Rany Jazayerli is a Syrian-American dermatologist, baseball fan, writer, and blogger. Not necessarily in that order. I’m familiar with him because he writes about the Kansas City Royals a lot. But every once in a while, he writes about something else. His perspective on Egypt is interesting. It’s not what we’re used to hearing here [...]
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A Syrian-American’s view of current events in the Middle East
Posted by Dave Farquhar on February 11, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/02/a-syrian-americans-view-of-current-events-in-the-middle-east/
Do Christians hate soldiers? No!
I’ve seen the question come up on Digg more than once: Why do Christians hate soldiers? The perception undoubtedly comes from the protests at military funerals. Unfortunately, there’s a small fringe group from Kansas that’s giving the perception that Christians hate soldiers.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on November 11, 2010
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2010/11/do-christians-hate-soldiers-no/
Beating carpal tunnel/repetitive stress injury
I mentioned my history with CTS/RSI in passing recently. I’ve been asked to elaborate, so I’ll elaborate. It’s something I struggled with off and on for a good 10 years. Mostly off, in recent years, which is good. At one point, it was so bad I wasn’t able to unload my dishwasher, because I couldn’t [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on November 10, 2010
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2010/11/beating-carpal-tunnelrepetitive-stress-injury/
Striking royalty.
It wasn’t what I set out to do, and it definitely wasn’t what I expected to do. But genealogical breakthroughs rarely are either, it seems.
My mother and I have now collected more than 9,000 relatives in our genealogy. Needless to say, you literally need a computer to keep track of all of that. There are three families I feel the greatest affinity for. Two of them are Scottish, and Highlander families at that.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on November 5, 2009
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2009/11/striking-royalty/
How the Republican Party is losing me
I tend to lean to the right. For as long as I understood what it meant to be conservative or liberal, Republican or Democrat, I called myself a conservative Republican. In college, I wrote a newspaper column for 3 1/2 years brashly titled "No Left Turns."
In last year’s primary, I voted for Ron Paul for a couple of reasons. One, a lot of things he said made sense. Two, at least he sincerely believed in the things he said that didn’t make sense. And three, he’s a doctor. When Ron Paul predictably didn’t get the nomination, I voted against John McCain and for a Democrat, Barack Obama. The main reason was health care.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on October 19, 2009
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2009/10/how-the-republican-party-is-losing-me/
Like father, like son. Plus, a tribute to Quantum
This weekend, I tried to put together a PC from secondhand parts. For the missing parts, I went into the basement, swept the floor, and used what I found.
My one-year-old helped.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on May 18, 2009
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2009/05/like-father-like-son-plus-a-tribute-to-quantum/
Forget Home Depot… Forget chain stores.
So I’ve been working 50+ hours a week. So the range in the kitchen breaks. All I want is the problem solved, quickly and easily. The range is old. Judging from the styling, I was probably in grade school when it was new. It’s probably well over 20 years old. There’s probably not much point in fixing something that old. But I’d sure like to get a new one just like it, only with automatic shutoff and the other modern conveniences.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on May 10, 2009
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2009/05/forget-home-depot-forget-chain-stores/
The Maryville church killing suspect was denied insurance for mental health treatments
There’s no explanation for why some crimes happen, but in the case of the murder of Pastor Fred Winters last week during his Sunday sermon at First Baptist Church in Maryville, Ill., there is an explanation. And it’s troubling.
The suspect was receiving treatment for mental illness. It seemed to be working. But the insurance company didn’t want to pay for it.
Thanks to this decision, a wife is without a husband, two teenage daughters are without a father, and a church is without a pastor.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on March 15, 2009
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2009/03/the-maryville-church-killing-suspect-was-denied-insurance-for-mental-health-treatments/
R.I.P.? The American Dream
Nearly 20 years ago, as I sat in a high school English class, the teacher told us all about the American Dream. And then she said there was one generation that wasn’t going to experience that dream, and she pointed at us.
As grim as things look right now, I can look around myself and see people proving Mrs. Susan Collins wrong, and that makes me happy.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on October 20, 2008
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2008/10/rip-the-american-dream/
And now I think it’s time for a new doctor
I’m sick. I’ve been sick for about three weeks. Not major major–I’ve only missed a day of work–but it’s irritating. And it’s been three weeks. A cold lasts about 10 days. So I asked my wife to see if I could get in with her doctor. I don’t like my doctor very much. But my [...]
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/12/and-now-i-think-its-time-for-a-new-doctor/