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Saturday, July 23, 2005 -- 10:39:00 (EDT)
Name: anita -- Email: avashi@umich.edu
Moving Sale:
1. FREE wooden bookshelf in great condition
2. Desk/Chair $85, almost new, lots of study space
I have pics that I can email you if you are interested!
Tuesday, July 19, 2005 -- 10:09:36 (EDT)
Name: Kags
Though Jason, you may want to give the dude fair warning that Steve's Mom isn't very conveniently located right now (she's based in Detroit) but I've been encouraging her to franchise out to Ann Arbor.
Tuesday, July 19, 2005 -- 00:16:03 (EDT)
Name: swarnick
Where do you think I get my desire to take care of people? My mom's a good role model ;)
Sunday, July 17, 2005 -- 22:18:18 (EDT)
Name: jid -- Email: jdailey
there's a med student from minnesota coming here for a rotation in september, and is looking for a place to sublet for the month. if anyone has an opening, let me know and i'll give you his info. otherwise he'll just have to stay with steve's mom like most of the guys who pass through town.
Tuesday, July 12, 2005 -- 06:25:09 (EDT)
Name: jid
if you buy volcano insurance with your flood insurance, you get a 10% discount and your choice of elephant repellant or 1 free CAM consultation
Monday, July 11, 2005 -- 20:58:45 (EDT)
Name: JCJ
I believe Dale Davis moved his office from Broadway to by Trader Joe's on Packard. I don't know if he is good but he takes my money too for flood insurance. Because there are lots of floods in Ann Arbor.
Monday, July 11, 2005 -- 17:41:18 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
Julie, I have insurance with Dale Davis. His State Farm office is on Broadway, I think. I don't know if he's good or not because I haven't filed a claim yet. I guess they are good at taking my money for doing nothing, if that's what you're looking for. I received some address stickers once, but he only sent that the first year. Insurance is so lame.
Sunday, July 10, 2005 -- 08:18:55 (EDT)
Name: jschreck
Anyone have a local State Farm agent they could recommend to me? My parents moved and kicked me off their car insurance :( I'd appreciate any help you can give - Thanks!
Monday, July 04, 2005 -- 16:47:40 (EDT)
Name: Kags
wow...more than a week on the comment ground between posts. What a sad state our beloved class website has reached.
for those of you yet to do OB/GYN, i would high dis-recommend you from attempting to do your thesis project in one day.
Saturday, July 02, 2005 -- 22:16:16 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
are home fireworks legal in michigan? where can i buy some stuff?
Thursday, June 23, 2005 -- 14:35:38 (EDT)
Name: multitasker
haven't you heard of a call room ;-)
Wednesday, June 22, 2005 -- 19:14:20 (EDT)
Name: busy
I wish I had time to get an erection
Wednesday, June 22, 2005 -- 17:00:52 (EDT)
Name: Bad Joke
You're an age old erection...
Sunday, June 19, 2005 -- 00:25:37 (EDT)
Name: I love physical exams
Back to the age old "erection" question...
Something to keep in mind during your physical exams
http://www.joanelloyd.com/fbmedexm.htm
Saturday, June 18, 2005 -- 20:53:30 (EDT)
Name: iBee
Accessing CareWeb at HOME for Mac-users:
http://www.med.umich.edu/clinical/
1. Log in to "Level One" via Safari, go to the clinical homepage (above) or directly:
http://level1.med.umich.edu/
2. Login to CareWeb via Internet Explorer, again go to the clinical homepage or directly:
https://careweb.med.umich.edu/
Huzzah! Hope this helps y'all.
Saturday, June 18, 2005 -- 20:42:31 (EDT)
Name: swarnick
Surgery Quotes of the Week:
"I thought you said you prepared for this surgery."
"When I was in medical school, if I got the easy questions wrong, the surgeons wouldn't talk to me the rest of the procedure."
"You shouldn't be tired, it's not like you're doing anything ."
Have a good weekend everybody ;)
Thursday, June 16, 2005 -- 21:05:25 (EDT)
Name: Ben
Although BuZZone probably doesn't support chat rooms, it does support multiple connections - you just have to talk to everyone individually. Bluetooth doesn't have enough range to stretch all the way across the auditorium though.
What you propose could be done if there was some chatroom-interface online and everyone happened to be using it via wireless Internet. The disadvantage is simply that it requires a wireless access point and I think the ones at Ford have caps on maximum users per access point. I tried to use AIM last Friday, but I think it might be blocked.
