The other day, I was sitting and waiting with a co-worker for a meeting to start. As I spoke with her, she started singing short snippets of songs that sprang into her mind, plucked at random from words I had… Continue Reading
My favorite elective in medical school was my genetics rotation. I learned a lot of interesting and obscure facts, I made some good friends, and as luck would have it I was given the opportunity to write my first journal… Continue Reading
At the hospitals where I did my residency in New York City, the pediatrics department had its Grand Rounds every Tuesday morning. One of my favorite attending physicians was delivering a talk on hematopoietic stem cells on the morning of… Continue Reading
I started running regularly sometime within the past few years. I’ve always gotten some kind of regular exercise, which usually meant hitting the gym a few times every week. At some point I decided to go for the occasional short… Continue Reading
I had a sinking feeling in my gut when I spied this headline in the New York Times the other day: Adjusting, More M.D.’s Add M.B.A. Somewhere back in the murky depths of the Internet, I know I’ve posted about… Continue Reading
I’ll begin with the first of two disclaimers. I am not a sports fan. At all. For some reason I developed a liking for watching professional tennis (probably more to do with David Foster Wallace’s writing than anything else), but… Continue Reading
One of the minor irritations of being a physician is seeing commercials wherein something is touted as the product “most doctors recommend.” As far as I can tell, among professions only doctors (and dentists) are used as collective, anonymous endorsers… Continue Reading
Well, if I had any plans to move to Florida in order to become a glorified drug dealer, it looks like that option has gotten less appealing. From the New York Times: Florida has long been the nation’s center of… Continue Reading
A quote from my favorite (non-LOOG) blog’s live coverage of the MTV Video Music Awards: Waiting for this to start, I am watching Jersey Shore for the first time ever, and it is making me question my will to live. Thank you. I… Continue Reading
I voted for Bob Dole in 1996. There… I said it. I’m not afraid to admit it. I remember why I voted for him quite clearly. I was thoroughly appalled by President Clinton’s indiscretions and evasions, and the Lewinsky scandal… Continue Reading