“By way of decorating a baby shower with the second edition of “Staff Patient Communication” because it is the right shade of pink, we here enter the realm of the truly objectified book, a world that has everything to do…
Author: Eric F. Frazier
Eric F. Frazier is an independent writer, editor, book reviewer and co-author of GPS Declassified: From Smart Bombs to Smartphones.
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adj: the least bad outcome you can achieve Note: This new word was inspired by my poor NCAA bracket performance this year, but it seems increasingly applicable to domestic and foreign policy outcomes. Find this content useful? Share it…
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the ISS
As Vladimir Putin tightens his grip on Crimea and masses troops along the Ukraine border, it’s a good time to remember that U.S. astronauts are entirely dependent on Russia for transportation to and from the International Space Station. NASA astronaut…
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adj: of or relating to scientific theories about the end of life as we know it Find this content useful? Share it with your friends!
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n: the Academy Award for best acting by a losing Oscar nominee, feigning indifference Find this content useful? Share it with your friends!
Bookstore Benefactor
“Our bookstores in America are at risk. Publishing and publishers as we’ve known them are at stake. To some extent the future of American literature is at stake.” –bestselling author James Patterson explaining to Julie Bosman of The New York…
Identity Heft: Why I Got an ‘F’
A friend asked me why I started using my middle initial in bylines. I answered, “Because some guy in prison named Eric Frazier ranks higher in Google searches than I do.” If you have never searched your own name online,…
Slushi 2014
“The logo for this Olympics ought to be a stretcher.” –sportswriter Sally Jenkins, writing in the Washington Post about injuries caused by the poor snow conditions at Sochi, a questionable choice of location for the winter games. Find…
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n: Vladimir Putin, of course Find this content useful? Share it with your friends!
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n: usually a male, often a football player, who wears short sleeves in freezing weather (Note: Neither of the wild card teams who played January 5, 2014, with wind chill readings of minus 4 degrees, advanced to participate in…