I remember in elementary school, kids would touch each other to spread cooties. However, if you crossed your fingers, you were immune. Once I was tapped with cooties, and I immediately touched a girl and said, “You’ve got cooties!” She smiled confidently, marked herself with an imaginary “X,” and said, “I’m cootie-proof.” Hmm… Do cooties […]

This entry was posted on Monday, October 10th, 2005 at 4:59 pm and is filed under Office Visits, Infections. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

We were the only Asian people in the small town in Ohio where I grew up. In fact, many of the people thought we were Mexican because they weren’t used to seeing Asian people. Ole!
So when my classmates learned I ate exotic foods like sushi, seaweed, and squid (aka calamari, which I think is just […]

This entry was posted on Thursday, October 6th, 2005 at 12:36 pm and is filed under Alternative Medicine, Exercise, Senior Citizens. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Very few things shock me. Sexual issues, alcohol and drug abuse, psychiatric issues, people’s lifestylesnot shocking. Sticking a bobby pin in an electrical outlet, current politicsshocking. Health insurance and the way people put their health second to it really shocks me. Is the health insurance industry turning us into robots?
When I worked in DC, […]

This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 5th, 2005 at 2:29 pm and is filed under Insurance, Patient Behavior, Emergencies. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

I’m not really that educated in sports such as baseball. At the gym I once saw a man wearing funky shoes that made him walk on his tiptoes. I asked him why he was wearing those shoes, and he said, “To strengthen my calves. I’m a professional ball player.”
“What kind of ball?” I asked. […]

This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 5th, 2005 at 2:11 pm and is filed under Sex Issues, Infections. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.