Dr. Smith was working at the health center. She started to notice a lot of patients coming in with a red pustular rash over the entire body. The rash resolved with steroids, and if untreated caused severe scarring. It seemed like an allergy, but she could not figure out to what. She started a program …Read More
Month: February 2019
Captain of My Soul ~ William Ernest Henley
“I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.” William Ernest Henley wrote these often quoted lines of poetry in 1875 while in a hospital recovering from tuberculosis of the bone that required an amputation of one leg and surgery on the other. The title of the poem is “Invictus” …Read More
Daniel Sloss: It’s Only A Story
Is a story just a story? In my own opinion stories are powerful; and power must be used responsibly. Comedy has a particular context (anything for a laugh), but where is the line on what is appropriate, even for comedy? Does it depend on the audience, the context, the evening, the mood? Perhaps we should …Read More
Happy Chinese New Year 2019 ~ Year of the Pig
“I learned long, ago never to wrestle a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.” ~ George Bernard Shaw Pigs get a lot of notoriety. The Chinese Zodiac cycles every 12 years, and the Pig comes in last. Happy Chinese New Year 2019 ~ Year of the Pig! Is this your year? …Read More
Groundhog Day 2019 predicts early spring – really?
Thousands of people gathered in Pennsylvania at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney awaiting the answer: Will the frigid winter continue for another 6 weeks? the famous Groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, emerged for his annual prediction at around 7:30am. He did not see his shadow! Bundled in their winter gear, the crowd cheered as Punxsutawney Phil predicts an …Read More