Archive for March, 2005

Let the Boards Begin

March 29th, 2005

Medical school is finally over.
Sort of. The first two years — the “pre-clinical years” — are now essentially over (except for one final cumulative exam, which is no reason to worry).
And now that our Skin test is over, which in reality was more of a microbiology test, it’s time to focus exclusively on […]

Entrecote Steak

March 26th, 2005

I was trying to think of a meal to make at home, since I’ve been eating out so much lately, when I remembered the steaks I ate almost daily while in Paris a few years ago (at the brasseries). After a brief search on the web, I found a recipe that sounded pretty similar to […]

Mac Backup

March 22nd, 2005

First…I’ve had a 120G Western Digital hard drive sitting in my room for more than a year now. This hard drive was only $60…actually, it would have been $60 after an $80 mail-in rebate, but unfortunately I never mailed it in, so now I own a $120 hard drive that’s still sitting in its box.
Next…as […]

Paco’s Tacos

March 18th, 2005

4141 S Centinela Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90066
(310) 391-9616
Hungry? This is the place for you, but be ready for a long wait. Luckily the restaurant provides good chips and salsa in the lobby area, and drinks can be ordered from waiters that stop by. Even better, the drinks are added to your meal check, so […]

Enough Ashley Smith Already, and a Prediction

March 13th, 2005

Is anyone other than me sick of Ashley Smith?

Anyone watching any news show lately, especially CNN, can attest to the obsesssion of news stations with Ashley Smith, the woman taken hostage by the Atlanta courthouse killer. In her initial “interviews” she sits in front of a camera and spends an hour describing every detail of […]

Back From the Dead

March 3rd, 2005

I know…it’s been months since I last posted. But what better a way to return from the “dead” than to describe my sobering morning at the coroner.
As part of another ICM focus experience, we had the opportunity to visit the LA County Coroner’s Office and watch the coroners there perform one or more autopsies. […]

OS X Additions

March 2nd, 2005

I’ve been customizing my Apple a lot lately, trying to take advantage of OS X and the fact that it has a Unix kernel. My original goal was simply to be able to process LaTeX files on my machine, and after a quick search I realized I could either go with a light-weight Mac based […]