Monthly Archives: November 2011

I’ve had maybe two near misses when sidewalk riding in the last five years. Key to slowing down is to gear down and pay special attention to people on foot.

Exploring the ways that cargo/electrically assisted bikes are still impractacle. 1) The bike trails would be the safest way of getting accross Wichita but it would be technically illeagal to use the electric motor while doing so. 1A-we have a … Continue reading →

“What’s worng with research in psychiatry?” “Apart from the high fives, bravado, and binge alcoholism. ” http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2008/05/whats_wrong_with_research_in_p.html

this seems to be missing the KC lights and rollbar: http://surlybikes.com/bikes/moonlander

http://flatironbike.com/2011/06/30/moving-by-bike/ from flat iron bike.

“…The upshot is that I’m glad to have steered clear of psychiatry, because I’d hate to be looking back on a career built on prescribing toxic medications to vulnerable patients who would have done much better with kindness plus cognitive … Continue reading →

It’s a Macavellian tactical manuver: http://despair.com/demotivation.html “Machiavellianism is, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, “the employment of cunning and duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct”, deriving from the Italian Renaissance diplomat and writer Niccolò Machiavelli, who wrote Il Principe … Continue reading →

“They write a study about a link between pesticides and ADHD. I observe that the link isn’t the point; the point is to provide another half inch to the stack of “studies about ADHD” so you never question the diagnosis … Continue reading →

One from James Howard Knustler: “uncivil engineering” http://www.kunstler.com/eyesore.html

“I haven’t experienced the past two decades in psychiatry in quite the same way. As I’ve seen it, this period has been an age of corruption unequaled in the history of medicine. The main body of research has been interminable … Continue reading →