gender. The assumption was this would make a more complete experience. But so far as i know, that is no longer recommended. Continue reading. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4984508 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:12:16 +0100 4984508 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4984509&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FCY6aBrBgLgQ%2Fbrain-to-brain-communication.html This old post is enjoying a modest bump in traffic this morning. The NY Times ran an interesting article on mimicry and social rapport. The author describes the emerging view among researchers that "social bonding between strangers is highly dependent on mimicry, a synchronized and usually unconscious give and take of words and gestures that creates a current of good will between two people." This is a fascinating subject and the Times piece represents only the tip of the iceberg.... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4984509 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:44:06 +0100 4984509 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4984510&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FHUUcRiVeORo%2Fblagojevich.html The Chicago Tribune: While he appeared relieved by the verdict during a news conference Monday, Fitzgerald refused to characterize the case's outcome as a victory for himself. "The vindication is to the people of Illinois," Fitzgerald. "It's right that the citizens' interests are vindicated. That's not a personal joy. It's bittersweet, but we needed them to see that." Fitzgerald is the longest-serving U.S. attorney in Chicago history, with nearly 10 years in office, and it's the second conviction of a... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4984510 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 07:57:00 +0100 4984510 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4975953&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FG5YCJTNxnZ4%2Foverheard.html At the corner of Michigan Ave and Ontario St, a group of girls, age 13-ish, waiting to cross the street: Girl 1: She's with Roger now. Girl 2: I thought Roger was gay? Girl 3: No, he was just bi for like ten minutes. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4975953 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:27:49 +0100 4975953 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4975954&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FW9QCT2D2mFM%2Firvin-yalom.html Surging today, with links from Facebook. Ryan Howes (Psychology Today) writes: Perhaps the most powerful yet simple tool in psychotherapy is the here-and-now: sharing the raw, honest thoughts and feelings about what's happening in the moment. The concept has been around forever, but no one champions its clinical use quite like Irvin Yalom. [...] Here-and-now is based on the idea that the client's interpersonal issues will eventually emerge in the therapeutic relationship. A woman who feels betrayed by all her... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4975954 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:31:53 +0100 4975954 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4975955&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2Fh9z4BfvxypQ%2Fblagojevich-convicted.html CHICAGO (AP) — Rod Blagojevich, who rode his talkative everyman image to two terms as Illinois governor before scandal made him a national punch line, was convicted Monday of a wide range of corruption charges, including the incendiary allegation that he tried to sell or trade President Barack Obama's Senate seat. The verdict was a bitter defeat for Blagojevich, who had spent 2½ years professing his innocence on reality TV shows and later on the witness stand. His defense team... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4975955 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:29:07 +0100 4975955 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4975956&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2F2qH2JMksjVQ%2Fluck-is-not-a-virtue.html Last week, in another blog, I followed a long and heated discussion thread about addiction and the various approaches to treatment. People who have struggled with addiction feel strongly about what has worked and what has not worked for them, but one commenter entirely dismissed the notion of addiction as bullshit. He went on to compliment himself for not having a drinking problem, a drug problem or a gambling problem. He summed up the entire addiction problem as a moral... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4975956 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:02:21 +0100 4975956 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4975957&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FERdZrB2Y964%2Fprivate-prisons.html Sheila Kennedy (Thinking About Liberty) writes: Last week, there was a fair amount of publicity about a study issued by the Justice Policy Institute that found—drum roll, please–that private prison operators lobby for more stringent criminal laws. In other news, the sun rose in the east yesterday. There are certainly instances in which government outsourcing makes sense, but operating prisons is not one of them. As many observers of what I call “privatization ideology” warned when the first private prisons... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4975957 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:27:06 +0100 4975957 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4975958&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2Fb9EwRqtZGE0%2Fnotice-anything-strange.html Watch the slo-mo replay. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4975958 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:35:51 +0100 4975958 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4975959&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FS3JBWyUMbMU%2Fchronic-pain.html Carl Zimmer (Discover): [U]nfolding research shows that chronic pain can cause concrete, physiological changes in the brain. After several months of chronic pain, a person’s brain begins to shrink. The longer people suffer, the more gray matter they lose.[...]The Brain A Tiny Key to a Terrible Lock Scientists have traced chronic pain to a defect in one enzyme in a single region of the brain. Could this be a decisive turn in the battle against pain? [...] To 
