Random non-pathology and only peripherally related to pathology thread

[deschutes]

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Like eventually finds like. People who have no clue what they want are the first filter. There comes a point where one cannot pander to the lowest common denominator.

I think small things can tell you a lot about the person you are interested in going out with.

For instance, I lost all interest immediately in the guy who went grocery shopping with only $2 in his bank account because he was counting on his paycheque to get deposited that day.

And I would seriously question the judgement of a guy who religiously bought and read tabloid papers with grainy UFO pictures.

A guy who sale-shops at Banana Republic and asks my opinion though - bring it on! 😉

 

[yaah]

I think small things can tell you a lot about the person you are interested in going out with.

For instance, I lost all interest immediately in the guy who went grocery shopping with only $2 in his bank account because he was counting on his paycheque to get deposited that day.

And I would seriously question the judgement of a guy who religiously bought and read tabloid papers with grainy UFO pictures.

A guy who sale-shops at Banana Republic and asks my opinion though - bring it on! 😉

Ha! Awesome idea.

People I don't like much:
People magazine readers (especially those who care enough to write letters to the editor praising or defending a celebrity. Those who write to criticize celebrities, well we can do business).
People who give money to evangelists.
People who call other people "sugar"
Low carb lifestyle individuals.
Current NBA basketball fans.
People who thought Sex and the City was a wonderful show and empowering to women.
Those who think "The Fujees" are true musical artists.
Potsmokers.
People who are constantly 5 minutes late.
Anyone who would give $$$ to a major political candidate.
Politicians who talk about "fighting for the people."
Personal injury attorneys.
Someone who would even consider going barefoot at their wedding.
Someone who, when they refill their gas tank, doesn't fill it all the way up and instead only puts $5 in it in the hopes that someone will drive their car and be forced to get gas themselves.


People I like:
Philadelphia Eagles cheerleaders 😀 😀
People who give the waiter/waitress a tip better than 15%.
People who like and appreciate any of the following: DOTS, South Park, Monty Python, The Shawshank Redemption, baseball, Bruch's violin concertos, Beethoven's piano works, Mahler's symphonies, and Wagner's operas.
People who enjoy winter but dislike summer.
Someone who considers fall to be their favorite season.
Anyone who owns a dog bigger than a toaster.
People who like to write letters.


I could go on for hours! But I have to go to bed now.

 

[b&ierstiefel]

4) He sends you a naked picture of himself.

You know, when I was in graduate school, I had the misfortune of stumbling on one of these pictures. I was using Adobe Photoshop, I noted that you could open recent files. Well curiosity killed the cat...and killed my day once I saw that picture which had traumatically burned the horrid image in my brain. Apparently, he was communicating with some chick over the net and was sending a variety of naked pictures of himself. Thank god I didn't open any of the other recent files. He was a weirdo too...he would spend late nights in the lab with the lights off while looking at internet porn. I too found this out the hard way when I stumbled back into the lab to finish an experiment at around midnight after going out.

Philadelphia Eagles cheerleaders

On the other hand, seeing these cheerleaders imprints very nice pictures into my brain 🙂

 

[yaah]

Wow - communicating with someone over the net and sending off naked pictures. I have to say that's something I have never done. Is it really worth it? What if "the chick" is some shirtless fat man who just likes to play pranks on hapless young men? It's not like it's hard to find pictures of hot women on the net and pass them off as your own.

I didn't know you were allowed to access internet porn from labs. Not that I have ever wanted to, it just seems that the computer people would track you down and send you an email like, "excuse me sir, but please refrain from using our computers for these purposes. p.s. here is a record of your recently visited websites. A copy has been sent to your mother and to your boss. Thank you, computer help desk."

 

[deschutes]

"...A copy has been sent to your mother and to your boss. Thank you, computer help desk."

Geeks invented the Matrix. The Matrix is the reason you exist.

