Sep 262014
- “Check” Flag Welcomes Czech Prime Minister to Pakistan: Oh, those damn homophones! I’m pretty sure that if you made this mistake with the Russians, you’d be invaded — correction: stabilized — by Vlad in short order. Then again, at least it wasn’t as bad as this.
- Surprising Pictures: Wild “Cat” Rides on Rhino: Given how often I see birds on Lila’s back when she’s out in the pasture, this doesn’t surprise me in the slightest! Still, awesome! Still, a rhino is something else!
- I Will Dress Like a Slob on an Airplane and No One Can Stop Me: “Showing up to the airport freshly showered and wearing a clean pair of leggings (and a SMILE) is the farthest I’m willing to go, respectability-wise. Others might want to go farther and wear a three-piece suit and that’s up to them. Come the day that we all get stuck at the Detroit airport over night and have to sleep on the floor (it’s happened to me), we’ll see who’s happier with their decision.” It’s not some kind of social commentary on air travel for me… it’s just that I now regard a pair of jeans that haven’t done chores down at the barn as the equivalent of pumps and pantyhose. #HorsePerson?
- 5 Ridiculous Myths You Probably Believe About Schizophrenia: A fascinating first-person account of schizophrenia from a woman who knows of what she speaks. Major lesson: Don’t freak out when you learn that someone you know is schizophrenic.
- What Happened to Anne Frank After the Secret Annex?: This was very painful for me to read. So many millions suffered her fate, but I felt like I knew her… and obviously, I’m not alone in that feeling.
- Infected doctor: Ebola isolation ward wasn’t the most dangerous part of the hospital: “I have to tell you that if I had a choice of working in the isolation unit, or working in [the normal part of a] hospital during the middle of an Ebola outbreak, I’d choose the isolation unit every time. You are provided with all the personal protective equipment you need; you know that every patient you’re going to see is at least suspected of Ebola, if not confirmed to have it. But in the hospital, you have to look at every single patient and say, “Should I think you have Ebola or not?””
- Honest Names for Classic Childhood Games: I love these!
- Why Your Cousin With a Ph.D. Is a Basket Case: Oh academia, I do not miss you.
- What It’s Like Raising Money As A Woman In Silicon Valley: Wow, and not in a good way.
- Forbes Column Warns Drunk Women Will Ruin Fraternities: OY. So much wrong. (A reprint of the original column is here.)
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Don Kenner
