If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you should know by now that I love to write. More often than not, I’ll write about my life experiences and the opinions that those experiences have formed. Very rarely do I write fiction, so I’d like to write more. To help me do that, I bought The Amazing Story Generator by Jay…
Again, Max Landis, nails it. This is the end to a short film he made about wrestling. It’s pretty entertaining, but the ending is where he nails it. It is where he explains to us why we need things like “fake” wrestling, movies, novels, and other kinds of fiction. We want to be entertained, because, otherwise, we’d go nuts. (If…
I don’t know who told television and movie executives that “darker” is better when it comes to superhero stories. On last night’s “The Flash,” which I watched today thanks to Hulu TV, the overall tone of the story was one of death and destruction. There was more than just drama, and there were very few “campy” moments. Spoilers ahead…
Aside from the work that they do, one of the biggest reasons I absolutely love Doctors Without Borders is their commitment to tell stories form the field. Their written stories, interviews on the radio, and videos put a face to their organization, and they put a face on all the people that they help. Many of the stories that they…
I have always loved school, but I never really liked the social interactions that came with it. It wasn’t that I didn’t like people. The problem was that I was always an outsider, someone who didn’t fit in. It was either because I was too young or because I didn’t speak English… Or because I didn’t play “the right” sport (i.e. not soccer). In today’s Talking Tuesday, I tell you about the end of summer and the beginning of school, and how much that hurt when I was a kid. Then I finish by telling you how things have changed now that I’m an adult.
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Mistakes happen all the time in medicine. Some are minor and go unnoticed. Others, however, can be small in size but huge in consequences. Here’s the story of one such mistake.
Background music by Partners in Rhyme.
In this Talking Tuesday mini-podcast, I’d like to tell you about the different encounters I’ve had with the Border Patrol coming back into the country. It’s so much better now that I’m a citizen, but it was a little rough at times when I wasn’t.
Background music courtesy of Partners in Rhyme.
I’ve decided that I’m going to chat with you a little more. (Though some will say that I like the sound of my own voice.) I’d like to chat with you more because I need practice in speaking better English and presenting my thoughts in a coherent way without the use of a backspace button. So here is the first of my “Talking Tuesday” mini-podcast episodes. Today I bring you a quick story about my grandmother, and how she bailed me out of a tight spot back in high school. I hope you enjoy it.
“Hermano” is a Venezuelan production directed by Marcel Rasquin. The movie is set in present-day (2010’s) Caracas, Venezuela, with most of the action taking place in a shantytown on the outskirts of the city. If you like soccer, drama, and you want to look at the power of family — even when said family is not bound by blood —…
Author’s Note: This is the second part of a three-part series on my “final thoughts” as I leave the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and move on to bigger, hopefully better things. Part one is HERE. Part three will be HERE starting August 16, 2013, at 8am ET, which is my last day at DHMH. The Epi Gate…
