Random non-pathology and only peripherally related to pathology thread

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Holy damn...I actually got into town on time. And all the snow is gone! Woohoo!
 
Yeah - once the cold came most of it had melted, no real ice troubles. Was chilly tonight though. Reminded me of minnesota.

p.s. Rachmaninof was a genius.
 
yaah said:
Yeah - once the cold came most of it had melted, no real ice troubles. Was chilly tonight though. Reminded me of minnesota.

p.s. Rachmaninof was a genius.
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yeah i listened to all of his piano concertos either in the airport or in the plane. his first symphony blows though. the history regarding that piece, the horrible reviews it received, the ensuing depression, and then the composition of concerto #2 in c minor is very interesting (or was that all after the 1st piano concerto and not the 1st symphony).
 
It's the 1st symphony - 1st piano concerto was written before he became famous and revised much later into its current form.

Had to look up the info about the 1st symphony from the liner notes I have on the recording - Symphony was given its premier with Glazunov as the conducted in 1897, and "all of musical Russia had looked forward most eagerly, but it proved to be a disaster, not only for the work itself, but in terms of the effect it had on Rachmaninoff. " Then he withdrew the work and forbade its publication, and couldn't compose for 3 years

On its reintroduction in 1945 (2 years after he died) it got a great reception though
 
yaah said:
It's the 1st symphony - 1st piano concerto was written before he became famous and revised much later into its current form.

Had to look up the info about the 1st symphony from the liner notes I have on the recording - Symphony was given its premier with Glazunov as the conducted in 1897, and "all of musical Russia had looked forward most eagerly, but it proved to be a disaster, not only for the work itself, but in terms of the effect it had on Rachmaninoff. " Then he withdrew the work and forbade its publication, and couldn't compose for 3 years

On its reintroduction in 1945 (2 years after he died) it got a great reception though
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thanks for the clarification. i read the liner notes from van cliburn's rach #2/tchaikovsky #1 recording too after my post and read the same thing. i personally think his piano works are genius (especially concertos #2 and #3). his first symphony is still pretty weak...i keep listening to it over and over again and i can't come up with too many reasons to like it :laugh:

have you listened to rachmaninoff's own recordings? i have a bunch of CDs of him playing his own works and other works such as chopin. he plays very fast but is technically sloppy at times, would you agree?
 
I haven't heard much of Rach playing Rach. I tend not to be a big fan of old recordings, I almost prefer to leave it a mystery. So many current performers are so talented that while it is interesting to hear the composer play his own work, it isn't always preferable.

Horowitz was sloppy at times too - sometimes that is better than being technically precise all the time.
 
yaah said:
I haven't heard much of Rach playing Rach. I tend not to be a big fan of old recordings, I almost prefer to leave it a mystery. So many current performers are so talented that while it is interesting to hear the composer play his own work, it isn't always preferable.

Horowitz was sloppy at times too - sometimes that is better than being technically precise all the time.
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when i mean sloppy, i'm talking about missing notes or hitting adjacent notes and only that. some equate labile tempo to sloppiness and want performers to keep the beat, keep the beat, use the metronome, keep the beat. not me though, i think liberal use of ritardando and accelerando is da bomb. then there's the issue of dynamics...rachmaninoff just bangs the keyboard. prokofiev was worse although for some weird reason, his percussive-type pieces really jive with me.
 
I just listened to Prokofiev this morning...once in awhile I like his music, but not all the time. One of the best concerts I ever went to though was when I sat in the front row as the orchestra played Romeo and Juliet. Great!
 
yaah said:
I just listened to Prokofiev this morning...once in awhile I like his music, but not all the time. One of the best concerts I ever went to though was when I sat in the front row as the orchestra played Romeo and Juliet. Great!
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Yeah I have to agree...I have to be in a certain mood to listen to Prokofiev. I do like listening to songs written by Russian composers though; they knew what they were doing :thumbup;

What's your favorite era? Classical, Romantic, Contemporary?
 
AndyMilonakis said:
Yeah I have to agree...I have to be in a certain mood to listen to Prokofiev. I do like listening to songs written by Russian composers though; they knew what they were doing :thumbup;

What's your favorite era? Classical, Romantic, Contemporary?
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I probably enjoy more romantic works than other eras, but certainly not a hard and fast rule.

I am listening to Rimsky-Korsakov now.

looks like some "interesting" threads showed up in the lounge after I vanished...
 
yaah said:
I probably enjoy more romantic works than other eras, but certainly not a hard and fast rule.

I am listening to Rimsky-Korsakov now.

looks like some "interesting" threads showed up in the lounge after I vanished...
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like which ones?
 
AndyMilonakis said:
like which ones?
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Lesbians! What is this strange male fascination with lesbians?

My hands are cold now, I must admit. It is very cold here today, and while I enjoy these temperatures it does not make typing easy when one comes in from the cold. I think I am down to 75 wpm.
 
i've already stated my opinions on lesbians in the Lounge and will therefore comment on this no further.

