A while back I was in this facelift, and I was dying of boredom. Surgery is fun, but if you’ve done your surgery rotation you know, it can be B-O-R-I-N-G too. Facelifts are usually good cases. I mean you’re pulling someones face off and then putting it back on. The problem with facelifts is when you … [Read more...]

I’ve had a few difficult things to take care of recently. Nothing terrible, but hard for me. I didn’t want to do these things, but they were things that needed doing. I spent a week working my way through a conversation I need to have. Arguing both sides of it and scripting what I would say and … [Read more...]

Climbing Everest is either inspirational beyond all imagination or terrifying. A trip to the moon has the same effect. When you look at the big picture, the big goal it either breathes life into you or knocks the wind out of you, especially if your goals are anything worthwhile. • Bike across the … [Read more...]

You must know the story of the elephant at the circus, right? In case you don’t, here’s what happens.  When elephants are very young, they put a rope around their legs and drive a stake into the ground and tie the other end of the rope to the stake.  The little elephant is not strong enough to pull … [Read more...]