Medicine

The Yuck Factor

The Yuck Factor

The Yuck Factor is best explained with an example.  Suppose you pull off a panel to begin working on some network equipment, and you find a dead rodent.  That would be a YF = 7.  Other discoveries like multiple rodents – or their time of death – might raise the number.  If on the other […]

The Next Normal

The Next Normal

People love lists.   With little effort, you can find the 10 best movies, TV shows, books, albums, songs, plays or cheeseburgers.  The 10 best places to visit, live, retire, or attend college are only a few keystrokes away.  And of course no list of lists would be complete without mentioning David Letterman’s Top 10 Lists […]

Beware the Lizard

Beware the Lizard

“I’ve experienced many terrible things in my life, a few of which actually happened.” – Mark Twain A man driving his luxury car late at night becomes lost and slowly realizes that he is in a very bad part of town.  When his car breaks down, the tension mounts.  He is approached by a group […]