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I recently finished Supernova In The East, which is a podcast by Dan Carlin, in his Hardcore History show. It is over 25 hours long. Yes,...

Every generation, I suppose, considers the world as it was when they were young to be a unique situation that has shaped them in ways no...

Most pancreatitis patients in the hospital are there because of alcohol. This varies with the surrounding demographics of any given...

From the door of my busy primary care practice I can walk to multiple Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Meta offices. And the people are back...

Originally published on March 29th, 2020 Right about now, three weeks is feeling as if it were a lifetime ago. The year 2012 feels all...

Originally published on April 19th, 2019 This particular post is specifically inspired by this piece, entitled Privileged by Kyle Korver,...

Originally published on December 4th, 2018 I roasted coffee for many years. Kaladi Bros Coffee, in Denver Colorado was a job that was...

Originally published on November 28th, 2018 The life of a resident physician is broken up into four week chunks. And just like this post,...

Originally published on November 18th, 2018 Turned 40 a few weeks ago. Over a month ago, I guess. I mean, basically I may as well be 50....

Originally published on November 13th, 2018 Welcome to the fourth edition of an ongoing series built to break down common medical...

Originally published on November 13th, 2018 I am going to try and decode and simplify the malignant beast that is the American...

Originally published on November 7th, 2018 I never gave much thought to the root of the term "stroke" but a recent lecture given by a...

Originally published on November 2nd, 2018 Welcome to the first edition of an ongoing series built to break down common medical...

Originally published on October 31st, 2018 Had more OSCEs today. Thought that was over with, actually. What does OSCE stand for, you may...

Originally published on August 25th, 2018 The realization that this one was close was followed by the sickening feeling of loss and...

Originally published on July 18th, 2018 In 1976, when the NBA season started, the Portland Trail Blazers were not considered contenders...

Originally published on April 14th, 2018 Like our brains are wont to do, 7/25/11 in some ways feels like yesterday, and in some ways it...

Originally published on February 28th, 2018 Late 90's in Portland, where the dream of the 90's persisted in spite of the last and fast...

Originally published with blogger on 12/22/2017 ACGME and people in graduate medical education send a lot of mixed signals when it comes...

Originally published with Blogger on 11/12/2017 I've never been mistaken for a nurse. Even when I was in undergrad, working weekends in...