The manuscript of this recent musing about perhaps the most important component of my career in rheumatology was just accepted for publication in Clinical Medicine, after being rejected by a surgical journal. Sometimes those blades just can’t take a joke. For you outsiders: blades are surgeons, for obvious reasons, whereas we internists, with our focusContinue reading “flea in the O.R.”
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taste of joy
It wasn’t our first, but yesterday’s evening with Rodney Crowell at the City Winery in Chicago was certainly one to relish. When the evening was over, I had a better understanding of what Rodney sings “Oh, what a beautiful world” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTsYHaOSXeY. I didn’t write down my own setlist as I wanted to devote full attentionContinue reading “taste of joy”
London, ’79
My classmate friend and fellow author Sandy Northrop Jones asked if I got “college credit” for the 2 months I’d spent in London as a medical student. That begged a response, which I offered: Oh my, yes. U of C encouraged study abroad, and my favorite cardiology attending Dr. Resnekov had connections. He set meContinue reading “London, ’79”
from the ‘burg
I’m very fond of the little village in which I grew up: Vicksburg (pop’n 3,617). Between what my old VHS classmates tell me and what I read in my monthly South County News (1), I pretty much keep on top of what’s happening there. This month’s SCN featured stories of the good fortunes of twoContinue reading “from the ‘burg”
green new deal
I encountered this on Facebook. I shall surely try to follow suit
scorecards
I apologize for following the whole COVID thing like a sporting event. There are too many players here to call winners and losers. One site I’ve visited religiously through it all is that of Johns Hopkins. Pretty good school, rejected me for a rheumatology fellowship. But if you go to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus ResourceContinue reading “scorecards”
internal blog links
All the links within each post are listed below the title of the post. Michigan 84 Purdue 76 (2 OT) hype video: https://youtube/jGWGcS9ZWPM Bye bye bikes?. Skedaddle tour https://www.skedaddle.com/us/classicroad/holidays/location/Chile/869#guided. Gone, gone, gone. Lost that lovin’ feelinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOnYY9Mw2Fg Walkies. AA Parks & Rec webpagehttps://www.a2gov.org/departments/Parks-Recreation Washtenaw Cunty Parks & Rec https://www.washtenaw.org/288/Parks-Recreation Healing Forest guide https://healingforest.org/2020/01/27/forest-bathing-guide/ Trail tails JohnContinue reading “internal blog links”
blog links
The posts listed here from the last 20 months all touch on sports and are featured in Musing though a Pandemic. My Year an a Half (and then some) with Mr. Corona. Volume IV. Then play on. Readers of a paper copy can use these links to directly access a post and thus the linksContinue reading “blog links”
HCQ HQ
A friend read my post yesterday about the new COVID pills (1), which I led off by writing that we have safe and effective pills for COVID already, and she commented “please explain”. I sent her a link to my ivermectin post of 2 months back (2), but then realized I’d only covered half theContinue reading “HCQ HQ”
a pill for COVID?
Sure, Plaquenil and ivermectin are out there, safe and cheap and pretty effective if given at the start of COVID infection. That hasn’t kept the boys and girls at Pharma from cooking up something maybe better. Behold PAXLOVID™ (PF-07321332; ritonavir), a swallowed drug that inhibits a SARS-CoV-2-3CL protease (protein breaking down enzyme) that Mr. CoronaContinue reading “a pill for COVID?”
