Posted in Rick's Posts on Apr 29th, 2009
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, the current gnashing-of-teeth and rending-of-garments over a few cases of porcine influenza mutating to infect humans will be hot on your conciousness. If you bear with me, the following does make sense. One conspiracy theory is that panic over the recent influenza outbreak has been orchestrated by pharmaceutical [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Apr 28th, 2009
And we didn’t even have to go to Orlando. Over the past few days I have been feeling quite at home here with the change in season. In scenes more characteristic of Tornado Alley, Adelaide has been pounded by heavy rain and winds gusting up to 90kph. The city was rather caught off-guard and the [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Apr 24th, 2009
A somewhat esoteric reference this time. As a light break (forgive the irony) from my book work I took part in a Paediatric Life Support refresher course. It’s been over 4 years since I did the full course and haven’t handled a paediatric patient since I last did anaesthetics almost 3 years ago. Too quickly [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Apr 21st, 2009
Perhaps a little more esoteric than my usual references. The explanation can be provided if necessary, but should become clear by the end of the post. While we don’t have children, the cats are obviously our surrogates, and very special. Not least because they were all rescue moggies from the RSPCA and we have become [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Apr 18th, 2009
No angry replies about murdering Cobain‘s poetry please. It’s funny how little things start, and before you know it, achieve momentum and take on a life of their own. I’m sure you can insert seed and snowball analogies as desired. Not long after we moved to the airport some of us decided to go for [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Apr 14th, 2009
I’m feeling a little under the weather at the moment. While it’s not flu season, I still seem to have come down with a virus. So, as a result, I’m feeling a little sorry for myself. Fortunately a combination of Lemsip and “the Scottish remedy” seems to be doing the trick. It meant missing out [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Apr 11th, 2009
Posted in Rick's Posts on Apr 8th, 2009
It didn’t seem that long ago that people valued their independence and anonymity. Perhaps the British understated culture had something to do with it, or maybe it was just people liked the concept of being able to go to the shops on a Sunday morning in slobby clothing without having to worry about pictures of [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Apr 7th, 2009
More tumbleweed I’m afraid. But on the plus side I am working methodically through my revision material for the upcoming JFICM exam. In a strange twist of roster I am in the middle of a 5 day off stretch, including last weekend. Sounds great doesn’t it, having all that time free – and none of [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Apr 5th, 2009
Come to think of it, who decided that sliced bread was mankind’s greatest achievement. Perhaps I’m over-thinking this one. Anyway, before this becomes too tangential, here is the point. The wine drinkers amongst you will have probably noticed that an increasing number of winemakers and vineyards are sealing bottles with Stelvin closures rather than traditional [...]
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