 

[b&ierstiefel]

Wow - communicating with someone over the net and sending off naked pictures. I have to say that's something I have never done. Is it really worth it? What if "the chick" is some shirtless fat man who just likes to play pranks on hapless young men? It's not like it's hard to find pictures of hot women on the net and pass them off as your own.

Actually yaah, you won't believe this. All this happened about 4 years ago. Shortly after that, they started seeing each other. Little under a year ago, they got married. And believe it or not, that chick wasn't a fat guy.

I didn't know you were allowed to access internet porn from labs. Not that I have ever wanted to, it just seems that the computer people would track you down and send you an email like, "excuse me sir, but please refrain from using our computers for these purposes. p.s. here is a record of your recently visited websites. A copy has been sent to your mother and to your boss. Thank you, computer help desk."

Well he got away with it. As far as I know, he never got reprimanded for it. So yes it's true, you can access internet porn from labs.

Surf away yaah! Surf away! (just kidding, man) 🙂

 

[yaah]

I have never dated anyone I met online (except when I had lunch with Andy!). Of course, I don't visit any of those internet dating sites anyway. Just seems so sketchy to me. Sure, you might find the incredibly hot girl who is just shy or busy or has had bad luck in the past, but more likely you will find the person who is hiding online to minimize some unfortunate personal trait that they possess, like that third eye, the incredible B.O., or the inability to complete a sentence without using the word, "baby."

 

[b&ierstiefel]

I have never dated anyone I met online (except when I had lunch with Andy!). Of course, I don't visit any of those internet dating sites anyway.

Oh yaah, you're missing out. There are plenty of women in Ann Arbor participating in those internet dating sites. And the 900 numbers...OMG!

 

[deschutes]

Andy must be all over the LavaLife! 😉

It all depends on your flavour of partner.

I've never "dated" anyone I met online either.
Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that I never went online looking for someone to date.

But I do have a number of good friends (both genders) whom I first met online at various points in the last 9 years - whom due to factors like age and geography, I never would have known otherwise.

 

[b&ierstiefel]

Andy must be all over the LavaLife! 😉

Yeah! Totally! 🙄
Seriously though, I find those commercials that only appear late at night to be kinda amusing. Oooooh, am I to believe that good looking, talented people (that constantly talk on their cell phones) have such a hard time finding partners that they have to resort to internet or phone dating???

Yaah is right, the people who you're really likely to encounter on these dating services are like....let's just refer to the movie, "Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigolo".

It all depends on your flavour of partner.

If I remember correctly, you like raspberries right?.....

I've never "dated" anyone I met online either.
Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that I never went online looking for someone to date.

But I do have a number of good friends (both genders) whom I first met online at various points in the last 9 years - whom due to factors like age and geography, I never would have known otherwise.

I second that. 👍

 

[JulianDelphiki]

Rue the day!

I have seen some discussion of Twinkies on here, but I believe their fate hangs in the balance:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/food_interstate_dc

 

[yaah]

You know, Julian, I saw that story too. And I thought to myself, WTF is up with that? I imagined the twinkie factory had a minimum of overhead and probably one or two employees. Someone comes in in the morning, pushes the "on" button on the machine, then loads the boxes up. This can't be too expensive to run, can it?

I wouldn't worry though. Twinkies last for like a thousand years, and I am sure they have a bunch of them lying around to sell.

I have a feeling though that Twinkie bankruptcy is like airline bankruptcy. I doesn't mean squat and doesn't change anything, they still go about their business.

 

[JulianDelphiki]

I have a feeling though that Twinkie bankruptcy is like airline bankruptcy. I doesn't mean squat and doesn't change anything, they still go about their business.

Hopefully, the federal government can come up with a huge taxpayer funded bail-out plan for Twinkies too! They are clearly as much a part of our national identity as affordable air travel. I encourage you all to write to your Congresspeople about the pressing need for federal Twinkie subsidies.

