Archive for 2007

in the words of a doctor

As more and more healthcare workers refuse to provide women with medical care for “moral” reasons – from refusing to perform abortions to refusing to write prescriptions for EC to refusing to dispense contraceptives – it is reassuring to read this physician’s reasons for becoming an abortion provider. There are very few of us willing […]

red mountain

I pretended I didn’t have any work to do and went to Red Mountain yesterday. Red Mountain is an old and oddly shaped cinder cone. I’m helping with some research on pinyon pine, which I’d read were dying quite quickly in great numbers. There were many, many dead pinyon along the trail. I took lots […]

oh no!

oh no! Originally uploaded by sarcozona Poor cowboy bear! He is being attacked by salmonella!

good ideas

Tara Smith at Aetiology wrote about some fantastic inventions that can really improve the lives of millions (billions?) of poor people around the world. As she puts it, this is “intelligent design the world really needs.” Cheap irrigation devices, water filters, and energy solutions are detailed at Design for the Other 90%. These devices are […]

on lesbians

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes So it seems that Henry’s sister has never been the same since the war, because she never had on a man’s collar and a necktie until she drove an ambulants in the war and now they cannot get her to take them off. Because ever since the armistice Henry’s sister seems to […]

on smart people

But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes And meeting all of those famous people that New York is practically full of, gave Henry new thoughts, and opened up things. Because after Henry held a conversation with them, he was quite surprised to find out that he was just as full of brains as they were. But that is […]