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Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated

It seems that every so often, life beats me down with a spiked club enough so that I disappear to all but my closest friends and family, sometimes even to some of them. The last 2-3 weeks have been one of those times. Honestly, it’s not that I’ve had nothing to write about […]

“Be silent, woman!” instructs Baptists

A Sunday school teacher of 54 years is dismissed by a Rev. Timothy LaBouf, who also is a city councilman in Watertown NY. The reason? She is a woman and, as a woman, has no business teaching men in spiritual matters. Don’t believe me? Read the article:
The First Baptist Church dismissed […]

Udon bowl

( Food )

I’m a total foodie. By that I mean I not only love food, but I love the process, the cooking, the variation, the art behind the scenes, the meticulous attention to detail that can go into a dish. I married a good cook too, so that doesn’t hurt, but as she’ll tell you, I […]

After Grand Rounds, Part 2: Backlash

I promise this is my last post about anything having to do with my Grand Rounds’ hosting experience. I would have posted this last Thurs/Fri when it was most applicable, but I had a heinous neuroanatomy exam and surgery class early this last week, which given no sleep the night before, I spent the […]

After Grand Rounds, Part 1: Advice

It was a couple of days for me to post again earlier this week…the non-sleep of compiling Grand Rounds plus having a microbiology exam that same morning plus a clinical skills exam the following day (which I forgot about when I signed up — (bad Palm!)) meant bad mojo for me. If I had […]

Dads suffer post-partum depression too

I knew it!! I knew there had to be a connection between birth and depression in fathers as well, and a new study confirms this. Of course, what dad goes through doesn’t hold a candle to the hormonal and physical changes in the mother, but the alteration of lifestyle, sleep, shifts in priority, […]

New “Change of Shift”

The new edition is up at Intellinurse2b’s site, “It’s a Nursing Thing.”

To Grandpa

Your name was Roberto Mosqueda (mo-skeh-duh), but I just called you “grandpa.” I didn’t call you “Grandpa Robert” really, because I didn’t have any other grandfather; my mom’s dad died of a sudden heart attack when she was in her teens, so you are the only grandpa I ever knew (not counting great-grandparents). […]

Grand Rounds Vol 2, No. 46

Welcome to Grand Rounds Vol. 2 No. 46! For the first time, Grand Rounds comes to you from Mexico. I hope you find your stay pleasant — current weather here in Guadalajara will range from 58°F to 78°F (14°C to 25°C) with afternoon thundershowers. For all you suffering in the U.S. heat […]

Team Hoyt

I’m not one to be easily emotionally affected by things, but this really got to me. It’s a video of a father who, though not a runner, got in shape to eventually compete in triathalons so his quadriplegic son can feel free, if only temporarily, from the wheelchair that imprisons him.

To see this […]