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Name: valoris reid smith
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reid has posted 101 links and 468 comments on Alkaline Earth since January 03, 2004.
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2007 May 18 09:06 (#3374): The whole Floyd Landis doping scandal just took a turn for the tabloidic.
2007 May 15 06:06 (#3366): Falwell died.
2007 Apr 29 05:04 (#3334): What if you were sane, but presented yourself to a mental hospital with auditory hallucinations?
2007 Apr 23 10:39 (#3321): Hopefully, Ms. Feeney's cake maker is a russki.
2007 Apr 11 10:48 (#3302): Slate explains how even quite good baseball teams don't wind up at the World Series.
2007 Mar 31 08:17 (#3277): Yay! West Virgina won the NIT
2007 Mar 20 06:43 (#3256): How to completely dupe most Salon readers(req. subs.)...
2007 Mar 02 06:39 (#3236): Independence Brewery
2007 Jan 31 08:10 (#3192): Another maverick texas woman dies.
2007 Jan 30 04:30 (#3189): If you have ever taught Pre-med students before
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2007 Sep 27 07:00 (#3547.10302):holy cow! I have totally seen that superzero. I can't remember where or when, but I think he was in his winter attire, which is basically the same as above but with a trenchcoat or duster or whatnot splayed open with (naturally) no shirt on.
so hilarious!!!
2007 Sep 25 07:38 (#3539.10290):NC-- Those articles were really interesting. It could explain why certain ailments have gotten worse (more prevalent) with modernization. You gonna give it a whirl?
2007 Jul 03 01:46 (#3425.9997):hmmm. The pics almost tempt me into a road trip!
2007 Jun 03 03:13 (#3396.9898):Those pics are from another year, sadly, as the world famous photographer could not make it this year.
2007 May 18 04:57 (#3375.9823):Interesting analogy sP. I suppose the difference (as the article shows) between surgery and drugs is that there is a fair possibility that, despite the doctor's best efforts, one may permanently feel the side effects of the drug, unlike, say, surgery.
I have had surgery twice, to replace ligaments, using part of tendons as replacements and, in one surgery, they even drilled through my kneecap. I now have no side effects, in terms of strength, stability, or speed. The same length of time later, mr. dooce still has brain shocks (which sound way freaky btw).
Incidentally, a well-trained psychologist probably leaves no permanent sude effects either. (well said, TWIT-B). BUT sP, you are right in that I actually do take surgery pretty seriously and strongly dislike the idea of elective surgery.
2007 May 18 11:48 (#3375.9818):That's distressing. Way to feed my fear of drugs.
Side note: It is interesting (to me) that I have this absolute knee-jerk reaction to a lot of prescription meds (I'm not a scientologist, I swear!), which is entirely the opposite of how any one of my parents feels. My mom, especially, feels that using a pill to solve problems >> any sort of non-pill approach, where problem = dieting, depression, nutrition, etc.
2007 May 18 09:56 (#3334.9816):TWIT-B, I stumbled upon one more article that is of interest. This one is more about how some doctors (not just mental health doctors, but more broadly) are beholden to pharma companies and sometimes make very poor decisions because of it.
2007 May 17 10:20 (#3369.9803):I thought it interesting that Facebook is not on the list. RSS feeds, etc., make it a decent avenue.
2007 May 10 08:09 (#3354.9760):Also of note, as pointed out by J. Pete Lewis, is that the Cubs are second to the Brewers.
NanoCindy says, "Watch out."
2007 May 02 08:29 (#3338.9726):Interestingly (speaking of QE), I read somewhere that some quantum cryptography setup at MIT is eavesdroppable about half the time, without being detected.