Thursday, June 16, 2005 -- 17:43:13 (EDT)
Name: Simon
Ben, that's pretty cool. But it sounds like this can be used for chatting with only 1 person. What about a bluetooth-connected multi-user chatroom-like program (that, if clever enough, would somehow rebroadcast/sync the chat state, thereby connecting even the users sitting at the farthest ends of the auditorium through everyone in between...)
Now THAT would make conferences sweet.
Thursday, June 16, 2005 -- 00:53:02 (EDT)
Name: Ben
Passing notes in the 21st century:
BuZZone is a program that lets you chat wirelessly (via Bluetooth) on your PDA with other PDA users up to 30 feet away, line of sight not required. New Friday conference hobby...
Installation:
1. Download & unzip this file: buzzone.zip.
2. In ActiveSync, choose "Explore", then copy the "BuZZone" directory into the "Program Files" directory on your PDA.
3. Navigate to the newly copied BuZZone directory on your PDA, and run BuZZoneSetup.
Use:
1. If you're in conference, mute your PDA. It makes obnoxious sounds.
2. At the Today screen, turn on Bluetooth by Tapping & Holding the Bluetooth icon at the bottom right corner.
3. Run BuZZone, and Tap & Hold on any other BuZZone users it finds that you want to chat with.
4. Both of you have to choose "Get Acquainted" and then "Chat" to start chatting.
Notes:
You can transfer this program from PDA to PDA. The easiest way is to use a memory card. Keep the BuZZone directory from the zip file above on your memory card, and use your card to copy it into another PDA's "Program Files" directory using File Explorer. Then run BuZZoneSetup on the new PDA.
The reason the entire directory needs to be transferred for installation is that 3 of the essential files (BtCoreIf.dll, BtSDKCE30.dll, transport.dll) are hidden when you work with them on the PDA, so you have to work with the directory that they're in, not the files themselves.
Wednesday, June 15, 2005 -- 19:39:50 (EDT)
Name: Chill
Koreans should just stick to making kim-chee
Wednesday, June 15, 2005 -- 19:39:02 (EDT)
Name: Chris Howell -- Email: cshowell@umich.edu
For sale: A complete set of Step II review books.
I know you just finished Step I, and Step II is the last thing on your mind. However, these Kaplan books are set-up by clerkship and are really helpful for preparing for shelf exams throughout your 3rd year. Includes all the following...
USMLE Step 2 Secrets- 2nd Edition
First Aid for Step 2- 3rd Edition
Kaplan Review Notes (5 books: IM, OBGYN, Psyc & Stats, Peds, and Surgery)
All these for $100- just send me an e-mail. Thanks
Chris
Tuesday, June 14, 2005 -- 21:10:07 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
correction: 7 in the last 4 games. thanks again.
Tuesday, June 14, 2005 -- 18:09:03 (EDT)
Name: JZ
Location: Seoul,
Koreans should stick to the sports they're good at... short-track speedskating and volleyball.
Tuesday, June 14, 2005 -- 16:31:55 (EDT)
Name: zenmaster -- Email: parade@figueroa.st
whatever man, it's clear you know little about baseball. just add 100 pts to the batting average, double the runs/RBI/walks, and the two players are just about even.
Tuesday, June 14, 2005 -- 14:48:06 (EDT)
Name: SA
Yeah Hong...what a terrible decision by the Cubs...now they have to settle for a first baseman who's only hitting .377 with 17 homers and 53 RBIs. A triple crown winner is the last thing the Cubs need. Don't get me wrong...I have nothing but love for koreans (and especially that Be-bim-bop and kimchee...can't get enough of it), but D.Lee is the man. Hong, I think you've been taking baseball advice from one of your colleagues on Peds again..."the lung fields are clear."
Tuesday, June 14, 2005 -- 02:46:28 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
remember that big goofy swinging korean guy you guys threw in the dumpster? he hit 6 homeruns in 3 days for the dodgers. thanks.
Monday, June 13, 2005 -- 23:15:52 (EDT)
Name: JZ
Location: Stinky, LA
Remember when the Cubs whooped the Dodgers? I do.
Monday, June 13, 2005 -- 15:13:25 (EDT)
Name: sparksg
I think it's because all the people who took surgery first were the ones who fill up this message board. Confounders, guys. We're better researchers than that!
