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Heard it on the Big Mo Blues Show
I heard John Heim aka Big Mo on the blues show tonight on KCCK radio 88.3 and he actually spelled the name of MayRee, the name of the cook who makes that good hand-battered catfish; it’s better because it’s battered and so the legend goes. I knew a cook a long time ago in Austin,…
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CDC Advisory Committee Recommends Including Covid-19 Vaccine for Routine Immunization Schedule
Today, the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended adding Covid-19 immunization to the routinely recommended vaccine schedule.
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Time to Remove the Worm Gear Clamp
The critter cam didn’t capture any activity last night. So, I did the next thing—I removed the worm gear clamp from the grate. It has been undisturbed for over a week now. The last event was on October 8,2022, when the big rocks on top of the grate were shoved around. It’s getting pretty cold.…
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Me and the Deer Caught in the Critter Cam Lights
I reset the mode of our critter cam to shoot both pictures and videos yesterday. One viewer suggested I walk around our yard as a check to see how this works. I did get up and traipse around this chilly morning shortly after 6:00 AM, took pictures of bright objects in the night sky (funny…
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Intranasal Esketamine for Major Depression Available at University of Hospitals & Clinics Department of Psychiatry
Learn about the use of intranasal Esketamine for Major Depressive Disorder at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics here.
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Big Mo Blues Show KCCK Iowa City
Two songs I heard tonight on the Big Mo Blues Show on KCCK 88.3 radio out of Cedar Rapids & Iowa City, and I can’t pick the best one. One is new, by John Primer, “Hard Times,” out in 2022 and speaks to how hard times are right now. The other is old, by B.B.…
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Debunking Common Myths About The Flu
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics has announced a list of myths about the flu which are debunked. Don’t forget your flu shot!
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Critter Cam Arrives for Drain Grate Ghost Hunt
The critter cam was delivered and I’ll need to get some batteries and a micro-SD card for it. I’ll also need to learn how to mount it to one of the posts supporting our sun room. The rough distance from the camera to the drain grate is about 40 feet, so it should be well…
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The Drain Tile Grate Ghost Strikes Again!
The drain tile ghost struck again last night. You’ll recall a couple of days ago, I stacked two large rocks on the tile drain grate which has been the subject of numerous vandal attacks for at least the last couple of weeks. It looks like the top rock was picked up and turned over on…
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Here We Go Again About Antidepressants
Back in August, my colleagues, Drs. George Dawson, MD and Ronald Pies, MD wrote a rejoinder in Psychiatric Times to a review article published in Molecular Psychiatry by J. Moncrieff, Mark Horowitz and others (Moncrieff J, Cooper RE, Stockmann T, Amendola S, Hengartner MP, Horowitz MA. The serotonin theory of depression: a systematic umbrella review…
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