Medscapades, Vol. III
Aug21

Medscapades, Vol. III

I work in hospital settings. Sometimes wacky stuff happens. Names and details have been altered to respect privacy. Volume III: The Perils Of Upright When a person has sustained a severe injury – I’m not talking torn ACL, I’m talking fractured spine – the rehab process is a long, difficult journey, to say the least. The physical pain and effort required to ‘get better’ can at times seem like nothing short of torture, and...

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Inside Outside Lands: Sunday
Aug16

Inside Outside Lands: Sunday

Our sunny, fun, and rocking Saturday begot a sunburnt, sore, and dehydrated Sunday morning. I entertained the idea that maybe I was starting to get to be too old for this, a notion that seemed more real as I stood inside a packed train with young Californians pontificating about the psychotropic principles of the molly-absinthe combo that had put them in such a good frame of mind the previous night. Fortunately, the slate of bands...

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Inside Outside Lands: Saturday
Aug14

Inside Outside Lands: Saturday

Our west coast correspondent braved the clouds of rain, dust, and funky cigarette smoke at this past weekend’s music and arts festival in San Francisco.   We awoke the next morning in our own beds, tired but basking in the afterglow of Paul McCartney. We took our time getting ready and went out to breakfast. We sipped our coffee at a streetside cafe and walked back home to prepare for the day.   Yeah, I think I can get used...

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Inside Outside Lands: Friday
Aug13

Inside Outside Lands: Friday

  Our west coast correspondent braved the clouds of rain, dust, and funky cigarette smoke at this past weekend’s music and arts festival in San Francisco. For some reason, I can’t wrap my head around festival punctuality. The concept of showing up on time for a multi-act concert is foreign to me. Last year, I thought it would be an okay idea to go to work on the first day of Sasquatch, only to sit in traffic on Snoqualmie Pass...

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Breaking Bad’s Elite Eight
Aug09

Breaking Bad’s Elite Eight

  I am not in danger, Skyler - I am the danger. A guy opens his door and gets shot and you think that of me? No - I am the one who knocks. Here we are. Here we go. This Sunday marks the first of the final eight episodes of AMC’s brilliant Breaking Bad, a two-month black swan song for our favorite chemistry teacher turned meth kingpin. It’s been a long journey as we’ve witnessed in a mix of awe and horror the transformation of...

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