Gross oversimplification. My wife passed away in her 30's of Hodgkin's in February. She had pretty much everything Duke Univ. Medical Center had to offer. She survived less than 4 years from the time of diagnosis, went through hell, and I still owe 10s of thousands of dollars even with "good" health insurance.

No, it's not, because you are still gonna die.

I call bullshit on claims of no improvement in cancer survival rates. Back up that claim with some data or GTFO. There are a LOT of people alive today thanks to advancements in cancer treatment.

Sounds like a great career. Go get started. Good luck with funding!

To vigorously assert that physicians and scientists don't know that we don't know everything is kind of a great example of hubris. Well done.

First day of Medical School:

It deserved to do far better. I went and saw it in the theater despite misgivings and had a really enjoyable 2 hours.

I'm just pontificating; we are debating attributes of fictional items of clothing, so who the hell knows?

i remember the book going on and on about not mouth-breathing. But yeah, they wore their facemasks.

There's no reason they aren't still experiencing evaporative cooling. The sweat converts to water vapor, passes through a semi-permeable membrane (a gore-tex-like material), carrying the heat delta with it. Only instead of being lost to the atmosphere, the water is collected, forced through an osmotic barrier and…

We ain't found SHIT!

It's not a terrible film, the art direction is heavy on the H.R. Giger and the cast is pretty solid, but it's one of those films where, if you haven't read the book, it just doesn't make much sense. Also the end is very abrupt and strange and why is sting wearing that crazy diaper? and you don't get the sense of a…

I bought rechargeable batteries. Two sets. One in the charger, one in the swing.

Wait, she's an art student driving a Panamera? Don't get used to that type of free-wheeling lifestyle, babycakes. Mommy and Daddy won't live forever, you know. Have you thought about corporate finance? I think they would have a place for someone with your particular set of skills....

Harm a person, get a pittance. Harm a corporation, now that's a serious offense there, fella.

Someone already listed Oldboy, so I throw this on here. Man vs. Tank, but still....helluva thing.

First thing that popped into my head.

Our country sort of disappeared down the rabbit-hole after the 9/11 attacks. It did something to the psyche of this country that has yet to really be quantified.