Democracy is three wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.

Burglarize: What a crook sees with.

Bungee Jumping: Suicide, with strings attached. (thanks to Mike McGuire)

Bozone: The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.

Did you hear about the man who lost his whole left side? He's all right now.

1st blood donation in AZ… process is almost a carbon copy of donating in OR

'Magic Number' 695 Opens Up New Areas For Alzheimer's Research http://ping.fm/8vJVZ

Boycott: Somewhere to keep male babies.

Cisco to drop IPTV middleware in favour of Mediaroom? http://ping.fm/ZteJF

ESPN study finds viewers like 3-D more than HDTV http://ping.fm/Yu0aw

Analysis: Facebook messaging throws a blow at Google http://ping.fm/1pgFg

How Do Neural Stem Cells Decide What To Be -- And When? http://ping.fm/kFHAq

Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that is how dogs spend their lives. (Sue Murphy)

Blamestorming: Sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.

Deja moo: The feeling that you've heard this Bull before!

Beauty Parlor: A place where women curl up and dye.

Dedication is not what others expect of you; it is what you can give to others.

Dear God, help me to guard my tongue and learn to say the right thing at the right time for the right reason in the right way. Help me, too, to know when to keep my mouth shut.

ACR: Lupus Patients Need Lipid Screening (CME/CE) http://ping.fm/Ss79M

Cigna CEO: Don't Repeal U.S. Health Law http://ping.fm/jeSAE

Lupus Linked to Increased Risk of Cancer http://ping.fm/B51yT

Most homes have high-definition TVs, but few are watching HD programming http://ping.fm/PknZ7

Three ways to take photos at twilight http://ping.fm/Wv02a

To Retire Or Not To Retire http://ping.fm/ZoMOM

CDC: Number of Uninsured Continues to Rise http://ping.fm/3RnGN

Exquisite Workings Of The Brain Revealed By Zebrafish http://ping.fm/9U9Bz

Avoidable: What a bullfighter tries to do.

Drinking 100 Percent Fruit Juice Is Linked To Higher Intake Of Essential Nutrients http://ping.fm/FBwaE

An interview with Nate Costa http://ping.fm/bN85V

Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only life can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that. (Martin Luther King Jr)

Dad: Someone who hopes his sons will turn out to be just like him, and who is afraid his daughters will meet someone who did.

Aquadextrous: Possessing the ability to turn the bathtub tap on and off with your toes.

Be who you are and say what you feel: because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. (Dr. Suess)

The first step to good web development: Listen to the customer drupal http://tiny.cc/la452

Adult: A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle.

Better to light a candle, than to curse the darkness.

Frederick L Collins: "There are two types of people. Those we who come into a room and say, Well, here I am! and those who come in and say, Ah, there you are."

After using it without problem for 13 years, my Hotmail account won't accept my password. MSFT won't reset my password because I can't remember my secret phrase. After 13 years, remember a phrase? At my age I'm lucky to remember my name. MSFT, boo!!

Be thankful for problems. If they were less difficult, someone with less ability might have your job.

The more knowledge you gain, the less certain you are of it.

Be tender to the young, compassionate to the aged, tolerant with the weak. For in your life you will be all of these.

Groucho Marx: "I sent the club a wire stating, PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I DON'T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT ME AS A MEMBER."

Exciting project coming to fruition

For several years I've been working with health care providers to utilize social media to better connect with their communities.  I am very excited that a project is coming to fruition, the launching of the Social Media Health Network.   


The Social Media Health Network, a service of the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media, will provide access to tools, resources and guidance for organizations and individuals that want to apply social media in health and health care. The Network will offer different membership options, including free and paid memberships. 

The online network uses open source content management tools and hosting infrastructure to facilitate future contributions and knowledge crowdsourcing from the Network member community. 


The charter members of the Social Media Health Network are:

• Inova Health System, Reston, Virginia, USA
• Mission Health Care, Asheville, North Carolina, USA
• Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
• Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
• Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Technical Notes

I developed the site in Drupal, using off the shelf modules for functionality, when available.  Modifications to default functionality and 'look and feel' were made to better suit the health care community.  On the back end, the site is served from Amazon EC2, utilizing Pressflow, Memcahce and Apache SOLR to provide quick response and fast data searches.  PHPMyAdmin, ISPConfig and Traq are used for customer and server support.

No matter how clever and complete your research is, there is always someone who knows more.

Best friends don't ask you: "Is something wrong?" Best friends ask you: "Whats wrong?"

An expert will always state the obvious.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing. (Benjamin Franklin)

It is simple to make something complex, and complex to make something simple.

