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I was so impressed with the Bendcare Summit at the US Grant in San Diego last weekend, particularly with the M.C. and CEO Andrew Ripps, D. Pharm., I wrote him this letter. January 20, 2020 Andrew Ripps, D.Pharm CEO, Bendcare 2255 Glades Road, Suite 228W Boca Raton, Florida  33451 Dear Dr. Ripps: I was privilegedContinue reading “Dear Dr. Ripps”

One great satisfaction of an academic career is to come in contact with bright young people who clearly are going on to great things. I met Jason Knight when he was a bright medicine resident with a PhD level research background who figured his future was in hematology-oncology. He was having a wonderful time onContinue reading “shameless plugs”

I woke up early again, still on Eastern time, for our second full day in La Jolla.   While Kathy slept, I made train and hotel arrangements for a weekend in Chicago end of February our friends Deb and Jeff from St. Louis had just proposed.  Come 6:30, La Clochette du Coin had opened its doorsContinue reading “another hard day in LJ”

We took the #30 down from our AirBnB to Cass Street in Pacific Beach where we would find Latitude 32, a semi-dive, semi-surfer bar we’d frequented with much joy several years ago.  Latitude 32 came out as “lotta dudes” to point out few females frequented the bar.  Seeking to embellish a tease text to myContinue reading “Brady in PB”

Two days before Christmas ’14, braking to avoid a Chilean weiner dog while rolling down a potted hill threw me into a ditch where the landing fractured and dislocated my shoulder while bruising my brachial plexus. I found ways to practice without a right arm and within 6 months I was managing to do mostContinue reading “From Ike to Mike: advice for a trip to Ann Arbor”

On January 4, two days after I learned Sam had died, I compiled an email with pictures of and about Sam, old and recent, annotated, and sent it out to some mutual friends. Here it is, with a few clarifications in parentheses for those of you who weren’t around Vicksburg, Michigan with the 2000 orContinue reading “see Sam”

Kathy and I took in the open house at the newly renovated Michigan Union today. Here are my impressions: The Michigan Union is my favorite building on campus, more than the Law Quad or even Michigan Stadium.  Standing tall (‘though only 4 stories) at the base of south University on State, this 1919 structure ofContinue reading “a more perfect Union”

my foodie friend Tim found the email I’d sent him with impressions of Albena, a tiny, exquisite and unique place hidden in downtown Detroit Have you and Kathy been to Albena in Detroit?  Kathy and I just had a seven course tasting dinner there last night that was absolutely fantastic.  Very minimalist Norwegian/Japanese.  The place, named afterContinue reading “the other Detroit restaurant, day after Christmas 2019”

my wife and I have been to 2 of the finest restaurants in Detroit over the past few weeks. Here’s what I wrote to a foodie friend about one of them after a January 2 outing. I’ll post the other if Tim can find it on his server. Hey Tim.  Happy New Year to youContinue reading “restaurants”