A. Vania... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4975959 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 01:51:30 +0100 4975959 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4968588&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2Fjv1AxN4RGfs%2Fvintage-photo-rerun.html Laborers, Learners and Loafers: Eleven shots by Lewis Wickes Hine. 15-year-old worker at the Berkshire Cotton Mill in Adams, Massachusetts (1916). Left-click photos to enlarge. A raveler and a looper at the Loudon Hosiery Mills Loudon, Tennessee (1910). Young raveler at Louden Hosiery Mills, Louden, TN (1910) Hasty Messenger, Sacramento, California (1915). 14-year-old worker at the Berkshire Cotton Mills in Adams, Massachusetts (1917). Vocational high school printing class, Fall River, Massachusetts (1917). Learning cabinetmaking at a training school for the... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4968588 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 15:12:10 +0100 4968588 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4968589&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FK7tFfOTBcLg%2Fpower-restored.html Our power was restored on Friday morning, though I understand that some homes are still without electricity today, Day Four. A lot of damage was done in 10 minutes and the cleanup continues. Over the last few days, cafes with power were swamped by customers recharging laptops and phones. My netbook holds a charge for several hours, and I use a 4G connection, so I had internet access the entire time. In the end, two tornadoes touched down in the... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4968589 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:49:06 +0100 4968589 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4968590&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FUD5-6dV4mfc%2Fmaking-money-with-my-blog.html I probably receive 5-10 inquiries a month asking to purchase advertising. I've never accepted because either I don't like the products or the money is insufficient. I also get offers of books and products for review, but I don't want to be obligated to write reviews. But this week I encountered something entirely new and unexpected. I received two offers to purchase photos from my Chicago collection, both from magazines. And Getty images also contacted me to add my photos... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4968590 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 03:44:45 +0100 4968590 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4968591&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FCSolR2oMYE8%2Fthe-artists-statement.html Charlotte Young bills herself as an artist, writer and comedian. I'd add actor to that resume. She blogs at Today I Made Nothing. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4968591 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:02:30 +0100 4968591 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4968592&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FRTJMQFp_ImQ%2Ffire-frank-clark.html It's Thursday and we still don't have power. Not only that, I have not seen a single ComEd vehicle or crew on the streets since this blackout began on Tuesday. Not one. Exelon ComEd has also done a terrible job communicating with its customers. Projected times to service restoration keep changing, and they can't even keep their misinformation campaign straight. The number of crews supposedly working around the clock changes wildly every time they make an announcement telling us that... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4968592 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:25:43 +0100 4968592 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4960124&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FyTABpy9Wa18%2Fcreationism.html A flicker of light in the inky darkness appears at about 1:48. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4960124 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:31:23 +0100 4960124 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4960125&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FU2l0WzVfYts%2Fblackout-ctd.html Fourteen hours without power, which also mean no hot water. The ComEd outage map is updated every 30 minutes, but the map hasn't changed since the power went out. Even worse, they're saying that it might take days to restore service. I think it's one of these wires, Boss... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4960125 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:04:31 +0100 4960125 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4960126&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2Fdqra1e4OibY%2Fthe-dalai-lama-doesnt-get-this-joke.html The Dalai Lama walks into a pizza joint and says, "Make me one with everything." You think maybe the reporter made too many assumptions about shared cultural knowledge? (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4960126 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 03:32:28 +0100 4960126 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4960127&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FJ7Sxhs8enEU%2Fblackout.html The power is out, so I'm on the netbook. We just had some scary weather. The tornado siren across the street was wailing, and the neighbors actually collected in the basement of the building. That's a first. The tornado warnings seemed more dire than usual, but maybe it's just post-Joplin jitters. Other than one tree down in the alley, it looks like the neighborhood is still standing, though the WGN website says that the metro area is "in shambles." (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4960127 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 02:44:56 +0100 4960127 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4953003&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FEEp1riwPeyw%2Fdumb-down-eeducation.html Kids today are the victims of educational dumbing down, right? [T]he first large-scale proficiency study—of Texas students, in 1915-16—demonstrated that many couldn’t tell Thomas Jefferson from Jefferson Davis or 1492 from 1776. A 1943 survey of seven thousand college freshmen found that, among other things, only six per cent of them could name the original thirteen colonies. “Appallingly ignorant,” the Times harrumphed, as it would again in the face of another dismal showing, in 1976. ... The NAEP results through... