Leverage the hand you've been dealt
I always laugh when people write prophetic things around this time of year (mid to late December). Telling me all of the things that will happen when the calendar resets on the first of January. Right. Go ahead and try to predict the future, and even more hilarious: try to control it. Even your own. … Continue reading 2025, HAIL AND FAREWELL
"And we call ourselves the human race..." John F. Kennedy Statement to Secretary of State Dean Rusk just after they had been given a military briefing on every city that would be wiped out with a nuclear bomb if war should break out, 1961. Well. I'm not really comparing the weight of JFK's words to … Continue reading YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP
I could get very used to speaking in front of medical professionals, residents, fellows, and any other labels that society has placed on these humans who have been called. to FIRST, DO NO HARM. Recently, I spoke with a few hundred of them and explained how and why HARM had been DONE to me, not … Continue reading GRAND ROUNDS PART II
I have consumed 30 cheeseburgers this year but yesterday one of my old students met Mark Hamill who plays Luke Skywalker in Star Wars, and two days ago another old kid sent me a photo from Dodger Stadium where he attended game 4 of the World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto … Continue reading WHAT ARE WE DOING?
What's the deal with yard sales? You're not selling your yard! Hahahaha....boooooo. Read this next line with your inside voice as the counselor in South Park: Yard sales are bad mmmm'kay? Haters gonna hate and tell me how much wonderful stuff they have "found" at yard sales over the years. I don't buy it. That … Continue reading YARD SALE!
Let's talk about fire. With matches. NO! Not that kind of fire, you twisted reader of my words. I'm talking about the fire that can happen naturally when two people get together. For reasons that I do not completely understand, I have been responsible for a few people meeting and falling in love. It's pretty … Continue reading THE MATCH GAME
Apparently hanging a horseshoe with the ends pointing up is said to capture and hold the luck inside. When I was a kid, I lived in a ranch house that had a 2 car garage under the south facing side at the bottom of a paved driveway. Somewhere my father got his hands on 2 … Continue reading THE HORSESHOE
I got bit by the travel bug shortly after college. A friend and I took a random trip to Atlanta to visit a girl that I went to high school with who was working for CNN at the time. This was in 1996 shortly after the Olympic Games had been held in the city. We … Continue reading PACK IT IN
The Permanent Mission of the State of Kuwait to the United Nations and Voices for Duchenne are honored to invite you to attend the premiere of a global documentary, From Strength to Hope: A Call for Global Action, in recognition of World Duchenne Awareness Day 2025. Date: Friday, 5 September 2025 Time: 1:15 – 2:30 PM … Continue reading BACK FROM THE UNITED NATIONS
In the quiet moments, I like to take inventory. Inventory in my mind. Sometimes I think about all kinds of great things that have taken place in my life. I'm sure that you do this as well. Maybe you think about a vacation, your kids, your family, your wedding day, the career, or maybe it's … Continue reading SILVER LININGS #9
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