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Podcast: People Sitting in Front of Me: The Bald Man
What can you deduce from the backs of people’s head sitting in front of you. What about this bald man?
Read MoreOpen Letter to the Producers of “The Voice”
Dear Producers of The Voice: Congratulations on The Voice, an inspiring show that captures the basic American values of “from out of nowhere” success — I cheered the young farm boy whose previous experience was singing to his cows while baling hay, cheered that country western singer who sang at the local bowling alley next to the Piggly Wiggly,…
Read MoreGood Humor Man
In 1969, when my father was at the peak of his career as a printing salesman, he decided to put an in-ground swimming pool in our back yard. It seemed like an odd decision since neither of my parents were swimmers. When I think back on it now, I believe that the pool was probably…
Read MorePodcast: Baseball, Earlobes and Running Backward
Ruminations during a slow-paced baseball game, including people watching and categorizing different styles of earlobes, and considering the implications if the bases were run in the opposite direction for a change of pace.
Read MoreWarfighting
My medical career has focused on the niche business of technology assessment for health insurance companies. Specifically, I have analyzed the published medical literature on literally hundreds of medical technologies to determine whether or not they would be still considered investigational. Insurance companies generally will not pay for investigational technologies. This odd little profession has…
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