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What Kind of Mailbox Does the USPS Really Want from Us?
I just saw the latest headline about the United States Postal Service (USPS) new recommendation that we all get a nice, big mailbox. Huh? I gather one reason for the suggestion is to cut down on mail theft. I don’t think I’m allowed to put a lock on a mailbox, no matter how big it…
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Big Mo Pod Show: “In Search of Good Company”
When I listen to the Big Mo Pod Show, I tend to almost free associate to memories which the songs sometimes evoke. The 5 songs this week came from, as usual, his Big Mo Blues Show this past Friday night. The theme of the pod show was “In Search of Good Company.” I’m not so…
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Memorial Day Events 2024 in Iowa City, Iowa
The Memorial Day ceremonies in Iowa City, Iowa this year will be on May 27, 2024. At 8:30 a.m. there will be a ceremony at Park Road Bridge. Then at 9:30 a.m., the second part will be at Oakland Cemetery. At 11:00 a.m. the third part will be at Memory Gardens.
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Reminiscence of My Younger Days
The other day we had some stormy weather roll across central Iowa, although it was not as bad as the tornado that swept through Greenfield. We hope the best for them. We didn’t actually get a tornado, but I remember wondering why the siren went off about 6:00 a.m. It woke me up and I…
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Memorial Day 2024 Events in Clear Lake, Iowa!
There will be Memorial Day events in Clear Lake, Iowa starting at 9:30 a.m. on May 27, 2024.
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DEA Announces Rescheduling Marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III and Inviting Public Comments
The DEA is asking for public comments on the rescheduling of marijuana from Schedule I to III. There are many comments: See the Federal Register notice about proposed rulemaking. Also see the Regulations government website for further information.
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Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry as a Supraspecialty
I just rediscovered this old blog post below from 2010 in my files. The literature citations are dated, of course. I just wanted to reminisce about how I used to think through issues in consultation-liaison psychiatry. The post is old enough to contain the former term for the field-Psychosomatic Medicine. “At the annual Academy of…
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Old Blog Post on Decisional Capacity Assessment
I just found a blog post I wrote about assessing decisional capacity. It’s over 13 years old and you can tell I was a little frustrated when I wrote it. It was back in the days when consulting psychiatrists were called psychosomatic medicine specialists. Here’s to another blast from the past. Blog from 2011: Thoughts…
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Rounding At Iowa: Smoking and Vaping
I just want to give a shout out to University of Iowa Health Care and the Rounding@Iowa podcast for an outstanding presentation on the hazards of smoking tobacco, vaping, and dabbing. The program originally aired on May 14, 2024 and the guests included two ICU doctors who are pulmonologists I’ve worked with as a psychiatric…
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Thoughts on the Big Mo Pod Show: Theme “Music Changes Context”
I heard the Big Mo Pod Show, which relates to the quiz about 5 songs he played on the Big Mo Blues Show last Friday night. He got all the artists right, just missed 3 song titles! I had a couple of thoughts about the song lineup related to the theme “Music Changes Context.” Actually,…
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