Posted in Rick's Posts on Aug 29th, 2007
I’m sure Armstrong and Aldrin’s sense of relief would have been greater than mine, but months of waiting for yet another milestone in my life here ended today. For those who have forgotten, when I arrived here to take up a Registrar position in Intensive Care Medicine, it was with the intention of getting onto [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Aug 28th, 2007
Wider than a mile etc. There was a lunar eclipse tonight and Adelaide was ideally located to get a perfect view of this celestial event. A lunar eclipse is quite a special thing as the earth comes between the sun and the moon. This means the earth casts a shadow on the moon. But instead [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Aug 25th, 2007
There’s one more important difference I haven’t mentioned yet along with the others recently. Australian supermarkets don’t sell alcohol. You simply can’t buy any alcoholic drink in any shop other than an off-licence, or bottle-oh as they are called here. This may not sound that strange, but we got very much into the habit of [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Aug 23rd, 2007
Sorry there’s not much to report, but I didn’t want you all thinking we’d dropped off the radar. I’m in the middle of a week of days and we’ve been very busy lately. It makes a change from earlier in the year when we were bored and hardly had anything to do. Today the ICU [...]
Posted in BodyPump on Aug 20th, 2007
Here it is, hot off the gym-floor! That’s right, we’ve just had the launch of BodyPump 63 tonight. Here’s my review of this release (the fourth in the series now!): Warmup: A fairly typical first track. It was rather brief on the shoulder presses and squats. Instead they concentrated on the biceps, even including some [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Aug 17th, 2007
I spotted this on the internet a while ago and thought I’d share. This seems like a perfect case of justified retribution, and if true will bring a smile to the face of anyone who has been nabbed by a Talivan. Unfortunately it is highly probable that this is more urban myth than fact for [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Aug 16th, 2007
… be grateful that it is still a public utility, at least for the time being. There is a misplaced popular perception that healthcare in the private sector is far superior to the state system. You only have to compare the gleaming chrome and glass buildings bearing a BUPA logo with the crumbling and often [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Aug 13th, 2007
This will just be a quick entry as I am quite tired at the moment. You will remember that recently I was promoted to the grade of Senior Registrar. This should have meant a change in roster and being the supervisor rather than the supervised. However instead I am still doing the job of a [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Aug 10th, 2007
As the Hollies memorably sang. Finally after “many a winding turn” I have finished writing that article I spoke about a couple of months ago. It’s only taken 3 months and about 20 re-writes but hopefully we’re there! We will be sumitting it to the local intensive care journal (Critical Care and Resuscitation) in the [...]
Posted in BodyPump on Aug 6th, 2007
I found this preview on the great WWW. This is the total 10-track package! BODYPUMP 63 is full of challenge for effective strengthening and shaping and great motivation in the music. The new class comes with functional exercise innovations in the lunge and abdominals work and a new weight-change option called the ‘Drop Set’ in [...]
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