The Doc Wanna Be a Jock

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Casey is on Catster

http://www.catster.com/cats/562466

I really made her profile for Andrea's family so that they can keep track of her. However, I am rather getting a kick out of the whole write a diary from the point of view of a cat.

Catster seems to draw an interesting croud. Lots of people who like to dress up their cats and give their cats diary entries about how "Mommy woves me vewy vewy much." Fascinating, really (if Casey's diary ever states how vewy vewy much her mommy woves her, I'd really appreciate getting punched out.

Sunday, June 3, 2007

So with all those penut allergies out there, will fortunes like this some day become taboo?

What Your Peanut Butter And Jelly Sandwich Means

Your eating style is gluttonous. If you like something, you're going back for seconds... no matter how full you are!

You have an average sweet tooth. While you enjoy desserts, they aren't exactly your downfall.

Your taste in food tends to be pretty flexible. You may crave sushi one night, and your favorite childhood recipe the next.

You belong to a class that's all your own. You resist rules and traditions of any sort.

You are a tough person who isn't afraid to live life fully. There isn't a lot that scares you.

You are laid back and extremely easygoing. You never make a fuss, and you try to enjoy every moment.

What Does Your Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Say About You?

Unconventional knitting

Ioana finally got her hurray for graduating from medicine gift, meaning I can post pics of one of my latest knitting masterpieces.

It's a purse and, as for exactly what it is, here's a hint: she's going into gynecology (I'm very proud of her, she's awesome). The scary thing is that the pattern is actually out there - check out the pattern at www.theanticraft.com. My mom's reaction to this was "If your grandmother asks what you've been knitting lately, could you do me a favour and lie?"

PS: I had so much fun pulling out my old corking set to make fallopian tubes. I may have to do corking more often.

Friday, June 1, 2007

Casey and, oddly, more flowers

So, here is Casey, my new cat. Actually, she's Red Rabbit's cat, and Red Rabbit's sister's cat who has come to live with me. I think it makes me some sort of distant Aunt or something. Casey has made herself right and home and is getting spoiled rotten. Note: she's staying at my folks' place for a few more weeks during my summer courses. My parents (who are purely dog-people) are getting along with her much more than expected - I'm not sure they're quite figured out that she isn't a puppy (she has a leash which she has learned how to take off).

And, just because I'm a liar, I have added more peony pics because I got some nice ones of them at their prime.

In other news, I finished clinical epidemiology class today. The final was today. Thought it was tough but fair (we'll see how I feel about it once it's graded though,lol). Overall, loved the class (I'm such a geek - but, seriously, I feel like it's opened my eyes to research opportunities out there). Next week, I start epidemiology and cancer. I am pumped.

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Rx: baby, Mitte:1, stat

I read about this in the Journal de Montreal today and wanted to find an English version before commenting on it:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070528/hl_afp/swedenresearchgenetics

I don't know what to think of it (copy the article title and plug it into google, there's some pretty wild commentary out there). I in some ways support advances like this that can help people (that's why I wanted to go to med school: to help people) but where do you draw the line? Placental blood and cells will no longer be needed for the new baby but this is a child that was essentially created to save another child. How much harm will this do to designer baby in the long run? Will this child be treated as inferior? What happens if the sick child dies during the pregnancy? What sort of psychological effects will this have?