Makes “Brooklyn” look like “Lucille”
God bless Posh Spice. N.B. a recent Stupid Tuesday Question, it looks like she’s done it again.
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Screening for jerks
It is a truth universally acknowledged that doctors can be schmucks. For a profession that deals so directly with people, particularly people at their most vulnerable, we can be surprisingly bad at playing well with others. The god complex has… Continue Reading
Who needs a life?
A few years ago, I attended a medical staff meeting at the hospital that employed me at the time. These meetings weren’t particularly high on my list of things I loved about the job, and often involved discussions that didn’t… Continue Reading
Stupid Tuesday Questions, Place-names edition
This is another one I’m stealing from the foolish games I would play with my friends to pass the time. Ages ago, the woman once known as Posh Spice and her superstar athlete husband chose the name “Brooklyn” for their… Continue Reading
Because you said so
When I meet new people and tell them I’m a pediatrician, there are a handful of common responses I get. There’s usually a remark about how much I must love kids. (Most of the time.) Sometimes people ask if it’s… Continue Reading
Religious belief, special needs children and parental love
[A short while ago, I invited my best friend to contribute posts to Blinded Trials on any subject she thought might be of interest. Below is the first of what I hope will be many.] by Rose Woodhouse Jeffrey Goldberg,… Continue Reading
Stupid* Tuesday Questions, British Columbia edition
Yo! Vancouver! WTF???!? Riots? Over sports? When did you turn into Detroit? Can someone please explain to me what possesses people to care this much about sports? When Helen Hunt and Jack Nicholson won Oscars for their startling performances as… Continue Reading
Kilgore on Perry’s social conservatism
Ed Kilgore has an article in The New Republic on Rick Perry’s prospects as a potential presidential candidate. I tend to shy aware from political prognostication and analysis (preferring to leave that to my betters over at the main page… Continue Reading
Healthy populations and the unwell
I tend to find the Huffington Post more annoying than it’s worth to read, but every so often I’ll scan through in a weaker moment, mainly to see what new inanity the popular culture has birthed. In so doing this… Continue Reading
Hold the nostalgia, ladies
Over at American Times, beard enthusiast and first-among-LOOG-equals E.D. Kain reminds American women of a happier time, when they could gorge themselves on ironized yeast in hopes of turning into Jayne Mansfield. But lest the League‘s distaff readership pine too… Continue Reading