I wouldn't worry though. Twinkies last for like a thousand years, and I am sure they have a bunch of them lying around to sell.

Just in case, my investment advice to you is to pick up as many as you can. Once the supply plummets, you will make a fortune on eBay. If they continue to make Twinkies, you could just keep them forever--as has been pointed out they are non-perishable foods and should definitely be a part of any disaster kit.

 

[b&ierstiefel]

Rue the day!

I have seen some discussion of Twinkies on here, but I believe their fate hangs in the balance:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/food_interstate_dc

NOOOOOOOO!
For the love of God!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

 

[yaah]

Damn low carb fanatics. Maybe they should start marketing twinkies as "low carb" treats. Who cares if it's true? People will buy them.

 

[deschutes]

Damn low carb fanatics. Maybe they should start marketing twinkies as "low carb" treats. Who cares if it's true? People will buy them.

I predict that in 10 years, there will be an epidemic of nasty esophageal cancers resulting from chronic aspartame ingestion. Just you wait.

 

[yaah]

That is the second to last place I would like cancer to develop in my body (the last place being the brain).

Yaah's list of where I don't want cancer:

1) Brain
2) Oesophagus
3) Pancreas
4) The retroperitoneal space
5) The nasopharynx

Organs I would least want removed in search of cancer:

1) Brain
2) Oesophagus
3) Bladder (Never having to urinate sounds good at first glance...)
4) Larynx
5) The eye.

 

[b&ierstiefel]

you forgot the penis

 

[b&ierstiefel]

oh damn...i just saw this website...and i couldn't stop laughing.

check out this kid's essays. i especially liked the lightning essay but el nino was good too.

http://www.angelfire.com/theforce/blix797/Essay/essay.html

 

[yaah]

you forgot the penis

No I did not. I considered it, and left it out for several reasons. That would likely be a superficial cancer that I caught early and had excised. Plus, it is not going to kill me or leave me somewhat incapacitated like the ones I listed. Although, perhaps I should have put it in the second list under things I don't want removed. Maybe having only one eye wouldn't be so bad.

Whatever!

 

[b&ierstiefel]

No I did not. I considered it, and left it out for several reasons. That would likely be a superficial cancer that I caught early and had excised. Plus, it is not going to kill me or leave me somewhat incapacitated like the ones I listed. Although, perhaps I should have put it in the second list under things I don't want removed. Maybe having only one eye wouldn't be so bad.

Whatever!

OK OK 🙂 Perhaps the penis can be #6 place where yaah don't want no cancer.

 

[yaah]

I don't think you can say penis on these threads it might be a TOS violation. 😉

Although you are talking about medical conditions so I will let it slide 😉.

The maintenance staff at U of M predicts the final score of tomorrow's game to be about: Michigan 36 Iowa: 14. I think that is definitely wishful thinking. Both teams have something to prove.

To all of those of you who don't like or care about football, again I say I pity you.

 

[b&ierstiefel]

I don't think you can say penis on these threads it might be a TOS violation. 😉

Although you are talking about medical conditions so I will let it slide 😉.

The maintenance staff at U of M predicts the final score of tomorrow's game to be about: Michigan 36 Iowa: 14. I think that is definitely wishful thinking. Both teams have something to prove.

To all of those of you who don't like or care about football, again I say I pity you.

Please forgive me. I will no longer say that word, p*nis again...although p#nis cancer truly does suck (not speaking from experience of course).

Michigan scoring 36 points on that stingy Iowa defense??? Wishful thinking definitely. Michigan hasn't lost to a single team 3 seasons in a row hence I am biased to think Michigan can edge out Iowa in tomorrow's game. Plus, they're playing in the big house...but you and I know what happened the last time they played at the big house. I was actually at the game. I was in tears. I was one of those people who left in the middle of the 4th quarter.