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4953003 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:47:49 +0100 4953003 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4953004&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FpND7omtjMhk%2Fmiss-usa.html I don't watch beauty pageants or make any effort to learn the results. They're a bore, and they strike me as an anachronism. I'm surprised anyone watches them. But I noticed the name of the winner of the Miss USA pageant--Campanella. I guess she's Italian or part Italian. Reading about it, I saw that last year's winner was a Muslim. I didn't know that. Used to be that the winners were almost always blond girls from Texas, with the occasional... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4953004 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:58:24 +0100 4953004 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4953005&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FzvJrK4DLV3U%2Fpetty-crime-report.html Over the weekend, someone tagged our building and several neighboring buildings with RIP Kiser. Kiser, it turns out, was a well-known local kid who got himself killed while tagging. The memorial on the brick wall by the back stairway wasn't even artistic. It was just messy, scrawled black spray paint. If I were Kiser, I'd be insulted. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4953005 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:00:42 +0100 4953005 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4953006&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FAACe25JYnCY%2Fcolbert-northwestern.html I was there. He delivered some hilarious lines. Some background on the local references in his address: the sex demonstration, the brothel law. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4953006 Sat, 18 Jun 2011 01:39:14 +0100 4953006 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4953007&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FPw2ZCw9haYE%2Ffrom-vancouver-to-eternity.html Yes, it was apparently staged, but isn't it a great shot? (Getty) (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4953007 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:40:24 +0100 4953007 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934356&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FUWiBA0B-Upo%2Fit-turns-out-that-canadians-are-human.html If there was any doubt, we now know that they can behave as badly as everyone else in the world. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934356 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:40:39 +0100 4934356 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934357&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FP5XSAMw2AbM%2Fstripper-holds-press-conference-with-gloria-allred-because-shes-overwhelmed-by-press-attention.html Apparently, the thing to do when you want to escape overwhelming press attention is hold a press conference with Gloria Allred. Or you could strip in Times Square at lunchtime. Then you could be sure that nobody will notice you. For those who would like a more direct method for heading off problems related to unwanted messages from creepy Tweeters, use Twitter's unfollow button. It easy and takes only about 10 seconds of your time. A gazillion people do this... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934357 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:57:14 +0100 4934357 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934358&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2Fq4oPL7xhUgM%2Fyahoo-compromised.html An old email account of mine that Yahoo deactivated long ago was hacked. Spam was sent to my old contact list. I was able to reactivate the account and remove all of my contacts. My sent list showed that I hadn't used that address since 2006. Looks like Yahoo servers were hacked, though don't expect an announcement. The IP for the spam could have been spoofed, but this is where the headers point: Why am I not shocked? My short... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934358 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 04:16:46 +0100 4934358 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934359&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FPWE4QV2dO9E%2Fdetestable.html One Boring Old Man comments on a report from a whistleblower suit against Johnson and Johnson. This looks to have been a concerted effort by Johnson & Johnson to assure that their Atypical Antipsychotic would be the first-line drug in the treatment of schizophrenia in the public sector where most of the afflicted wind up being treated. The scientific evidence did not support that designation, so it appears they made it happen by methods I thought I would never see... