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Kickball Event Cancelled Due to Extreme Heat!
Great news! The University of Iowa Psychiatry Dept. annual kickball event has been cancelled because of the extreme heat warning! Now, about that annual cribbage challenge…
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Extreme Heat Warning!
The National Weather Service has issued an Extreme Heat Warning through Wednesday. Temperatures will be in the 90s with heat indices of 105-110 degrees. Do not play kickball. Play matball instead in an air-conditioned gym. Thank you for your time.
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Heat Forecast for Annual U of Iowa Psychiatry Dept Kickball-Play Cribbage Instead!
OK, a reminder that the University of Iowa Psychiatry Dept. Annual Kickball game is on for this coming Monday, June 29 and the heat forecast from the National Weather Service is for temperatures to be in the 90s with heat indices in the 100s. The announcement about the kickball game is: “What: Psychiatry department annual…
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Sena Gives Up on Apple Cider Vinegar and How It Connects to Miracle Whip
Well, as of this morning, Sena gave up on apple cider vinegar (ACV). After a couple of months of daily doses of The Mother, she’s calling it quits. The main reason is that it tastes awful. I think I lasted a couple of weeks before I quit. There’s no solid scientific evidence that it makes…
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Mall Walking Reblog!
On this date last year, I wrote about mall walking. The one problem is that if I walked out to the mall to do mall walking—it would feel redundant. It might even make me too tired to walk back home. I’ve gotten a bad case of shin splints doing that in the past. Driving out…
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New Top Ten YouTubes Reblog!
Reblog Time! It’s been a while since I published my Top Ten blog posts in 2019, so here’s the new list. I’ve relisted the top ten from the most views to less views with highest being number 1. Pseudobulbar Affect Top Ten is still the most popular and I think I got the wrong number…
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Dental Health Awareness Update
I saw my regular dentist yesterday and the update is that what’s left of my tooth has to be pulled after I ripped off the crown with my superhuman strength. I was scheduled to see her at four in the afternoon. Funny, I thought the best time to see a dentist was at tooth-hurty. There’s…
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Dental High Jinks!
I’m having a dental breakdown. Over the weekend, one of my crowns popped out while I was flossing. What do you think about that? Trying to do something healthy for my teeth and I had to see a dentist about the hazards of flossing. Flossing doesn’t usually hurt your teeth, but this reminds me of…
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Rounding at Iowa Podcast on Ultra Processed Foods & Other Tomfoolery
There’s a recent Rounding@Iowa podcast on Ultra Processed Foods that’s interested. Right off the bat, it fits in with June being National Dairy Month. It’s interesting that the less processed foods tend to be at the outer perimeter of the grocery store where they can be kept cooler and the more processed foods tend to…
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Psilocybin in the News
Sena alerted me to an interesting news item about psilocybin which a case report describes the agent improving a Japanese American woman’s dementia. It was a whopping dose of 5 grams, which I guess is much larger than usual. She also received a second 3-gram dose: Lago M, Cerveira M and Simonet JX (2026) Transient…
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