Back from the trenches

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Frank and Craig returned yesterday from 10 days at Camp Befouled, where they did   outdoors type stuff with other guys in the forests of northstate. To the horror of all (except the boys) we discovered they were...
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Ma-Ma-Ma Bell

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});  Mrs. Dementia lives with her daughter. She's on the ball enough to remember that she doesn't like me because I took away her driver's license, but that's about it. Anyway... Mrs. Dementia: "Hello?" Mary: "Hi,...
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Stop!... Shovel time!

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});  While catching up on reading last weekend I came across this in a medical journal: "The goal of the project is to supply an interactive system that translates vast amounts of data and scientific literature...
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Rorschach

  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); This is a neuron. It's the basic nerve cell that runs your brain, my brain, pretty much everything's brain: Sometimes it's hard to leave my job at the office. Work is always on my mind. One night, when I...
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June 6, 1944

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); "There have only been a handful of days since the beginning of time on which the direction the world was taking has been changed in one 24-hour period by an act of man. June 6, 1944, was one of them. "No one can tell...
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Medicine by committee

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I'm with a new patient. Dr. Grumpy: "What did the MRI show?" Mr. Triad: "I'm not sure, my other neurologist said..." Dr. Grumpy: "Wait, you have another neurologist?" Mr. Triad: "Actually, I have 2 others. I saw both of them earlier this week." Dr. Grumpy: "Why are you seeing 3 different...
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Great deals on prions! This week only!

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Dear Major Chrysler, Jeep, & Dodge, A reader sent me your flyer about the recent Memorial Day car & truck sale. I can only assume you don't have a lot of customers who are neurologists... (adsbygoogle...
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Methinks I smell a rat

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Annie: "Dr. Grumpy's office, this is Annie." Mr. Gad: "Hi, I saw Dr. Grumpy a few years ago, and am worried about my records there." Annie: "What's the problem?" Mr. Gad: "Well, I'm concerned they might affect a legal action I'm in, and would like to change them." Annie: "We can't change...
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Numbers

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); How much did your employer give to charity last year? Contrary to popular belief, American doctors and hospitals give away free care quite often, to the tune of $74.9 billion for 2013. That, in case you don't understand...
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Random weekend pictures

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Okay, time to hit the mailbag for images you guys have sent in. First, we have this delectable name for an alcoholic beverage: If you can't make out the back bumper, it looks like "Drink Responsibly. Don't be an ass." Next...
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Great reasons for referring a patient

"I get blurry vision when I watch TV. But only channel ...
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Head job

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Recently, the Cefaly gadget was introduced. It's an electrical headband being promoted to treat migraines. I'm not here to knock or praise it. I think the jury is still out, and have previously given my thoughts on the...
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Tangled

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Annie: "Hey, Mr. Memory just called. Says he's still waiting for his Aricept refill?" Dr. Grumpy: "Really? I thought I called it to DrugMart a few days ago." Annie: "He says they never got it." Dr. Grumpy: "Hang on... Here it is. Yeah, I called it in on Thursday." Annie: "Let me call DrugMart." (adsbygoogle...
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The buzz

Eric Last week Mrs. Grumpy bought a big jar of honey. Yesterday morning we discovered one of the kids had put it in the freezer for no clear reason (and of course, no one admitted to it). (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); It had crystallized, so...
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Memorial Day, 2014

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Doris Miller was born in Waco, Texas, the 3rd of 4 boys. He worked on his father's farm until he was 19, when he joined the navy. He signed up as a mess attendant, one of the few navy positions open to black men at...
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