I Don't Know Much

I'm a little guy, and like most Americans, I weigh more than the ideal recommended weight for my height, though I can brag that I am within sight it. Last I checked, my BMI was 24 point something, which means it's under 25, and I'm not officially fat. Just one more way I'm out of touch with... Sign in to see full entry.

One of my failures in life is a failure to follow things up. I am easily distracted, and sometimes lose my train of thought before the end of a sentence. It doesn't help that I use sentences with fifty words in them sometimes, but I like to think that my short attention span is caused by... Sign in to see full entry.

Zoo is a 'Z' word. My house sometimes feels like a zoo. We had, until recently, four cats, a dog, and a guinea pig. And teenagers, which sometimes are almost like real people, but not always. My daughter, Zoochy (a nickname she created for herself ten or so years ago), loves animals. A couple of... Sign in to see full entry.

I, mousehop, having been born of goodly parents, therefore I was taught somewhat in all the learning of my father. Because what my mother knew or thought didn't count for much. My father's learning consisted of the teachings of the Mormon church mixed with popular wisdom of northern Utah and the... Sign in to see full entry.

Buyer beware. Or in Latin, caveat emptor. There is a story about Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, commonly known as the Mormon church, that pretty well shows what he and the church were all about, and it starts with a traveling salesman. In 1835, Smith and... Sign in to see full entry.

The Obama Campaign in Ohio got my name off a list somewhere as a likely Democratic voter. Ih ave, in the past, voted in primaries as a Democrat, though in the last primary, I voted for Ron Paul. The local organizer didn't know that. He was taken aback when I told him. But he asked me about my... Sign in to see full entry.

I have seen other blogs scattered about here and there discussing whether the human body could be the product of Intelligent Design. Based just on looking at humans, stripped of context in a biological world, I would say, "Sure. After all, someone designed the Pinto." but I would hesitate to accuse... Sign in to see full entry.

I got a call from a political campaign. The guy said he wants to talk with me about what the campaign should be doing, or something like that. I suppose he wants a donation, and maybe to organize a house party. I went to a house party a couple of weeks ago, and I expressed my opinion on a couple of... Sign in to see full entry.

I had many interesting conversations with classmates in med school, but a few stand out in memory. Here's the thing: no one gets into med school without solid evidence of academic talent, and generally that means a good memory, some communication skill, and at least a few success stories in... Sign in to see full entry.

A lot of the action in life takes place around the limits. Court cases, at least the interesting ones that reach the appeals courts or the Supreme Court, are about defining more clearly the meaning of legal terms and the reach of the law. I have often been told that I, well, don't understand certain... Sign in to see full entry.