Tuesday, March 31, 2015
"Today I discovered there are different kinds of pandas! I had no idea. There’s something called a..."
- Earnest claim heard on headset tonight by a functioning Internet addicted adult. There is still hope you guys. A whole unknown world out there. (via turtalia)
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Cult film actor Robert Z'Dar dies in Florida
Z’Dar, who died of cardiac arrest, is best known for the ‘Maniac Cop’ series.
Oh no!
Lest we forget his role in SOULTAKER!
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lifesgrandparade: redneckkungfu:simpson scandal update: homer...
simpson scandal update: homer sleeps nude in an oxygen tent which he believes gives him sexual powers
hey, that’s only half true.
Now, this technology is new to me, but I’m pretty sure that’s Homer Simpson in the oven, rotating slowly.
His body temperature has risen to over 400 degrees… he’s literally stewing in his own juices.
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carterusm: From Smash Hits magazineWhat they gleefully overlook...
From Smash Hits magazine
What they gleefully overlook was that Pip was being a twat (thus, had it coming) and Fruity was sloshed thanks to The Farm. Good times.
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historicaltimes: A German soldier returning to his home after...
A German soldier returning to his home after WWII, who just found out all his family was killed and his house gone due to the Allied air raids
via reddit
Nope. Nope. Nope.
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missbhavens: bcat1: Meloni in Wet Hot American Summer I was a...
Meloni in Wet Hot American Summer
I was a camper and a camp counselor from ages 10-20. One of the reasons Wet Hot American Summer is so funny is because there’s SO much truth in it.
There was *always* one total whacko in the kitchen.
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Weird
I had a dream last night about the evening after graduating from college in 1999.
Two nights ago I had a dream that I was singing Paul Simon’s You Can Call Me Al to an audience of thousands then walked into starbucks two hours after waking up and it was playing loudly.
Last night I was singing Harry Nilsson’s Everybody’s Talkin’ to Chuckles the Beast and the first thing I hear in the office this morning is that same song.
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nycnostalgia: The backside of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’...
The backside of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, Riverside Park, 1948
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Monday, March 30, 2015
If this was me I’d have nailed the take off but the landing...
If this was me I’d have nailed the take off but the landing would have been a lot of my face and arms leaving trails of blood and skin on the pavement.
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"I found empirical support for the idea that the Harry Potter series influenced the political values..."
- Researcher Anthony Gierzynski explains the evidence he found that Harry Potter has influenced the political views of an entire generation (via theflowershop)
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missbhavens: styro:currentsinbiology:Pay gap between male and...
Pay gap between male and female registered nurses has not narrowed
An analysis of the trends in salaries of registered nurses (RNs) in the United States from 1988 through 2013 finds that male RNs outearned female RNs across settings, specialties, and positions, with no narrowing of the pay gap over time, according to a study in the March 24/31 issue of JAMA.
Fifty years after the Equal Pay Act, the male-female salary gap has narrowed in many occupations. Yet pay inequality persists for certain occupations, including medicine and nursing. Studies have documented higher salaries for male registered nurses, although analyses have not considered employment factors that could explain salary differences and have not been based on recent data, according to background information in the article.
Ulrike Muench, Jody Sindelar, Susan H. Busch, Peter I. Buerhaus. Salary Differences Between Male and Female Registered Nurses in the United States. JAMA, 2015; 313 (12): 1265 DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.1487
No one should be surprised that male CRNAs make a crapton more (because bullshit), but I am confused by the staff nurse discrepancy. Education/management/admin jobs are all salaried, while staff RNs are frequently hourly. I’ve never worked in a hospital where one could negotiate their RN pay. In a union hospital it would not be possible, and even in an at-will employment one there’s a base salary, a set shift differential and set experience pay, so what gives? Did they look at salaries or take home pay? There just doesn’t seem to be a mechanism for male RNs to just get *offered* more money (unless there’s some top secret thing going on like when Eddie Murphy pretended to go undercover as a white guy and goes to the bank and is just handed a bunch of money etc) , and there’s not a lot of room for negotiating salary - if any, but if there were it wouldn’t surprise me that guys would come out top in that regard.
I’m puzzled. Of course it’s impossible to READ the damned JAMA article because it’s behind a membership paywall like all medical research papers, which is one of the reasons I hate news articles about research.
It’s entirely possible they didn’t take overtime hours, weekend differentials, experience pay, advanced certificate or baccalaureate bonuses into account. Sometimes research is crap.
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Sunday, March 29, 2015
At McGurks for Spinach and Artichoke toasted ravioli.
At McGurks for Spinach and Artichoke toasted ravioli.
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sewertour:I Love Lung Cancer! The GREAT old days. Everyone knew...
I Love Lung Cancer!
The GREAT old days. Everyone knew cigarettes were horrible for you and no one cared. Smoking was a part of life like booze, meat, 8 miles per gallon, and looking 47 when you’re only 33.
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