Matrix Spoof

June Callwood

Talk about preparing for death with dignity. Watch June Callwood on The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos.

Update: June Callwood died early Saturday morning, April 14th. As she requested no funeral a candle lighting service will be held by mourners.

Diagnosis Wenckebach

real med students of genius

A classmate introduced me to a series of videos on YouTube entitled "real Med Students of Genius". It's a bunch of videos from the University of Maryland's School of Medicine Class of 2006 that have a little fun with the types of students every med school class seems to have.

Dr. Tran

A little warning that this video may not be for everyone.

Pills Pills Pills

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Where the sun don't shine

A friend sent this to me today. It's fitting since we're doing GI right now

Beautiful Mind

I tried to find the scenes right before this where his wife finally realizes the truth, but this is the best I could do.


And shortly thereafter, as he tries to re-enter society:


And finally:


And just for fun:

Here it goes again

Terry Kelly's Pittance of Time

More on MJ Fox

Why don't we do it in our sleeves?

This is a humerous video designed to eduate on the proper way to sneeze and cough so as to prevent spread of disease. Visit the site here and watch the video here.

the Naked Truth

We always want to hear the truth from our politicians. We want the naked truth and none of this glossy polical rhetoric. But Canadian politicians seem to have misconstrued what we're looking for.

Liberal leadership candidate, Scott Brison, posed nude for a calendar which is raising money for prostate and ovarian cancer research. Apparently he posing nude pretending to look into the refrigerator and, thankfully, the door covers the goods. The Globe and Mail quoted Mr. Brison as saying:

"It's naked ambition for a good cause. My father had prostate cancer. My uncle died of cancer. . . . . We're not unique to Canadians. Cancer research is a cause that's very close my heart."

Bob Rae, another Liberal Leadership candidate, didn't want to be outdone. So here he is on the Rick Mercer Report:

Michael J. Fox on Stem Cells

Russ Limbaugh accused Michael J. Fox of faking his symptoms in his political ads supporting candidates who favor stem cell research, including Maryland Democrat Ben Cardin. Quoting Limbaugh:

"He is exaggerating the effects of the disease. He's moving all around and shaking and it's purely an act. . . . This is really shameless of Michael J. Fox. Either he didn't take his medication or he's acting."

Russ Limbaugh is a jackass. The writhing you see is dyskinesia, a common side-effect of the medications used to treat the disease. Michael J. Fox was telling the truth when he responded to Russ Limbaugh by saying:

"I’m kinda lucky right now. It’s ironic, given some things that have been said in the last couple days, that my pills are working really well right now."

Moments

Animaniacs sing the countries

The Brain on the brain