It makes me laugh and secretly a little bit sad that when telling my one friend about any guy the first thing she jokingly asks is “is he over the age of 21?”  It’s a long-story for why she asks that, but I really think people should have little signs above… Read full post »

If you ever want to know what not to do before meeting up with someone I can give you a list.  I was planning on cancelling meeting up with person #1.  Plagued by a busy schedule and in-general not feeling very well this week I wanted an early night.  However, I… Read full post »

This weekend we were out dancing.  It was dark outside but early enough that most people were still self-consciously shuffling around with their hands clutched around their Jack and Cokes but we were already dancing.  Your very large and friendly friend came and tapped me on the shoulder an… Read full post »

1. I don’t think this red-head phobia is going to pass. 

2. http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/life

Isn’t it amazing how overuse just ruins what is by itself a great quote?

“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”

• Dr. Seuss

&… Read full post »

“People are very open-minded about new things – as long as they’re exactly like the old ones”
            –Charles f. Kettering (American, Engineer & Badass inventor of the electric starting motor)

In general, people ag… Read full post »

There was just too many things going on to write a complete paragraph.  Enjoy those two quotes by Tallula Bankhead, an American actress.  

“If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.”

-Tallula Bankhead

“It's the good girls who ke… Read full post »

Day 1:  OkCupid and the “Ick Principle.”

The “ick principle” is something I’ve accepted in medicine. In medicine, often the things that look the most “icky” are the most malignant conditions.  If you have ever seen the ugly mass of squamous… Read full post »

It was on the Megabus ride home, very tired and smelling strongly of chicken curry that was sitting on my lap that I had a realization; I had not written anything in probably two years.  Two years ago, I was blogging all the time because I had a lot of time… Read full post »

I never thought I would see the day where I would rather argue with Comcast's customer service , but today is that day.  I have spent hours and hours on the phone with many health care providers and I have hated every second of it.

The Patient Protection… Read full post »

Clinton McCracken, PhD’s recent article “Intellectualization of Drug Abuse” published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) gained a diverse audience when the Well blog at the New York Times blogged about it.  Dr. McCracken last September was working at the… Read full post »

Gene testing is so complex that it’s hard to summarize any opinions of it in a short document.  I will focus on two recent examples of gene testing involving Pathway Genomics trying to sell tests in Walgreens and the University of California, Berkeley offering gene testing to the incoming… Read full post »

I’m really excited that today is National Bike to Work Day, which is surprising given that I will not actually be participating.  I’m teleworking from home and I don’t think my roommate would appreciate me biking around the inside of our condo as my own personal cheer… Read full post »

Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

- Anna Karenina

There has been a strong reaction in the news and in the international community to the story of a Tennessee mother that sent the 7-year old boy she adopted… Read full post »

The news agencies aren’t focusing on this part of the legislation, but the Health Care Reform Bill includes a mandate for menu labeling that will supersede current state and local menu-labeling requirements. The requirement is for chains with 20 units or more to post calories counts for standa… Read full post »

I believe in taking responsibility for my actions.  In this situation, it was my fault I left my iPhone on the Metro system.  Had I double-checked that I had all my belongings with before I got off the train, I would still have my phone.  Also, I was the one who… Read full post »

When I found out Howl, directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman and staring James Franco as Allen Ginsberg, was coming out in 2010, I was so excited and surprised.  Jack Kerouac seemed a much more likely subject for a film than Ginsberg, a poet who was open about his homosexuality. … Read full post »

The Washington Post (WaPo) has recently come out with a story about an AIDS clinic opening near Georgetown.  This is interesting because:

1. The location of the clinic. Georgetown is one of the few popular areas in the District with no metro access – theories abound that Georgetown’s residents d… Read full post »