Many non-Muslims do not know that Muslims are expected to base their lives not only on the Quran, but also on the collected sayings and traditions of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). That collection is called the Hadith, and it is meant to be a significant source of guidance for day-to-day living outside of what is in the Quran….
Late Night Musings I write this having recently turned 37 years old (the blog is just over one month old). So it seemed a reasonable time to ruminate. While my birthday didn’t actually prompt me to think existential thoughts — I tend to space out and think about life all the time — my birthday was a…
As part of a bi-religious dual-race multi-cultural marriage, raising children while teaching them different parts of two different religions, perhaps it isn’t a surprise that my wife and I occasionally disagree. What may be a surprise is that we don’t spend much time disagreeing about religion or race or culture. We do on occasion, but really…
This is really a precursor to a larger discussion on sleep deprivation and medicine that hopefully I someday finish. As I sit and write this, it’s Tuesday night. I worked overnight shifts this previous Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in our pediatric emergency department. My shift was from roughly 11pm-8am each night. I saw over 30 patients…
The Physician Leader in Social Media A couple weeks ago I sent a PM message on twitter to Kevin Pho of KevinMD.com, a leading physician voice on the Interwebs and social media, asking if he would consider sharing one of my posts. To my surprise, he responded and said he would send it off for editing…
Entering Rogue One Someone on Rockstar Finance Forums asked if I was going to refer to my eldest son as “Rogue One” in my blog. Oddly enough, I hadn’t thought of that, but I love the idea. I am a Star Wars fan, but I’m a Trekkie at heart, and I did not think of…
I recently said I would be posting once/week, generally on a Wednesday. In an effort to keep you on your toes, I did not post on Wednesday. I did make a post on Monday of this week — that’ll be it for the week. I am a couple weeks into this and am starting to get a sense of…
Are You Bi-Religious? As a two-religion household (Bi-religious? Multi-religious? Inter-religious? Not sure of the proper term), we celebrate twice as many religious holidays as most families. Eid-al-Fitr, Eid-al-Adha, Christmas, and Easter, are a part of our household vernacular. Despite growing up in a Muslim household, I heard a great deal about Christmas. It was impossible…
I recently ran the least successful twitter poll ever, an opportunity to pick the next post that would appear on the blog. Apparently none of my 11 followers either noticed or cared. Lesson learned. Well, I assume there is a lesson to be learned. The lesson for you, the reader, is to follow me at twitter.com/RogueDadMD. Instead of…
I’m Not a Do-It-Yourself’er I started doing my own taxes after graduating medical school. Prior to that my income was low enough and my return easy enough that my parents did my taxes along with theirs and I never paid a whit of attention to the process. However suddenly I was a grown-up – within…
