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2008 is Enough

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

Biting the hand that reached out to touch me

Monday, January 26th, 2009

I received a telemarketing call at 4:22 p.m. on January 13, 2009, in the middle of an ordinary work afternoon. It was one of those annoying recorded messages selling dentures, of all things. Although my home phone number has been on the National Do Not Call Registry nearly since its inception, we still get telemarketing [...]

Jesus, Music and Chainsaws

Monday, September 8th, 2008

Meet Forthman Murff, the man who nearly cut his own head off with a chainsaw and lived to talk about it. The most popular clip at my web site is “Strange Cases: The Worst of Current Research,” a piece I wrote for the 10th Anniversary issue of JEMS: The Journal of Emergency Medical Services. This [...]

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