Healthcare Crisis vs. Culture Crisis

Is the issue healthcare reform or lifestyle reform? Read this Letter to the Editor from a MD in MS and decide for yourself where the crisis lies.

snopes.com: Dr. Starner Jones

How to filter for unique values or remove duplicate values in MS-Excel

Have a large list of data with certain fields containing duplicate records (e.g. "order number" or "date") and you want to only see the unique records? Use this: Filter for unique values or remove duplicate values - Excel - Microsoft Office Online

Global Warming in Last 15 Years Insignificant, U.K.'s Top Climate Scientist Admits

Warming or cooling? What does the data say? Where did the data go? You decide.
FOXNews.com - Global Warming in Last 15 Years Insignificant, U.K.'s Top Climate Scientist Admits

How to convert columns to rows, or rows to columns in MS-Excel

Have you ever had a list or data set in Excel that was in columns and but you really wanted to see it listed in rows? I usually run into this once every 3-5 years. Thankfully Google is now here to save the day when you can't remember how you did it last time. If you have MS-Office 2003 or newer you can copy your set of data (in rows or columns), move to a blank cell and click paste->special and select the transpose button and you're done. How did we ever get things done before Google?

My Travels

Just updated my travel map on Trip Advisor and thought I'd share...

1. Prague, Czech Republic
2. Venice, Italy
3. Cologne, Germany
4. Rome, Italy
5. Honolulu, HI, USA
6. Heidelberg, Germany
7. Siena, Italy
8. Toledo, Spain
9. Mackinac Island, MI, USA
10. Chinchon, Spain

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Currently Reading...

So, this post started out as a "what am I reading" topic. Funny things happen on the way to a posting. At first I thought I'd post a list of favorite books. Then I thought about listing what I'm currently reading. Well, in addition to being in various stages of reading a couple of books I'm also listening to a book on CD (ripped to my MP3 player). Finally, capitalist as I am, I thought I'd shamelessly plug as many items as possible that I thought you'd enjoy, too. 


I'm currently reading Atlas Shrugged, which I became interested in while watching an episode of Mad Men (Season 1) last fall. I have heard of Atlas Shrugged many times over the years, but never got around to reading it, and was vaguely aware of the premise. Then I saw Glenn Beck wearing a "Reardon Metals" t-shirt in a video on his website and one thing lead to another and I proceeded to reserve a copy at the local library. I also happen to be reading Arguing With Idiots at home. A very easy ready when you have 5-10 minutes at a time...


Anyway, Atlas Shrugged is not a quick read (~1200p). I'm travelling again, so I picked up the pace a few weeks ago by reading while on the road. I've been playing the renew-renew-hold-repeat game since I haven't been getting through this very quickly. If you're not familiar with the aforementioned game, it's where I check out items on my library card, renew them as many times as allowed, then place a hold on the same item with my daughters library card, then the day after returning the item it is ready for pick up on her card. I've had to do this several times with the Young Adventures of Indiana Jones, as it takes several weeks to get through an entire season with the kids. In one of my stops at the library I picked up Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army on MP3.


So there you are. I wonder what I'll be reading/watching/listening to on my trip to Cancun next month?

First Post

Having considered blogging for years, Darron finally did.