Month: September 2010
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A bit of P365
They’re ready. Nationals in two weeks. There’s a story here. Dredging. Read it again. The perils of movable signage.
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Project 365: 9/24-9/25
9/24 – New foster kitty. She loves the dog, and the dog doesn’t know what to think of her. 9/25 – Ossipee Depot
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HR Absurdity
I’ve had occasion to fill out a few job applications lately. It seems that every major company now feels the need to administer some sort of psych battery to their applicants. These invariably include some form of Strongly Agree <–> Neutral <–> Strongly Disagree questions. I find them annoying. I find them especially annoying when […]
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Taking care of our own
In emergency medicine, we see a lot of pain and tragedy. We do what we can; we cope how we can; and we try to take care of our own. A few years ago, a good friend’s son was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes. While it’s now possible to live a relatively normal life with diabetes, […]
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P365: 9/15-9/19, and JDRF
I will put up a more detailed post later, but this year I’m walking to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. My fundraising page can be easily found here. If I could get just $1 from each of my readers, Tweeps, and FB friends I’d be ecstatic. 9/15 – Kites at the beach. […]
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Just, Wow!
Wow! I can’t imagine OSHA, the FRA, lawyers, and the media allowing anything like this in the USA. It’s a race between three restored steam engines in Australia. Each is pulling a train with real, live passengers on board. At speed, through stations with spectators on the platforms. It’s truly an awe-inspiring sight (and sound!), […]
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Oops
It seems there may have been a small problem with the color settings in my last post. If you use a service such as Google Reader, you may have gotten something that looked like a blank post with links and photos scattered around. If you received my gibberish, you can read the whole post here: […]
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Wheels of the Bravest
Detroit Fire Department. What comes to mind when you hear those words? In the past Detroit was famous for Devil’s Night, an orgy of arson and vandalism surrounding Halloween. In recent years they’ve been well known among fire buffs as a good place to photograph some action on any given weekend. Poverty, neglect, urban blight; […]
Notes from Mosquito Hill 