30 July 2008

22 July 2008

NTLF



http://www.theskepticsguide.org/logicalfallacies.asp

20 July 2008

The Dark Knight

I didn't want to see this movie. I don't like any Batman movies I've seen, I don't like superhero movies in general, and I don't like Christian Bale. But I was drawn into the theater with promises of Claim Jumper afterward. So here's my take on the movie.

Heath Ledger: Awesome
Aaron Eckhart: Fucking awesome (altough his two-face, while anatomically correct, would be unable to pronounce any words correctly)
Christian Bale: WHAT THE FUCK? Seriously, watching him act is just sad. He isn't too bad as Bruce Wayne. Sort of like Keaunu Reeves, you'll let his clueless stare and monotone voice slide once or twice. But when he puts on the bat suit and uses his deep "scary" voice, you can't help but laugh through the whole movie. You, Christian Bale, are an embarrassment to the already embarrassing superhero genre.

19 July 2008

Hyperbaric Medicine

16 July 2008

15 July 2008

Warning: Science Content



http://www.quackcast.com/spodcasts/page6.html

13 July 2008

Fuck the FCC

12 July 2008

Nice Guys Finish Last

10 July 2008

Tough Day

09 July 2008

Fucking Quacks

08 July 2008

The Price of a Christian Nation



Well, at least we're beating Turkey.

Seriously though, when did we fall so far behind the rest of the world in science?

07 July 2008

Quirkology



06 July 2008

Richard Dawkins

04 July 2008

Something Smells of BS...



http://milwaukeeheartscan.com/

02 July 2008

Stroke Patients (Not That Kind of Stroke...)

Sharon has a couple friends over, so I'm not doing a video post today. I had orientation to the Psych/Neuro rotation the past two days, so I thought I'd update with the details for my rotation. I do two weeks of Neurology followed by four weeks of Psychiatry, with exams and OSCEs to follow. For Neurology, I was placed in the Neurovascular Team at Froedtert. Basically, that means two weeks of strokes and TIAs. We pre-round on all our patients at 7 am, meaning I'm assigned to either a new patient who was received overnight or an old patient who spent the night. I check their progress and lab results, then present the case to my attending at 9 am. Then as a team (attending, residents, and med students) we rotate through all the patients and determine diagnoses and/or plans. That should last until lunch. After lunch, if I don't have lectures, I follow the residents on consults and stroke cases who present to the ER. On days I don't have call, I leave at 5 pm. On days I do have call, I stay doing consults, etc. until midnight. I have weekends off (I do have one Saturday on call) and I get the 4th of July off, which is nice. This is a pretty standard rotation, basically what I can expect from all my rotations this year (with the exceptions of surgery and OB/GYN, where I do overnight call), so it's a good place to start.