As long as I am making lists for blogs….

Here is a list of places Brad and I are considering for my next vacation. Now granted, my next vacation (well, other than the one in a month where I'm visiting philli) is not until October. NEVERTHELESS, one must dream.

1. Italy - now, I really want to go for two reasons: DRINK WINE AND EAT. Plus I would like to avoid the worst tourist crowds. So. I am thinking not Rome, but maybe Florence, Naples?
2. Spain - another food/wine mecca, but we don't have to fly an extra 3 hours to get there.
3. Back to London - because Brad and I just LOVE London. Plus you can take the Eurostar across to France.
4. Thailand - cause it's gorgeous. I actually want to go to Malaysia, but Brad doesn't want to because he's already been there…on a cross Atlantic booty call.
5. China - true, I've been there multiple times, but it really is a disgrace that Brad hasn't been there yet.

Why Internal Medicine annoys me. (and why I am a family doctor instead)

1. Excessive pontification leading to 4 hour rounds.
2. Excessive testing resulting from excessive pontification.
3. Too much intellectual masturbation. (please see excessive pontification). Let's all do the ego stroke....
4. Inability to talk TO the patient, not AT the patient.
5. The lack of DOING anything that involves a scalpel, or needle.
6. Let me repeat, the LACK OF DOING ANYTHING.

AiYiYi

So here I am, a new year, a new rotation.

I was listening to car talk on NPR today and suddenly had the thought that those two guys had a much more interesting job than mine.

I'm off to the CCU (cardiac care unit) to save lives of men (this is in the VA) who are just going to die in the next month anyways. yipee.