It Was Only a Building…
Was it only a building? Or was it so much more? From the outside, it vaguely resembled the love child of a Battlestar Galactica spaceship and an abandoned swimming pool. But for those of us who were able to venture…
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Jimothy Eat World
Hey. I don’t know who needs to hear this…but maybe you’re having a rough time. Maybe people have been making fun of you. Maybe you’re a neckless nocturnal pest who eats trash and might be carrying rabies. Don’t write yourself…
“I Have a Secret!”
“I have a secret!” The human desire to “Be In the Know” starts at an early age, and it drives people crazy to be “In the Dark.” In Elementary School, you probably remember giving up your favorite Gel Pen and…
The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything
As one who masqueraded as Larry the Cucumber for many years, I was often asked to perform various “Silly Songs” from VeggieTales. And although I crooned “I Love My Lips” and “The Water Buffalo Song” on several occasions, the most…
Detached and Destructive…or David?
A common frustration among medical professionals is that the important decisions in healthcare systems are often made by the people furthest removed from patient care. Untouchable and out-of-touch CEOs prioritize agendas over people. Patients get burned, healthcare providers get burnt…
New Mile World Record! No, it’s Josh KERR, not me!
As many of you know I’m all about PREVENTION, and given that I want to PREVENT a deluge of congratulatory, but ultimately misplaced text messages, emails, and possibly even postcards, I wanted to clear up a few things. Although there…
Flexing in Fred Meyer
We were down to our last ½ tub of Cottage Cheese, and given that it’s one of the three things I eat, my daughter and I were forced to make an emergency run to Fred Meyer. And after we secured…
Chameleons and Geckos
Most people think chameleons are pretty cool, and the ability to possess panoramic vision and change colors seems superficially awesome. But when the going REALLY gets tough, chameleons are pretty helpless against predators. They can’t really run from larger enemies…
Rat Tails and Radiographs
Those of you who have gone through medical programs probably remember when you first started learning how to read x-rays. They’d usually start us off with some easy ones, like a light bulb wedged up someone’s pelvic cavity or a…
On the Brink of a Wordle War
We live in a United States that is anything but united on so many topics. Pontifications over Politics. Conflicts over Cholesterol. Squabbles over Censorship…and of course, the G.O.A.T debates of Jordan vs LeBron vs Kobe. But I didn’t anticipate the…
