Author Archives: Brock Tice

New Rules

Perhaps “guidelines” is a better word. I have two of them, to ensure my sanity:

  1. Taking a half day off on Thursdays shall commence in the afternoon rather than the morning (followed by work in the afternoon)
  2. No taking Saturday off until homework is done. Then, if it’s done, take Sunday off instead.

I should note that my current rules include swapping Thursday for Sunday, taking Thursday off entirely and working all day Sunday.

Cardiac Electrophysiology Basics – Request for Comments

I’ve written up a basic introduction, with pictures, to my field of research. I would really appreciate it if any of you could read it over, tell me if you find it understandable, what’s unclear, etc. I need people who aren’t very familiar with this stuff.

It’s lacking some later stuff that’s more relevant to my research (at this point) but I want to get the foundations right before I move on.

Please please please help me with this.

The page is here. Also, sorry if you got this cross-posted on my LiveJournal.

Leading Causes of Death in the US

People talking about cardiovascular disease research often mention that it’s the leading cause of death in the states. I went to look it up today and found the Center for Disease Control’s Leading Causes of Death Reports. You can break things down a number of ways. Cardiovascular disease is number one across all age groups, but up to age 34, #1 is unintentional injury. 35-64 it’s “Malignant Neoplasms” which I assume means cancer.

I guess I’d better try not to injure myself.

In a handbasket.

Apparently while I’ve been away, not just out of the country but also neglecting my blog reading, the US has somehow managed to become a dictatorship and legalize torture. As legal as it can be in light of certain international conventions and laws.

Surely I should say more about this, but honestly, I’ve been at work from 07.30 – 20.30 for the last two days. Jet lag has not helped in making that time productive. I’m hoping that if I keep the work up and the breaks down I may at some point catch up to where I should be, and be able to breathe a little.