Sunday, June 12, 2005 -- 22:36:45 (EDT)
Name: SA
Having nearly finished my psych rotation over CMH, I gladly offer my services to those of you in surgery in need of a consult. If I can help a schizophrenic who calls himself "Street Hawk," surely I can help some of you (or I can at least page you during the day to confirm to you that the sun does indeed continue to rise and set despite your very long hours). I've already done SIG E CAPS on poor Czaja and have diagnosed her with Major Depressive Disorder. I've already sent in my recommendation to the ECT team and they are awaiting her arrival.
Sunday, June 12, 2005 -- 22:14:02 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
stop whining.
Sunday, June 12, 2005 -- 22:11:00 (EDT)
Name: joeljz
If us surgery folks are so busy and tired, why are we the ones making all the posts? I know the answer. Because we've realized our attempts to read or study are futile and that we are dying a slow death plunging into the sterile field. At least it'll be going out in style.
Sunday, June 12, 2005 -- 20:14:46 (EDT)
Name: Deep -- Email: general_lee@csa.gov
Location: ATL, GA CSA
I'm too tired to care about much. 5am rounds are killing me and days finishing around 8-9pm are killing me..........slowly. The question is, will I fall into the sterile field in the OR or will the month end first?
Sunday, June 12, 2005 -- 17:39:59 (EDT)
Name: Czaja
Amen, Steve. That, or we're too busy crying... Or is that just me? :P
Sunday, June 12, 2005 -- 09:04:52 (EDT)
Name: swarnick
Snide: Slyly malicious or derisive.
I think most of us on surgery are too tired to be sly about our maliciousness ;)
Sunday, June 12, 2005 -- 02:23:13 (EDT)
Name: Lord Dragonmaster the Magnificent
Wildemere Park is not too pricey at only 100 gold pieces a fortnight, but for that amount you can count orcs and gnomes as your neighbors. A good thing about Wildemere Park is that there are plenty of iron ores and wood. However the stone quarries have been fairly exhausted.
Sunday, June 12, 2005 -- 00:42:22 (EDT)
Name: sparky
oh come on, kids, you were thinking the "living on the internet" thing before somebody posted that smart ass comment.
And my god, yes we are that snide! We're M3's! Dark humor is our only defense mechanism from certain destruction.
i moved after first year to shoreview a little further down the road from the ghetto, and i'm happy with it, just to throw out another non-ghetto option. 25 minute walk, and about 200 bucks a month cheaper, and it's normal people instead of students and the other strange ghetto folk.
Saturday, June 11, 2005 -- 21:37:51 (EDT)
Name: jid
...yet just because most default to the ghetto doesn't mean you can't break away from the herd. many of us live outside omelas, and are happy doing so. on the upside, you also might be able to stay away from the snide ones living anonymously over the internet.
Saturday, June 11, 2005 -- 21:18:13 (EDT)
Name: iBee
Umm...I don't know anyone who lives and Windemere, but generally most incoming students default to Island Drive or MedCenter. Family housing, which I've heard is pretty nice despite its outside appearance, is also sometimes an option even if you're single. And fyi, most of us "M3"s aren't usually so snide, except perhaps those on Surgery right now.
Saturday, June 11, 2005 -- 18:56:30 (EDT)
Name: M3
Most of us don't live over the internet, we have apartments.
Thursday, June 09, 2005 -- 15:02:43 (EDT)
Name: Lia -- Email: lithiumsilver@yahoo.com
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Hi there, I'm an incoming M1 and I'm trying to find somewhere to live over the internet. Does anyone live in Windemere Park? It looks nice on the website but I have a few questions. Thanks!
Wednesday, June 08, 2005 -- 09:25:02 (EDT)
Name: Czaja
I know I've told some people this already: I didn't have a lot of pharm on my exam. Or ID. Or MCB. So what did I have then?... A lot of bullshit, that's what. :P Sorry for being so negative, but it really is hard to predict what you'll end up with. Make sure you put in the hours to study during your month off, but the day of the exam is really about winging it. So just study hard, cross your fingers, and you'll all be fine.
Sunday, June 05, 2005 -- 21:13:31 (EDT)
Name: dave l -- Email: laviddee@umich.edu
hey, i just put up some games for your pda in the shared folder. I think there's tetris, euchre, and chess up there. there's apparently a dreamy picture of sridhar being beamed around from pda to pda as well.