My prediction is Michigan wins 9-7. Why? Because it has become painfully clear that Michigan can't score TD's at will (although our scoring in the Miami and SDSU games can mislead one to think otherwise). We do kick a lot of field goals though. 9-7. So it has been said...so let it be done!

 

[yaah]

Here's a tip - if you go out to dinner with 3 women who all want margaritas, don't order the pitcher size at the prickly pear just because they say they want to.

Total margaritas consumed:
Female #1: 1/2
Female #2: 1
Female #3: 2
Yaah: 6 (at least)

I didn't want to waste any.

 

[deschutes]

Here's a tip - if you go out to dinner with 3 women who all want margaritas, don't order the pitcher size at the prickly pear just because they say they want to.
I didn't want to waste any.

At a ratio of 3:1 in favour of a pitcher, I imagine they would have been hard to dissuade anyway...

Consider the sense of promise, the symbol of fun times and excess which a pitcher of margarita brings, versus 4 individual margaritas. It wasn't mere alcohol that drove the consensus!

But I agree with you - it would have been a waste to let it all go. That hollow leg must be a huge plus in situations like these.

Were any of them the woman (women?) who have been friendly to you recently? 🙂

 

[yaah]

Were any of them the woman (women?) who have been friendly to you recently? 🙂

No, they were all 1st year residents like me. The other girl was a topic of conversation though. They said they're gonna scope out the situation for me, but since those margaritas were really loaded I am not sure they will remember. They all agreed that she was totally cute and everything though.

 

[b&ierstiefel]

Good stuff yaah. Sounds like you had fun...hope that whole situation works out well for ya.

I agree that alcohol should never be wasted, especially margaritas. Good work on polishing that pitcher off...wouldn't have expected anything less from our fearless moderator. 👍

 

[b&ierstiefel]

Damnit! Michigan better win today!

 

[deschutes]

They said they're gonna scope out the situation for me, but since those margaritas were really loaded I am not sure they will remember. They all agreed that she was totally cute and everything though.

Take heart! In my experience, the opportunity to get a a guy and a girl together is not something that women forget - sozzled or otherwise, 5am or otherwise. Plus, there were THREE of them 😉

"Cute" is an odd word. I take it you used it first, and they agreed? Because girls don't usually describe other girls as being cute - in the same way that guys don't describe other guys as being cute...

 

[yaah]

Damnit! Michigan better win today!

Check.

Couple of anxious moments, mostly based on the Iowa QB being a good scrambler and having the ability to throw accurately on the run. But turnovers were the key. Iowa brought the band. I love marching bands. The U of M band did an absolute kick butt version of Bon Jovi's "Livin on a Prayer."

Deschutes, congrats on the first (I am sure of many) interview! And I don't know who called her cute first. I distinctly remember referring to her as "hot." But some girls do seem to refer to lots of things and people as cute, so it wouldn't surprise me if that was one of their terms.

 

[b&ierstiefel]

Check.
Couple of anxious moments, mostly based on the Iowa QB being a good scrambler and having the ability to throw accurately on the run. But turnovers were the key. Iowa brought the band. I love marching bands. The U of M band did an absolute kick butt version of Bon Jovi's "Livin on a Prayer."

Amen my fellow Michigan fan!

Things were anxious right at the beginning when Iowa marched down and scored a TD (how about that one handed catch!!!). Did you go to the game BTW? If so, I'm so jealous.

I ended up watching it at a former labmate's place...a party full of beverages and fatty goodness. For almost the whole first quarter though, it was dead silence in the room. But when Michigan started cashing in on those turnovers, we became loud, celebratory and smackin high fives all around the room. And holy cow! We actually got some pressure on their QB!!! Anyways, the last time we had a party, it was the Notre Dame game...that was a sad sad day.

So yaah, is this hottie a path resident, a resident in another department, a med student, an undergrad, or a nurse?

Addendum: I feel like a tool for predicting a 9-7 Michigan victory.

