Tuesday, July 06, 2004
I was feeling very negative recently, due to an unpleasant experience with a patient's family. My productivity dropped to the point Leslie called me into her office, concerned. Yoga and some on-the-job therapy helped a little bit, but I found what I needed most was closure. Yesterday, the family called me and asked for my assistance. I stayed with them for a while, making an effort to help console the patient's daughter. At the end of my visit, she put her arms around me and squeezed my neck in a big bear hug. It felt damn good.
Penn and Teller's Bullshit is a very interesting DVD series. For those of you who are unaware, Penn and Teller are magician/comics who perform in Vegas, etc. They are very tongue-in-cheek, and sometimes reveal how they perform their tricks. They also have a weekly show on Showtime called Bullshit. Mainly their targets are anything that claims to be scientific, but has no scientific evidence of existance- feng shui, magnet therapy, alien abduction, communication with the dead, etc. Funny as hell. So far my favorites are the alternative medicine episode and the environmental hysteria episodes (P&T circulate a petition to ban hydrogen dioxide [h20, or water!] in a crowd of dorky "environmentalists" at a rally in D.C., to see how many of these geniuses actually sign it, meaning they know dick about the enviroment and simply wanna join something that sounds kewl).
But P&T are very sympathetic to the people who fall for these gimmicks, and are very critical of people who sell the crapola to them. Very very good stuff.
Penn and Teller's Bullshit is a very interesting DVD series. For those of you who are unaware, Penn and Teller are magician/comics who perform in Vegas, etc. They are very tongue-in-cheek, and sometimes reveal how they perform their tricks. They also have a weekly show on Showtime called Bullshit. Mainly their targets are anything that claims to be scientific, but has no scientific evidence of existance- feng shui, magnet therapy, alien abduction, communication with the dead, etc. Funny as hell. So far my favorites are the alternative medicine episode and the environmental hysteria episodes (P&T circulate a petition to ban hydrogen dioxide [h20, or water!] in a crowd of dorky "environmentalists" at a rally in D.C., to see how many of these geniuses actually sign it, meaning they know dick about the enviroment and simply wanna join something that sounds kewl).
But P&T are very sympathetic to the people who fall for these gimmicks, and are very critical of people who sell the crapola to them. Very very good stuff.
