Archive for December 2008

31 Dec 2008 0909H

Regarding cath labs

The one thing I have learned from the last three weeks on the job is, you do not want to wind up on a cath lab table for a hemodynamics exam. Believe me. Do whatever you can to stay off a fluoroscopy table waiting to be catheterized. Exercise, eat a healthy diet, etc.

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23 Dec 2008 0909H

Did I say how much I hate my commute?

The thing is, even on a good day, it’s 45 mins. But today with few cars on the road, still wound up being 1:20. Why? Snow. A street was shut down, diverting traffic. People driving slow. Add this to the two hours I spent getting home last night.

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21 Dec 2008 0939H

People can be trained to do anything. Anything.

Finally, they had been told that they should not feel responsible for inflicting pain; rather, the “instructor” was accountable. “Lack of feeling responsible can lead people to act in ways that they might otherwise not,” said Burger. “When we see people acting out of character, the first thing we should ask is: ‘What’s going on [...]

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16 Dec 2008 1851H

On Higgins Rd

2 hrs. To go 8.5mi. Blogging from my iPhone. That’s how bad traffic is.
Edit: 4:30. To go 30 miles. Freaking RIDICULOUS.

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15 Dec 2008 0925H

Ridiculously cold out

How bad was it today? -14 windchill. A layer of ice on my car that refused to melt. A 90 minute outbound commute. Last Friday, 2 hrs to go 29 miles. We’re outta here.

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11 Dec 2008 1721H

Time Stand Still

Life is starting to change in ways I hadn’t anticipated. Mostly, it is slowing down. Perhaps that is winter. But I would prefer to be moving a bit faster. Maybe it is due to moving so quickly this year that everything else seems slow in comparison.

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09 Dec 2008 1219H

Hallelujah

As so often happens when one is locked inside a suburban cubicle building, it takes a while to hear the news. Even big news, like the Governor was finally indicted. Watching Beachwood Reporter’s liveblog. Can’t wait to see who else gets dragged down. Mell? And to echo what everyone else has said, he has to [...]

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06 Dec 2008 0915H

Retrocity

Heard them yesterday on CBC Radio 1’s Ontario Today show. Great a capella rendition of Toto’s Africa. Listen to it on their MySpace page.

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04 Dec 2008 1811H

Thailand and Canada

So, the Thais occupying the airport, the so-called People’s Alliance for Democracy, are not in fact for a democracy but for scrapping the electoral system, to be replaced by an elite among Thai society to appoint people to government. And they’re threatened by the populism of rural Thailand embodied by the current government.
In Canada, the [...]

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04 Dec 2008 1737H

Gun control is two hands on your weapon

Look what happens when you put a MicroUzi, an automatic weapon that can unleash 1700 rounds a minute, in the hands of an 8 year old. Frankly I don’t know if I could even control a weapon that small.

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