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If you thought MRI scanners that explode are scary, what follows may be even more terrifying (and educative)…
From the May 2002 issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
Spontaneous Discharge of a Firearm in an MR Imaging Environment

An incident recently occurred at an outpatient imaging center in western New York State, in which a firearm spontaneously [...]

ennui /ɑnˈwi, ˈɑnwi; Fr. ɑ̃ˈnwi/ Show Spelled Pronunciation
Pronunciation: \ˌän-ˈwē\ [ahn-wee, ahn-wee; Fr. ahn-nwee]
Function: noun

Etymology: French, 18th century. from Old French enui annoyance, from enuier to vex, from Late Latin inodiare to make loathsome.

Meaning:

a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction.
boredom or discontent caused by a lack of activity or excitement.

A word that perfectly [...]

Happy Deepavali

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I’m very late. Posting this on the eve of Deepavali.
This is a post on Fireworks Safety by my friend Ramona. She has posted this twice on her blog, before the July 4th American Independence Day for the past two years.
Very relevant for us in India at this time of the year.
Suture for a [...]

While looking through the archives of ultrasound images I came across a couple of instances of common diagnoses made through tests that are not commonly done to diagnose them. This is the second example. The first is here.
Hydroureteronephrosis with ureteric calculus is a common diagnosis on ultrasonography of the Abdomen (TAS = Transabdominal sonography). Here [...]

F I E L D W O R K . Ammampuram, originally uploaded by © Claude Renault.

Brings back memories of my ancestral village!
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Thanks to Ves for tweeting about this article in Popular Mechanics
AllergyNotes 100 Skills Every Man Should Know: 2008’s Ultimate DIY List http://tinyurl.com/6hqp43 about 6 hours ago from web

100 Skills Every Man Should Know: 2008’s Ultimate DIY List

Brains and charm are fine, but a real guy needs to know how to do real [...]

Yesterday’s post was a sort of experiment in trying to post tweets to my blog. Since that was successful, I decided to share some of my favourite tweets.
Here is a bit of gratuitous advice for my few readers who are also on twitter. If you have some time to kill and are not in a [...]

Taking a short break from work for two days.
The last of my first cousins (I have thirty-four of them) is getting married on Wednesday. Going to attend that.
I will continue to tweet through my mobile phone. Of course!!