People shove lots of weird things in their bodies. I’m not just talking about little kids who swallow coins and batteries and keys. Although they do swallow these things. A lot. That’s not so weird- little kids will eat anything. No, I’m talking about adults. Crazy people who stuff things in their rectums and […]
Every few weeks I’ll see an article in the news about global warming. There will be a report of a new record high, or some political action regarding global warming. It’s a little surprising to me that some still argue against the reality of man-caused global warming. I’m sorry, I thought that there were
About a mile and a half from my house, someone is clearing a large lot to build a car wash. To do this, they are cutting down and ripping up hundreds of perfectly good trees. The first time I drove by and saw the destruction, and the sign heralding the impending place of business,
A few days ago, I was telling my wife a story about Zach. And she had to clarify which Zach. “Wait, Zach…. Viets?” “Yeah, of course Zach Viets.” Zach V is one of the members of my practice, and we interact a lot through work. But it made me start thinking, I
One thing that always blows my mind is the medical conspiracy theories. There are multiple theories, but one of the most insane is the cure for cancer. It goes something like this: there is a cure for cancer, and it is being kept secret by everybody in the medical establishment, because we make so
Food is weird. I mean, most of the time, I don’t really think about food much. I eat at mealtimes, or other times, if I’m hungry. I try not to eat too much, because I don’t want to be unhealthy. And, I suppose I try to choose healthy things to eat. Mostly, I avoid fried
In 2016, the most dangerous job in the US was that of logger. According to Time Magazine, loggers suffer 135.9 deaths per 100,000 workers. I don’t know all the particulars, but I would assume that big trees fall on people during the course of this job. I haven’t ruled out Yeti attacks, given that
It is ceaseless, this focal message, repeated over and over. From co-workers, the internet, the television, the radio, strangers walking by. “Did you vote? You’ve gotta get out and vote.” I’ve started lying and replying, “I sure did. I went out and voted before work this morning. It was great, voting.” But
A lot of people don’t really trust doctors. Even doctors are skeptical of other doctors. Which is natural, because we have so much knowledge, we can always find a hole in a colleague’s reasoning. This is a good thing overall, because we get together and hammer out the best approach to each individual patient.
There is a phrase people use when they are implying that a task is not overly difficult. “It’s not rocket science.” For example, “You can totally file your own taxes. It’s not rocket science.” As if rocket science is the most amazing, difficult topic a human could ever master. I assume, when a
