I’m traveling today, but I can’t tell you anything about it, because what happens there stays there. Yes, Cleveland is a crazy place. Just kidding — I’m really going to Akron. If you have not listened to my first podcast appearance, Dave Denniston hosted me for an hour-long, wide-ranging talk. We recorded it in July,…
My first quarterly newsletter, 6 months in the making, was sent out around noon central time yesterday. If you didn’t see it, check your spam. I apparently don’t understand Mailchimp, and sent it with the title “Test” — I then resent it and I think it still had the word “test” in the title. Ugh. …
Over the past couple weeks, our family had a nice equilibrium. Things were not stress free or work free — the kids still pushed some buttons, I was frequently up to midnight because of a work deadline (when I was not already up late because of an ER shift), and my wife traveled for 4+…
I wrote this a couple weeks ago and sent it to the New York Times as an op-ed. Surprisingly, they did not publish it, and I did not have the energy to send it to anyone else. I instead provide it for you here, which I suppose is the point of having my own blog….
Taking a Stand I’ve always stood for the anthem. I was only taught, however, to put my hand over my heart for the Pledge of Allegiance. This has caused my wife great consternation, as she keeps telling me you are supposed to do so. Mostly out of stubbornness, I’ve refused to change my ways, since…
A Parable, Featuring Rogue One The Scene: 7am, Tuesday morning. Rogue One (8 years old) woke up multiple times overnight scared of something. He ended up in our bed after waking us up several times (by successfully annoying us enough to end up in our bed). I’ve already been up and helped my wife get…
Two weeks ago I mentioned the beginning of my charitable donations from the blog — 10% of all blog revenue will be donated to charity.. Between donations from the blog, our 8-year old son, my wife, and me, we’ve now donated to Hurricane Harvey relief twice. Part of that went to H-E-B disaster relief, and part to…
Today is the perfect day to announce the charitable mission of this blog. If the blog survived a few months and generated some revenue, I wanted to donate a portion of the money to charity (partially inspired by the incredible blogger/doctor, PhysicianOnFire). So 10% of all blog revenue will be donated to charity. Not 10% of…
This blog went live in April, 2017 — I have yet to explain the blog tagline (“An alt-brown look at medicine, money, faith, and family”), or provide a blog “origin story.” It’s probably taken this long because as in many other things, I take awhile to get to the point. I tend to ramble and…
Expect the Unexpected I glanced over at the infant and immediately became concerned. A moment ago he was smiling — now he was grunting, less interactive, and appeared very uncomfortable. It was a sudden change. It’s a common scenario in pediatrics — kid appears to be doing great, until suddenly he isn’t. I looked to…
