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 NB> Quite.  In retrospect, I'm just as glad I didn't really go after an
 NB> academic career... or even really make a career out of what I did end
 NB> up doing... ;)

It seems (as in many fields) to be ambition more than talent.

 ML> He got front page of the science section of the Sunday New
 ML> York Times - that was the best vindication, but it came
 ML> decades late. The procedure he recommended 50 years ago is
 ML> now part of the standard armamentarium but itself has been
 ML> largely superseded. It may come back, though.
 NB> Fickle fate... and fickle fame...  Good that he was vindicated... even
 NB> if only eventually.   Of course, science is like that anyway... first

It's a lot more dialectical than scientists (and others) would
have you believe. But why the viciousness against the mavericks.

 NB> the idea is pooh-poohed, then accepted, then superceded...  That might
 NB> have been part of why Daddy was more happy with teaching than with
 NB> research... 

Again - ambition is what steers one in the direction.

 ML> After the next CAT scan, which happens 4/8. If the thing has
 ML> healed enough to seem intact, there is the question of whether
 ML> to remove it prophylactically or just let it sit there.
 NB> And that will be in time enough to decide whether or not the Ian trip
 NB> is feasible after all... and if prophylaxis is justifiable thereby.  ;)

This week I discussed both with the surgeon and the internist
about the advisability of prophylaxis - the surgeon was slightly
more enthusiastic, of course, but both took a wait and see
stance. By the time I've waited and seen, though, it will be too
late to plan for the spring, so I'm going to buy my plane ticket
as soon as I have the money, and the heck with it.

=
 ML> I am not sure I believe the people who claim that the best
 ML> sleeps are the ones where you don't remember your dreams.
 ML> For me, the dreams are usually the funnest part.
 NB> Most dreams, anyway... I'm not so fond of the ones that I wake up from
 NB> in a panic...  ;/   But otherwise, I agree with you...  :)

I used to get those occasionally, and they were serious enough
that I sometimes dreaded going to sleep, but now almost always
my dreams are at least neutral and most often pleasant. I still
delay going to bed as long as I can, but not for any discernible
reason.

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 NB> As I understand the physiology aspects of the narcotics, if one is in
 NB> pain, then the drug works on the source of the pain, to relieve it. 

That just seems a little glib, as though the pain and pleasure
systems were as unrelated as that resident I talked about thought
that the excretory systems were.

 ML> I've not done it, but if one wants to add
 ML> sweetness as well, one might toss the jicama in
 ML> a honey-based liquid. Or with something else to
 ML> provide that dimension.
 NB> It might depend on how sweet the rest of the ingredients already
 NB> are... sometimes a tart apple is called for in that sort of thing
 NB> anyway... 

Jicama by itself is kind of bland - I guess that
soaking it in lemon (not uncut with a little sugar
maybe) might help mimic a tart apple.

Here's another bland vegetable put to use:

Pulisseri (yogurt curry)
categories: India, Kerala, vegetarian, main
servings: 4

1/2 onion, cut into small pieces
2 or 3 green chile, cut long
1/4 ts turmeric powder
1/2 ts chile powder
1/4 ts methi (uluva/fenugreek) powder
1/4 ts cumin (jeerakam) powder
oil
salt
mustard seeds
curry leaves
1 or 2 zuchini squash/chayote squash/green apple (grannysmith)
- cut into pieces
2 c yogurt (wholemilk one is better), whipped well

Heat oil, fry mustard seeds, then add onion, green chile and stir for
a while. Then add curry leaves (optional), and then all the powders
and salt. Stir for a few seconds, then add the veg. pieces, and 1 c
water. Cover it and cook. When cooked, take it off the stove, and
after a while (when cooled down a bit) add the yogurt to it, stir
well. And it is ready! Note: (You can use ripe mango instead of
squash/apple if you like. Also, you can add coriander leaves if you
like.)

http://www.bennett.com/curry/kerala.htm
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