Blogging from an iPhone just wasn’t for me. (AKA apologies for not posting very much these last two weeks in Japan, dear Reader.) But now I’m back, with much to report. So let’s proceed. When I last posted, I had just finished dinner at the inimitable Chen’s Shanghai in Vancouver BC. After that meal, I […]
Archive | August, 2014
Dinner in Vancouver
The minivacation is now over. I’ve transitioned into full on vacation mode. But the early results are in and the mini vacation was a great success. And since my mini vacation was purchased solely on points and a tiny bit of cash it seems worth revisiting. Although I’m no big fan of the blogging genre […]
Eastward Ho
I sit on the precipice of a most unmustachian journey. Many months ago when I planned this trip I included a mini vacation before the vacation. I did it because I had a surplus of miles and a blank slate to work with. I did it because I was curious. I did it because I’m […]
Caveman Days
A not too uncommon conversation that I have with my patients, goes something like this. Me: So has anything else been bothering you? Male patient: No Male patient’s wife: Why don’t you tell the doctor about how whenever you lie down flat you can’t breathe? Male patient: (Looks to me and rolls his eyes) Me: […]
Bad Companies
I was lucky enough to do my internal medicine internship and residency at the University of Chicago on the southside of Chicago. This was a fantastic training program for a number of reasons. It was a high-powered academic center with ample research power. The residency program directors were humane and resident focused. Education was stressed […]
Premature Departure
I received some very sad and unwelcome news yesterday. One of my high school classmates died unexpectedly. She and I were not close friends in high school and it’s a tricky business remembering someone after they are gone ,which all makes my memory seem somewhat suspect. But still, feel I remember her well. And what […]
Visible Iceberg Parts
Market timing is for the birds. Except of course, when it isn’t. Tonight I thought I would write about one of my favorite investments. Interestingly, it is an investment that I do not hold much of a position in right now. Which kind of makes me a market timer. But I’m getting ahead of myself. […]
Sunshine and Lollipops
Do you have any friends who are a little bit too into their kids? You know the type, they constantly tell you amusing little stories about their kids brilliance and talent. They’re a bit too quick to whip out the iPhone in order to start showing you pictures of little Carleton with blueberries on his […]
White Coat Face Off: Mortgaging Your Future?
I’m in the midst of a bit of a call weekend beat down. Nothing terrible, just busy. Pacers, and consults, and pages, and so on. But the show must go on. Early retirement waits for no one. And it seems to me that today is as good a day to continue my pseudo-dialogue with the […]
Paradise Lost?
The miles game is not meant to be easy. It’s not a drive-through at a fast food joint where you handover a few crinkled bucks, and get back a neatly packaged, hermetically sealed, burger in a box. It’s more like foraging for morels in a burnt out urban forest. Some days it’s easy and you […]
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