There’s been a lot of buzz over the past week about a study published in the Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome that suggests treating fibromyalgia and ME/CFS with cortisol (a steroid), based on the fact that most patients have low…
Review: Carnival by Elizabeth Bear
Elizabeth Bear succeeds where David Brin failed in Glory Season. What would a woman-dominated human society look like? How would it come about? Why? What, if any, role would males play? How would that society interact with more “traditional,” male-dominated…
They WANT to be repressed!
Somebody help me, please! I’m awash in a sea of stupidity. My humanities classmates are full of ideas like: “it isn’t really that big of a deal unless you have something to hide”—”it” being government surveillance. “…they won’t target you…
Multiple Partners Survey
Would any of you who are involved with multiple partners, or who have been so involved, whether or not you identify as polyamorous, be willing to take a research survey? You don’t have to give any individual identifying information at…
R.I.P. Arthur C. Clarke
We lost another great writer and thinker today. CNN seems to be updating their story on his death by the minute. There’s no controversy, but from the first version or two, you’d think the only thing the man had ever…
All-Snakes Day?
Is anybody celebrating that this year? I’m out of touch with the pagan crowd any more. I think the St. Patrick’s Day parade here in Atlanta was canceled because of the tornado Saturday. I was at home all day, so…
Online Reputation Services
This didn’t really belong in that last post, especially after I added other stuff. So aren’t you lucky? You get another one! A while back, I noticed that an old post in which I had published my Opinity ID badge…
What Happened to Zooomr?
Does anybody know what happened to Zooomr? They started out as a promising competitor to Flickr, and I recall hearing good things about their API. Katie, Sam, and I joined back in 2006 when they were giving away free, lifetime…
David Mamet and Political Views
There’s an essay over at The Village Voice that you want to read before it goes away: “Why I Am No Longer a ‘Brain-Dead Liberal’” by David Mamet Here’s a brief excerpt. This is, to me, the synthesis of this…
Mouse-Mouse and WordPress Oddity
I will not provide a photo, but I figure this pointing device would be all-too popular with any felines or canines in your household. I wouldn’t ever have imagined such a thing if the Instructables people hadn’t sent out an…