And the award for MOST RETARDED PHONE CALL goes to ( Read more... )

Oh no no no.

When I said I wanted you to move my stuff to DC, I REALLY meant that I wanted you to take it, put it in some unknown location, and then promptly forget about it. So you see? There's no problem.

Thank you for reading between the lines, Authorized Movers.

You will die upon arrival, you pieces of shit.

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I live ( Read more... )

Doctor, doctor, we have good news and bad news. The good news is that the labs you ordered are back - turns out your patient has a single platelet. The bad news is that we just analyzed it ( Read more... )

And so it begins.  Again.

After a year's worth of leave, I'm returning to medical school with my General Surgery clerkship bright and early tomorrow morning.  I suppose there's no better way to get back into the swing of things than by hitting the ground running.  Just a year and a half's worth of rotations left before I can take a deep breath and ( Read more... )

Just a rant.

( Children are growing (sideways) so fast these days. )

So the Smithsonian has decided to show the Discovery Institute's presentation on the theory of Intelligent Design.  This has some of the scientific community in an uproar.  Protestors are gearing up to picket outside the Baird Auditorium in an effort to voice their concerns over a federally funded museum apparently supporting what they feel is a ( Read more... )

I love books.

It used to be that I felt the world was literally at my fingertips, Africa to Mongolia within the span of a single page.  It seemed that there would be no reason to leave the library, and happiness could be found hidden in the dusty stacks.  I would surround myself with books, reading until my eyes went blurry with fatigue.  I lived ( Read more... )

Welcome to Munchkinland, Southwest Oz.
I taught at the kindergarten today, handling classes Lemon, Strawberry, Cherry, and Pear.  There were six groups altogether, totalling about 120 six year olds.  We sang a song about bears, danced the hokey-pokey, and practiced basic conversational elements.  I was intimidated at first, but these kids were ( Read more... )