Shorter Hours for Doctors

Via Inside Higher Ed‘s Quick Takes, some good news about the medical profession: The proportion of medical residents who said they had worked more than 80 hours a week in the previous four weeks at any point during the 2005-6 academic year fell to 2.4 percent, spread among 18.7 percent of all residency programs, the… Continue reading Shorter Hours for Doctors

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Queen Emmy the Vigilant

This might not look it, but this is actually a happy dog picture. On windy days, she’ll sit like this at the edge of the patio, just letting the wind blow interesting smells past her. You can’t see it from a still photo, but she’s constantly sniffing, and her ears are twitching, and she’s generally… Continue reading Queen Emmy the Vigilant

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“Someone might tell Dr. Jones that in academia ‘publish or perish’ is the rule”

Like most pieces in McSweeney’s, the lette denying Indiana Jones tenure goes on a bit too long, but it has its moments: The lone student representative on the committee wished to convey that, besides being an exceptional instructor, a compassionate mentor, and an unparalleled gentleman, Dr. Jones was extraordinarily receptive to the female student body… Continue reading “Someone might tell Dr. Jones that in academia ‘publish or perish’ is the rule”

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Na No NO Wri Mo

November has been dubbed “National Novel Writing Month” or “NaNoWriMo” for those with too short an attention span to handle full words, in which people will commit to trying to write an entire novel in just thirty days. If you look around a bit, you’ll see lots of blogs and LiveJournals tracking the progress made… Continue reading Na No NO Wri Mo

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In the Zone

While I know that there’s no great love for basketball in these parts, I can’t let Jonah Lehrer’s post on the “Hot Hand” go without comment. It’s about a paper analyzing the statistics of jump shooting, which finds that contrary to popular belief among basketball players, they don’t really get “hot” in a statistically significant… Continue reading In the Zone

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Tuna Salad

This is a couple of days old, but I only got around to reading the story last night. The New York Times has an occasional sports magazine supplement, and this week, they published a nice article on Bill Parcells: Bill Parcells is the only coach in N.F.L. history to take four different teams to the… Continue reading Tuna Salad

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Fear the Turtle?

College basketball season is almost upon us (practices have started, but there won’t be real games for another couple of weeks), which means that college basketball previews are thick on the ground. Over at the world-wde leader in sports marketing, they have a column about the Maryland guard situation this season: In 2004-05, point guard… Continue reading Fear the Turtle?

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