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Pediatrics Grand Rounds and Change of Shift

For your Sunday afternoon edification, the latest version of Pediatrics Grand Rounds has been posted over at Breath Spa for Kids. In addition, Change of Shift, the blog carnival for nursing-related blogs, has also been posted at NursingLink. Enjoy!

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Skepticism/critical thinking

Be afraid, be very afraid: Orac is interviewed

I often joke that Orac is my alter-ego, regardless of how effective or ineffective the pseudonym is at protecting my “true” identity. I also, with some justification, joke that I’m a lot less interesting in person than I am on the blog as a means of inoculating people that I meet who know me only […]

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Humor

Ever wonder what you could do with the hole in CDs?

Well, now you know.

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Entertainment/culture Music Popular culture

Bad covers

In keeping my (temporary), retreat from medical blogging for the weekend, I thought you might enjoy as much as I did this list of the 100 Worst Cover Songs. I do have a few objections, though. For one thing, I kind of like Marilyn Manson’s cover of Personal Jesus, which clocks in at #90. I […]

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Entertainment/culture History Humor Medicine

I poured a death potion for my sick baby!

I love these old ads. Remember, keep fresh batteries in your house or you might poison your baby! The tag line sounds almost like the reaction of an antivaccination loon to the polio vaccine.