Yes it was cold as a witch's tit today. Dude, I knew you would go on SDN first thing after driving back from the bar!
 
AndyMilonakis said:
i've already stated my opinions on lesbians in the Lounge and will therefore comment on this no further.

Yes it was cold as a witch's tit today. Dude, I knew you would go on SDN first thing after driving back from the bar!
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I had to because the game was nerveracking and I needed distraction.

p.s. look who's talking
 
yaah said:
I had to because the game was nerveracking and I needed distraction.

p.s. look who's talking
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no...i was in my apartment for at least half an hour before even sitting down in front of the computer.
 
AndyMilonakis said:
no...i was in my apartment for at least half an hour before even sitting down in front of the computer.
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Fine, you're a superior human being. From the looks of the other thread though it sounds like you were sitting somewhere else for awhile! :laugh:
 
Last night as I was clearing the vestiges of Ob/Gyn from my room I began to notice the knotted strands of 2.0 Vicryl that had mysteriously attached themselves to my mug handle and doorknob and other implements over the last month.

Dammit I feel so violated.

No more huffin' n' puffin'!
 
yaah said:
Fine, you're a superior human being. From the looks of the other thread though it sounds like you were sitting somewhere else for awhile! :laugh:
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yes...i was having problems. i feel better now. that little stunt you pulled though was not cool. :laugh:
 
deschutes said:
Last night as I was clearing the vestiges of Ob/Gyn from my room I began to notice the knotted strands of 2.0 Vicryl that had mysteriously attached themselves to my mug handle and doorknob and other implements over the last month.

Dammit I feel so violated.

No more huffin' n' puffin'!
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I guess that's better than other things that attach themselves to you during an OB rotation. That takes me back though - I was doing those little practice knots and frankly every one that I did took away a small portion of my sanity and my self respect. I also took home a scrub shirt that was torn and used it to practice tying things together. Thank god that's over with.
 
yaah said:
every one that I did took away a small portion of my sanity and my self respect.
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You think so? After figuring out the technical aspects, I found ties to be really quite mindless... la la la laaaaa...~

Didn't go as far as stealing needle drivers. I'll leave that for Surgery.
 
Ties are quite mindless, that's part of the reason I hate them so.

Quote from the attendings' consensus conference today: This consult case came with a diagnosis of "Serous Cystadenoma with mucin formation." That's an oxymoron! Everyone laughs (different things are funny to different people - people in pathology find this funny). They also had an argument because the same case came with a clinical history of "Mass on superior surface of pancreas, separate from pancreas but attached." They had a good 5 minute discussion on semantics at that point.
 
yaah said:
"Mass on superior surface of pancreas, separate from pancreas but attached."
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😕 😕 😕

Sounds like a good time for a phonecall!

You know the "short stitch superior, long stitch lateral"... we had one case where the two stitches were diametrically opposite one another.
 
I had one once with "long stich lateral, short stich superior" and both stitches were identical. I also am never quite sure what to make out of things when the stitches are not at 12:00 or 9:00 on the periphery of specimens - sometimes you'll get something like "stich superior" but the stitch is at about 1:30. Does that mean the tip is superior, or that one little point is superior and thus my trying to determine and submit the margins becomes very complicated?

ME was doing a case on someone today who tried to buy drugs with counterfeit money and ended up shot. What a fool!
 
Snow isn't usually a big problem, the main issue is that it just slows everything down as the day goes on. People arrive late, they board late, the plane leaves late, they de-ice. More drinking for you!!
 
yaah said:
Snow isn't usually a big problem, the main issue is that it just slows everything down as the day goes on. People arrive late, they board late, the plane leaves late, they de-ice. More drinking for you!!
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I only had one drink in the airport! Since when was Guinness $7?!?!?

yaah, you BETTER be drunk off your A$$ tonight at the SDN meet. and you better be hungover tomorrow. you log onto SDN anytime soon and I'm gonna huck rocks at you when you get back into town!
 
Welcome back Andy!
AndyMilonakis said:
I only had one drink in the airport! Since when was Guinness $7?!?!?
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It's the airport, dummy. Since when did EtOH become a dependent food group? 😛

AndyMilonakis said:
yaah, you BETTER be drunk off your A$$ tonight at the SDN meet. and you better be hungover tomorrow. you log onto SDN anytime soon and I'm gonna huck rocks at you when you get back into town!
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You left out the ever-important "hook up" 😀 Oops, I hope he isn't checking in here. Ah well. He's going to protest hotly when he gets back anyway.
 
deschutes said:
Welcome back Andy!It's the airport, dummy. Since when did EtOH become a dependent food group? 😛
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LOL...I was having SDN withdrawals while I was away! not.
I've actually been cutting back on EtOH ever since my friend pissed me off and made me feel guilty about my habits. but alas, at least I'm old enough to drink 😛
underage said:
You left out the ever-important "hook up" 😀 Oops, I hope he isn't checking in here. Ah well. He's going to protest hotly when he gets back anyway.
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Well the hookup topic should be addressed in the lounge. I've kinda brought this up...look at the questions thread and you'll see :laugh:
 
Wow! I just came across this show called "Committed." It's actually not that bad and it's pretty funny (well based on seeing the first 2 episodes only).

