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Recently my youngest son competed in a well known state research competition, but that's not why I'm writing this post.  I've seen the "internet" referred to as a source by many learned people, and most wearisomely educators.  One of the comments on my son's evaluation sheet was "books are more important than internet".

This confusion regarding the use of the Internet has been repeated time and time again throughout the evaluations I see my sons bring home.  The "internet" is not a source.  The Internet is the path to your information.  To summarily dismiss any source which includes a URL d

I just flew back from Las Vegas. (Nope, I didn't hit it big as I didn't gamble. It's really doesn't draw me. I rather get my adrenaline rush on a roller coaster.) I was sitting on a full plane, wondering when the last time I was on a flight that did NOT have every first class seat sold out. I turned to my wife and asked if she could remember the last time she was on a flight with first class sold out. She couldn't either and the guy next to her overheard and chimed in he couldn't either. We both agreed there's an opportunity being missed by the airlines.

This is my first official blog entry. To the extent that blogs have been increasing in leaps and bounds on the Internet, I would guess my first sentence can be almost be considered clich’e already. What can you expect here? I’m not sure what I’ll be posting. I’d like to make this an informational blog on several topics: medicine, ophthalmology, and computers. The topics may not be exclusive of each other and possibly I’ll mix the content. Hopefully I can share some information that will enlighten you and we can share and learn from each other.