My Writings. My Thoughts.
Tweeple are Funny
// November 16th, 2009 // No Comments » // Uncategorized
captain_beef
Fifi Box is the head frocktard. Kill her, and you stop the others.
drlori71
Sometimes it’s better to not ask questions & say, I don’t want to know & I don’t care.
GiggleMed
Heard in the hallway: “The pleural-urethra fistula is much less common than you think”
DDsD
Will climate change cause the sea levels to rise? I say we should take a wait and swim approach.
ulishoes
Pleased to report that the horror domino effect in the kitchen that claimed the life of a wine glass spared the bottle of red wine
drrwinters
Stadium physician medical fact: Mascot decapitation reimplants have high success. Attach immediately. Do not put in milk on ice.
MyfWarhurst
The most difficult thing about writing a book is the writing bit.
caseyf
Doh. Someone filed an abuse complaint with our ISP citing a 6 hits an hour as a “constant attack”. We’re subscribing to their RSS feed.
middleclassgirl
To the person who DMd to suggest that “Swearing shows that you’re unintelligent”, my son has just learnt the phrase “supercilious cunt”.
lipodoc
Wow, I wonder if it’s possible to auto-asphyxiate from sucking in stomach at the beach?
adnrw
I can’t find the cork to this bottle of wine, so I’m finishing it off. 2 glasses down.
ulishoes
If I were so inclined I could get quite high right now just by standing in the hall outside my neighbour’s apartment.
badbanana
I’m growing facial hair in November to raise awareness for how creepy I can look.
Wil_Anderson
All interviews should be done on horseback like at the Cup. I would love to see Kerry O’Brien chase Kevin Rudd down the street on a pony…
Wil_Anderson
Gotta love a day where people get up early, dress up and battle traffic… just so they can get pissed in a car park!
middleclassgirl
My dad was a bookie. I’ve got a great story that involves puma tracksuits and sawn off shotguns.
Tweeple are funny
// November 9th, 2009 // No Comments » // Uncategorized
I have been MIA for a while, but I still find tweeple funny. Here are some of the ticklers for the last few weeks.
DHughesy
Apparently giving a running commentary of what’s happening on tv while your wife cleans up isn’t considered helping. Who makes these rules?
Kimmehkins
ZOMG! President Obama wants to provide healthcare for ALL citizens he’s destroying America! *rolls eyes*
CherylAnneNY
I shouldn’t be allowed to shop for Lego after 10pm. My amazon cart is ridiculous right now
- middleclassgirl
Playing pretend shit with the girl. I’m nit sure but I think I just ordered hot pineapple ice cream.
Lilylauren
Just worked out I can change apple tv music from the bath- this is quite a breakthrough in bathing experience
- middleclassgirl
Just discoveredpics on husband’s phone of me laying naked in sun yesterday!!!!! DELETE DELETE DELETE EWWWWWWWWWE
seancarmody
4 yr old: “why do you have this on the TV if you are looking at your iPhone”. #insiders
sharre
Thinking it’s not plagiarists that are responsible for global warming but PhD Students & Academics. I have just filed half the Amazon.
- CherylAnneNY
“Where the Wild Things Are” w/ a bunch of 6 year olds. Saturday nights sure aren’t what they used to be
purple_velvet
Dear people next door, shut up. I’m trying to tweet. Although some more snooze time would be better.
- CherylAnneNY
“Yes, he was the token gay alcoholic non-native valet” #bookclubquotes
Moving on, finding new challenges
// August 31st, 2009 // 11 Comments » // Family
I had my last day at the Department of Surgery last week. I had always been adamant that I would not leave my PhD hanging, and I would hand it in on time, but I failed. There is a bit of a trend here to use medical research to boost a job or training application, so a lot of research doesn’t get published, or written up into a thesis. I hate that, and was mainly motivated to finish on time in order to avoid being that sort of student.
However, I have applied for an extension and am now a part-time student with a further 12 months to submit my thesis. I can’t blame this on anyone else, as I was still collecting results for one chapter last week. However, I have only had the first revision of the rest of my draft in the last fortnight. As customary, after a first draft, there are massive revisions required, and I now even have another new chapter to write, combining and comparing some of my existing data.
So I will use the next few months to finish it off, while taking over the role of “At home Mummy” again (at least partially). I am still determined to finish it within the next few months. I am truly tired of examining and writing about pancreatitis, and I feel like putting it behind me.
I have another, more meaningful, motivation as well. In March 2010, we will have a new baby Cuthbertson join our family. This will make us a family of five. Yes, there is definitely only one baby in there. So, I really really need to finish this thesis soon. Before the hormones melt my brain.
Fit to be a patient
// June 23rd, 2009 // 3 Comments » // Family, Surgery
For those that follow my twitter feed, it will be no surprise that I have been on a fitness kick. This has extended to 6am group personal training. Do you know how cold it is at 6am in Melbourne at the moment? And how warm it is in bed curled up with one year old, three year old or handsome man?
Without becoming a crying, fat person, I wanted to explain my motivation. It is all related to my work. Operating on someone is one of the more intimate interactions you can have. You get to know what they look like on the inside, and not in some vague, philosophical way. You get to touch their fat. Ewwwhgh.
I work in an affluent western area, so our patients are mostly overweight, especially by the time they get bowel cancer in their sixties or seventies. And operating on a fat person can be really, really difficult. It is physical tiring to manipulate that extra flesh. And the fat is ubiquitous - everywhere and always in the way. The anatomy is harder to see, so the “figuring out where you are” phase of an operation lasts a lot longer.
I have been able to ignore the similarities between my physique and that of my difficult patients. I am young enough that being a surgical patient is unlikely. Then I had an emergency caesarean section, and realised I am at risk of needing surgery.
So I am trying to lose weight so I won’t be the fat anaesthetised person. I want to be the one where the surgeons are amazed at the beautiful anatomy. I know it’s a little wierd, but that is what counts for me.
- inoriz said: Oh my goodness!!!!!!! CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!...
- precordialthump said: William Osler has said it all before: "One of the...
- brocasarea said: good luck and tc:)...
- Cris said: Thanks to all. We are pretty pleased, obviously....
- jeff said: thats great news! congratulations! im sure MrJ and...
- Tara said: OMG Cris, how aewsome! Congrats to you guys!...
