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The Cheerful Oncologist
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Three Hundred Easy Pieces
That last post was my 300th since I joined the ScienceBlogs community in August of 2006. I usually don't comment about my personal life but I must confess to a certain feeling of satisfaction on reaching the 300 mark, as...Posted on January 9, 2008 7:46 PM • •
2006 Weblog Awards Finalists Announced
Thus you see my decision to join the glittering crowd of egotistical gasbags out hustling their puerile talents.Posted on December 8, 2006 10:05 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Nerd Update
Since there is a nerd contest going on at ScienceBlogs I might as well reveal my score: What does this mean? Your nerdiness is: Somewhat nerdy. I mean face it, you are nerdier than about half the test takers. Hey,...Posted on September 7, 2006 5:28 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
AskaSciBlogger: Global Warming Debate
Does humankind have a moral obligation to stop using fossil fuels, even if it means returning to a more primitive way of life?Posted on August 30, 2006 3:28 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Reporter Looking for a Patient to Interview
I recently gave an interview to Jo Cavallo, a journalist who is writing a story for a national medical magazine about the dilemma of paying for new targeted therapies against cancer. She asked that I post the following request for...Posted on August 20, 2006 11:18 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
What is the Name of This Movie?
When it comes to revealing a succession of mind-blowing scientific concepts, however, can there be any doubt as to which movie left the most disturbing impression upon us?Posted on August 7, 2006 4:56 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
AskaSciBlogger Question for July 19th
"Excuse me, Sir? I am a graduate of the University of Iowa medical school and have traveled here to offer myself up for study and hard work, so that I may become the type of physician that you would be proud of."Posted on July 19, 2006 3:32 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
AskaSciBlogger Question for July 13th
Giveth me a break. Long after the human race has become extinct there will still be acrobatic arthropods and curious crustaceans toddling along the (now deserted) highways and byways of this planet.Posted on July 12, 2006 4:32 PM • 4 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
AskaSciBlogger Question for July 6th
I suppose it didn't help that Ira Levin flooded our popular culture with the worst possible example of human cloning years before Dolly the docile ovine dallier arose from the seafoam.Posted on July 6, 2006 8:28 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
AskaSciBlogger Question for June 28th
How about this for example: Warum nicht sind wir aller sprechende Deutsche?Posted on June 28, 2006 9:22 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
AskaSciBlogger Question for June 22nd
What makes a science teacher great is the ability to picture himself or herself sitting at a desk in the back row, assembling an origami tarantula from last week's quiz, disgusted, bored and scared, and then seek out that student like a laser beam hitting a missile and - wham! - make a connection that will change a life forever.Posted on June 21, 2006 10:02 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Comments? What Comments?
Flash! What new ScienceBlogs blogger just might have figured out how to show comments from his gentle readers? I do apologize for the delay in figuring this incredibly complex aspect of the enigmatic Movable Type program. Please feel free to...Posted on June 16, 2006 2:58 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
AskaSciBlogger June 15th Response
In my case I have learned the art of working at twice the speed of the average doctor, not unlike The Flash...Posted on June 15, 2006 8:57 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
Ask A Science Blogger
"Assuming that time and money were not obstacles, what area of scientific research, outside of your own discipline, would you most like to explore? Why?" I don't have to even think twice about this one - if I wasn't spending...Posted on June 12, 2006 11:13 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
