Archive for April, 2010

The Dish: Nike Campaign Dumber Than Life

Friday, April 30th, 2010

So let me get this straight.

Deion Sanders and some blonde model have a son. That son plays high school football. On a team with Brian Urlacher.

On a team with Brian Urlacher, Michael Vick, LaDainian Tomlinson, Troy Polamalu and Matt Leinart. On a team coached by Don Shula.

And this team gets ready for a big game. […]

Things that are Dark [Poetic Mythos]

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

[Four Poems]

Things that are Dark

Things that are dark, dark thingsin the night bellow and sigh?.Things that are dark, dark things,light will not mix with their eyes.

On top of cliffs, they whisper,within the forest deep, they slurp(casting off skin from dead tissue):flying over shadowy graves?,chasing toads, back to brooks.

They hover?ebb within, salty air,chanting with the wind?s […]

Mesothelioma Treatments

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved Alimta (pemetrexed disodium) for use in combination with cisplatin for the treatment of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. It is the first drug approved for this condition.

Mesothelioma treatment can involve surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, or a combination of the three. Malignant mesothelioma is, however, difficult to treat as […]

Actors = Risktakers

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

There are basically two kinds of actors: Those who risk and those who don?t risk.

No-risk actors follow a safe path of risk avoidance. Their low tolerance of uncertain, possibly negative results, keeps them safe from any rejection. They prefer to avoid any negativity or criticism by not risking a personal character choice. They want only […]

Healing of Cancer: Belief and the Power of the Mind

Sunday, April 25th, 2010

Philip Parham (in Letting God) wrote about two men who contracted tuberculosis around the same time. They both went to the same sanatorium. One went home after eighteen months, fully recovered and healthy. The other man was dead within six months. The disease was the same but the outcome was different. Why? William Osler, a […]

Medical Billing - Enteral Nutrition Billing

Sunday, April 25th, 2010

In the world of medical billing, there is a sub domain all to itself. It is called enteral nutrition. Once upon a time, this was something that would have never been considered to be billable, which is part of the reason that this particular sub domain has its very own CMN. To […]

Million Dollar Baby (Movie Review)

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

Nominated for 5 Golden Globes and 7 Academy Awards, including Best Motion Picture of the Year, Million Dollar Baby opened to widespread critical acclaim and excellent audience reviews. Director Clint Eastwood, whose career spans multiple decades in Hollywood, creates perhaps his greatest film to date, and co-stars Morgan Freeman (Shawshank Redemption) and Hilary Swank (Boys […]

I'm Very Angry

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

I'm very angry because I'm sick and tired of what I see as deception and dishonesty within the literary community. It's been going on for far to long and nobody seems to want to pay attention to it or to care about it.

I love my publisher which is Publishamerica and it's a first rate Publisher […]

How to Download and Install Casino or Poker Software

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

Most times you need to download some casino or pokerroom software in order to play poker online, the most popular poker games on the net is texas holdem poker no-limit or limit, Seven Card Stud and Five Card Stud. The software is free for you to download and use for playing eg. free texas holdem […]

The Chat Feature in Online Poker: Advantage or Disadvantage?

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

The majority of Holdem poker rooms today include a chat feature allowing players to communicate with one another by typing text into a corner or along the bottom of the screen. This feature can add fun to the game and let players become friends.

There are some very positive aspects of chat in poker rooms, but […]