jimvanpelt on, well, me. (Among other things.) He's just read my book The Specific Gravity of Grief.Do pink ribbon campaigns against breast cancer do any good? — I will also observe that while colo-rectal cancer (my own particular affliction) kills more people every year than breast cancer, I've never seen a brown ribbon campaign.
Degrees of Consent — Bad Science on the sociology of pharmacuetical testing.
Sources: Fox Management Slanting D.C. Bureau's News Coverage — But...they're Fair and Balanced! Also, this just in, water is wet. Amazing!
Bill O'Reilly e-mail bombs Mike Thompson — What it all boils down to for people who behave like this isn’t defending the concept of free speech, rather defending free speech that agrees with their partisan point of view. Many of them decry Williams losing his job because, in their view, he was too conservative. But then want to defund NPR and cause everyone else at the broadcasting company to lose their jobs because, in their view, NPR employees are too liberal. Once again the justly famed principled consistency and intellectual honesty of the American right triumphs.
Former O'Donnell manager doubles down on the stupid — Christine O'Donnell's 2008 campaign manager, Jonathon Moseley, is doubling down on her ignorance and making himself a buffoon by offering a $1000 reward to anyone who can find the phrase "separation of church and state" in the constitution. Okay Jonathon, I'll give you a million dollars if you can find the phrases "separation of powers" or "checks and balances" anywhere in the constitution.
?otD: Charlie or Oona?
10/30/2010
Writing time yesterday: 0.0 hours (medical follies)
Body movement: 30 minute stationary bike ride
Hours slept: 8.25 hours (interrupted)
This morning's weigh-in: n/a
Yesterday's chemo/post-op stress index: 4/10 (fatigue, peripheral neuropathy, emotional distress)
Currently reading: I Wonder by Marian Bantjes