Cold City, Warm Pub (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) The bad news first: for those outside the US in general and outside of Texas in particular, we had a bit of weather at the end of January. It wasn’t as bad as the deep freeze of February 2021, where power was out over almost the whole state for a week, or the beginning of 2010,…
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St. Remedius Medical College: “Adrift Off The Coast of the Anthropocene”
Time Is A Constant AND A Concept, And Should Never Be Confused (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Many issues complicate a proper understanding of the assembled annals of St. Remedius Medical College, and one is a proper understanding of time. That is, not just an understanding of perspective but of absolutes. The Kelvin scale exists to measure temperature starting at absolute zero, the temperature where…
St. Remedius Events: “The Feast of St. Remedius Is Upon Us”
The First St. Remedius Medical College Event of 2026, And Definitely Not The Last (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) So it’s the first full week after the beginning of the Gregorian year 2026. We’re all hurting getting back to something approximating a normal work and sleep schedule after last December. January faces us like some big sweaty pillow: here in Dallas, this is literal, with…