 

[yaah]

So yaah, is this hottie a path resident, a resident in another department, a med student, an undergrad, or a nurse?

Addendum: I feel like a tool for predicting a 9-7 Michigan victory.

None of the above. Honestly, I would have to be pretty interested in someone to go out with another doctor/med student. I have always told myself I don't want to end up married to a doctor. Of course, this means I probably will. I don't really have specific reasons, it would just be nice for them to have a different profession than me. Of course, maybe I am just holding out hope that that other profession is "lingerie model" but how often am I going to run into someone in that category. Actually, scratch that. Lingerie models seem like they are too moody and don't smile.

It's alright, lots of people predicted a tough game. Especially after that first Iowa drive and that amazing catch (they didn't show any replays on the video screens, but I saw it this morning on a highlight show - wow).

 

[b&ierstiefel]

More Monty Python antics...a commoner, Dennis, gives his reasoning as for the ludicrousness of Arthur's appointment as King of the Britons after Arthur describes his encounter with the Lady of the Lake:

#1 Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

#2 If I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened b*tch had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away.

#3 Well, you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you.

The script-writers for Monty Python were just plain brilliant!

 

[deschutes]

I would have to be pretty interested in someone to go out with another doctor/med student... I don't really have specific reasons, it would just be nice for them to have a different profession than me.

I considered that once, and then I figured that two doctors (forget med students - there is too much flux in that world) with a wide range of interests outside of medicine would probably be more compatible than a doctor and any random professional.

I suppose I'm geeky enough to want the option of talking about cool cases over dinner... 🙄

 

[yaah]

Well that's true. I am not disparaging the entire profession, but I do believe that many doctors are selfish individuals and incompatible with my goals for the future. I have met many nice doctors in the past. God knows I generally like doctors better than lawyers or MBAs. Like I said, I might end up with a doctor, who knows. I just don't want to be in one of those married couples with hyphenated names, children named "Reese" or "Connor" or "Riley" who think they are too good for public schools and bring checklists with them on vacation so they can be sure to see everything and who force their children to do things like spelling bee and equestrian, refuse to eat anything that isn't "natural" or bottled in the mountains and have to bring their nanny (sorry, au pair) with them everywhere because they 1) can't change a diaper and 2) are always on the phone with the office partner discussing the Kresge case and 3) their idea of playing with their children is reading Kirkegard while the children sit and play only with toys that have a significant educational value approved by whoever the pop-psychologist of the moment is, because if the children don't get into the Ivy League then by God we'll be ruined, and 4) the children are precious, precious, and letting them play with other "common" children might cause them mental scarring and anguish that might force them to take the 40 mg Prozac dose instead of the 20 mg dose they are already on.

I just get the sense that many "two professional" couples have families like that.


P.s. Hey Andy:

King Arthur : Old woman!
Dennis : Man.
King Arthur : Man, sorry. What knight lives in that castle over there?
Dennis : I'm 37.
King Arthur : What?
Dennis : I'm 37. I'm not old.
King Arthur : Well I can't just call you "man".
Dennis : Well you could say "Dennis".
King Arthur : I didn't know you were called Dennis.
Dennis : Well you didn't bother to find out did you?
King Arthur : Look, I did say sorry about the "old woman", but from behind you looked...
Dennis : What I object to is that you automatically treat me like an inferior.
King Arthur : Well I am king.
Dennis : Oh, king eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiting the workers. By hanging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society.

 

[deschutes]

I just get the sense that many "two professional" couples have families like that.

Surely you jest.
"Two professional - too professional"? 😱
That is a nightmare!

I console myself by thinking that these are the same people who were probably toxic to be around in med school anyway.

My kids are going to speak 3 languages, use chopsticks and a steak knife with equal ease and run barefoot in the grass.

 

[yaah]

My kids are going to speak 3 languages, use chopsticks and a steak knife with equal ease and run barefoot in the grass.

