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…
Aspirin, the 100-Year-Old Medicine
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…
Designer Secrets
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…
Why We Must Meditate
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)…
Gung-ho For Art!
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…
Spinning Discs for May 2012
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…
Do I Need Antibiotics?
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…
Buddha Within
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?…
Renewal for the Creative Brain
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,…