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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 September 9th, 2018 For a number of years, when I was much younger, I would refer to 1993 as my favorite year. I...

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 May 19th, 2018 The spring in Portland shows glimpses of itself many times over before fully revealing it's gloom...

Originally published on April 28th, 2018 Must have been twelve years old, thirteen at most. It was before I started skateboarding. The...

Originally published on April 27th, 2018 Good friend of mine introduced me to this podcast around a year ago while helping drive a moving...

Originally published on March 27th, 2018 Over the weekend I binge watched Wild Wild Countrya documentary on Netflix about the Rashneeshi...

Originally published on March18th, 2018 If I had to guess where my love of falling asleep to background noise, whether it be music, talk...

Originally published on February 11th, 2018 There are a multitude of manners in which our dynamic and multifaceted lives can be...

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 11/28/2017 Went home for Thanksgiving. First time travelling away from the LA since residency...

Originally published with Blogger on 11/18/2017 Lynch Park was an elementary school in South East Portland, on 148th right between SE...

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...

Originally published with Blogger on 10/15/2017 For the past few weeks I've been on a laborist service -- meaning I try to catch as many...