What have I been doing for the past few months?
I have neglected my blog since the end of June, and I confess – I have missed it. The major highlights of this period of time have included: Experiencing Gabriel’s second birthday and watching him grow...
View ArticleNew National Parks documentary well worth watching
Ken Burns has to be my favorite documentary film maker at this point, and I say that having never seen his well-known piece on the Civil War. Gabriel was born just as Burns’s World War II film, The...
View ArticleNot getting the Super Bowl commercials…
Okay, I should say that I “get” the Super Bowl commercials in that I understand why they are supposed to be funny. The problem is – they just aren’t. Or, at least as my Facebook status update stated...
View ArticleDallas airport could stand to assist new mothers
I am typing this from the airplane as I return to Seattle from San Antonio (after a stop in Dallas). I have had negative experiences in the past with Dallas’ airport, but I figured that a stop there...
View ArticleInteresting exchange on the Seattle King 5 News blog
Seattle’s local NBC affiliate, King 5, reported a story tonight about a woman and her eight year old son who have gone missing. I loaded the King 5 website because the child’s name is “Azriel,” and I,...
View ArticleFarewell to Dr. Alvord, Dr. Spence, Dr. Bowling, and Dr. Lipski
So far, 2010 has been a difficult year for me (and for medicine) as the medical community has lost four amazing physicians. Dr. Ellsworth “Buster” Alvord was a senior neuropathologist at Harborview who...
View ArticleGabriel’s choice for U.S. president
Gabriel will turn three next month (to establish the context for why I find this amusing). He has several child-friendly placemats for meals, and among them is one featuring portraits of the U.S....
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Farewell, Seattle
I’m typing this in the midst of my cross-country move from Seattle to North Carolina. My vascular neurology fellowship ended on June 30th, and with it the non-stop “schooling” that began when I was...
View ArticleTwenty years ago on this date…
…a timber rattlesnake bit me on the foot. I was in my backyard in Chapin, South Carolina, and stepped near a bush surrounded by brush to gather my cat. As a medical student years later, I found...
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Our move so far
At this point, the move from Seattle to Charlotte has been fairly smooth. I finally saw Crater Lake, have had plenty of time to play with the kids, and I’ve run in both Oregon and Montana. For the past...
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