In today's technical environment, it is a requirement that we forget more than we learn.

Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still. (Chinese proverb)

Be more concerned about your character than about your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think of you.

3-D TV failing to catch on with consumers this year http://ping.fm/FET69

Believe in miracles, but don't depend on them.

The new version always manages to change the one feature you need most.

Ellen DeGeneres: "Just go up to somebody on the street and say You’re it! and just run away." Famous People

If you are not thoroughly confused, you have not been thoroughly informed.

Being right is highly overrated. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Being listened to and heard is one of the greatest desires of the human heart. (Richard Carlson)

Don't fix something that ain't broke, 'cause you'll break it and you still can't fix it.

Vince Lombardi: "If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score? …. Go Ducks!!

Walt Disney: "All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you."

Dolly Parton: "I look just like the girl next door… if you happen to live next door to an amusement park."

Behavior is a mirror in which everyone shows his image. (Goethe)

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. - Elbert Hubbard

It is never wise to let any piece of electronic equipment know that you are in a hurry.

Before you point your fingers be sure your hands are clean.

Drupal for Health Care -- You Bet!

Health care providers are using the web to better connect to their communities.  They have many choices for web development tools.  Drupal should be on their list.

Drupal is an open source, content management system that provides a framework for developing complex sites.  That's right... open source, no charge.  It's easy to fear a no cost option, but Drupal has thousands of developers creating and maintaining the framework.

Drupal is extensible.  Through the use of plug-in modules, developers can add hundreds of functions to the core framework.  There is some great functionality that can be added to Drupal for health care -- groups, micro blogging, shopping carts, slideshows, project management, and social media widgets, just to name a few.  And if you are concerned about SEO, there are Drupal modules that will help your site move up the search engine index.

Because Drupal is open source, developers have access to all the source code.  That means they can tailor functionality to meet the needs of the provider.  The web layout code is included as well, so the 'look and feel' of the site can be modified as the provider wishes.

Drupal also contains utility tools to monitor the health of the site and to let you know when updates to the core and your modules are available.

Drupal makes it easy to put together functional websites quickly.  It makes it easy to create content of different types, including blogs, stories, videos and images.  If you are a provider looking to develop a new web presence, look at Drupal, and maybe even save a few dollars in the process.

Physician's Personal Habits Matter In Diet, Exercise Counseling http://ping.fm/xx7x8

The growing need for diabetes management globally http://ping.fm/GhrU1

Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are who already possess it. (Francois de La Rochefoucauld)

DTV SoC Delivers Best-in-Class 3D TV http://ping.fm/Givqh

Drupal 7: let's get it done http://ping.fm/i9CIX

Americans Head South To Mexico For Cheaper Health Care http://ping.fm/iDtem

There is never time to do it right, but always time to do it over.

JEWEL-OSCO Pharmacies Bulk Up Prevention Program http://ping.fm/fXv1r

Before I got married, I had six theories about bringing up children. Now I have six children and no theories. (John Wilmot)

Any simple theory will be worded in the most complicated way.

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Harold R. McAlindon

Be careful of your thoughts, they may become words at any moment.

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum. - Justice O. W. Holme

Be careful of the words you say. And keep them soft and sweet. For you never know from day to day. Which ones you'll have to eat.

Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today. - James Dean

Be bold in what you stand for; and careful what you fall for.

If it's not in the computer, it doesn't exist.

Be beautiful if you can, wise if you want to... but be respected, that is essential. (Anna Gould)

Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is. - Vince Lombardi

Any system which depends on human reliability is unreliable.

After all is said and done, more is said than done.

Beautiful young people are acts of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.

Quote: Beautiful hands are those that do..... deeds that are noble, good, and true

The only time you mustn't fail is the last time you try. - Charles F. Kettering

Beautiful faces are those that wear whole-souled honesty printed there. (Ellen Palmer Allerton)

The primary function of the design engineer is to make things difficult for the manufacturer and impossible for the serviceman.

Be at peace with yourself first and then you will be able to bring peace to others. (Thomas A. Kempis)

Beat me with the truth, don't torture me with lies.

Lupus Researchers Will Examine Ways To Best Apply Findings From Lupus Mouse Model To Human Lupus http://ping.fm/1PTmt

Childhood Sports Related Concussion Visits To Emergency Rooms Tripled In Ten Years http://ping.fm/JyRw6

Kids' Sports-Related Concussions Soar (CME/CE) http://ping.fm/A0oob

Eyegenixâ„¢ Artificial Cornea Achieves Major Advancement Towards Curing Corneal Blindness http://ping.fm/clKCV

Bacteria: the only culture some people have.