Wanna get married? 😉

Avoid the bare feet though. You get parasites like Britney Spears.

I may use the following test for a potential mate:

Q: What would you say if your 13 year old daughter came home from school one day and said she was going to be a vegetarian because eating meat was cruel to animals?

1) Get out of my house, you communist brat.
2) You mean you've been eating meat until now? How dare you! I taught you that meat is murder, and that the only way to live is the Vegan way!
3) We never eat meat in this house anyway, so so what? I let your father have a chicken sandwich once a year, on Christmas, if he's good.
4) What does your au pair say?
5) Well I hope you'll at least only be eating fresh, organic farm prepared, antibiotic free, genetic alteration free, non-immigrant-laborer oppressing vegetables.
6) I don't have time for this right now. I have a seaweed wrap and I have to see my therapist.
7) Kind to animals? Animals eat their young, you whining loser.
8) Well, ultimately that's you decision. Let's sit down and talk about this.

Answer 1 is ok if your daughter is a fun person and can take a joke.
Answers 2-7 are inappropriate.
Answer 8 is good.

 

[deschutes]

Wanna get married? 😉

Maybe one day.. 😉

I stand by climbing down to the river and going barefoot in the park! Summer isn't summer unless you get to do things like that.
(I probably completely missed the Britney reference.)

Q: What would you say if your 13 year old daughter came home from school one day and said she was going to be a vegetarian because eating meat was cruel to animals?

I wonder. I don't know if I would say anything. Milk and cookies and see what else she had to say. 13-year-olds don't usually just stop there.

 

[yaah]

Britney walks barefoot everywhere. I saw this on one of my recent airline flights when the woman next to me was reading a "reputable" periodical which, coincidentally or not, happened to have about 35 pages of pictures and supposition about Britney, about half of which were related to her walking around barefoot, including into stores, gas stations, busy streets, etc. Thus she is destined to suffer from a disease. If the heroin doesn't get her first.

 

[b&ierstiefel]

Britney walks barefoot everywhere. I saw this on one of my recent airline flights when the woman next to me was reading a "reputable" periodical which, coincidentally or not, happened to have about 35 pages of pictures and supposition about Britney, about half of which were related to her walking around barefoot, including into stores, gas stations, busy streets, etc. Thus she is destined to suffer from a disease. If the heroin doesn't get her first.

Yay good for her. Britney is SOOO important. The world revolves around Britney! We shall all bow down and worship her talent and magnificent singing/dancing ability.

She does heroin? I thought she did crack.

 

[deschutes]

...the woman next to me was reading a "reputable" periodical which, coincidentally or not, happened to have about 35 pages of pictures and supposition about Britney, about half of which were related to her walking around barefoot...

Stories like these make me think two things only:

(1) Does she really, or did they make it up?
(2) Why do we care?

 

[yaah]

Well, in response to #1, not only were there hundreds of pictures of her bare feet, but there was a quote from her manager or her mother or something defending the practice. It was something lame like, "she works hard and shoes are confining and she should be able to go barefoot if she wants." As if it matters. Of course she can go barefoot if she wants, butthead. It's just frankly kind of filthy.

I don't know if she does heroin. But I have little doubt she does something.

In regards to #2, I don't know. I certainly don't care. I guess a lot of people are just curious about it, maybe because they are mystified as to why she is popular, really think she's hot, or find her antics humorous. Look at Paris Hilton. As the sportsguy on ESPN.com says, "She's not attractive, she's not intelligent, she's not talented, she has no real job, she doesn't do anything,and she's not funny. Yet people can't get enough of her."

 

[deschutes]

Well, in response to #1...

Oh yaah, I was being rhetorical... 🙂

But while we are on the subject of bare feet!
While I wouldn't go barefoot in a grocery store or gas station, I'm of the school that believes in a healthy amount of exposure to dirt. Beaches, playgrounds, parks, the occasional sidewalk...