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934359 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 01:20:11 +0100 4934359 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934360&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FHXUlg_f__Ic%2Fforced-confession-in-the-ukraine.html Newsweek: It took the photographer Donald Weber more than five years to make his way inside a Ukrainian police interrogation room. In 2006, he was on an assignment with police officers in Chernobyl when they chanced upon two men stealing metal scraps. Weber tagged along as the officers arrested the men, then watched from across the room as the officers brutally pressed them to confess[...] For months, Weber showed up every morning at police headquarters, where he sat on a... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934360 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 01:57:07 +0100 4934360 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934361&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2Fkwy4gxAZogM%2Fwhen-radiation-exposure-was-no-big-deal.html (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934361 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 01:06:52 +0100 4934361 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934362&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FAA18M2iwwEg%2Ftouching-hugs.html Cheryl Fuller: A hug is a feeling that is acted out, regardless of whether it is initiated by patient or therapist. The same is true of a pat on the back or grasping the hand. And emotion acted out becomes less available for understanding. The purpose of therapy is in part to make what is unconscious conscious -- a task that of course is never completed -- and that means forgoing certain automatic, "natural" behaviors and gestures in order to... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934362 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:03:14 +0100 4934362 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934363&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FgIqrrFBKRfU%2Fvintage-fiddling.html Photo by Russell Lee, LOC 1937. Lon Allen and his son playing their fiddles to the tune of "The Arkansas Traveler." The fiddle played by the son was made by him. Near Iron River, Michigan (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934363 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 05:01:00 +0100 4934363 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4921525&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FIobwIaluqmw%2Fmore-weiner.html Looking back on it, Ted Kennedy's post-Chappaquiddick political survival is astonishing, even within the context of broad public sympathy for his family. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4921525 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:26:55 +0100 4921525 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4921526&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2F7z13cVaPyec%2Fsurging-on-wednesday.html I've had hundreds of visits to this post about a con artist who defrauded investors, including his pastor and his girlfriend. I have no idea why this is drawing so many hits. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4921526 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:15:05 +0100 4921526 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4921527&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FO5tyE7_POaU%2Fvintage-photos-1913.html Eugene Dalton of Fort Worth, Texas. Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. For nine years this sixteen year old boy has been newsboy and messenger for drug stores and telegraph companies. He was recently brought before the Judge of the Juvenile Court for incorrigibility at home. Is now out on parole, and was working again for drug company when he got a job carrying grips in the Union Depot. He is on the job from 6:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M. (seventeen... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4921527 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 06:58:25 +0100 4921527 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4921528&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FM3O0HWIvV4o%2Fweiner-ctd.html This article explains how Weiner shamelessly exploited racial tensions in the Crown Heights neighborhood to win the New York City Council seat that launched his political career. It's worth checking out if you're undecided about Weiner. I can't say I'll shed any tears if the congressman resigns. Yes,... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4921528 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 05:02:00 +0100 4921528 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4911581&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FBhAzs_BTNrs%2Fvintage-photos-1939.html Former slave with horn used to call slaves, near Marshall, Texas (Russell Lee, FSA) (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4911581 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 05:01:00 +0100 4911581 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4911582&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2F2teD6hMPSdY%2Fabout-anthony-weiner.html This is the exposure I found revealing: Rep. Anthony Weiner had more than $2000 in upaid parking tickets in Washington, D.C. The self-appointed scourge of diplomatic scofflaws in Manhattan, Weiner racked up more than $2,000 in parking tickets around Capitol Hill. From 2007 to March of this year, Weiner's ticket total was $2,180 for violations near the Capitol and at Reagan Washington National Airport, Roll Call, the Capitol Hill newspaper, reported Tuesday. A Weiner spokesman said all of the fines... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4911582 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:39:53 +0100 4911582 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4911583&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FjVs-gEebb0A%2F4-year-old-art-prodigy.html Seems ridiculous, at first, but watch the whole clip. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4911583 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:14:38 +0100 4911583 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4911584&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FKL8r-2gZXUA%2Flocal-shots.html The Tin Man. Oz Park in Chicago's Lincoln Park Neighborhood. More photos below the fold. The Scarecrow, Dorothy and Toto. