Debate #1

Watched a part of the debate last night after returning from Octoberfest at the Capital Ale House -- thought that Obama came across as more confident and knowledgable. This should help at least partly answer the questions about his lack of foreign policy experiece -- he's proved he has a handle on the issues.

Songs of the Day (two of my favorite songs of all time):

Days Of Wine And Roses - McCoy Tyner

Always With Me, Always With You - Joe Satriani

Quote of the Day: "The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists." --Ernest Hemingway

Thought of the Day: The Germans know how to celebrate: with beer, good food, dancing, and music. Happy Octoberfest!

Professor Satchafunkalis

Sweewawa, Hartwell and I will be going to hear Joe Satriani on Nov. 24th @ The National in Richmond, VA. I'm excited. This next month I'll highlight a few of my favorite Satch tunes each week.

Song of the Day: Day At The Beach (New Rays From An Ancient Sun) - Joe Satriani (from Flying in a Blue Dream)

Quote of the Day: "Autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats." -- a good thing to consider when maintaining an online blog . . .

Thought of the Day:

Dictionary: moxie (mŏk'sē)

1. The ability to face difficulty with spirit and courage.
2. Aggressive energy; initiative: “His prose has moxie, though it rushes and stumbles from a pent-up surge” (Patricia Hampl).
3. Skill; know-how.

Especially in the field of medicine, this is an important personality trait to have in your bag of tricks. Start by cultivating bullshit, then see if you can nurture it into moxie.

Cheers, Dr. Kowawa

Sweewawa Calligraphy

Some beautiful calligraphy done by sweewawa this evening:

Live Young

Song of the Day: One Of These Days - Neil Young -- my experience with recently joining Facebook made me think of this old Neil Young tune . . .

Quote of the Day: "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." --Henry David Thoreau

Thought of the Day: My plan to keep stress levels a little lower with regular exercise and doing something relaxing (e.g. listening to music) each day seems to be working pretty well . . . now I gotta work on getting enough sleep too.

Pluggin' away

Song of the Day: Michelle - Ben Harper (from This Bird Has Flown, Beatles tribute album)

Quote of the Day: "The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism." --Sir William Osler

Thought of the Day: Keep pluggin' away, it's worth it.

Radiation Oncology

Today started a month long Radiation Oncology elective. So far it looks prettty interesting.

Songs of the Day:

It Was A Very Good Year - Frank Sinatra

Body And Soul - Frank Sinatra

My Way - Frank Sinatra



Quote of the Day: "By medicine life may be prolong'd, yet death
Will seize the doctor too." --William Shakespeare

Thought of the Day: Ain't no day bad enough that a good helping of tiramisu can't make it better.

Lewis Ginter

Song of the Day: Everybody Here Wants You - Jeff Buckley

Quote of the Day: "The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home." --Confucius

Thought of the Day: Today Sweewawa and I headed to the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden for a stroll in the cool afternoon sunlight. This was the first time we had visited the gardens, and we were both blown away by the beauty.

 

 

 

 

Belding Principle memories

For some reason this song popped in my head . . . from my old Charlottesville, VA band The Belding Principle. Found a recorded version from 6/28/02 at Miller's bar in C-ville. The song is called MB 3000, and we wrote this free-form tune on a brainstorm based on a popular magazine found on a coffee table, some snacks lying around, and an electronic children's toy . . . here's the lyrics and the tune:

MB 3000

Thanks for the fun
Let's try again
Try me
Turn off switch includes
Anything but jealosy

That's all you need to know
Love sounds that animals make
I asked for the bird
But I got the cow
That's all you need to know
Love sounds that animals make
I asked for the cow
But I got the bird

Libido, copious like the cheetos
Cheetos of the world
The dipping kind is time
Oh wait, those are fritos

That's all you need to know
Love sounds that animals make
I asked for the bird
But I got the cow
That's all you need to know
Love sounds that animals make
I asked for the cow
But I got the bird

MB 3000 -- The Belding Principle

Cheers, Dr. Kowawa

Catchin' up

Song of the Day: Red Shoes - Rene Marie -- heard this track a couple of years ago on NPR while driving. I became an instant Rene fan and later that year the missus and I had the good fortune to see her live at the University of Richmond.

