Comments on: What’s It All About, Eli? (2): Keeping the Faith

By: The Great Now What

The Great Now What — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 10:42:46 +0000

[...] lodged in the public consciousness. Some believe in a vaccine-autism link with something akin to religious faith, or fervor, to the point that, no matter how often one cites scientific studies refuting, such a link, some [...]

By: This and Last’s Weeks Top Posts

This and Last’s Weeks Top Posts — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 06:01:26 +0000

[...] What’s It All About, Eli? (2): Keeping the FaithWhile the court case that the main character of ABC’s legal drama, Eli Stone, successfully argues in the show’s first episode involves vaccines and “mercuritol,” a stand-in for thimerasol that is claimed to have caused a child to become autistic, it is matters of faith and spirituality that people seem particularly to be eager to hear about in regard to autism. [...]

By: Charming Eli (”Sloppy science in a TV serial! Imagine that!”)

Charming Eli (”Sloppy science in a TV serial! Imagine that!”) — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:32:58 +0000

[...] the charm that matters most, at least according to New York Magazine in a review of Eli Stone, the new ABC legal drama that got off to a controversial start with its first episode about lawyer [...]

By: Autism and Schizophrenia

Autism and Schizophrenia — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:43:04 +0000

[...] in Autism Research, was quoted in a January 31st article about the ABC comedic legal drama, Eli Stone, which aired last week. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette writer Mark Roth noted that Dr. Minshew, concerned [...]

By: Cliff

Cliff — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:14:13 +0000

Actually, if I really wanted to be a jerk, I’d note that the spelling is technically thiomersal, but I’m really not going to argue technicalities.

I, also, really also would like to mention how much I have enjoyed reading your epic. Indeed, it is of the most engaging I have ever read (and yes, I did read most of the classical works).

Cliff

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:54:29 +0000

@Regan, thanks for reading and sharing so much!

wonder if more trollings will be dropped ….

By: Emily

Emily — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:49:34 +0000

Perseverate much?

By: toxic

toxic — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:34:37 +0000

thimerosal

By: Regan

Regan — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:05:27 +0000

It is an epic. I believe that life is an epic, and well beyond the reach of an hour drama punctuated with ads, or even the most well-crafted piece of cinema. There are middle of the night moments, moments of uncertainty, moments with tears, moments where you wonder “what now?”, moments where it is mundane and wonderful for that simplicity and flow, moments where the heart smiles and forgets its troubles, and moments of such indescribable and unexpected beauty and love that you feel your breath stop.
Could any Hallmark moment or an Eli Stone measure up?
Kristina, thank you letting us share your and Charlie’s epic.

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:33:09 +0000

My view is a little shaped by seeing variations on patior, pati, passus sum, in what I've been reading---Shawn has a post that captures a lot of what I was feeling writing my own post.