Spinning Discs by James Cassara Welcome back to another go around at sharing some of my favorite recent discs. Among this month’s offerings are new albums by familiar voices and a semi-forgotten effort by a comedic mastermind. As always be sure to legally purchase these albums from your local recordContinue Reading

by Max Hammonds, MD Dr. Ron Atchison, internist, waited outside his patient’s room while the current group of medical students and residents filed out behind him. He motioned them to follow him down the hall to a small conference room. When they had all crowded in, he spoke. “This isContinue Reading

by Peter Loewer Note: It should be remembered by those who have been following the exploits of The Curmudgeon, that before the transformation into his present character—and after a two-year sojourn in the US Army—he completed a degree in liberal arts, then worked around Atlanta for many years, first asContinue Reading

by Bill Walz Meditation is not a separate something from daily life… meditation is a form of understanding one’s relationship to the world and one’s relationship to nature… (We are) enquiring into the whole nature of thinking, enquiring into the nature why human beings are behaving in this way, enquiringContinue Reading

Musings on art communities from the sci-fi loving shut-in by Greg Vineyard Although I did spend quite some time on Facebook recently reading peoples’ 75th birthday wishes to Star Trek’s George Takei, which does pretty much niche me into a particular level of quasi-fanatic, I don’t love JUST science fiction.Continue Reading

by James Cassara With spring rapidly moving towards summer the volume of new releases seems to have increased. Record store day – which by the time you read these words will have passed – should only add to the fun. As always be sure to buy your music from oneContinue Reading

by Max Hammonds, MD Doc, don’t I need antibiotics?” is a frequent question heard by many physicians. Some of the most common problems – like colds, sinus infections, urinary tract infections, bronchitis – cause many patients to miss work and feel miserable. The patients assume that they should be takingContinue Reading

by Bill Walz “Already we are the Buddha. There’s just no doubt about that. How could we be anything else? We’re all right here now. Where else could we be? But the point is to realize clearly what that means; this total oneness; this total harmony; and to be ableContinue Reading

Sometimes the “old” can be new again by Greg Vineyard Aaahhh, another Spring has sprung itself upon us. It shouldn’t come as a surprise, but I admit that every March, the ritual of daylight saving throws me a little. I remember to change every clock except one, causing an annualContinue Reading