Detritus of Empire

Wandering unsupervised in various real and imaginary places. Detritus reflects my interests in robotics, travel, history and the odder aspects of the world around me.

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Monday, May 30, 2011

The New Tricks

(Note: This is another bit of musings from 2007 when I was making the transition from conventional clinic work to free lancer. One of my ...

Friday, May 27, 2011

Life and Death in the ER

I am regularly asked if my work life resembles the long running TV show ER. It does, although with two major differences. First, the docto...

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

History of England Part Eight

Note: This is the final installment of my highly unofficial brief history of England. It was written for Babs and Sis, in hope that their...

Monday, May 23, 2011

Carpe Circadiem

Back when I was in Residency I once was awake for 36 hours. Finally flopping on a very comfortable bed I looked over at the end table a...

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Job the Fan

I am going to run on a bit about being a baseball fan. If this does not interest you, please come back another day. I'm going to be a ...

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

A Hero Departs

Harmon Killebrew 1936-2011 Today one of my heroes died. I came of age in the late 1960s and early 70s, a time of societal unrest whe...

Monday, May 16, 2011

Vindolanda, The Road Back

I always enjoy my sojourn on the Roman frontier. I even like the muddy slogs with the wheelbarrow up the spoils mountain on a day when find...

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Tacitus: Having over the many years of my medical career seen too many hard working folks post pone retirement and tip over shortly after their farewell party I have adopted a Carpe Diem policy. Retire at 60. And don't let 'em throw you a party. Its working so far.

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