Sunday, June 05, 2005 -- 18:06:37 (EDT)
Name: Aashoo -- Email: tandona
Other than First Aid, QBank, Clinical Microbio, etc., I used BRS Pharm (NOT the ultra-detailed Lippincott cards) cards, which we kind of like baby pharm but pretty useful. In terms of micro, I used the Lippincott pharm cards, which was really useful but pretty detailed.
I had lots of MCB on my test too, especially bacterial genomics; in terms of pharm, I'd say know alternative drugs too, e.g. I learned the name of one beta-blocker and what it did, but not enough of what other beta-blockers were called, etc.
Hope this helps.
Saturday, June 04, 2005 -- 11:31:23 (EDT)
Name: Chill
For the most time/cost efficient way to study.
Just use First Aid, and read it like 5 times over. Then do practice questions.
Make sure you understand what's going on though and use other books to clarify if you need to.
Friday, June 03, 2005 -- 18:44:48 (EDT)
Name: Hil
My test was very pharm heavy and I essentially studied right from First Aid but read about some of the confusing things from Lippincott's and was really glad I did... As you review by organ system make your own flashcards by each section in First Aid with the drug, MOA, and side effects and either sit outside in the nice weather and memorize them or go to the gym and do it on the treadmill :) At first I tried using those pharm cards but found them useless and got much more out of writing them out myself. For the antiarrythmics and the cardio drugs, go over Shlafer's M2 notes. He hits all the high points and everything you need to know...it was a HUGE help.
Another source that I thought was good but didn't use till the last minute was the Blueprints books. They're good especially if you are having problems with a particular subject area - it hits the high points.
I'd also make sure to slam Q-bank inside and out for the behavioral science and biostatistics questions...they're nearly idential to every question asked on my test.
...And if you get a question on what to do in the ER with a 7-y-o kid whose parents can't be reached the correct answer is NOT "look him in square in the eyes and ask him to tell you about his feelings"... ;-)
Just my opinions...Hope that helps, best of luck...
Friday, June 03, 2005 -- 15:15:57 (EDT)
Name: Arun -- Email: arunr@med.umich.edu
Location: umhs/medschool,
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Thursday, June 02, 2005 -- 20:32:42 (EDT)
Name: swarnick
I had tons of MCB too, and I thought I would float by because I was a CMB major. ha ha ha ha ha - bad decision.
I used Lippincott Biochem, and although it is long, it helped me A LOT with biochem.
Thursday, June 02, 2005 -- 16:29:19 (EDT)
Name: nbehnke
oddly enough, i'm similar to meredith - not much pharm on my test at all. nor was path represented that much. my test was *serious* MCB heavy, much to my chagrin.
Thursday, June 02, 2005 -- 16:15:29 (EDT)
Name: Meredith
I actually didn't have that much pharm on my exam, instead that was replaced with cell/molecular bio and to a lesser extent biochem. I would suggest using some text to review mcb and biochem. I used both high yield biochem and mcb, but I could have used more review in mcb, specifically how it relates to diseases. Sorry I can't give better tips on how to study for this, but at least it's out there to maybe put a bit more time into these areas.
Thursday, June 02, 2005 -- 13:17:32 (EDT)
Name: Kags
I didn't actually use this, but a couple other people I know did and said it was very helpful:
It's a book called 'Step Up', it's sort of like an all-in-one compendium like First Aid, except that apparently stuff is divded by organ system, which i guess makes a lot of sense in terms of studying. The guys who used it really seemed to get a lot out of it.
Also, I don't really know what people were using for pharm, but I found Lippincott's absolutely ludicrous and instead used BRS Pharm which was concise and hit the major points I think. If you want my copy you're welcome to it. I think everyone agrees that pharm was heavily represented so giving it time can't hurt.
Wednesday, June 01, 2005 -- 21:48:44 (EDT)
Name: Me
This is an urgent plea on behalf of those who have to retake their Step 1 for various reasons. Can you take some time and post which resources you used that were MOST high yield? Any question bank, any book, other than the big players (First-Aid, BRS Path/Phys, and QBank) would be really, really appreciated.
Just post it right here, so all can benefit. Thanks.
