Today I found out that doctors get to listen to music while they do surgery.
And the music they choose varies from doctor to doctor. Some like classical, some like AC/DC.
What would you listen to while cutting into someone and trying to prevent them from dying?
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Huh.
Posted in Uncategorized on November 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Posted in Uncategorized on October 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I just finished a two-page Chinese satirical essay about a “Chinese phenomenon” as exemplified through a humorous anecdote. That is on top of the other 4.5 hours of Chinese I studied today. That is on top of the entire book I read this weekend and the other online readings I did. That is leaving out [...]
Holy Chicago, Illinoise.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Chicago, city, grad school, hyde park, isolation, light, lonely, Nick, night, Taiwan, travel, university of chicago on September 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
“For really loving the people in my life so much, I have a bad habit of trekking out on my own and then hating it…for about 2 days…and then loving it. I wish Nick were here, though. Looking out onto Chicago by night; each lamp, each light is like a little island, a warm, telling beacon in a sea of sooty darkness. He would like it.”
Chinese Stories
Posted in Uncategorized on August 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m reading a translated collection on ancient Chinese Fairytales & Fantasies–actually that is exactly the title of the book–edited by Moss Roberts. It’s an interesting collection, but a little…uh…lacking context for the modern age. Just a little hard to get behind.
Anyway. Most of the stories so far have been about mystery wine maidens turning into [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am torn to write.
On the River
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bank, camp, canoe, deer, doe, float, kayak, nature, paddle, quiet, reflection, river, rocks, tube, water, woods on July 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It is Sunday afternoon. The on-and-off-again chilled downpour keeps the usual weekend crowd of drunken tube riders and jubuliant canoes piled high with children and life jackets at bay. The water is also cold, but by no means still.
Half-Asleep in Cog Pajamas
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged dreaming, flowchart, night terror, nightmare, power point, robots, sleep walking, spreadsheet, talking, travel, wedding on July 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I can’t even imagine what kind of lame nightmares Nick endures. I imagine giant Excel documents raining all of their little divider lines down on him; or a bunch of organizational charts using their little umbrella arms like Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em robots and pummeling the guy.
Work Incentive?
Posted in Uncategorized on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At work, we have a kind of silly little incentive program. If you do something really well or get a personal compliment from a customer about your service, you’ll come in to work the next morning and find a certificate that details exactly what you did right, the customer’s compliments, and a candy bar.
Sometimes I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ok–I guess I’m overdue for a blog entry. A a blog entry I shall have. Tonight!
Stay tuned.
CA Photo Shoot
Posted in Uncategorized on March 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Heyo!
Here is a link to a facebook album with some of the photos from the shoot. I like these–and there are literally 100s more. It’s not too exciting or artsy or sexy or anything, but it is still nice.
Enjoy!
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Here is also an album of the rest of the trip…just golfing and hiking in the desert [...]