As for #2 - I know people find her attractive, intelligent and talented. I disagree, but it's none of my business. I really have no objection to people finding her attractive, intelligent or talented, just as long as I'm not one of those individuals!

"Baby One More Time" was kinda catchy tho 😉

 

[b&ierstiefel]

hey quant, the internet is a scary place 🙄
btw, i'm so taking you up on your offer regarding the beer!

 

[quant]

hey quant, the internet is a scary place 🙄
btw, i'm so taking you up on your offer regarding the beer!

Andy,
Im confused.....what makes you think internet is a scary place? 😕 ......Beer is not a problem.Anytime,anywhere and any amount....you re on!...lol
Regards
Quant

 

[b&ierstiefel]

Andy,
Im confused.....what makes you think internet is a scary place? 😕 ......Beer is not a problem.Anytime,anywhere and any amount....you re on!...lol
Regards
Quant

you know damn well quant...smartass 😀

anyways, good conversin with ya earlier. now...GO TO SLEEP!

 

[b&ierstiefel]

Some or all of you have heard the bud light commercials titled Real Men of Genius. If you've been finding them amusing, there's a whole collection of them on the following site:

http://budlight.whipnet.com/

Enjoy!

There are a couple of new ones that were supposedly just made.

 

[yaah]

I always liked "Mr way too much cologne wearer."

On one of my interviews (maybe to Baltimore) the AM station I was listening to had an interview with the singer who did all these commercials (it was the lead singer from Survivor).

I like AM radio. When I go on long drives I tend to look for either AM radio or NPR. Much more interesting when driving. FM radio blows.

 

[b&ierstiefel]

I always liked "Mr way too much cologne wearer."

On one of my interviews (maybe to Baltimore) the AM station I was listening to had an interview with the singer who did all these commercials (it was the lead singer from Survivor).

I like AM radio. When I go on long drives I tend to look for either AM radio or NPR. Much more interesting when driving. FM radio blows.

I liked that one too. I also really liked "Mr Giant taco salad inventor".

I'm gonna write lyrics to "Mr 2 am ADTS site checker" for us who are applying now. Heck...what else am I gonna do after watching debates? Sleep? Hah! I just took a 6 hour nap.

 

[deeq]

Well that's true. I am not disparaging the entire profession, but I do believe that many doctors are selfish individuals and incompatible with my goals for the future. I have met many nice doctors in the past. God knows I generally like doctors better than lawyers or MBAs. Like I said, I might end up with a doctor, who knows. I just don't want to be in one of those married couples with hyphenated names, children named "Reese" or "Connor" or "Riley" who think they are too good for public schools and bring checklists with them on vacation so they can be sure to see everything and who force their children to do things like spelling bee and equestrian, refuse to eat anything that isn't "natural" or bottled in the mountains and have to bring their nanny (sorry, au pair) with them everywhere because they 1) can't change a diaper and 2) are always on the phone with the office partner discussing the Kresge case and 3) their idea of playing with their children is reading Kirkegard while the children sit and play only with toys that have a significant educational value approved by whoever the pop-psychologist of the moment is, because if the children don't get into the Ivy League then by God we'll be ruined, and 4) the children are precious, precious, and letting them play with other "common" children might cause them mental scarring and anguish that might force them to take the 40 mg Prozac dose instead of the 20 mg dose they are already on.

I just get the sense that many "two professional" couples have families like that.

oh honey, where on earth were you raised?! i believe your viewpoint may be tarnished regarding the matching/matrimony of the 'two professional' unity. i may be naieve (and a bad speller) but i cling to the hope that when i am coupled forever to my now doctor significant other, my life will be full of barbeque and beer and kids named luann and chuck....haha, actually that may going a bit too far regarding names. but seriously. i really think life can be great with a physician partner. who else has felt the woes of becoming a doctor better? or knows what the h*ll your are talking about half the time. it's all good with the right mindset.... 🙂