Quote of the Day: "Beware of the young doctor and the old barber." --Benjamin Franklin

Thought of the Day: So the ankle is still swollen up quite a bit from my run-in with the tree root last Sunday. But I plan to get back into exercise anyway starting this weekend. 4th year of med school has turned out so far to be quite stress-inducing, with balancing electives & applying for Internal Medicine internship & Radiology residency simultaneously. I think the key to staying sane and chill during this time is: exercise every day, try to get a reasonable amount of sleep, and listen to some music or do something else relaxing every day. Let's see how it goes . . .

Thinking of You

Thinking Of You - Joe Satriani

Exam tomorrow . . .

Seems like taking tests is all I do lately. This one is in Diagnostic Radiology, so it's important that I do well.

Song of the Day: So What / Impressions - Herbie Hancock -- from Directions in Music, Live at Massey Hall, also features Roy Hargrove (t), Michael Brecker (s), John Patitucci (b)

Quote of the Day: "Art is a jealous mistress." --Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thought of the Day: Life is a lot like a turkey. Anyway you slice it it's still a turkey.

Cheers,

Dr. Kowawa

Smartphone

So excited just got my new Smartphone, a Samsung SCH-i760. It's I think the coolest one offered on Verizon. I like it because it acts like a Windows PDA, and has a handy slide-out horizontal keypad for sending emails on the go. This baby should help ease the residency interview process . . .

Here's what she looks like.

Song of the Day: Just What I Needed - The Cars

Quote of the Day: "Time is generally the best doctor." --Ovid (BC 43-AD 18)

Thought of the Day: I find the day usually goes better if I try to smile pretty frequently, make jokes and have an infectiously positive attitude. Having said that, I also find it's very difficult to do that on the sleep deficit I'm usually running . . . hence the scowl.

Nerding it

Song of the Day: Cryin' - Joe Satriani -- this one goes out to th'pupu.

video form:



Quote of the Day:



Thought of the Day: I like to turn mine to 11.

Cutest video ever

Google Chrome

Dr. Kowawa has tested and likes Google Chrome, Google's new web browser application.

Sunny Monday

Songs of the Day: The Maids Of Cadiz - Miles Davis / Gil Evans

My Ship - Miles Davis / Gil Evans

Quote of the Day:

"Do.
Or do not.
There is no try." --Yoda

Thought of the Day: Silence is an entity that can be both like a golden ray of sunshine and like a silver dagger.

Blues for Pablo

Check out this neat find on Youtube, Gil Evans & Miles Davis recording of Blues for Pablo:



Cheers, Dr. Kowawa

Sprained ankle

Around 1 PM I set out for a fun run, had my iPod ready with some Del McCoury band tunes and went to Deep Run Park. When running through the woods I stupidly stepped funny on a root, and my right ankle bent about 90 degrees until the top of my foot was perpendicular to the ground. Ouch. There goes running for a few weeks, today I'm studying Radiology on my laptop and periodically breaking to ice and NSAID the damaged limb. Hope a recovery won't take too long . . .

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

Song of the Day: Out Of The Woods - Nickel Creek

Quote of the Day: "To be brief is to be wise" --Sir James Paget, a surgeon and pathologist in London during the late 19th century. Paget's disease (osteotitis deformans) is named after him.

Thought of the Day: Just joined Facebook over the weekend. So far it looks pretty cool, like it'll be an easy way to stay in touch with my peeps.

Message in a Bottle

Song of the Day: Message In A Bottle - The Police

Quote of the Day: "Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. --George Washington

Thought of the Day: Hadn't realized that our first president was a libertarian at heart! As of right now I'm undecided as to whether to vote for Obama, McCain, or the libertarian candidate . . . we'll see how it unfolds over the next couple months.