Monday, May 30, 2005 -- 21:23:28 (EDT)
Name: MattZ -- Email: mzuckerm
This is mainly for those on Surgery. An easy way to keep your list of operations seen and hours logged at the hospital is just to save the word or excel files to your "Cabinet" in Groupwise. You can open and resave these files from any hospital (or home) computer allowing you to update it throughout the week. I find this a lot easier than keeping track of a single sheet of paper. Another option is just to keep a running list in CareWeb.
Oh, and a sidenote on Careweb. One easy way to keep track of the surgeries and clinic visits on your service is to add all of your attending's Doctor#'s to your "My Schedule" profile. I like this better than the OR schedule since it shows clinic visits and links me directly to patient records.
Monday, May 30, 2005 -- 19:30:23 (EDT)
Name: AIMy
Just found a free copy of AIM for our PDA's from AOL-UK. The installation will say that it may not work since it's for an older version of WinMoble, but it worked like a champ for me! It's in our shared directory as aimPDA.exe.
Friday, May 27, 2005 -- 12:48:12 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
Saw this on bensbargains.net.
1 GB secure digital card for 53 bones after 20 dollar rebate at buy.com.
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10360071
You can also use a $10 off 75 coupon if you received one in email a few days back, just gotta get it up to 75 bucks obviously. Brings it down to 43 bones. Not too shabby.
Thursday, May 26, 2005 -- 18:56:20 (EDT)
Name: Chill
Does anyone have or recommend a good (free?) Medical Dictionary for the Pocket PC?
Wednesday, May 25, 2005 -- 11:19:20 (EDT)
Name: Sarita -- Email: swarrier@umich.edu
Hey folks, since I'm planning to finally leave Michigan, I've got some furniture for sale: leather sofa and loveseat- good condition (both for $500 or best offer); desk-light oak finish, one drawer, one file cabinet drawer ($30 OBO); entertainment center-light oak finish, fits 27" television and two players, with additional storage for DVDs, tapes ($40 OBO); 2 shelf bookshelf - maple finish ($20 OBO). Items need to be picked up. Call at 734-657-1228 or email.
Sunday, May 22, 2005 -- 18:27:04 (EDT)
Name: Simon
I'm guessing they'll reload it, because otherwise they wouldn't have mentioned that it's for "fall term". Oh, and it's $248... ;-)
Sunday, May 22, 2005 -- 15:17:03 (EDT)
Name: Chill
Are they ever reloading on the "meal plan"? Or is it 245 for the whole year?
Thursday, May 19, 2005 -- 21:39:45 (EDT)
Name: Hammer
new Star Wars is really good.
Thursday, May 19, 2005 -- 20:12:27 (EDT)
Name: sparky
I'm almost positive I saw Dr. Abrams walking into Star Wars by himself and sitting down about fifteen rows in front of me. It had to be him. Kick ass.
Wednesday, May 18, 2005 -- 22:44:21 (EDT)
Name: nbehnke
If I recall that far back??!! Hilary, are you calling me old??
:P it was 1997 when i lived in the dorms in lloyd and frequented the markley underground. man, maybe i just am old.
Wednesday, May 18, 2005 -- 21:45:49 (EDT)
Name: Meredith
ah, the Markley underground (or whatever the snack bar was called). Sadly, there was a time when I would skip the caf. food and use my meal plan to buy ben and jerry's ice cream from there, talk about good eating habits :) Hammer, I agree about the new webpage, too much going on. I like the old one better!
Wednesday, May 18, 2005 -- 05:58:25 (EDT)
Name: Hil
Yeah Nicole, It's about $245 and you can use it at the cafeteria (or Wendy's for that matter). Just hand them your M-card and they deduct it automatically. Sort of like the old days in the Markley snack bar if you recall that far back :)
Tuesday, May 17, 2005 -- 20:58:19 (EDT)
Name: nbehnke
ok, i'm slow. (yet again.) it's my understanding we have some $$ somewhere to use in the umhs cafeteria. how do i go about using this? do i just give them my mcard to swipe when i get stuff? yeah, i'm not the sharpest tool in the shed.
Tuesday, May 17, 2005 -- 20:41:36 (EDT)
Name: Hammer
Let it be noted that I'm upset with the change in the LRC page.
Thursday, May 12, 2005 -- 21:58:50 (EDT)
Name: iBee
Ulrich's. Also can get a bunch of other supplies, e.g. surgical scissors, penlights, plastic cards (EKG etc..)
Thursday, May 12, 2005 -- 21:49:52 (EDT)
Name: Aashoo
Hey, does anyone know where we can get more white coats before manhy months from now? I might be needing another when I get to the messy delivery room.
