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Need some Christmas gift ideas? These fuzzballs hail from Giant Microbes. Their motto? “We make stuffed animals that look like tiny microbes.” Hmmm. If that’s not a Long Tail business model, then I’m not sure what is. They also feature the ebola virus as well as one of my personal favs, streptococcus pyogenes (flesh-eating bacteria).…

My Favorite Creamer Originally uploaded by pixelrn Time for a photography break. I found this post a while ago on how to build a $10 lightbox and I finally built one this week. I’ve been having some fun lately with table top photography and this is simply taking it to the next step. Taking these…

From yesterday’s Baltimore Sun: In an effort to ease a worsening nursing shortage, state hospital and university leaders announced an ambitious plan yesterday to double the number of registered nurses educated in Maryland in two years. The Cost: 59 million in 2 years, 2/3 to be footed by the state gov’t, the rest by private…

Something I noticed last weekend while doling out the flu shots were some dulcet tones drifting through the ER. It reminded me of three things: Elevator Music An ice skating rink, circa 1953. “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.” I wondered if it was standard to have piped in Muzak in the ER. If it…

While giving flu shots over the weekend I was talking to another nurse about how I came by this job, and also about my other job at the outpatient center. I said, “It’s great. I work these 4 hour shifts and it’s like I’m not even working.” “So what you’re saying is, you don’t really…