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 […]
Hurricanes in H-Town, Eid, and Sacrifice
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 […]
The Meaning of Alt-Brown
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 […]
Dealing with the Unexpected — The Code
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 […]
The Dad Life
I had our first guest post planned for this week, however I did not have time to edit it. Instead, I am sharing my favorite YouTube video: I can’t tell if my older brother modeled himself after this video, or they observed him for months before making it. I will admit that I have cheap […]
Future Proofing Your Children: Faith
This is the second in an intermittent but recurring series. Find all of them here. A few weeks ago I wrote about Future Proofing Your Children — how my wife and I approach our children’s career and education choices. If you haven’t read it yet, go back and read it now. I decided this might as […]