Archive for September, 2007

Dancing in the Rain

September 30th, 2007 * Comments(3)

For those of you who know me, you know that dancing in the rain is one of my most favorite past-times (hence the not carrying an umbrella thing). Thanks to Jen, who posted some wonderful words on her website. The last line really summed it up for me. (I was unable to find the original author.)

“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain.”

I started looking through my old pics to find some nice rain dancing ones, but alas, I could not find any. So, please check out the ones below, anyway. Back when I used to have my crazy hair, I loved the springtime, because all the flowers would start blooming in DC. I used to (thanks Vince/FB2/Wally) take pictures of my hair with the various flowers. So, please enjoy the blurry phone pics below. (One of them doesn’t have any flowers, but it does have me with one of my more enjoyable hairstyles.) Ahh, how I miss/treasure those days.

Kendra pink and Flowers

Kendra blue and Flowers

Kendra orange and Flowers

Cow on Kendra's shoulder

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September 30th, 2007 * Comments(1)

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The Art of Doctor-Patient Communication

September 28th, 2007 * Comments(1)

The dance between doctor and patient is a wondrous sight. Unfortunately, though, sometimes there are missteps.

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Just in Case You Had Doubts….

September 27th, 2007 * Comments(2)

I am the best value.

Best Value


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Rectal Exams and Homosexuals

September 27th, 2007 * Comments(8)

Rectal Exam Model Today we learned how to perform a rectal exam on a rubbery plastic dummy (no, he was not stupid, just inanimate.) Talk about FUN! And no, I’m not kidding. I really enjoyed learning how to perform the exam properly. And I think it’s great that they provide dummies for us to practice on (so we don’t have to completely terrorize real people).

One of our lecturers said something that sort of bothered me, though. He said that when performing a rectal exam, it’s important to ask if the patient is homosexual. He mentioned that being homosexual could explain rectal tears or bleeding. However, I think a more appropriate question would be “do you engage in anal sex?” And this question should be asked to both males and females, heterosexuals and homosexuals. There are certainly homosexual men who do not engage in anal sex, plenty of heterosexual women who do, and every combination in between. Of course, asking about a patient’s sexual preference is quite relevant, but when talking about the rectal exam in particular, I think asking about anal sex, or even anal penetration is more appropriate and would provide a better history.

That’s my 5 cents worth for today. Not that ya asked.

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September 27th, 2007 * Comments(0)

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September 25th, 2007 * Comments(1)

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His Last Lecture

September 23rd, 2007 * Comments(1)

Thanks to Keifer who posted this great movie about Randy Pausch, a professor at Carnegie-Mellon giving his very last lecture. Unfortunately, he has pancreatic cancer, and probably won’t live to give another lecture. Here are two quotes that I captured. I most definitely couldn’t have said it better myself.

It’s not about how to achieve your dreams, it’s about how to lead your life. If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you.

The brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough.

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A Bad Mom

September 22nd, 2007 * Comments(6)

Today didn’t start out so well. I awoke to the sounds of someone banging on my front door at 7 am. It was my friend and mother of the kids that I hang out with. She was completely hysterical and crying. She kept screaming “the dogs killed my goat, the dogs killed my goat!” It turns out that my two dogs were somehow involved in the killing of her goat.

You may be wondering why my dogs were running around. Well, I usually keep them inside or on a leash, but sometimes I let them run around for exercise. Obviously, I wouldn’t do this in a city like DC, but this is Dominica. The rules are different. It’s pretty safe to let your dogs run around sometimes.

I still haven’t gotten the entire story. I plan on going to her house later today to talk to her about what happened. I find it so hard to believe that my dogs were involved. They’re such good little pups. They don’t growl, and I’ve never seen them bite anything. But they do like to roam with the “gang of dogs” in our neighborhood. And I think that it’s possible that a they got caught up in peer pressure.

I’m feeling like the worst mom in the world right now. It seems that my kids are the “bullies.” And that it’s my fault because I failed to supervise them properly.

Anway, we’ll see how things go. I certainly feel horrible. I really, really liked that goat. It makes me cringe just thinking about it.

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September 22nd, 2007 * Comments(0)

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