One thing that strikes you when you deal with hospitals is that the patient ends up being just a name, a diagnosis, a procedure. That chasm between how you feel and how the system acts is a big part of the exhaustion that comes with being a caregiver. You are worried sick about someone you…
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In memoriam: Steve Jobs, 1955-2011
Steve is gone. I waited a few days before writing about it, yet it still feels unreal. The man who created Apple, the company that essentially created modern computing and more, is gone. It was widely known that he was sick, and those who follow Apple-related news and rumors had a feeling that it was…
Languages: life, evolution, death and extinction
To call a language “dead” is often an exaggeration. Languages seldom really die; they evolve, and sometimes they fade out of usage. Latin, for instance, is usually deemed to be a dead language, but this is not the case. To begin with, Latin is still the official language of the Vatican, and while catholic functions…