The mighty Charity: pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/27/charitys-last-hours-brutal-beautiful/

As open minded and tolerant as I try to be, I can't wrap my head around this view point.  It would be one thing if he was being sarcastic or ironic, but really, I can't wrap my head around fully believing this.

Especially because I agree with his sentences that "Kids need to be told this, over and over again: They are children of God. God lives ( Read more... )

What are you doing for Assarah B’Av?

I just got back from a lovely day and ptown, and finally feel like I can consider myself a proper North Eastern queer person.  It was a great day with a lot of sun, beach, cute shops, fun people watching, and rainbow flags.  I leave Boston a week from today, so it seems like a fitting way to end what has been an amazing (yet way too quick) two ( Read more... )

I am having a love affair with Boston.  While I may not always be making the healthiest of choices, I sure am making the most out of my summer.  I am making sure to savior everyday and am working on constantly being content, if not downright happy, with all the blessings I have surrounding me.  I certainly am getting my fill of all that was visibly ( Read more... )

I get weekly e-mails from "Pulse--voices from the heart of medicine".  This was this week's publication.  I particularly like the last stanza.

( Sleep Hygiene )

Up until today I was able to pass as smart at work.  I'd had "intellectual" conversations but those are easy enough to pass in.  That all changed this morning when a co-worker read a copy of the paper I've been working on.  Overall, it went much better than I had feared, her response was pretty positive.  Maybe me being here isn't as crazy or ( Read more... )

I survived. Though I have also hit the post exam, post adrenalin, 100 things on the to do list wall.  Now I just need to do all these things before shabbos and before leaving for Boston (the airport here more specifically) at 3:45am on sunday morning! 

In conversation today I realized that this coming sunday marks a year since I moved down to New Orleans.  It so happens that I am leaving sunday morning to return to Boston for the summer, leading me to a lot of reflecting ( Read more... )

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