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Monthly Archives: October 2009
What’s Really Scary
Tomorrow is Halloween. I’ll be at the Dayton House for part of the evening, handing out candy to kids and trying not to get nervy because the Victorian-era home, restored to its period decor, was once a nursing home and … Continue reading
Tagged health, quackery, radioactivity
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Victimizing Cancer Patients
"Evil" is a hard word to define and a strong word to use, but it’s hard not to use it to describe people who prey on the vulnerable or helpless, from babies, to puppies, to people suffering with a potentially … Continue reading
Tagged cancer, crime, fraud, health, immunization, medicine, news, quackery, vaccines
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Let There Be Light
It was a sunny, beautiful day outside in Worthington today, but none of that glorious sunlight spilled into our newsroom. Our windows are very high, and the blinds have been down for as long as anyone on the news staff … Continue reading
Love, Sex and Marriage in 1962
Yet again, I had to explain to my coworkers why I was giggling hysterically in the middle of the workday, lest they think I’m insane and decide to call some nice young men in plain white coats to take me … Continue reading
Out with the Old Y, In with the New Y
Being a reporter sometimes seems like the best job in the world, because occasionally I get to experience things most people never get to do, like flying in a B-17 plane from World War II. That was the closest to … Continue reading
Tagged exercising, health, YMCA
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Popcorn, the Website?
We got a bag of free popcorn in the mail this week, from popcorn.org. It was rather curiously labelled, with the name of the website prominently displayed, right over a note that popcorn was "whole grain." Well, yes, popcorn is … Continue reading
Tagged entertainment, food, free stuff, links, popcorn
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Did I Just Kill 17 Million People? Oopsie!
I committed mass murder by accident this morning. Someone linked me this educational game that’s supposed to teach you how difficult it is to manage a pandemic flu situation. Essentially, you get to make policy decisions and then watch an … Continue reading
Almost Perfect But Not Quite
I didn’t practice my guitar enough this week because I was ill, but I’m also running up against some other problems. I’m too much of a perfectionist and I’m having trouble forcing myself to practice when it sounds, frankly, awful. … Continue reading
Tagged entertainment, guitar, guitar lessons, lessons, music
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Wild Times at the Roof Garden
The list of performers at the Roof Garden from the 1950s to 1987 reads like a who’s who of rock and roll. I kept my article on Tom Tourville’s fantastic presentation about the Roof Garden short, but I could have … Continue reading
