January 2012
30 posts
Fifty People, One Question - Chicago from Paper Hat on Vimeo.
“I was also struck, as in New Hampshire and Iowa, by the mood of this year’s...”
– South Carolina Diarist - NYTimes.com
“Even if their lives were nine decades long, the elders saw life as too short to...”
– Elderly ‘Experts’ Share Life Advice in Cornell Project - NYTimes.com
“In recent years, for example, many talented young people have denied their true...”
– Elderly ‘Experts’ Share Life Advice in Cornell Project - NYTimes.com
“As Potter pointed out, when Colbert began his super PAC, he wasn’t sure how a...”
– How Many Stephen Colberts Are There? - NYTimes.com
“Coach Drenth, he’s a mellow guy, but when it’s time to work,...”
– Desiree Davila Can Do It! - Runner’s World
Things that are making me happy on Monday January...
1) Bon Iver Pandora station. Pretty much all I need for my nights as of late.
2) Reading medical ethics again and appreciating the field a lot more the second time around:
“When a patient enters a hospital, one of the first things that commonly happens to him is that he loses his personal identity. He is generally referred to, not as Henry Jones, but as ‘that case of mitral stenosis...
“Chew your way into a new world.
Munch leaves. Molt. Rest. Molt again....”
– Amy Gerstler, Advice From a Caterpillar (via thebronzemedal)
Goals for January
1) continue to increase my mileage running-wise/run more miles in January 2012 than I did in January 2011
2) figure out where I want to do my residency
3) read three books
“Now I want to live in a little house in the country with me baking pies and he...”
– Ann Jonas and Scott Ducharme - Vows - NYTimes.com
December 2011
31 posts
“Be in love with your life. Every detail of it.”
– Jack Kerouac (via thatkindofwoman)
“Standing in Ruthie’s kitchen the day after she died, laughing with all of Mike’s...”
– Going Home Again - NYTimes.com
One of my closest friends - we grew up down the road from each other and were pretty much inseparable from kindergarten on - lost his father in the spring of 2010. I was tremendously close to the man, and this quote is hauntingly accurate in describing how I felt when...
The Wire
GI Fellow #1: “So I watched another episode of The Wire last night. It was so good!”
GI Fellow #2: “Really? I haven’t seen it.”
GI Fellow #1: “You must! It’s…’I-have-to-change-my-clothes-after-every-episode-good’.”
““Kirsten,” he said. “Just come back. We’ll get the cat.”
He did have one...”
– Navigating Love and Autism - NYTimes.com
“The third bike is obviously the Ducati Monster 796, a motorcycle that remains...”
– Ducati Monster 796 vs Harley Davidson 883 vs Suzuki Bandit 1250S - Auto - Reviews - ibnlive
“For others, such large debts mean forgoing a medical career altogether. Cost...”
– Doctor and Patient: The Hidden Costs of Medical Student Debt - NYTimes.com
Yep.
Breaking up is hard to do
even when you know it’s right. Probably more so.
