blog pix . . . static . . . vancouver / victoria / seattle Monday, July 23 2007 • 7:15 PM MDT   •   •   • pix from my british columbia / washington trip are up!!!     PermaLink   •   very sad ...   Tuesday, July 17 2007 • 11:54 PM MDT   Professor William Brown Department of Biological Sciences Carnegie Mellon University an extraordinarily well-respected and well-loved educator who touched the lives of so many members of our community passed away on July 15, 2007.   PermaLink   •   fantasy of being buried alive? Saturday, July 7 2007 • 9:08 PM MDT   apparently, a german art student studying in china got to live out his fantasy of becoming a member of emperor qin's terra cotta army when he dressed up as a terra cotta soldier, jumped the fence, and stood still amongst the terra cotta figures at the famous tomb in xi'an, china. i don't know if he realizes how many (non-terra cotta) people were probably buried alive along with the terra cotta army at the time of emperor qin's death. still, this is some hilarious shit. (he was let off with a stern warning.) •   •   • in other news, a great article on being examined by fresh med students as a standardized patient at georgetown. this is hysterical, and particularly insightful for anyone pursuing a medical career. speaking of medical nerdy stuff ... if you haven't seen it already, dr. michelle au's the twelve types of medical students along with a bunch of other comics and a very interesting blog.   PermaLink   •   what's wrong with this picture? Friday, July 6 2007 • 2:39 PM MDT   so i have seasonal allergies, and claritin doesn't work very well for me. that's why i tried to get a prescription for allegra-D filled today. the pharmacist informs me that my insurance company, pacificare, doesn't pay for allegra-D, unless the doctor has "preauthorized" it with the insurance company. they do this because claritin is now available over-the-counter. never mind that claritin is a different drug, or that claritin doesn't resolve my symptoms, and that the doctor prescribed allegra-D for this very reason. essentially, pacificare wants the doctor to ask permission from the insurance company before prescribing this drug. from what i am told, this is a common practice with pacificare. i thought it was the doctor's job to be making the medical decisions, not the goons at the insurance company. besides, there's a basic tenet in medicine that you are not allowed to have a clinical opinion until you have met the patient. in other words, if you haven't met me, you can't tell me what medicine i should be prescribed. ergo, pacificare (having never met me) should have NO say in what drugs i should be taking for my symptoms. granted, i'm not dying from this – it's seasonal allergy medicine, not a kidney transplant – but the principle of the matter is disgusting. the fact that the insurance companies control healthcare in this country is the very reason why our healthcare system is so very broken.   PermaLink   •   blah blah blah Thursday, July 5 2007 • 8:23 PM MDT   why did you change your taps??? *sniffles* ah, it's good to be back home. the air is pleasantly dry, the sun is out, the grass is green, and my favorite bar (the boulder catacombs) ... has stopped serving the local microbrews on tap??? wtf!! the awful things that happen when i'm not around. (it's still a good bar, but seriously ... i can drink stella artois anywhere i want. where's my fat tire, left hand, 90 shilling, sunshine wheat? any of them???) oh well. life is filled with tragedies. apartment-hunting is very frustrating. there are a million options, but none of them are really ideal for me ... bad locations, interesting neighborhoods, great apartments with awful landlords, non-ideal move-in dates. i think i've narrowed it down to a few though, and should have it figured out by tomorrow (i hope). and then, i will commence my slow and steady journey towards bankruptcy! woohoo!   so earlier this week, robert and kate and i went out for movie + beer + late night food at IHOP. and that is where we noticed something very peculiar about their condiment holder: bwahahahaha! okay, we're perverts. anyway, gotta love IHOP. the utmost in class. check out their specials board: would you like some jolepenno poppers? •   •   • anyway. onto more important things: (( click for next still from ratatouille )) uhh ... go see RATATOUILLE! it's an AWESOME movie. it's got adventure, it's got suspense, it's hilarious, it's set in paris, it has great food, it has amazing animation, and it has a hot girl in it – what more could you want? •   •   • Currently Reading... A Long Way Gone Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah   PermaLink   •   Next (older) >> archives July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 November 2005 October 2005 September 2005 August 2005 July 2005 June 2005 May 2005 April 2005 March 2005 February 2005 January 2005 December 2004 November 2004 October 2004 September 2004 August 2004 July 2004 June 2004 May 2004 April 2004 March 2004 February 2004 January 2004 December 2003 November 2003 October 2003 September 2003 August 2003 July 2003 June 2003 May 2003
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