Detritus of Empire

Wandering unsupervised in various real and imaginary places. Detritus reflects my interests in robotics, travel, history and the odder aspects of the world around me.

Friday, January 31, 2014

Kaputt and Caput !

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It was a bitterly cold day, and my birthday to boot when I had a stray thought about the word " Kaputt ". It is of course a bit of...

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Script Doctor

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I don't have a future as a Hollywood script writer. Mostly because I do not write dialog well. I also would probably have difficulty w...

Monday, January 27, 2014

Motivating the Healthcare Peasants, January 2014

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For those joining the story late I should explain that I was once a Family Practice doctor. Oh, philosophically I still am of course, but m...

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Saturday, January 25, 2014

American Health Care 2014...a shortage of WHAT?!

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Continuing for a few days my musings on the current state of the US health care system... I arrived in the ER for my Friday shift only to ...

Friday, January 24, 2014

Medical Record Software gone Wild

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Coming to computerization later in my medical career I think I have a better perspective on it than most. Doctors older than I just ignore...

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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

A Mystery Coin - Ancient Low End Bling

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Today's Mystery Coin is about as ugly as they get. The top view is the reverse. The bottom view is the "heads" or obve...

Monday, January 20, 2014

A Mystery Coin - Allegory or "Selfie"?

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Our coin of the day: A few things were clear from the onset. This coin is bronze, but too small to be of standard Roman denominatio...

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Tacitus: Having over the many years of my medical career seen too many hard working folks post pone retirement and tip over shortly after their farewell party I have adopted a Carpe Diem policy. Retire at 60. And don't let 'em throw you a party. Its working so far.

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