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The Bleeping Robot Waiters, Man!
Sena told me about a news story she read about robot waiters in restaurants. I guess that’s a thing nowadays. It’s not hard to imagine things going wrong with that. In fact, I saw one article about a dancing robot in a restaurant that didn’t just bust a move—it busted a few dishes. How do…
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Reblog with Update of “The Dragon Breathes Fire Again”
This reblog of an August 10, 2023 post “The Dragon Breathes Fire Again” updates the situation with Dragon Ambient Experience (DAX). The article I referenced indicating that DAX could still be problematic has been removed and the website, protocoldotcom, is for sale. According to a Microsoft article, DAX is now a Microsoft product, combined with…
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Svengoolie Show Movie: “Man Made Monster”
Svengoolie Intro: “Calling all stations! Clear the air lanes! Clear all air lanes for the big broadcast! The 1941 movie “Man Made Monster” starred Lon Chaney Jr. (as Big Dan, Dan McCormick) who later starred in “The Wolf Man”) as the monster; Lionel Atwill as Dr. Paul Rigas, the mad scientist who created the monster.…
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Reblogging “Holes in Our Heads”
You know, I’m reblogging this post “Holes in Our Heads” because it was fun to write several years ago. I hope people think it’s fun to read.
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Thoughts on Super Movers
This post isn’t about burly guys who move your furniture. I found this article about super movers who are persons 80 years old or older with walking speeds comparable to those who are 30 years younger. Verghese J, Cotton K, Sathyan S, Ayers E, Mahoney JR, De Sanctis P, Wang C, Jin Y, Blumen HM,…
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The Buck Moon & Buck Rogers July 2026
I got a few pictures last night around 9:00 p.m. or so of the full (or nearly so) Buck Moon. Although the best night would have been on the 29th, the pictures still showed the moon having a rusty reddish-orange color. This morning at around 5:00 a.m., it was the usual whitish color. I saw…
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Old Blog Post: Volunteer to Prevent Delirium
I ran across an old blog post I wrote in 2011 on preventing delirium and thought it would be interesting to share it. In all fairness, I think attitudes have changed for the better in the last several years. Blog: Do you have to be interested in Psychiatry to Volunteer for the Delirium Prevention Project?…
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Exercise for Brain Health Reblog!
This is a reblog of my post about 4 years ago for brain health. You don’t have to do extreme sports to get the benefit of regular exercise. At least 150 minutes a week of moderate exercise) can boost your memory and thinking (see the CDC article). Since I wrote that post, I’ve continued to…
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Rounding@Iowa Podcast on General Inpatient Hospice Care
This is an excellent podcast episode about General Inpatient Hospice Care and I am proud to have been part of her early professional career when I interviewed her for residency at The University of Iowa Health Care. She and Dr. John Wilde gave an absolutely stunning presentation about hospice and palliative care in response to…
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Looking Back in My 6th Year of Retirement from Psychiatry: A Reblog and More
This is partly a reblog of my post in 2022, “Overdiagnosis of Psychiatric Disorders Still Happens” and partly a shout-out to my colleague and friend, Dr. George Dawson, MD on his recent post “The Politics of Deprescribing: Deconstructing the HHS Mental Health Agenda.” I’m also looking back on another one of my posts with a…
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