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Monday, November 9, 2009
I may bitch about the mountain of stuff I have to do, but I am very grateful to be entering a career where I will never learn everything there is to know.
I would be terrifically bored if I ever learned everything there was to know about my chosen profession.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
3:26PM
I have a "friend" on Facebook who defriended me recently. We were never really friends and we haven't said more than two words to each other since before college.
Still, I can't help but feel that I did something wrong. It's a funny, transient feeling, but I thought it was odd that this was the first place I went. If I had to guess, it's probably because I use Facebook like twitter.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Did some clearing. I removed anyone who wasn't also friended with me.
If you're friended with me and I haven't returned the favor, it's because I cannot identify the person with the lj-tag. If you let me know who you are and I actually know you, I'll be happy to add you.
Friday, October 16, 2009
I looked over some of my previous posts. I realized that I never took the time to write anything positive about my relationships with people, I mostly use this as a place to vent when things go wrong.
I think next time around I will take the time to mention the exciting and wonderful things. If you just read my lj, my life sounds very depressing.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
The Bills have got to trade T.O. if they can. The season is over.
At least we aren't going to go 7-9 again. Thanks to our entire starting defense being out for the season, we can compete for the worst team in the league spot and get a good draft pick.
Friday, October 9, 2009
I helped my first patient today!
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Heading from news article:
"Minor side effects from early swine flu shots"
Actual data from article:
"Four out of 39,000 people vaccinated against H1N1 in China have had side effects"
Cause what we sure need is more baseless panic over vaccines!
I learned today that the 8 glasses of water a day thing is total bullshit.
Also, if you are exercising like mad (running a marathon or the like), you want to drink Gatorade, not water.
Monday, October 5, 2009
I always wanted the elections at AO to work cabinet style. Rather than electing everyone to a position, we should elect a president and he or she should appoint all other positions.
That way their can be backroom deals and intrigue! "Sure, I'll vote for you, but I want Non-Ac."
Friday, September 25, 2009
Sunday, September 20, 2009
We won a game!
I'm also happy that the Pats lost, but I am sad that the Jets won. It is a hard place. Can't there be a game where they both lose?
Monday, September 14, 2009
The Bills remain, ad infinitium, a hard luck team. Tom Brady though, obviously has more kinks to be worked out if the Pats want to remain competitive against good teams. As of right now, it's looking like a winter full of the Steelers.
So I watched 2.5 games yesterday and had some impressions.
Jets vs Houston
Despite what the announcers said, I was not all that impressed with the rookie. He definitely exceeded my expectations, but I didn't think he was that good. He had a lot of bad passes, and if the Houston secondary wasn't the worst thing in existence, many more of them would be picked off. Still, he showed remarkable resilience, he turned right around and drove for a touchdown after he threw a pick, an excellent sign for a rookie quarterback. It was a good game for Sanchez to start, give him some confidence for when he has to go against decent defenses.
The much bigger story was the Jets defense. They should be rightly proud of their showing. Either Houston has a terrible offense or the Jets defense was fantastic. Given the small sample size, I'm inclined to go with the Jets on this one.
Verdict: Jets are better than I though, Sanchez is about what I expected and the Texans have a lot of work to do.
Giants vs Redskins
Picking the Redskins was a trendy move this week among commentators. I, for the life of me, could not understand this. They argued that the Giants had no receivers, so they would be beat, but the Giants have not recently been a team known for their receiving. Their defense is very good and Brandon Jacobs will eat your face.
Verdict: A lot of people undervalued the Giants, they're probably not as good as last year, but they're still a good team. Redskins remain an unfortunate team to root for.
Bears vs Packers
Only saw a brief portion of this game so I'm not going to comment beyond that Cutler is no miracle man and the Bears need to give him some time before they declare this a bust.
Tonight:
Bills vs Patriots
The important game tonight, not in terms of who is going to win (Patriots) but in terms of how much. If Buffalo gives them a game, it means that the division race may be closer than people would think. If they blow them out, the "good old" Patriots are back and may very will lock this one up.
I also hope Marcus Stroud makes a necklace out of Tom Brady's teeth. Trent Edwards also better wear two football helmets, either that or carry a gun.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
How the major news outlets (on their websites at least) totally missed the point of the speech.
While the devil is in the details, the three points he laid out are good, with the first being the most essential. Throwing the public option under the bus was probably a good move. As much as I'd like to change to a system like that, it would just throw everything into chaos. The concept of a health insurance non-profit is a good idea as well, many of our hospitals run that way already.
Friday, September 4, 2009
I was writing this e-mail in response to a friend and I figured since it represented my thoughts right now on the topic, what more appropriate place for my musings than the blagosphere? Take as you will.
Re: Health Care Reform
One of my chief complaints about this whole thing is that *nothing* exists yet. There are a whole bunch of people that are floating around a whole bunch of ideas, but there is nothing even approaching a bill that would merit serious consideration. Believe me, there is nothing more I would like to do than to use my great MPH degree to pass judgment on the work of our elected officials, but no one has afforded me the chance.
I'll also tell you that my chief concerns with health care reform are economic in nature. If you let me warp time and implement the British, Canadian or Swedish (especially Swedish) health care system at the turn of the 1900's, I'd do it in a heartbeat. But, that's because I believe good health is a human right and because our current system is pretty awful (not terrible, but lags pretty far behind other developed countries). However, in our unfortunate system we have insurance companies which make a great deal of money and are a significant portion of our economy. I don't like it, but that doesn't make it not true. I am concerned as to what effect a government option would have on those companies and as a result, to the economy in general. I also don't believe the doomsayers, mind you, but Obama has to do more than ask me to cross my fingers and pray.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
I am a terrrrible basketball player.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Not too bad, just some basic review. Played some tennis too, life is good.
Also, sometimes I need to be reminded as to how awesome The Moon And Antarctica is.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Supposedly Alec Baldwin is considering moving to Connecticut to challenge Joe Lieberman for his Senate seat.
I completely support this move, mostly because I would like "becoming a celebrity" to be known as a reasonable early step into politics.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Moving into my dorm room is this weekend and then orientation begins on Monday. I am not excited about the move, but am ridiculously excited about medical school. There is a universe of knowledge out there and I can't wait to touch it.
I am also interested in the other medical students, albeit quite nervous about them. What sort of people are they, who will I hang out with? Standard introductory concerns. Hopefully, my massive amounts of charm (hah!) will enable me to ward off any and all of my certain initial faux paus.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Penny Arcade is giving out pick-up advice. The end times come.
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