As I mentioned in an early post, Julian is an accomplished amateur photographer. His photos from our travels decorate our home. Earlier this week he needed to buy some new ink cartridges for his photo printer. The quote came back: over $500. He then asked, “How much would it be just to buy a new …
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Oct 06
The Central New York Car Culture
Some places are known to have large numbers of a particular type of car. Seattle, for example, probably has more Priuses than anywhere else in Washington state. Here in my birth turf of Central New York, the major vehicles on the road are trucks and SUV’s. I can understand trucks since this is a rural …
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Sep 30
French with a Side of Food
Julian signed up for a noncredit French class at a local community college last fall. He wanted to brush up in advance of a future vacation to France. I chose not to sign up with him that quarter, preferring a quiet evening to myself. He’d come home from class with good reports about the professor: …
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Sep 09
An Observation
My last post on utility companies and their reluctance to cut branches around power lines struck a chord. I had more traffic from that than any post since the one on the recreational pot shop in Seattle with the food truck in the parking lot. I’m having a hard time drawing parallel lines between the …
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Jul 25
An Aside on Adherence
In my previous post I used the term adherence for sticking to a diet. Why not compliance, you ask? Adherence is a more positive term than compliance, as shown by these examples of two typical seven-year-olds: Compliance: Mom asked me to try the broccoli. I choked one piece down and gave the rest to the …
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Jul 25
Disclosure Time
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Jun 04
Moving Around When Moving’s an Issue
France has some policies that are more progressive than the United States, but there is one area that lags far behind–accommodating persons with mobility issues. Elevators in many buildings are non-existent or won’t fit a standard wheelchair. Smaller Métro stations in Paris don’t have elevators or escalators. In most French restaurants, “les toilettes” are down …
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May 16
Bike to Work Day
May 15 was Bike to Work Day in the Seattle area. The weather was ideal–cool in the morning, with a high in the mid 60’s. I rode to a nearby park and ride, caught the bus to the main hospital, and then rode to the satellite hospital where I work. Assorted organizations set up rest …
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Mar 22
How to Write a Recipe that Readers Can Replicate
I’m often disappointed by recipes I find in newer cookbooks and online. It’s as if nobody proofread or tested them. Sometimes ingredients in the list don’t appear in the recipe instructions, or proportions seem to be off. For those of us in science, a key consideration in publishing our research is to describe methods in …
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