Alright, ready for a little stream of consciousness thought wanderings? Stick with me, I’ll get to the point. I was helping a patient with a transfer today and golly it was a struggle…don’t worry my body mechanics were impecable! However, I looked up into the mirror afterward and my face was beat red and my hair all disheveled. … Continue reading
As my fellow science nerds know, sublimation is the process by which a substance transitions directly from a solid to a gas without passing through the intermediate liquid phase. So, if you have an ice cube and you add energy to the system (heat) generally it melts and then eventually evaporates. However, since nature and … Continue reading
Well, well, well…they prepare us for a lot in DPT school, I think we all have had nightmares of those “RED FLAGS.” Often it feels like a terrific overload and that even though they are preparing us for the ‘worst’ … likely it won’t be something we actually see in clinic. However, last Friday I … Continue reading
It’s officially summer!!!! At work today the PTs teamed up with the OTs for an ice cream making session … me made a big mess but had a ton of fun and the ice cream was delicious. Turns out it is turbo easy to make your own ice cream in a bag and lookie, I’ve … Continue reading
Preservation of our planet’s vanishing languages is a fascinating thing. If you are bilingual you may understand how different the world can seem just by experiencing it in a different language. The same word can have a vastly different meaning –> consider of course the common example of the multiple words the Inuit people have for snow or my … Continue reading
Today was my very first trip to chick-fil-a and how kismet that it feel on the very day I ready this article in JAMA: Changes in Red Meat Consumption and Subsequent Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Firstly, ( and never thought I’d be saying this about a fast food restaurant but…) I had a … Continue reading
Anyone who has been hanging with me over the last few years knows I love the television show Adventure Time. Often when I tell people, they are like: “Oh, that cartoon…the KIDS show?” I try and explain that it is much more than a KIDS show but a brilliant romp with fantastic art direction … Continue reading
To all the dads, fathers, and pops out there… Happy Father’s Day ❤ O.K. So, here is my finished pressie for my most wonderful dad. I put on my old “restoration hat” back on to mend a plack made for my family back when we were living in Japan. We’ve had it for almost as … Continue reading
Congrats to all my fellow SPTs!! Its FRIDAY! A really truly really real one! What do I mean by that? Well, no homework to do & no tests to study for… It is just me, the beach, my book, and this wheat grass smoothie. I can do what ever my little heart desires and not … Continue reading
Today the supreme court made a ruling that bans the patenting of naturally occurring genes, however if DNA has been edited or artificially created –> patent away. The bigest take away I’ve been reading about as a result of Justice Thomas and his peer’s decision is the overturning of the patents held by Utah based … Continue reading
A Cup A Day 