Blogging about Slogging

Blogging about Slogging

Quiet quitting, lying flat, acting your wage, Bare Minimum Mondays, Work Not Wednesdays—these are all buzzy catchphrases making the rounds on social media that encourage employees to slack off and “phone it in,” which is literally possible because of video call apps...
EpicentRx Word of the Week: -Oma

EpicentRx Word of the Week: -Oma

“-Oma is the grandmother of all suffixes.” -Oma plural -omas also -omata Definition (noun suffix): tumor, mass, or growth. (In German Oma is a noun that means grandmother.) Example words: Adenoma, hematoma, fibroma, sarcoma, fibroma, carcinoma, melanoma, lymphoma....
Ask EpicentRxTM

Ask EpicentRxTM

“Let’s talk turkey.” “Time to squash a rumor.” “Don’t be a jerky and blame it all on the turkey.” Q: “Does turkey on Thanksgiving really make you sleepy? If so, I don’t want to eat it anymore.” E.B. from Saratoga, California A: Not a phan of tryptophan, eh, E.B.?...
The Second Pilgrims

The Second Pilgrims

The Pilgrims came to America in 1620 in search of religious freedom. The Second Pilgrims were those that migrated to clinical trials—the first ever controlled clinical trial was led by Dr. James Lind in 1747 aboard the English ship, HMS Salisbury—in search of freedom...