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Bunches of cool stuff are up for auction this week, all proceeds going toward Reesa Brown’s medical expenses.  There are even a few things from that Brust guy, in case anyone around here is interested. The auction runs through Saturday night, so those of you who don’t get paid until Friday will still have [...]

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Yes, friends, today I will be on streaming video, live from the Spinathon, starting at 1pm Central Daylight Time.  What will I be doing?  Probably standing around looking like an idiot.  But I’ve said I’ll do it, so I will, if I’m not in jail.
(Edit: our main website went down, of course while our admin [...]

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Yes, it’s a Spinathon!  What, you ask, is a Spinathon?  I have no idea, but we’re having one.
Okay, okay.  In order to raise some money for medical expenses (Reesa, if you recall, just had a radical mastectomy, which is major surgery, which they charge money for),  volunteers are going to be spinning yarn (or knitting) [...]

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For anyone wanting to keep up with my girlfriend’s health situation, the details are here.

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The Nobel Prize discussion quite reasonably morphed into a health care discussion.  So, if anyone wants to continue that, here’s a place to do so.  My position is as follows:
For purposes of this discussion, “profit” refers to money that comes from appropriating the labor of others (”exploitation” in the strict economic sense).  If a company [...]

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I have set out to write in defense of tobacco.  I do it for the challenge.  There are other things that would be almost equally challenging, but I don’t know enough about them: I’ve never committed  pedophilia or sent out spam emails or run for congress, so  tobacco seems the only remaining choice.
I know very [...]

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Every time I get my “moon time”, I want to punch a pagan in the mouth.

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I’m pretty much okay now, assuming nothing else goes wrong.   A bunch of you sent me money, which helped more than I can say.   When we posted a while ago asking for a loan, Matthew Fischer said, “I think you are very likely to get 150 fans to donate $100 in exchange for exclusive access [...]

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The one weakness in the Mexican Healthcare Experience was the aftercare was a bit sketchy. Should I be using ice to reduce the swelling where the stitches are?

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Doctor Natera came by, I think around 9PM. He’d been delayed by a sudden inrush of patients, I think at the other clinic, where he treats those who can’t afford the services of “Star Medica.” He asked if I was in pain, and we had the “little pain?” conversation. He convinced me [...]

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