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4911584 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 05:12:56 +0100 4911584 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4911585&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FZYMi2w_f_ng%2Fnew-sport-in-chicago.html Roving mobs of teens are beating and robbing pedestrians and cyclists on the Lake Michigan shore, in Streeterville and the Magnificent Mile. These are adjoining upscale recreational, retailing and residential neighborhoods full of tourists, shoppers, diners and people out on the town to enjoy the sights and the good weather when we have it. For years these neighborhoods have been very family-safe places for all Chicagoans to visit. If the accumulating reports are correct, teenagers from the South Side of... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4911585 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:50:52 +0100 4911585 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4902494&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2F6FiTM3qbFpA%2Fvintge-photos-1936.html Photo by Dorothea Lange, FSA Bob Lemmons, Carrizo Springs, Texas. Born a slave about 1850, south of San Antonio, Texas. Came to Carrizo Springs during Civil War with white men seeking new range for their cattle. In 1865, with his master was one of the first settlers. He knew Billy the Kid, King Fisher, and other noted bad men of the border. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4902494 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 05:01:00 +0100 4902494 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4902495&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FO_OTsONklAw%2Fcant-live-with-it-and.html Kevin Bacon and fame: LOS ANGELES — A couple of years ago, Kevin Bacon needed a few degrees of separation from his fame. He daydreamed of a crowded place where people didn't tug at his sleeve to gush about "Footloose" or quote "Diner." Finally, he went to a Hollywood makeup specialist and invested in a custom-made disguise that was weirdly simple but completely effective. He paid the $500 and then, with an anxious glee, he took his new rubber face... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4902495 Sun, 05 Jun 2011 18:19:02 +0100 4902495 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4902496&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FophiPshACDk%2Fvintage-photos-1.html My Father and his younger brother. (Loeser's, Fulton St, Brooklyn NY. 1930s) (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4902496 Sun, 05 Jun 2011 14:22:08 +0100 4902496 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4902497&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FpuVxaLoEKZQ%2Fstop-and-frisk.html Animal New York: Congratulations of sorts to the men and women of the New York City Police Department. Based on their latest figures (PDF doc), they have have conducted a staggering amount of ‘stop and frisk’ searches (183,326) in the first few months of 2011, 88 percent of which “resulted in neither an arrest nor a summons” and 84 percent of whom were black and Latino according to the NYCLU. At this rate, they’re almost guaranteed to beat last year’s... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4902497 Sat, 04 Jun 2011 18:11:38 +0100 4902497 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893568&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FIecYYs6SkBk%2Fvintage-photos-1909-1.html Tampa, Fla., cigar makers (Lewis Wickes Hine). (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893568 Sat, 04 Jun 2011 05:01:00 +0100 4893568 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893569&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2Fgn4k9XhuTyw%2Flevees-on-the-fly.html Here's a slide show of homeowner attempts to hold back the Mississippi flood waters. H/T Anderson (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893569 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 22:20:56 +0100 4893569 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893570&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FM8_jpVHFYDo%2Fandy-robustelli.html I see that former NY Giant Hall of Famer Andy Robustelli passed away on Tuesday. That's a name I haven't thought of in ages. Andy's playing days came before my awareness of the NFL, but one of Andy's sons played hockey with one of my brothers. I remember both Mr. and Mrs. Robustelli as dedicated hockey parents and nice people. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893570 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 17:03:07 +0100 4893570 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893571&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FKIJCOngAEBw%2Fcivic-illiteracy-of-presidential-candidates-ctd.html Last week, Herman Cain lectured us on our ignorance of the US Constitution, but he confused the Constitution with the Declaration of Independence. Mr. Cain is at it again. Ed Brayton quotes Cain: All of the talk about a national foreclosure freeze . . . all they're trying to do is appeal to people's emotions. You see, the United States federal government, folks, has no jurisdiction over bankruptcy law. States do! And Ed quotes the US Constitution: To establish an... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893571 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:24:54 +0100 4893571 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893572&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FR6RwkD8gHJc%2Fwriting-about-patients.html Retriever has an interesting post on writing about patients. Please go read it. I hope to get a post up with some comments on this subject sometime in the next few days. IIRC, in four years of blogging, I've written about a patient only once to illustrate a point. That was a successful time-limited treatment of a patient seen many years ago. Everything about the case was heavily disguised, enough so that I felt certain that it would be unrecognizable... