Jonathan’s fed up

Enough formatting problems, text glitches, and software bugs! Mulberry Street is moving…to Mulberry Street.

I’m leaving blogspot (a decision which perhaps I should have at least slept on) and moving my blog to mulberrystreet.wordpress.com.

Comments from a surgeon

I received a few comments on recent posts which I thought I’d comment on in a new post.
From Score 1, Anesthesia! (December, 2006)“[Y]et another instance of anesthesia trying to get more sleep while the surgeons try to do more work… “Well, yes, this is precisely the case. The part of the story, however, that it [...]

Depends…

What a delightful tidbit to post as my second year of blogging draws to a close.
I recently notified a charitable organization to which I’ve donated in the past that it appeared I had two separate account numbers, and the address on one account number was wrong. I received a prompt reply that included these sentences:
Thank [...]

Niles

Another thing you wouldn’t hear at a NASCAR race, or even at your local hardware store:
Niles: “Frasier, I played the most delightful party game last night with some of Maris’ friends. Tell me, if you were stranded on a desert island, what is the one meal you would want to have, the one aria, [...]

Score 1, Anesthesia!

While I could write about another glorious post-call day, instead I must make record of the amazing victory achieved overnight.
I’d worked nearly continuously from 0700 Wednesday morning until 0200 Thursday morning, with a 30-minute lunch break and a 45 minute dinner break late in the evening. My last case was a laparoscopic appendectomy which began [...]

Bowling night

So I’m on call yet again tonight. I just finished a case about 45 minutes ago, and I hear there are a couple laparoscopic appendectomies on the horizon. Maybe I’ll get a little sleep afterward.

Last Friday my home fellowship group went bowling at a place called Harlem Lanes in, you guessed it, Harlem. [...]

And to think that I saw it…

The day seemed to have an unexciting end. I finished my last case around 5:15, did a couple post-op notes, and then walked out of the hospital at 5:45. The subway station is just a block away from the main hospital building.
Once downstairs beneath the street, however, I noticed a small crowd of [...]

Joy

Thumbing through my Van Gogh coffee table book a few months ago, I was startled to see a picture I recognized. Ordinarily it wouldn’t be a surprise to recognize a painting of one of the world’s most famous artists, but the painting was familiar for different reasons.
This is where the mystery begins. The picture is [...]

Jonathan recommends…

While trying to research the origins of the word duplicitous, I discovered this website. I haven’t had time to really explore it, but after a matter of seconds I knew it was a website I’d love!

Midnight post

It’s been a while since I used to post late at night when on call. Not that I’m too eager to revive the tradition, but it’s 1:30 AM and I’m on a break with nothing else to do.
I’ve learned not to expect a light call day when I’m on “long call” on Saturday. [...]