Don’t fear the “mu”
"\"TweetShareShareThe most-read story on the Washington Post website yesterday (Friday, Sept. 3) was about the “mu” (pronounced “myu,” like what a cat says when it can’t be bothered to fully meow) COVID-19 variant....
The coronavirus booster shot is, ethically speaking, meat.
"TweetShareShareI recently had a conversation with a vegan friend of mine. The conversation was drifting into the ethical and moral arguments for and against the consumption of meat. This sometimes happens with vegans. I’m not a vegan, nor a...
Covid-19 in CO and FL: A tale of the tape
"\"TweetShareShareI was reticent to travel to Florida from my adoptive home state of Colorado. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis\\u2019s laissez-faire lassitude toward the pandemic \\u2013 to Floridians\\u2019 great detriment \\u2013 a has been all too...
Coronavirus in the air: what we know; what can help
"TweetShareShareJust because it doesn\u2019t look dirty doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s clean. That\u2019s always been true, of course. But the coronavirus pandemic is reinforcing this lesson in unspeakably tragic ways. A gleaming doorknob could well ...
Coronavirus is exponential math in human lungs
"\"TweetShareShareI have not rented space in a former Minuteman missile silo, nor have I stockpiled a cubic kilometer of toilet paper or a reservoir\\u2019s worth of PET water bottles. But Covid-19 is extremely serious, and it\\u2019s serious...
Microsoft Band 2 and heart rate
"\"TweetShareShareI bought \\u00a0Microsoft Band 2 a few weeks back ($200). I’d looked at the Band 1 a year ago and was a bit scared off by its extreme flatness; the Band 2 has a nice arch. I jumped on it. This post is about heart rate...
Print vs. Video: a Double-Lung-Plus-Liver Transplant Smackdown
"\"TweetShareShareAs a writer with limited Photoshop skills and very limited video-editing skills, I’m tend to be in awe of good video. Since I left the Daily Camera in 2007, though, I\\u00a0haven’t \\u00a0had a chance to compare a...
Fresh (Baked) news on weed and the developing brain
"TweetShareShareAbigail Sullivan Moore’s New York Times piece on a new study on the effects of marijuana and the developing brain is another arrow in the increasingly crammed quiver of evidence that weed and growing brains don’t mix. T...
Crazy awesome scary NYT graphic on birth weight/education/race/mom-age on academic performance
"\"TweetShareShareThe NYT blog “The Upshot” put together a story and a dynamic chart\\u00a0published Oct. 10 that encapsulates a ton more information than at first glance. Play with the variables and think about what it’s really...
The Varidesk Pro Plus and the Big Black Billy Bass
"TweetShareShareI am an antsy dude, generally, and with catastrophic posture while seated at work here in the converted dining room. Plus the alarming, if not entirely concrete, in my estimation, health effects\u00a0of long-term duff-parking. I ha...
Why light exercise brings big benefits
"TweetShareShareI played college soccer and have, in the ensuing 23 years, held firm to a no-pain, no-gain exercise philosophy. As recently as a couple of of weeks ago I still scoffed at the “fat burn” heart-rate levels my Polar FT7. I...
Plantar fasciitis? A few ideas.
"\"TweetShareShareAmid my sixth and most foolish soccer career at age 44 (indoor, over-30 coed, more challenging than it sounds), I’ve pounded my feet into plantar fasciitis twice now, joining Antonio Gates, Ty Lawson and untold legions of...