Vacations and Ground Hog Day…

No, not the day in February, that celebrates a meteorologic rodent, but the movie a few years back with Andie McDowell and Bill Murray. The TL;DR version of comedy is that Bill’s character is stuck on the same day, and it takes his correct approach to Andie McDowell’s character to break the spell. It is, …

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I can’t believe he faked it…

Oh yeah, he did; and no, it wasn't like your girlfriend does. Sometimes she fakes it for good reasons; this patient has reasons to do so, usually to manipulate the behaviors of others. I am not saying that what I am talking about has the same implications as an orgasm, it was a way that, …

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Teen suicide, the public health crisis that is real…

  An article from The Cut says: According to a new report released by the CDC, suicide rates among teens and young adults have exponentially increased over the past ten years — a 56 percent jump from 2007 to 2017. In the same period, suicide overtook homicide to become the second-most common cause of death …

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The castle has a roof, and no one has a clue…

  Well, that was pleasant/unpleasant. The castle needed a new roof, and it is fixed and makes the place look at least 500 years younger (it has made it less drafty, which needs to be fixed).  Memorial Day here was soggy and uneventful, even the hospital was quiet with a low census.  It is one …

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