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893572 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:46:23 +0100 4893572 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893573&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2F4YcxveMN2qk%2Fvintage-photos-1909.html The Kodak Girl (LOC, no other information). (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893573 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 05:01:00 +0100 4893573 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893574&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2F7apfJyqYiYY%2Fformer-mossad-chief-says-israel-must-adopt-the-saudi-initiative.html Meir Dagan, the recently retired Mossad director, has publicly advocated acceptance of the Saudi peace plan that calls for withdrawal to the 1967 boundaries, the return of East Jerusalem to the Palestinians and no land swaps. Dagan also served 33 years in the Israeli Defense Forces rising to the rank of general. So according to the general, President Obama is not demanding enough of Israel. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893574 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:13:22 +0100 4893574 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893575&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FpskEmHu9WNU%2Fchicago-news.html A couple of weeks ago, I complained about the deterioration of the atmosphere at our gym, owing to the increasing membership of neighborhood teens. Well meet one of the neighbors. Darien is age 19. He is accused of pumping a bullet into the head of a cab driver who picked him up at Ridge Ave and Howard Street (the street that borders Chicago and the suburb of Evanston.) on May 15. Police say that a surveillance camera showed Marquez-Connerly getting... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893575 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:33:46 +0100 4893575 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893576&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2F15T33zdeUtA%2Fjudge-clears-jury-from-the-courtroom-and-rips-blagojevich.html This doesn't come as a surprise. The Chicago Sun-Times reports: The presiding judge in Rod Blagojevich’s case cleared out the jury in the ex-governor’s corruption case this morning then upbraided Blagojevich and his lawyers for “entirely inappropriate” testimony. Moments earlier, Blagojevich suggested in front of jurors that the government deleted portions of recorded phone calls that were favorable to him. Zagel had already warned Blagojevich not to do that and he said he now saw the ex-governor as flagrantly violating... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893576 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:00:00 +0100 4893576 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893577&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2Fd0OzAwF2n78%2Fcriminalizing-mistakes.html A couple of days ago, I questioned whether a Willowbrook, Illinois police officer should have been reprimanded for an accident that may have been the result of a normal perceptual error. Last month, Jeffrey Knuppel MD posted a story about a truly tragic mental lapse. A ride operator at a popular Wisconsin amusement park made an error that resulted in a catastrophic injury to a young girl. The ride operator has been charged with a felony that could draw a... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893577 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:30:00 +0100 4893577 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4883683&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2Fvxfu9MsWu1s%2Fvintage-photos.html Birthday Party, Italian children (NYC--photographer unknown). (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4883683 Tue, 31 May 2011 18:37:13 +0100 4883683 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4883684&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FQFevxpez6HE%2Finattentional-blindness.html Was an official reprimand really called for in this case? Chicago Tribune: A police officer was officially reprimanded for hitting a light poll with his cruiser A Willowbrook police commander was issued a written reprimand after crashing his police SUV into a light pole in a shopping center parking lot earlier this year, public records obtained through a Freedom of Information request show. The one-vehicle collision caused roughly $7,500 in damage to the police cruiser, receipts indicate. According to a... (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4883684 Tue, 31 May 2011 14:08:39 +0100 4883684 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4883685&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2FQkNSheK0idk%2Fmemorial-day.html Vietnam veteran Jim Zwit spent four decades tracking down family members of eight men of his Delta Company unit who perished in a brutal firefight on April 15, 1971. Movingly told by Mary Schmich for the Chicago Tribune, Mr. Zwit's story is a jaw-dropper. (Source: Dr. X's Free Associations) Dr. X's Free Associations blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4883685 Mon, 30 May 2011 15:50:38 +0100 4883685 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4876422&cid=t_150769_109_f&fid=35803&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDrXsFreeAssociations%2F%7E3%2F-DJr-oY9f-8%2Furban-outfitters.html On Thursday, when I was scheduling some Illinois news links for Friday posting, I had no idea that one of the stories was erupting nationally on twitter. Chicago artist Stevie Koerner complained on Wednesday about Urban Outfitters stealing the design of one of her jewelry lines. Not only did UO rip-off the design, they lifted the name of the line and even some of her ad copy. According to Ms. Koerner, this is not the first time Urban Outfitters has... 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