On the flip side, I am a huge Mets and Jets fan and loved watching both teams regularly. Especially the Mets, given their fantastic broadcasting team. However, as cable bills have gone up and my free time given work and a small child has diminished, I’ve had to make the hard choice to cut the cord. Instead, I’ve…

Thats just BS. Defenses in college are mostly garbage. The current rules are vastly better in that a field goal doesnt win the game, but at the very least playing defense and preventing a TD matters a great deal.

John McCain has called for increasing the forward deployed carrier fleet in the pacific from 1 to 1.4 (namely a rotation of 2 carriers). I’m sure its cost prohibitive, but why not base one of the carrier strike groups in the Philippines similar to how one is based in Japan? Obviously the historical ramifications of…

I absolutely agree with you on all counts. I think the author is grossly misstating the state of medical care from OB-GYNs and is describing a paternalistic approach to patient care that’s well over a decade out of date. Physicians in nearly all fields approach patients much differently than described, and I havent…

Six game playoff. Top 2 teams get byes, which really amplify importance of regular season, while also expanding playoff field, but not too much so any 2-3 loss team can get in and get blown out in the quarterfinals.

Hi, I'm a neurosurgery resident, and I deal with traumatic brain injury patients on a day-to-day basis. Dr. Hartstein has painted a rather bleak picture of Mr. Schumacher's condition and prognosis, based on rather vague press briefings. Much of what Dr. Hartstein has said is accurate - regarding ICU care, sedation,…

He's definitely playing Khan. Come on, sick kid dying, and Cumberbatch can cure her? Screams genetic manipulation to me. My theory - the Eugenics Wars did indeed happen, Khan and his kin were defeated and sent off as usual, but have never been found! Cummerbund Bandersnatch however thinks Khan was on the right track…

TV series following Mara Jade as Hand of the Emperor. Every week she travels to some part of the Galaxy to set someone or something right.

Not as rare as you would think! I know a resident who had it happen to him. Hope I don't ever have to deal with something like that in the OR!

Agreed. I read the IO9 review and got it on demand. As it was loading up I started reading the comments, which was full of people turning up their nose at the movie and got a little worried that I'd blown $5. But I enjoyed the shorts for the most part. Nothing too hair-raising, but I liked the different mediums and…

Oh man, I absolutely love it! I'm so over the pre-rebellion era stuff that Lucasfilm seems to be obsessed with lately. Whats even better is that it shows the Empire actually acting competently and annihilating all opposition as would be expected rather than dithering around as always depicted. One win for the bad guys!

What? A bodybuilder wearing green paint doesnt do it for you?

Yup. Saturn is far less dense than Jupiter. In fact, I believe its the least dense planet in the Solar System. If there were a basin big enough, Saturn would float on water!

Yup. Saturn is far less dense than Jupiter. In fact, I believe its the least dense planet in the Solar System. If there were a basin big enough, Saturn would float on water!