Jan 2010

Jan 2

new, again

I am trying to blog again. It used to be such an important thing for me. In past nine years, it has helped me crystallize a lot of my thoughts. It has helped me tease out a lot of recurrent themes in my life. It has made it easier to isolate a lot of my self-destructive behaviors and thoughts. (Whether or not it has actually helped me deal with them is another matter entirely, but, as they say, knowing is half the battle.)

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Jan 3

the quest for chilaquiles

I realize how pathetic it is that I grew up in L.A. and I don't have any idea where to find a place that makes chilaquiles. I never even had chilaquiles until I moved to Chicago, and found this place within walking distance from my apartment that I would go to as often as feasible. In San Diego it was pretty much a Sunday morning routine (at least, on the Sundays I would actually wake up at a reasonable hour before all the breakfast places were mobbed.)

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Jan 8

that's probably pretty low on the differential

So I've got this pain in my right foot that's been bugging me for the past couple of days. It's not terrible pain, it's just annoying. Over the years, it's come and gone, and it's never really lasted long enough that I've thought much of it. What it probably is is just run-of-the-mill plantar fasciitis. I should probably just take some NSAIDs and do some calf stretching exercises.

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Jan 23

the book of eli SPOILER

You remember how Ray Bradbury sued Michael Moore for just using the title "Fahrenheit 911"? Well, I hope Ray Bradbury doesn't sue the Hughes Brothers for stealing a major conceit from the book.

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Jan 26

trying to remember that there is good as well as evil in this world

The first time I encountered the clinical aspects of child abuse was when I was a third year medical student doing my pediatrics rotation. The outpatient portion of my rotation had me going through all the various subspecialty clinics. One of these subspecialties was child abuse.

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