Selection of My Twitter Favorites, Edition 8

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 you find useful, amusing, or both. Here is the 8th edition of My Twitter Favorites (the oldest post is at the bottom, the newest at the top):

	atask @pkedrosky: I"m not even sure he's that good a theorist. 9:57 AM Oct 23rd from web in reply to pkedrosky
	pkedrosky @atask alan is a lovely theorist, but the worst market progrnosticator since kevin "dow 36000" hassett 9:55 AM Oct 23rd from TweetDeck in reply to atask
	atask Wow: Just came across piece from July when RBS strategist Bob Janjuah said the S&P could hit 1050 by Sept., which seemed super-bearish then. 9:14 AM Oct 23rd from web

	johnbattelle PS - all you parents out there. Do you have dinner each night with kids? We do, but my kids say it's not normal for their friends to do so 10:23 PM Oct 22nd from web
	grahamwalker From last night: hematocrit of 12. Impressive, GI bleeder. 4:39 PM Oct 22nd from Twinkle
	AllergyNotes @scanman Your quote: It's time I started showing signs of life at home. Sitting in front of the laptop IS NOT a sign of life as per the wife 12:44 PM Oct 22nd from web in reply to scanman
	scanman @AllergyNotes My wife is thrilled that I've such important/influential friends :) She'll be more tolerant of my timewasting on twitter :) 12:27 PM Oct 22nd from web in reply to AllergyNotes
	AllergyNotes Twittering more = Blogging less. That's the reality, whether you accept it or not. 10:56 PM Oct 21st from web
	AllergyNotes "Testophilia" -- a strong affinity for unnecessary medical tests http://tinyurl.com/63zwtl 8:23 PM Oct 21st from web
	grahamwalker To future patients with ACS, CHF, and acute on chronic renal failure, please space yourselves out by an hour. Can't keep you straight. 3:59 PM Oct 21st from web
	ruraldoctoring Good morning. Obviously my idea of waking up EARLY to tackle the library is no-go. 10:24 AM Oct 21st from web
	Stammy one hour left to memorize 14 pages of images and 4 pages of notes 9:25 AM Oct 21st from web
	AllergyNotes Dr. Anonymous says he has a voice (and face) for radio. Check for yourself: http://tinyurl.com/5se98l 12:04 AM Oct 21st from web
	ruraldoctoring Late dinner for me, the direct consequence of a late lunch. 11:14 PM Oct 18th from web

	ruraldoctoring Surfing eBay for all kinds of things I don't need. Must stop. 9:46 PM Oct 18th from web
	grahamwalker I love watching Central Park change with the seasons. The colors, the events, the people. 3:51 PM Oct 18th from Twinkle
	Berci I asked a patient today: What kind of drugs do you take regularly? Answer: A small red one and a bigger white one.... 1:40 PM Oct 17th from web
	grahamwalker Other EM MDs: you seeing teens coming in w/ a CC of cough, asking for Tussionex, which they then use to get high? Epidemic here in NYC. 3:46 PM Oct 16th from web
	drval I don't want to complain or make them look bad - but seriously, it's so sad. They even asked me to get 3 neg PPDs. It's almost imp. to help 11:39 AM Oct 16th from web
	drval They lost my peer letters 3 times, didn't receive FCVS mail, wouldn't return my calls, were in gridlock between ortho and rehab having me 11:37 AM Oct 16th from web
	drval Trying to volunteer at Walter Reed. Been waiting 8 months for my papers to process... And we wonder why our troops don't always have access? 9:11 AM Oct 16th from web

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.