My Saturday post mentioned initial findings that the old anti-rheumatic drug Plaquenil (hydroxychloroquine) may have some significant activity against coronavirus. The Chinese Health Ministry guidelines on coronavirus have been stealthily and widely distributed. I saw both versions (translated and Mandarin) the same Saturday I made my post. The guidelines even made it to a GPContinue reading “Plaquenil for corona”
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smokin’ corona
On my walk home from Kathy’s office this morning, I ran into 3 old girlfriends from work standing in front of the bus stop across from the hospital. They weren’t waiting for a bus. None had a job you could do from home (medical assistant X 2, check-in clerk) and yes plenty of patients wereContinue reading “smokin’ corona”
another funeral song
Just heard another song I want played at my funeral We’ll get up and do it again. Amen
Bye, bye bikes?
I may have slammed the door to ever riding a bicycle again. Yesterday, I asked Bill at Campus Bike Shop when I could take in my 6 bikes for him to have a look, with an eye to selling them to cash-strapped students in the Spring. In the meanwhile, I’m covering my bases by contactingContinue reading “Bye, bye bikes?”
Thanks, Bobby
Yesterday, in my post “My Corona”, I suggested this crisis needed a good song and proposed the Knack’s ’79 hit “My Sharona” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR2JtsVumFA. But that tune’s a fire-’em-up number, and I think our times in general need something a bit more calming. I heard one this morning, from ’88, that could do. I’m sure you’llContinue reading “Thanks, Bobby”
My Corona
I submit that what’s missing in this crisis is a good song. Oh sure, there’s lots of sturm und drang out there, but nothing you can dance to. And we need a little dancing right now, if only in our socially limited spaces. Maybe we can resurrect my old high school principal, Hose-Nose Allen, whoContinue reading “My Corona”
Docere
Some years ago, as my Kathy was emerging from her NASA.years, she formed an LLC mainly to collect the proceeds from her speaking gigs. More recently, it is collecting the royalties from the on-line textbook she wrote about her Kinesiology subject of 9 years, Scientific Writing. After my retirement, I asked her to add me. Continue reading “Docere”
feed my worms
Vermiculture, they call it. Basically, you keep some special worms in a box somewhere in your house, feed them your non-meat kitchen scraps, and get rewarded with a nice treat for your garden. Kathy and I tried it years ago, even using few scoops of their product, but then fell out of the habit ofContinue reading “feed my worms”
a letter to my English teacher
I had 3 or 4 English teachers in high school. I don’t remember who taught freshman English and only remember Mrs. Price, who replaced Mrs. Joyce Ann Pharriss after she moved to California in the middle of my senior year, by consulting my 1970 Barker. Sophomore year brought Mrs. Grace Molineaux, a force of natureContinue reading “a letter to my English teacher”
Juwan and us
My Wolverines played a beautiful game yesterday at Crisler against the hated #9 Spartoons, who came in 1 point favorites and missed the spread by 10. In the first 6 minutes they scored only 3 points, trailed buzzer to buzzer, and went the last 4 ½ minutes without sinking one bucket. In a physical game,Continue reading “Juwan and us”
