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August 2010

History of Autism Treatment: An Introduction

Dr. James Coplan posted a quick introduction to the history of autism treatment, excluding the horrific past treatments of isolation, incarceration, and forced confinement.  Instead, he’s focusing on the history of the current treatment, or the roots of what we now know as ABA, or various other proven treatments for …

Real Smoke in Cooking: From Burgers to Squash

Smoke, real hardwood smoke, has an amazing effect on food.  Food that normally would be tasteless and lifeless take on a new flavor when you introduce hardwood smoke.  And this weekend we celebrated my nephews birthday at our house, which means I got to cook. Now, there are some basic …

Book Review: Sir Walter Scott’s Guy Mannering

I’m in need of a rebuke. All this time in my life, and I have never read a book by Sir Walter Scott. Well, recently I changed that, and read Guy Mannering. Clearly, I have been neglecting my studies, my heritage, and my opportunity to be edified by the prose …

First Impressions with the iPhone 4

Well, I’ve gone and done it.  My old Nokia phone was dying, not able to keep a charge for longer than a day, and had issues.  It had run it’s course over the past three years, and it was time to get a new phone.  My wife, who had the …

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