July 1st, if you were not aware, is the real New Year’s Day. It’s a time of significant change, filled with hello’s and goodbyes, big moves and new responsibilities, freshened pocketbooks and free time. At least it is for those of us in academic medicine, working in a university/teaching hospital. On July 1st, new interns…
Introduction A scholarly work of mine, something from my day job, was featured today by Jim Dahle, who blogs/podcasts/runs an empire at The White Coat Investor, so if you made it to this blog from there, welcome! This is a survey I conducted of residents and fellows at two universities to understand their personal financial…
This post was written in April with some additions before publication. I have a deadbeat uncle. The entire family knows him, but we don’t like to talk about him. He’s terrible at managing his money, picks fights, and ticks a lot of people off. Half the family hates him, though which half changes continuously. He…
Kevin Pho of KevinMD featured another of our posts today — if you’ve made it to this blog from there, welcome! Click here to learn a little about me/this blog. It’s partly about medicine, partly about everything else This post, called Love and Marriage (and Money) — a semi self-explanatory title — is about s…
This is the first in what will be an intermittent but recurring series — dealing with dilemmas of parenthood. Find all of them here: I was recently driving Rogue One (8 y/o) and one of his neighborhood friends (7 y/o), when I overheard an interesting conversation. The friend described an invention he had conceived. I won’t provide…
What is Ramadan? A couple weeks ago at the beginning of Ramadan, we didn’t explore or discuss the key element of observing the month: fasting. Muslims who are observing Ramadan fast from sunrise to sunset. No food, no water, no gum — nada. Every day for (roughly) 30 days. We’re also supposed to use this…
A recent article by Chief Mom Officer on High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) spurred a Twitter discussion/debate after her post on the topic. This is a semi-counterpoint to her well-reasoned post on the topic (“semi” because I think we agree on the topic). At the end we’ll discuss why my family has…
Today, hundreds of millions of Muslims suffer terrible withdrawal symptoms all at once due to acute caffeine deprivation. We do this, and abstain from all food or drink during daylight for 30 days, in the name of sacrifice, and to be better people. But pardon us if we are grumpy for the first couple days….
I had outlined in my head a post for today that would delve into the “alt-brown” tagline of this blog. It was to a small degree going to discuss religion and terrorism and perceptions of Muslims. Before I could actually write any of it, I heard about the attack in Manchester. That post still needs to be written, however…
What does a pediatrician do when their own kids are sick? I drafted this post weeks ago, but finished it tonight after spending the day at home with Rogue Three, who is sick (not seriously ill), so the timing couldn’t be better. Many people have skills they develop for work that they end up using outside…
