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April 15, 2010

Unrelaxing Auto-Blood Pressure Machine Incident

So I go to one of those in-pharmacy automated blood pressure machines. It will auto-grip my arm, and then squeeze it and tell me my blood pressure and pulse.

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Posted by Matthew Hogan at 10:09 AM | Comments (0)

April 07, 2010

(Not quite) Gout Diary: THIS HURTS!

{Turns out it's an osteoarthritis of sorts, but close enough} DAY 1 – OMFG this HURTS! Toe humongous. Surrounding joints tender.

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Posted by Matthew Hogan at 10:23 PM | Comments (0)

November 08, 2009

QOTD -- Murder, Dismemberment: Crazy? Only If You Do it At Home

I kind of thought this quote from an AP article odd, regarding the alleged serial killer who is said to be of that unusual type who deposits his victims' remains in his own yard.

Sowell's alleged crimes place him among a rare breed of serial killers: those who literally work close to home. . . .. "The fact that they would dirty their own nest, as it were, is peculiar to me and suggests a level of mental illness or sickness," said Berrill, director of the New York Center for Neuropsychology and Forensic Behavioral Science.

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September 19, 2009

US Health Care Political Debate: The Core (ReDux)

Just narrowing down the feeling that my thoughts from a prior post are indeed confirmed, just by watching the tenor of things in this country. Here I summarize the political conflict more succinctly.

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Posted by Matthew Hogan at 09:02 AM | Comments (3)