Tasty Lesion Café (A fictional story)   “I’ll have the pancakes with whipped cream, three sausage links and three eggs over easy.” “Damn Mike, you’re going to have to double your Crestor after that mess of artery clogging chow!” “Whatever, it’s been a long night on call and I deserve it Sam. Tell you what; I’m shaking after working with this patient last night and for the last couple of day Read More

85 degrees, hot sun in the blistering swelter of Midwestern summer.  Perfect weather for a run, at least in my mind. But then, in those days, any time of day or weather was a perfect day for running. I took each season as an opportunity to explore my physical limits of endurance, relishing the beauty of each season. Now of course, we advise runners to avoid the heat and if a run is chosen, make sure you make frequ Read More

I don’t really give a flying fork what any celebrity from Hollywood thinks about politics, global warming or any subject unrelated to pure acting. Their job is to entertain us and therefore make lots of money, that’s it. Unless of course their name is Clint Eastwood, then I will listen.  Intently.  I respect Mr. Eastwood and this piece is written to show that respect. Well, I didn’t really meet him at a bar Read More

HOME “Carson, it’s time for you to go home now. Get out of here while you can.” My partners rescue me and tell me that from time to time, and I sure am relieved to hear it. I’m going home! Exhausted, I try to stay awake on the blurry drive home from my 36-hour shift at the hospital, but I can’t seem to turn my brain off from the flurry of messages and memories about my patients, ricocheting around inside Read More

I loved baseball when I was a kid; after all, it was America’s sport, at least when I was small. Ok, I was and still am a Cub’s fan, but I won’t tell you my favorite players when I was a kid for obvious security reasons. So, of course, I went out and joined a little league baseball team, fast pitch, well, sometimes fast, usually wild hardball – or at least they were solid, hard rubber coated balls that hu Read More

WILE E. COYOTE Some of you older folks may remember the Looney toon – Wile E. Coyote ( Carnivorous Vulgarus, Hungrii fleabagius, Hard Headipus Ravenous) and Road Runner ( Semper foodellus, super – sonic idioticus, Speedipus Rex), apparently broadcast in the 50’s through 80’s. Of course, I don’t remember it playing live on TV because of my young, tender age, but I have of course, watched many of these ed Read More