Hmm...should I do fitty questions or watch episode 3? episode 3 it is!

deschutes said:
Dammit I feel so violated.
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Pedro offers you his protection. :laugh:
 
deschutes said:
Lemme guess. It's either a sappy late night soap or a psych ward.

Go do them Peds questions!
Oh hold it. Did you ever get started on Psych? 😀
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I did Peds in Cal. Worst subject matter for me by far!
Finished the surgery questions on the plane. Got my ass kicked there too.
Gonna do psych sometime soon or later this morning.
then i'm gonna blast through Crush step 2, call it quits on wednesday, take thursday off, take step 2 friday then get wasted, and then recover on saturday as my AST/ALT ratio falls back under 2.
 
bananaface said:
You assume the drinking age is the same in your respective loactions, Andy. It may not be.
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I am over ALL drinking age limits. He's just been pulling my leg so long over it that one leg is longer than the other.
 
bananaface said:
You assume the drinking age is the same in your respective loactions, Andy. It may not be.
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I'm assuming nothing. I'm twice her age! So even in Canada, no EtOH for her.
 
deschutes said:
I am over ALL drinking age limits. He's just been pulling my leg so long over it that one leg is longer than the other.
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yeah...i bet you walk in circles.
 
deschutes said:
I was being figurative. Unlike the literal case of you being unable to walk a straight line 😛
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wow...that was very clever. you're full of funnies tonight.
i'm giggling uncontrollably.
no seriously, i am.

yes, let's all join hands and make fun of andy's drinking habits. haha! very funny!
 
bananaface said:
So, this is like saying that yaah is gay, or that Andy has a chance with the cavebitches?
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I almost didn't catch this post.

hey! this belongs in the lounge! damn!
oh btw, your STFU powers don't exist here. This is STFU-free zone. Only *BONK!*
 
deschutes said:
I take my previous remark back. That 7-dollar-Guinness was obviously worth its while.

Back down now! You are no match for me this hour of the night.
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the Guinness was very good though. i savored every drop of it. i left out the part about how i would've had quite a bit more but i only had 40 minutes to make my connecting flight. and Guinness is a drink that is not to be chugged.

I'm no match for you this hour of the night? What do you mean? I'm well rested damnit! *BONK!*
 
bananaface said:
So, this is like saying that yaah is gay, or that Andy has a chance with the cavebitches?
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I had to read that thrice over before the logic made sense.

I am not underage, yaah is not gay, and Andy doesn't have an icecube's chance in hell with the cavebitches.

Yes, that is correct.
 
deschutes said:
I had to read that thrice over before the logic made sense.

I am not underage, yaah is not gay, and Andy doesn't have an icecube's chance in hell with the cavebitches.

Yes, that is correct.
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ummm...yeaaaahhh. maybe i am no match for you tonight. you're acting kinda cranky tonight...a lil bit of sitv?
 
ok...this thought just crossed my mind. The lounge must be dead or why would bananaface be here? It makes sense...the usual Lounge suspects are probably passed out by now from the NYC SDN meet partizzay!
 
AndyMilonakis said:
I almost didn't catch this post.

hey! this belongs in the lounge! damn!
oh btw, your STFU powers don't exist here. This is STFU-free zone. Only *BONK!*
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🙁

It's pretty easy to shove anything into a "Random non-pathology and only peripherally related to pathology thread Reply to Thread". Plus, the lounge is dead. Ah well. It's past my bedtime anyway.
 
bananaface said:
🙁

It's pretty easy to shove anything into a "Random non-pathology and only peripherally related to pathology thread Reply to Thread". Plus, the lounge is dead. Ah well. It's past my bedtime anyway.
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and since when did bedtime stop you from posting? :laugh:
 
bananaface you are always welcome!

As far as I know, the known rules of the Universe did not apply within the "Random non-pathology and only peripherally related to pathology thread Reply to Thread".

What is sitv? I keep forgetting to ask.
Google says SiTV is a fresh and irreverent English-Language Latino Network with crossover appeal, created for today's 18-34 year old TV audience. With an honest approach to programming from the unique perspective of our viewers, SíTV is what's been missing in today's television landscape.

I can think of lots that is missing from today's television landscape. They have set themselves big shoes to fill.
 
Well this is random and non pathology related. I was just sitting here looking in my desk drawer when I found a FluMist demo sitting in there. They were handed out in my immunizations course in September. People were spraying them up their nose and stuff, to see what it felt like to get the vaccine. So, I just noticed that on the label it reads, "Water for Test - Machine testing only - Not for human use." So, like half my class shot this crap into their sinuses. That's great.
 
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