In a world of health care professionals intent on being intellectual “influencers,” the truly influential are the ones whose clinical acumen is shaped by their compassion… this one’s for you A physician and clinician…are they one and the same? One…
“Your best ability is availability.” One of the several thousand amazing things about my wife is that she had PERFECT ATTENDANCE for 13 straight years from Kindergarten through High School. She’s practically perfect in every way, so it should come…
Yesterday, we witnessed some ABSOLUTELY SUPERHUMAN performances by Sebastian Sawe and Yomif Kejelcha, as both men RAN SUB-2 HOURS at the London Marathon. And to put this in perspective (and with the Disclaimer that “Nothing I say is Medical Advice”)…
My daughter enjoys collecting Pokemon cards, and occasionally on weekends we play some version of a Pokemon video game. And as you fellow Millennials will remember, back in 1996 all we had were Pokemon Blue and Red versions and the…
“Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.” -Terry Pratchett I often say that I still do all the same things I’ve always done…I’m just worse at them and I hurt more afterwards! The reality is that…
I am an extremist. In 1st grade, I had memorized the capitals of every autonomous nation on the planet and read the entire Bible twice…but I still needed to wear Velcro shoes because tying knots was just a little too…
A hapless nomad, weary from his wanderings, arrived at an unusual cemetery. Each row of tombstones created a path to a different church. In past eras, graveyards were owned and maintained by local church congregations, but the presence of multiple…
As many of you know, I’ve been blessed to have had a multitude of scholastic opportunities…which have resulted in the accrual of an obnoxiously hilarious swath of credentials. This hodgepodge of letters mainly provides ample substrate for jokes about my…
When tragedy darkens the path on Life’s Odyssey Tearfully, pilgrims reflect on theodicy “The Problem of Evil” by its common name Afflicting the righteous and sinners the same The light of youth’s candle snuffed out forever Vitality vanquished, flames into…
Squadrons from every corner of the Social Media universe assembled behind their computer screens at the Battle of Credibility. Cannonballs of contumely rocketed across the expanse and fiery missiles of malevolence hurtled back and forth at unidentifiable targets. Fragile fortresses…
