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"A statement of fact cannot be insolent." The miscellaneous ramblings of a surgeon/scientist on medicine,
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orac.jpg Orac is the nom de blog of a humble pseudonymous surgeon/scientist with an ego just big enough to delude himself that someone, somewhere might actually give a rodent's posterior about his miscellaneous verbal meanderings, but just barely small enough to admit to himself that few will. (Continued here, along with a DISCLAIMER that you should read before reading any medical discussions here.)

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February 28, 2006

What would happen if Microsoft redesigned the iPod box?

Category: Humor

Although the images used are a bit out of date (for one thing, that looks like a first generation iPod on the box), this video is spot on hilarious. Pray this never happens......

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Grand Rounds, Vol. 2, No. 23

Category: AnnouncementsBlog carnivalsGrand Rounds

Grand Rounds, Vol. 2, No. 23 has been posted at the blog of a fellow surgeon, the pseudonymous Dr. Bard-Parker (the significance of which you would know if you were a surgeon or worked in an O.R.) at A Chance...

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Senator Frank Lautenberg: Xenophobe or pandering to xenophobes?

Category: Politics

While driving into work this morning, I was a bit disturbed to hear a news report about a speech New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg gave yesterday to a group of dockworkers in Newark who were protesting the proposed takeover of...

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The more things change, the more they stay the same: David Irving reverts to form.

Category: Anti-SemitismHolocaust denial

Well, that didn't take long. Only a few days after his conviction for Holocaust denial, David Irving has reverted to form: Far-right author David Irving's repudiation of his views on the Holocaust and Hitler's role in it has not lasted...

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February 27, 2006

Here's a blog carnival I can get behind

Category: Television

After the last blog carnival I mentioned, here's one I can really get behind. Regulars around here know that I'm a 24 junkie. I have to get my fix of Jack Bauer's adventures (including his uncanny ability to get to...

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The "Darwin Is Dead" carnival

Category: EvolutionIntelligent design/creationismPseudoscienceScience

I love blog carnivals. In fact, I love 'em so much that I hosted four of them took one over when its creator decided to retire from blogging. But here's one that PZ, RPM, Afarensis, and all of the other...

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The glamor of surgery (Part 1 of an occasional series)

Category: HumorMedicinePersonalSurgery

Nonmedical people always seem to have a conception of surgery as being a particularly glamorous profession. So did I to some extent before I entered medical school, although my surgical rotations quickly disabused me of that impression. Somehow, working from...

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A little pareidolia, anyone?

Category: ParanormalPareidoliaSkepticism/critical thinking

Ya gotta love it. Whether it be the Virgin Mary under a freeway overpass on W. Fullerton Avenue in Chicago or on a window in Perth Amboy, NJ, or the face of Jesus on a shell, on the wall of...

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February 26, 2006

Somebody please tell me this is a joke

Category: Entertainment/cultureHumorPopular culture

Sent via e-mail: Paris Hilton prepares for Mother Theresa role. I almost choked on my ice tea when I read that. Please tell me this is a sick joke. It sure sounds like one, and certainly the source doesn't look...

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Let's make this Skeptics' Circle...huge!

Category: Skeptics' Circle

Time really flies, doesn't it? In fact, the next meeting of the Skeptics' Circle will soon be upon us this Thursday. I'm anticipating that it will be...huge, as it's being hosted by none other than The Huge Entity. The Huge...

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How long before they make an inspirational movie out of this story?

Category: Autism

An autistic teen named Jason McElwain made the most of his chance to shine. How long before this is a movie of the week or even a feature film?...

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Guess I'm not the new kid on the block anymore...

Category: AnnouncementsBlog housekeeping

Well, that didn't last long, did it? I've only been on ScienceBlogs for less that two weeks, and already I'm no longer the new kid on the block. Nope, that honor now goes to William Connolley. Welcome Stoat to the...

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I've always wondered about Spongebob Squarepants

Category: HumorPopular cultureTelevision

I've always kind of liked Spongebob Squarepants, although I had always wondered about his relationship with Patrick Star. Here's evidence that my suspicions may have been correct....

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February 25, 2006

David Irving in denial?

Category: Holocaust denialHumor

Today, while I'm making fun of anti-Semitic idiocy coming out of Iran, perhaps I should stop being so upset over the free speech infringement that I've railed about regarding David Irving's three year sentence for Holocaust denial in Austria. It...

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Tom and Jerry: A nefarious Jewish plot

Category: Anti-SemitismHolocaust denialHumorMoviesPoliticsTelevision

You can't make stuff like this up. You really can't. Did you know that Tom and Jerry are in reality a clever secret nefarious plot by the Jews? That's what Professor Hassan Bolkhari, who teaches philosophy of art at Tabatabaei...

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Anger management

Category: Miscellaneous

Here's a guy who really could use some anger management training, clearly the roomate from hell....

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