It’s About the Dilaudid
So when a nurse calls you for a patient request and begins with “It’s about the Dilaudid” you generally expect the conversation to go one way. I was therefore so surprised that a patient...
meehawl all that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned
Hardcore, You Know the Score
Just read Greg Egan’s “The Clockwork Rocket” – most audacious hard SF book in years. Alt universe where, as far as I can tell, the space-time metric has been rejigged into some kind of...
Finally a Grown Up
Teenage girls from the high school down the road are sitting on the front garden wall smoking cigarettes. Finally I get to legitimately say DAMN KIDS GET OFF MY LAWN!
Romney Woos the Woo Brigade
Romney reaches out to the Chronic Lyme conspiracists…
Hello Turkey, Let’s Go Party
Finished USMLE Step 3, found this welcoming committee camped out on my lawn ready to party…
The Zero Percent Solution
Obama continues to lead Romney among key parts of his political base, including African Americans (94 percent to 0 percent) I missed this when it came out, but this made me smile. McCain managed...
Helium Beatles
I don’t often listen to mutated Beatles covers, but when I do, I ensure playback is *at least* 3x normal speed (thanks VLC!) to add a delicious junglist vibe to the tracks. Otherwise they...
Brenna’s Pseudo-Teenagerhood
Important milestones accomplished. Last week Brenna attained pseudo-teenagerhood: Learned how to say “Sure…” with a sarcastic tone. Played her first video game (an 80s-style static shooter) and was iteratively strategising new play gestures within...
Fatal Colonic Explosion During Colonoscopic Polypectomy
A patient is described who sustained the first reported colonic explosion during colonoscopic polypectomy. Mannitol solution was used for bowel preparation, and the colon was completely clean. During snare removal of a cecal polyp...