Healthcare Poop Sandwich Passes House!

The House passed this evening H.R. 4872 - The Reconciliation Act of 2010, which among other things approves Senate changes to the original healthcare bill. There will be another bill to come which incorporates some of the "better" changes through reconciliation, but the Congress essentially passed the thing tonight. This particular portion of the bill now goes to Obama-- it will be interesting to see how he handles the signing given that much of the overall healthcare plan is still subject to vote. I'm not sure this will be seen as the historic day that some are hailing it as, but you never know. Vent in the comments...

LiveBlog: GI Lecture

We're well into our 6th hour of GI lecture for the day, and needless to say, we're getting a little restless in our seats.

While longwinded, some of this has been interesting; so I'd like to share with you all a little of what we're learning. Today's topic? Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

My favorite observation about the disorder is illustrated above and comes from The Father of Modern Medicine himself, Sir William Osler. I think he demonstrates great insight into the advances and sophistication our modern society in saying that IBS is, "the truest example of a civilization disorder." How eloquent; how accurate.

Quick Six Review - HarborMaster iPhone App

The iPhone and iPod Touch have really changed the way I play video games. Sure, games like Madden and Halo should really only be played on a TV screen with a controller, but some games are just as fun on a portable device. Now that I have a bunch of ridiculously stupid and mindlessly addictive games right in my pocket, I can waste time whenever I want. Enter HarborMaster - the extremely well designed and graphically appealing harboring/docking/screen fondling game. Its awesome for these reasons:

1. Its Easy - I hate games that are impossible to play - they make the bathroom experience less enjoyable.

2. No Real Story Line - All you do is drag boats into docks and drag them back out without having them run into each other. Its simple, and you just do it to the point where one of them crashes - no levels or lives, just fun.

3. Nice Graphics - Sure, the iPhone can run games that look as nice as the Playstation 1 (Remember that, back in the nineties?), but cartoony looking games seem to work the best on the small screen.

4. Island Music - Everyone in the bathroom will know you're having a relaxing time.

5. Soon-to-be Multiplayer Support - When the update comes out, you'll be able to play with the guy/girl in the next stall! I hope they allow you to customize the "you've been challenged" message so I can say "the guy playing the island music wants to play an iPhone game with you."

6. Pirates - Excerpt from the game's description on the App Store: "Pirates!"

To get HarborMaster, click here to download the app in iTunes - I highly recommend it for a whopping $0.99.

Asia's party drug ketamine carries incontinence risk

Aww, shit.

Poop Joke

new DMS classrooms --if the budget cuts don't screw us.

I find myself often telling my classmates that Dartmouth really is a good place. DMS is pretty widely accepted to be the bastard child of the Dartmouth "university" in terms of funding and all, but it's still a prestigious school (note the lowercase! I shiver even writing u*********).

Just look at some of our top researchers: This guy is 85, designed the modern classroom above, and refuses to retire. But so what? He discovered and brought to our attention (thankfully) the concept of a "fecal veneer," which according to the scientist himself: "is the theoretical construct that the world is covered with a thin layer of feces. You can't see fecal veneer. You can't smell it. But it's there." Thank goodness it is. Thank goodness, indeed.