The Metaphysics of The Pain Scale
Protagoras is famous for having noted that man is the measure of all things. Hamlet appears to concur when he states that "there is...
The Wabi-Sabi of Medicine
This post has been published on Kevinmd.com and I'm grateful for the platform. However, I wanted to post it on FB as well as they changed...
Finding Time
Where did three months go? An apology is in order for my legions of fans as I had optimistically hoped to publish something at least once...
On Friendship
This is a topic that surely has been dealt with in far more depth and beauty than I am able to command but I try to blog about what I...
Wine and Sign
I hope this small missive finds all 11 of my online friends happy and well. I wanted to let everyone know that should they find...
Appears Older Than Stated Age
There is a unique phrase in medicine that is generally used as a descriptive sentiment but often understood as a pejorative one. It is...
The Meteorite
2 years and 10 days. Of course, that is only if one counts the writing and the editing. There were many previous months full of plotting...


Nemo Sibi Vivat
As usual, this post must begin with an apology for both its rarity and for the idiosyncrasy of its subject matter. To the latter, I plead...
The Via Media
"Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in...
Memento Mori
Why do people climb mountains? It would seem, at a first glance, that there isn't any obvious tangible gain. It's risky. It's hard. It's...