Thursday, May 12, 2005 -- 20:05:51 (EDT)
Name: crystal
hi all-- in case you didn't know and didn't ask eric to email you boards stuff, you can check your board score status (e.g. if and when they sent your scores) on the nbme website http://www.nbme.org/ -- you just need to log in with your usmle ID and password-- they can email you this info if you were like me and ripped up that little shred of an orange stub after boards were over.
Thursday, May 12, 2005 -- 18:17:33 (EDT)
Name: Simon
I would have figured that Wendy's would be giving away free chili - but what do I know about marketing...
Thursday, May 12, 2005 -- 11:50:50 (EDT)
Name: Ben
Free Frosty's at Wendy's this weekend.
http://slickdeals.net/#p6068
Wednesday, May 11, 2005 -- 23:01:30 (EDT)
Name: iBee
Wow, no posts since rotations began?!?!
Anyway, I advise anyone on an "easy" rotation to do some reading b4hand, e.g. EKGs, xray etc. It gets hectic, and yes, you are too tired to read, and yes, you must read read read.
Saturday, May 07, 2005 -- 14:36:13 (EDT)
Name: nbehnke
a big thanks for all the loan consolidation info, everyone! :)
Friday, May 06, 2005 -- 21:17:21 (EDT)
Name: jschreck
Actually, as long as you borrow more loans after the first consolidation, you can consolidate more than once while in school with the Stafford loans. So, we can all consolidate now, and then we can consolidate again next May when we get our M4 loans. We'll just have a weighted average of interest rates, as Joel already described. Now, depending on what interest rates become, consolidating again may or may not be the best option, but it is possible to consolidate more than once while we are in school and still borrowing more money. Once we graduate, however, it's a one time shot. For those who want more information, here's the website of the group from Harvard Business school that came to give the presentation.
www.graduateleverage.com
Hope this helps everyone out!
Friday, May 06, 2005 -- 18:24:43 (EDT)
Name: joeljz
P.S. Also, I forgot to add that if you wait to consolidate til next year (or the year after) they would then average the amount of interest on your loans (i.e. 2.8% from the first two years but 5% from next year) so your average rate would be higher for your consolidation. Essentially, if you consolidate now, you would now be setting aside your first two years of debt at a lower rate, even if some of the debt (from 3rd and 4th years) is at a higher rate, vs. having it all be at a higher rate if you consolidate later. I also believe you can only consolidate once while you are in school.
Friday, May 06, 2005 -- 18:21:44 (EDT)
Name: joeljz
Nicole (and others),
The reason they are suggesting consolidation now, even if you just have Stafford loans, is that if you consolidate now, you will fix your interest rate (currently 2.77%) for the life of the loans you have taken out so far. As of July 1, the interest rate will go up significantly (maybe to 5% or more since the Fed keeps raising rates) and the trend is for rates to probably keep rising over the next few years. With your Stafford loans, and most other loans, your interest rate changes yearly. Therefore, without consolidating, the rate on your loans you hold now will continue to go up the next couple years, increasing your interest amount, or even if you have subsidized loans, resulting in a higher rate once you start repayment after graduation. Consolidation will lock in your loans from the first two years at about 2.8% for the life of the loan vs. the potential of paying 5-6% or more for interest on your loans after you graduate.
I hope this makes sense. I talked to my father who is a banker and he said absolutely consolidate if you have the opportunity, so I did.
Friday, May 06, 2005 -- 18:00:12 (EDT)
Name: Emily Yu -- Email: eiy@umich.edu
I'm off to greener pastures after a successful match, so unfortunately, I have to rent out my beloved home for at least the next four years. If you're interested in getting out of the ghetto (yes do it! life is good!), email me.
Delightful 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath in wonderful neighborhood on Ann Arbor's West Side on Washington Street. Two miles from UM hospital, a quick 5-10 minute drive or an even easier bus ride (9U picks up around the corner and drops off at Zina Pitcher or at Mott). Walk to downtown's restaurants, coffee shops, and art galleries. Absolutely charming and well-maintained home with arched entryways, hardwood floors throughout, and crown mouldings. A perfect space for a couple or family of three. Also features dining room, enclosed sun room, finished basement, two-car garage, and a natural backyard with gas BBQ grill. Amenities include central air and heat, wood-burning fireplace, dishwasher and disposal, and washer and dryer. Available July 1, 2005. $1675/month.
