Lisafer's blog
D-O-E means Department of Education, also means DO IT, DO IT NOW!
This is a plea to all my comrades who put so much energy into opposing the FPD. The conversation that we really wanted to have last winter is finally happening now at a national level, and we need to participate. I think I must have said a hundred times during the FPD debate, I don't care what this new degree is called.
Two Articles by Steven Stumpf, and a Question
So, picking up where we left off, one of the problematic things about acupuncture is that it is not, technically, a profession. It's not listed in the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Directory.
AT Says NCCAOM's Terrible Numbers Are Actually Even Worse. Wait, What?!?
Thanks to the alert readers who forwarded me this article in Acupuncture Today, and particularly to the alert reader who said: Hey, where did those graphs at the end come from?
There's This Poem by Kay Ryan...Part 2
In less than 6 months, the executive directors of two major acupuncture organizations resigned without explanation -- Dort Bigg of the ACAOM and Rebekah Christensen of the AAAOM. Both had held their positions for a number of years. Of course, I don't know exactly why they quit.
There's This Poem by Kay Ryan That I Love, and It's Perfect -- Part 1
For what happened last Friday.
Here's the poem:
Home to Roost
Pain Management
As I'm sure everybody has noticed by now, I've had a lingering case of Internet Fatigue. I can't seem to make myself write much of anything -- posts, comments, emails, all of them are like pulling teeth and consequently most of them aren't happening at all.
Community Acupuncture Presented at the Annual APHA Meeting!
We Got Our Needle! It's a Good Time to Think about Disparities!
Thank you to everyone, near and far, who helped raise money for NE Portland to get needled via the Portland Acupuncture Project. (Check out the long list of individual contributors on the Project's website -- isn't that cool?
The 800-pound Gorilla, or Why I'm Mean to Acupuncturists, Part 2
Alert -- and irritated -- readers noted this recent entry by Bob Flaws on the Blue Poppy blog. When I first read it, I thought that I would be irritated as well. Instead, however, I was full of gratitude. I'm not being sarcastic, I was.
E Pluribus Ad Hominem, or Why I'm Mean to Acupuncturists
OK, I know everybody's tired of this particular argument, but I would
rather have it here, in a new blog post, rather than watch it play out
in increasingly skinny comment boxes.
Response to "Acupuncture Is Popular, but You'll Need to Pay"
Dear Ms. Alderman,
Welcome, New York Times Readers!
Finally, the Book Everyone's Been Waiting for!
One of the things I love most about CAN is how much important stuff gets done quietly, behind the scenes, and then appears as if by magic, just when it's needed.
Doing Art: a Needle for Northeast Portland
I have a story about art, acupuncture, classism, and communication.
NCCAOM and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Numbers
This is the first of a series of posts in which I am going to be blogging about various kinds of data. We are looking forward to the release of this research project soon, and I'm guessing that there will be plenty to talk about. And it's almost time again for CAN's yearly Locate A Clinic survey!
Finally! Dr. Michael Smith's Lecture from WCA's 2009 October Revolution
In 11 separate 10 minute segments. Here is the first.
Representation, Repression, and Recliners: a Feminist Defense of the Fool
The View from the Parking Strip
When I'm really, really mad, the best thing for me to do is to garden. Garden HARD.
FPD and ACAOM for the gold!
In the new Olympic sport of Moving the Goalposts. Or is it Gaslighting? Hard to define, but it's clear we have a winner! In this blog post, a recap of a groundbreaking performance, along with some commentary from this thoroughly embittered viewer.
Comfort and Joy: Being at Work on Christmas Day
Sometime last winter we came up with the bright idea of being open 365 days a year. It was after a few people asked us if we were going to be open on Thanksgiving, and then a few more asked about New Year's Day. Some of them sounded sort of desperate, and we hate saying no to patients, so at some point Skip and Lupine and I looked at each other and said, what the hell. Let's do it.

