Hey Wally, wouldn't this be cool.

http://nyc.gov/html/misc/html/athens2004.html

Edit: My bad, that volunteer form is so you can cheer them on. Not run with it. I guess you could get close enough to the torch bearer and tackle him/her.

Summer? It just turned Spring a month ago. Let's see. I will enjoy the fact that I don't have to deal with crazy student drivers at the high school I drive by every morning, but I have to arrive earlier as summer interns and co-ops will occupy more of the general parking areas for us non-important people. Cassini's going to arrive at Saturn and who knows what hell is going to break loose. Uneventful, but c'est la vie.

Well, personally, i don't think it was a racist incident. But it begs the question. Lets say I go up to a black guy and say "I love black people. You guys are all so athletic." In this day and age, such a statement is considered racist by many even if it is intended as a compliment. I suppose the quesiton is, can you make a racist statement while intending the opposite, and I suspect the answer is yes.

So now that summer is upon us, what is everybody up to for the summer months? Any holidays or trips in the works? I am heading to Vancouver in a week to do a three week rotation in radiology/nuclear medicine at the University of BC. If you're wondering what Nuclear medicine is, that is a good question because I'm not sure myself, but what I am sure of is there will be lots of mountain biking in the works amidst the tall BC trees.

I don't see how it's racist. Okay, maybe at face value, but I don't believe she said it in a way that fits the usual connotation that goes with the word. If she had said, "I love Asian culture, they're all so hard working" that would have meant the same thing in her eyes. As you say, she's old so she probably isn't as PC as most people, so I'd let her go.

Saw a patient yesterday, an old woman, who when I was leaving, squeezed my hand and declared "I love your race! You're all so hard working!" That's racist! or is it?

So I watched one inning (a really long inning) of the Sox/Orioles game yesterday, and while Pedro was struggling to find his fastball, I couldn't help but wonder to myself, with the keen eye of a medical student, "is it just me or has Pedro Martinez gained like 15 pounds?" I mean, he looks like a chipmunk out there stocking up nuts in his cheeks for the winter! And I wonder, how come no commentator will call him out and state the obvious and say "of course you've lost your fastball. That's what happens when you get fat!"