Selection of My Twitter Favorites, Edition 56

Twitter is a microblogging service where people answer the question "What are you doing?" via 140-character messages from their cellphone, laptop or desktop. You can select the messages (called "tweets") that you find interesting, useful, amusing, or disagreeable. Here is the 56th edition of My Twitter Favorites (the oldest post is at the bottom, the newest at the top): Micro-blogging on Twitter is easy, fun and can be very useful and educational if you follow/subscribe to interesting people. You can read more here: A Doctor's Opinion: Why I Started Microblogging on Twitter and visit my account at Twitter/AllergyNotes.

1. biz I just dropped my MacBook Air so it's a little dented but seems to function okay otherwise—it's more like me now 11:58 PM Apr 12th from web
2. jtopf I teach the difference btw relative and absolute risk by buying two lottery tickets: doubles chance of winning but you still lose. 8:03 PM Apr 12th from Tweetie
3. bencasnocha Doing push-ups in secluded gate area of Houston airport. You ask, "Why?" I ask, "Why not?" 3:02 PM Apr 11th from txt
4. OFPC The 'Journal of Anecdotal Experience' seem to be the most widely cited reference when I talk with other docs! 6:03 AM Apr 10th from web
5. OFPC Just did one of my two jobs at home: kill spiders (the other is lift heavy things) 9:32 PM Apr 9th from web
6. lesmorgan @scanman Cheer up Vijay - insomnia is annoying but it's nothing to lose sleep over. 6:57 PM Apr 9th from web
7. hjluks Of the patients who knew what an EMR was, only 12% knew that PHRs were different techology. Most thought EMR=PHR. 6:54 PM Apr 9th from Tweetie
8. hjluks Had two patients this week who found me via Twitter... Interesting. 6:48 PM Apr 9th from Tweetie
9. Stammy dating a nurse is hard work.. she has night shift tonight and this weekend. boo 5:03 PM Apr 9th from TweetDeck
10. OFPC Just told a patient: 100 extra calories per day = 10 lbs. of weight gain per year (and the opposite is true: cut 100/d = 10 lbs loss) 7:24 AM Apr 9th from web
11. sanjayguptaCNN been adding turmeric to my diet since returning from india. it is my #1 spice now. tasty and very good anti-oxidant. ever had it? try it! 8:55 PM Apr 8th from web
12. spolley I'm a little sad everyone in the world is starting to join twitter... I liked the thought that it was just us smart ones. :) 5:34 AM Apr 8th from web
13. christophil The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. - Albert Einstein 7:17 PM Apr 7th from TwitterGadget
14. shellen Reading about acts of violence against children and thinking of buying my own island. I'll never understand these crimes against innocents. 12:51 AM Apr 7th from web
    
    

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