October 2009
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i wrote a rather personal post and wondered more than a few times should i post this stuff about my life ( ! ) and then just the sign i was looking for: my laptop crashed and my words are gone. if only life could be this easy all the time…
kevinmd.com // this is why you need the H1N1 flu... →
jayparkinsonmd:
Children and adults under age 25 have accounted for 53% of hospitalizations for laboratory-confirmed H1N1 and 23.6% of related deaths since Sept. 1.
Seniors, on the other hand, have accounted for just 7% of H1N1-confirmed hospitalizations and 11.6% of deaths from the virus based on data from 27 and 28 states, respectively.
“This is really, really different than what we see...
finish line // fanfarlo →
goldenmeg:
thanks to my boston beauty for a morning tune from Fanfarlo.
Lookie here, (joy!) cambridge & sf are on the list!
oh joy is right! and thanks for the heads up, will definitely see them in december!
jenrobinson:
Julianna Barwick - Bode
[Julianna...
“I read all the journals. I love design theory. I’m a junkie for that stuff. But...”
– David Butler the man with a nearly uncontainable design challenge: making Coke even bigger (and staying ahead of Pepsi). (read more over at fast company) via ninakix
her words tell great stories
scenes-from-my-hood knows how to use her words to tell great stories. this is not the happiest but for a quick minute (or two) i was there in cambodia - feeling the same fear, determination and hope. an excerpt below and full story here.
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for three days i sat vigil as he writhed, occasionally drifting into hard-won sleep. but usually he was awake, he was sweating, and we were...
“We habitually erect a barrier called blame that keeps us from communicating...”
– Pema Chodron
black & blue // mike snow
gorgeousness on a...
herd immunity →
jayparkinsonmd:
This is why vaccines are so important.
Herd immunity (or community immunity) describes a type of immunity that occurs when the vaccination of a portion of the population (or herd) provides protection to unprotected individuals. Herd immunity theory proposes that, in diseases passed from person-to-person, it is more difficult to maintain a chain of infection when large numbers...
i asked earlier did you get a flu shot? i asked on facebook as well. i have been at a loss for words until just a few moments ago and here’s what i came up with:
i have never had a flu shot. intuitively, it has never felt right for me. but i would never pass that on as ‘advice’ to another. this year my intuition is blurred by all the talk of the impending flu season and the...
