Category Archives: Ramblings

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 two … Continue reading →

…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 learning about the … Continue reading →

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 three years old. What to do … Continue reading →

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. presidents, depicted in chronological order. He knows … Continue reading →

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 enjoyed grilling me in front of colleagues … Continue reading →

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, as a child … Continue reading →

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 just after … Continue reading →

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 War, was … Continue reading →

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 into his newly acquired … Continue reading →