Archive for the ‘Just fun’ Category
The fixer-upper
A fixer-upper – a project, usually a home or a piece of property that needs money and substantial sweat. It needs some maintenance, some redecorating, some reconstruction and some redesign; it is a real project, not just a weekend outing. The project you selected could take years to finish, maybe a lifetime. But you knew […]
Introduction to men and women
I am approaching thirty years in our emergency room. I am not sure I can any longer recall patients I have seen, the histories I have taken. Some histories are fascinating, some adding to my life education knowledge I never needed to know. The one constant that has remained throughout these years is that men […]
The little-known link of Levis to yodeling
Some important information needed in life is left out of our educational system. One such bit of information is the history of Levi Strauss and the copper rivet. How should we refer to such extraneous information? Years ago when I was in medical school, acronyms were already taking over. Everything had an acronym — “PMC” is […]