syrinx

i thought i felt a migraine coming on, but i think i'll pass on this one...

submitted by robertkamper on mon, 2008-11-17 20:00.

They've brought migraine studies into the 21st century now, with the new innovative LogPad(R) System!
That's right, folks! The innovative folks at "PHT Corporation, the market-leading provider of electronic patient reported outcome (ePRO) solutions" have teamed up "to help headache experts at Clinvest Clinical Research measure cognitive deficits during migraine attacks in a sponsored clinical trial."

tags: migraine news pr cynicalhumor

robertkamper's blog | login to post comments | read more | 1 read | subscribe

the parts i left out of my application...

submitted by robertkamper on fri, 2008-11-14 11:30.

I just filled out my application for the Obama-Biden administration. I figured, I'm retired, I'm young, I just had a physical and it looks like I'm more or less healthy physically, so why not? Although I did hear news reports that there was a question about "are there any possibly embarrassing things about you in your past that we should know?" or that people were asked to submit all their electronic postings (like this I suppose) - but I didn't see that. Either I got a different form than those folks, or those folks were actually being considered for a position - I don't know - but anyway, I thought I would disclose in advance some possibly shameful things:

tags: humor

robertkamper's blog | login to post comments | read more | 3 reads | subscribe

missed opportunity - down syndrome awareness month was october

submitted by robertkamper on thu, 2008-11-13 11:14.

October was Down Syndrome Awareness Month.

tags: awareness down syndrome

robertkamper's blog | login to post comments | 11 reads | subscribe

laura fraser film festival in my living room

submitted by robertkamper on wed, 2008-11-12 00:55.

It's a laura fraser-thon
Just this past weekend saw the first episode of Anthony Trollope's He Knew He Was Right in which Laura has a lead role as Emily Trevelyan whose husband Louis, played by Oliver Dimsdale, becomes increasingly insanely jealous, with the emphasis on the insane aspect. Incidentally, in a subplot, the part of Mr. Gibson is played by guess who? The Doctor!(more after the read more)