WWWWF:Third time's ...
I'm going to get this blogging thing down. Really. No, really.
This blog stuff hasn't been nearly as easy as I'd thought.
I've been plagued trying to find something worth writing about on a daily basis, and my television effort quickly tanked. I don't watch enough medical tv outside of Scrubs, and things took a strange twist this weekend when I left a message for the United Regional Health Care System's spokeswoman about the parallels of the Rage virus in 28 Days Later and the concerns real-life medical personnel face in light of emerging pandemics.
My problem is that while I'm enthusiastic about the medium, I haven't found a subject that won't make the glee flee.
Until now.
I like to read. Right now, I'm actively reading three tomes (Bartimaeus Trilogy Part Three: Ptolemy's Gate; Masks of God: Occidental Mythology; and Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic and Initiation in the Life of an African) and have another nine or 10 in line. My wife has forbidden any more book purchases (we'll see how that works out...). I was driving around yesterday when I heard on Newshour with Jim Lerher this discussion about How Doctors Think, and I thought "I should read that. Heck, lots of people should probably read that ... maybe I could read it for them!"
I have weird thoughts.
Anyway, a blog, ideally, was born.
My plan is to read a book a week or two (depending on the length) and summarize the chapters and share the insights, maybe even talk to an author or two. And feel free to join in and speak up on your thoughts and questions. Should be fun.