saturday lunch

what i feel like: beef ragout

what i actually have: toast

i could start analyzing my virtual meals.

yeah!!

roadside assistance rocks.
just in time for HOM to return from his trip to a non-event.

EBM workshop - bayesian idea

how my impression of a person is irreversibly altered after we spend some days working on the same project. talk about a changing body of evidence.

EBM workshop - paradigms in tension

so now we look at pre-test probability and LR and post-test probability and try not to go by cut-off values and a one-size-fits-all approach to things. which all sound very legitimate and absolutely appropriate.

the problem is our entire current armory of deeply and universally beloved cut-off points and one-size-fits-all protocols. let's be honest. when you deal with masses and a time crunch, nothing beats protocol.

EBM workshop

lifetime achievement award:

to Ronald Fisher

for singlehandedly manufacturing the concept that haunted my undergraduate years and continues to drive my nightmares today, the p-value.

evolution

paper - cassette - camera

i'm not sure i can relate

sunday rant

my pet sermon peeve, born of long varied experience:

preachers who make me turn to my neighbor in the next seat to tell them God loves you! so do i! or whatever the affirmation du jour may be. 

there ought to be a place of quiet rest.