‘your eyes can deceive you, don’t trust them.’ Obi-Wan Kenobi may have been onto something when he gave those famed words to Luke Skywalker in A New Hope….OK, have I lost all the the non-nerds out there? Well, here is the thing. Recently a good friend gave me some drawings he made of my new … Continue reading
What is that? TWO OF MY FAVORITE THINGS…at one festival!? YES PLEASE! The New York Academy of Medicine was hosting a fantastic day of free erudition! Between exploring their phenomenal medical library, learning about cranioklepty (famous skull theft!), anthropodermic bibliopegy (book binding in human skin…no not the Necronomicon), and taking a dissection and drawing class…I … Continue reading
There are a lot of little things a novice health care practitioner has to keep in mind when working in a hospital setting for the first time. I recently was taught a very difficult lesson about advanced directives. CPR? Not if there is a DNR. There may be nothing more difficult than doing nothing. However, … Continue reading
…She was very old, though she did not know it, and she was no longer the careless color of sea foam but rather the color of snow falling on a moonlit night. But her eyes were still clear and unwearied, and she still moved like a shadow on the sea.” Peter S. Beagle, the author … Continue reading
Brunch is a big deal in NYC. I quickly learned this when I moved here. Sure, I’ve enjoyed some delicious egg-tastic dishes throughout Brooklyn… However, my FAVORITE kind of brunch involves 3 things: German expressionist epic science fiction films Live Music & Ashi (my sister) Blam! That all happened today at Nitehawk Cinema in Williamsburg. … Continue reading
When you ask a patient if they are still feeling nauseous…..you do not want to find out what they had for lunch. ( PS Still love mac and cheese. )
….well, if your nose is a Norwegian attic. Check it out my friends: there was a new Van Gogh found “Sunset at Montmajour” Well, it wasn’t so much FOUND but identified as authentic. Seems it was considered for decades to be fake and was stored in the attic of a Norwegian home. Can you imagine, … Continue reading
“Chasing meaning is better for your health than trying to avoid discomfort” This is the closing line of the most recent TED Talk to rock my world. Kelly McGonigal says we need to reevaluate our relationship with stress. Studies have shown that is isn’t HAVING stress that increases problems in our life BUT our belief … Continue reading
…make sculpture.
Two eye cups in a row? Yeipers, gotta mix up my act here a bit. However, I couldn’t help it today because I’ve finally gotten to the bottom of something that has been bugging me for a bit. Why do some older folks have a blue or whitish ring around their eye? Like so: Well, … Continue reading
A Cup A Day 