Y'all this is terrible.

Seriously.
I have four glorious weeks of really no commitments. Quite amazing after flying all over the country for interviews and the way that med school usually operates. I'm on a light (that's an overstatement) rotation right now. But what is the bad in this, you ask? I am willing the time away, even when I don't want to. March 19 is Match Day. And, I'm just waiting, wondering...contemplating how it's going to go down. I wish I could forget it and just enjoy some truly fabulous time with my kid.
I never knew downtime could be quite so agonizing.

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Good News

Some of you are aware that my sister Keriann applied to vet school at Ohio State last year and didn't get in.  Thankfully, she got a call from OSU yesterday to let her know she was accepted this time around.  Needless to say, she and my family are thrilled.  Just thought I would share the good news.  JH

The Original TPB

So, my editor gave me The Princess Bride in novel form back in September and I just finished reading it. (I know, it's horrifying that I didn't jump on it right away but I was in the middle of two other books) Have you guys all read it? I mean it claims to be the William Goldman "abridged version" of Morgenstern's original tale but it's actually the original novel. I LOVE the Zoo of Death and I'm disappointed it wasn't in the movie, but almost all the dialog stays exactly the same, which - considering we seem to change lines in our movie on hourly basis - totally amazes me. And the little fictional asides Goldman includes as his own experiences hearing the book read for the first time as a child are pretty fantastic too. I don't want to say any more because I don't want to ruin anything but if any of you haven't read it, please do. And then start reading it to your kiddies. You won't be disappointed. I'd swear my life on it.

Happy new year, BLD!

Mr. Horrible

"Would it be okay with you

if we wrote a reminder

of things we'll forget to do today

otherwise

Using a green magic marker

if it's alright

on the back of your head?"

-TMBG

I am still in a sort of a denial that it's NYE and I'm not with the BLD.

We'll probably go to bed at 9:30.

Have a good one.

Betsucco Cards

So I have now become a Mazzucco family card fan with the two quotes that made me laugh outloud and scare my father.

"I don't care what he costs, Mike. We need LaDanian Tomlinson on our fantasy football team."

And...

"Daddy, do you like cottage cheese? No! Have you ever had cottage cheese? No. Then how do you know you don't like cottage cheese?" I think the Mazzucco offspring have continued the BLD fight for truth, justice and an open minded pursuit of taste. =)

On a totally unrelated note...I have also learned that "Mind-Eraser" shots do work!

Happy New Year!

New Job?

I have a job offer in Audubon, PA. It looks like it's about 1 hour from my house. And I have to drive the Blue Route and/or Schuylkill. Any thoughts?

BLD98 Brewery

Who's in?
I'm thinking Big Green Stout, Queen of Putrescence Porter, Fayerweather Lager, Dread Pirate Pale Ale, etc... We could HQ in Jon's house because Cleveland rocks.

Addresses?

Anyone have an address for Doug or Cool Mo Dee? If so, could you send it to me? Don't post it here as we don't want to attract any stalkers.

Cool, swell.

Turns out that putting ice in bags in socks, tying the socks together on the top, and holding it on with a stretchy velcro-type thing is really cool, and in more ways than one. Looks swell while bringing down swelling.

Back to the Richmond

This Walsh clan is moving back to Richmond in June. I will be teaching at the University of Richmond Law School. My subjects will be constitutional law and two or three subjects to be named later. The law school hiring process required a commitment before we will know for sure about the match. But Shannon's interviews at the Medical College of Virginia ("MCV") Department of Emergency Medicine went very well. And we don't really have a backup plan. So it must work.

wisdom teeth extraction

Following a total breakdown in informed consent, I agreed to have all of my wisdom teeth removed tomorrow morning. I've just been looking at some of the sites that come up after searching "wisdom teeth extraction recovery" . . . and it's not pretty. My next post will probably be made under the influence of narcotics.

The reason I refer to a total breakdown in informed consent is that nobody I've talked to has been able to supply me with the most basic information necessary to make a proper cost/benefit analysis. Put aside the pain and recovery, and think for a moment about the possibility of nerve damage. Not an insignificant risk. Is nerve damage more likely to happen than some bad thing that results from keeping the teeth in? Nobody knows. Or if they know, they're not telling. What bad things can happen from keeping the teeth in? Many bad things. What is the likelihood? Nobody knows. I received some information -- information that did not add up to anything helpful. And then I gave consent. Is that informed consent? I think not.

Too Much Beer?

I've been meaning to post for the last couple of days.  Earlier in the week, I had a dream which seemed to last for the entire night.  We were all gathered at my and Hillary's house, just hanging out, but I spent the entire time in my basement trying to pick out the perfect beer for everyone there.  

The best part of the dream was when I found this cool beer bottle in the shape of a friar or monk.  It even had a built-in straw in the general shape of a halo (though I don't know why you would want to drink beer from a straw).  Anyway, I remember racing up the stairs with it, so excited to give it to Josh that I couldn't contain myself.  

In the dream, you were very appreciative, Josh.

Am I the only one

who cries while reading stories to my kids?

Rob, I need some Stanford Intel

Bubba (Rob)
Jay suggested that I contact you, but I don't have your contact info. I need to get to Stanford from Birmingham (yay!)...this is going to be easy (right.), I can tell...especially since I'm really not sure which airport to fly into (SFO?) and whether I should rent a car, ride a train, etc? Could you please give me some advice?
Thanks, dude.
Forest.