March 2010
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200th post: a beautiful tribute to my future
It’s really a shame that a lesion as ugly as this is described with such enjoyable vocabulary:
FIBROVASCULAR
EXOPHYTIC
PEDUNCULATED
PAPILLOMATOUS
Just say those words over and over again, and remind yourself to NEVER EVER EVER have unprotected oral sex with someone that just MIGHT be HPV-positive. You’ll be practicing that vocabulary far more often than you’d like if it...
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128th place out of 727 ain't bad!
My return, and Jon’s entrance, to organized running was a very rainy success two weeks ago:
Place Div/Tot Div Nettime Pace Name Ag S
809 128/787 F1829 25:30 8:13 Colleen Greene 25 F
636 202/465 M1829 24:36 7:56 Jonathan Greene 27 M
As you can see, he handily beat me but I’ll make sure...
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How to keep fourth graders off the streets
3-21-1994
“Dear Journal,
Today we went to Rollerama. It was fun. I brought in my grasshopper from my Concepts of Ecology class. Last Saturday I graduated from Lansing Community College.”
Dear 4th grade self,
WTF. You did NOT graduate from college that weekend. Rather, your EXTREMELY generous mother drove you to Saturday “enrichment” courses, and inflated your tender ego...
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[My Maid of Honor] speaks volumes
emily: ... and i'll try one of your pacific shrimp tacos.
taco bell employee: well, you're braver than i am.
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Another epic relationship ends with explosive...
Plus, difficulty swallowing, swollen colons, and bloating. Let’s not forget the Hepatitis, either. That’s a tricky virus to kick.
I’m talking, or course, about the final exam I will take tomorrow in the familiar lecture hall of Harvard Medical School, and the fact that today marked the final lecture of my fake career as a fake medical student. We have a few more silly group...
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There are TWO definitions of SCHWAG. Allow me to...
I am still unpacking bit by bit from DentalFest last week. My current school would probably kick me out and shred my academic record if they understood the VALUE of oral health goodies I acquired at an Exhibitor Fair last Thursday, alongside hundreds of other hungry future dentalists.
It is NOT COOL at Harvard to so much as sneak a peek at an employee of a healthcare business who wants to talk...
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“In the United States today, there are those who would have us believe that class...”
– From: Oral Health is the Measure of a Just Society
By: Henrie M. Treadwell, PhD & Mary E. Northridge, PhD, MPH
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“It involved whipping with a belt, face punching and a lot of yelling “we...”
– Recent text from my very pregnant little sister, reflecting on the adventures witnessed during her FIRST DAY as a full-time nurse on the floor of a women’s health unit. So proud of her!
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The American Association of American Associations
With tonight being our last day of national dental student bizniz meetings, I am truly surprised at how much time and energy has gone into this annual conference. “Dental students” aren’t exactly a household name or group known for their unique interests and political clout, but if you had sat in on any of our various breakout sessions, discussions, committees, etc. this week,...
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Reporting live from Baltimore!
Good evening, friends and family. I am currently fully collapsed in a hotel room in downtown B’more, after two full days of dental student national business. This city is well-known for it’s much grittier organized communities (don’t get me started on how you NEED to watch The Wire), but I think we’re really carving a niche for ourselves as the fiercest student assembly...
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“We’re lucky here in America. We live in a free-market society. Think of it...”
– Stephen Colbert, in “I am America (and So Can You!)”
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How to get poor and sore in four days
Thursday: enjoy a fabulous dinner at local hip restaurant VeeVee, where the vegetarian fare is as attractive as the fishier dishes. Accompanied by my wedding makeup artist and friend-of-sister, Caroline, we had a delicious evening of beer, tofu and eggplant.
Friday: continue to pretend we deserve the high life, by dining-drinking at Audubon Circle, with my favorite lil’ Texan and the other...
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A reason to love going to church.
Who wouldn’t love some Sunday morning spirituality, when after-church-brunch plans are this beautiful:
Thanks to the lovely Helen for capturing this gorgeous Sunday morning ale flight at a GREAT Cambridge restaurant. Her immense Bloody Mary was a beauty to behold, as well. This was followed by a filling Buffalo tofu scramble, and a tall glass of non-alcoholic water. :)
That...
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What do Sarah Palin and I NOW have in common?
It all started when I received this snazzy news on Friday afternoon:
“On behalf of the Committee on Admissions and Degrees, I am pleased to extend to you an offer of admission to the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). We hope that you will join the HSPH class entering in the 2010-2011 academic year as a candidate for the full time Master of Public Health degree program in Health Care...
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Now I can say I've been recruited by a prison....
I wish I had the energy to come up with a great knock-knock joke or punny riddle to contrast the intensity of life in prison with the fabulous lifestyle enjoyed by most dentists. It would be like pulling teeth to think up such a line, so instead I’ll say straightforwardly that working in a prison might be the ONLY WAY to envision myself as a hardcore health professional.
Aside from...
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Better late than pregnant.
I hate to admit that school is requiring more of my attention than usual, but there. I said it. Me mortal. Maybe instead of just whining that I hate studying, because I typically don’t take well to boring memorization, I’ll fill you in on the reason why studying is getting more interesting: IT’S SO GROSS! Captivatingly nasty! Hideously fascinating! For example:
This pleasant...