Poppy power: Reflections on the final focus group
Participants in today’s group favored opium which is derived from poppies and smoked or brewed in tea. Photo credit. Six cities. Eight …
Guess what? Addicts are people, too.
This is a methadone “dosing” window. Clients get medication dispensed from that silver box that looks like a coffee machine. Other clinics use wafers that dissolve under …
Over the focus group hump
After whining about Easter at 36,000 feet, someone recently inquired as to why I fly so much. Aside from traveling back and …
Answering the ‘WTF?’ questions and other curios
What you get from a Google images search term of “WTF?” (Credit) Today I shared some of my research experience with a …
Molested in the name of national security
Arms outstretched, palms up. Legs spread-eagle. Bare feet gripping a grimy tile floor. I stare defiantly at the onlookers as hands caress …
Daily Musing: Cocaine is not for kids
The Williamsburg Bridge. (My sis and I walked it from Brooklyn to Manhattan!) Lola first tried heroin when she caught her husband …
Life lessons: You can’t win the lotto if you don’t play
Credit Academia has this adage: “Publish or perish.” From what I hear, it’s kinda true. (And you thought this post was about …
Putting it out to the universe: New adventures and answers to prayer
Yeah, this photo really isn’t related but it made me laugh. Credit here. In recent years, I’ve been a big fan of …
Doctors are people, too
I am a glutton for punishment. As a new doctoral student, I couldn’t just dip my toe into the pond of research. …
Nerdfest 2009, aka Surviving the National Communication Association Convention
Preamble: I write to you from my awesome (like a hotdog) hotel room on the 21st floor of the Chicago Hilton. Although …