Friday, May 06, 2005 -- 17:10:42 (EDT)
Name: Aashoo -- Email: tandona@umich.edu
So is anyone else confused about this whole book situation? The book lists give us one book, the M4s another, and I've got a limited budget. Does anyone know what books we should get for all these rotations?
Friday, May 06, 2005 -- 16:58:08 (EDT)
Name: nbehnke
um, maybe i'm clueless ... can anyone help me out as to why we should be consolidating our loans now (if we only have stafford loans anyway) as m2s? why are they sending all this stuff to us and what's it for? i'm so lost. if you don't feel like posting it on the board - although that'd be great b/c i doubt i'm the only one who's lost - feel free to email me too. uniqname above.
Friday, May 06, 2005 -- 00:12:09 (EDT)
Name: cheryl
ben, i'm not sure if they do evenings, but i go to progressive dental (right off of plymouth rd, really close) 734.930.4022. if they don't do evenings, i'm sure they could recommend someone closeby that does.
Thursday, May 05, 2005 -- 22:08:20 (EDT)
Name: ...
Why is the Medical Informatics quiz harder than Step1? This blows.
Thursday, May 05, 2005 -- 20:42:52 (EDT)
Name: Ashley (m4) -- Email: aagerson@umich.edu
Hi-
Does anyone have a copy of the basic life support book that we all got from the Red Cross when we were certified? I'd really like to borrow it for a few days so I don't have to take a full class to get recertified before I start residency.
Thanks!
Thursday, May 05, 2005 -- 20:16:23 (EDT)
Name: iBee
To Mac users:
FYI, I was able to log in to careweb with internet explorer on my iBook. Not sure why others are having trouble. I used the UMHS-Open wireless connection, but I don't think that's the reason why.
I can't log directly into the level1umich.edu access page though, it keeps asking me to reauthenticate my log in. I accedssed the careweb page via the careweb link from www.med.umich.edu/medstudents
hopefully, this'll work for the rest of the "enlightened ones" as jid likes to call us.
Thursday, May 05, 2005 -- 18:09:29 (EDT)
Name: swarnick
I bought the Missing Sync software for my Mac(Google it) for $39.95. It also has an iTunes and iPhoto plugin that makes transferring pic and music easy for Macs. It was easy to install and syncs with iCal and the address book.
Thursday, May 05, 2005 -- 13:00:35 (EDT)
Name: jid
pocketmac.com has some different options for those of you enlightened individuals who want to sync your pda to a mac. I haven't tried any of the programs yet, but will probably get one of them shortly. it looks like even the basic program syncs with ical, but you can also get one that supports entourage and the other ms office programs.
Wednesday, May 04, 2005 -- 22:51:44 (EDT)
Name: Lu
I stopped by BestBuy today and found a sale on the SD memory cards for our PDAs. They have 256 MB cards for about $25 after rebate, which I'm pretty sure beats the price of what the guy told us during our training session.
Wednesday, May 04, 2005 -- 17:22:10 (EDT)
Name: Michael T.
Also for the PDAs, go to http://proxy.espn.go.com/wireless/ to view ESPN in all its awesomeness.
Wednesday, May 04, 2005 -- 09:53:30 (EDT)Name: BenPDA Accessories:
www.slickdeals.net often has excellent deals on SD memory cards.
I recommend www.ebay.com for extra batteries.
Tuesday, May 03, 2005 -- 23:51:04 (EDT)
Name: CCRB
I had the same problem at the CCRB; I just told the person who worked there that I was a medical student, and we aren't lucky enough to have merely a spring term, we have class throughout the year, and she just let me through.
Tuesday, May 03, 2005 -- 21:54:06 (EDT)
Name: nbehnke
keri-
i just got back from the NCRB a couple hours ago and i had the same problem. maybe because my financial aid hasn't come through yet and my tuition isn't paid? i dunno. kinda wigged me out a bit.
Tuesday, May 03, 2005 -- 21:32:31 (EDT)Name: Keri -- Email: kschwideBen - my sister is a dentist in Westland (20 min drive). If you're interested get a hold of me.
And hey - has anyone gone to the CCRB/NCRB/IMSB lately? I went tonight and they said my m-card "isn't registered". Anyone else have this problem or is my card just screwed up?
Monday, May 02, 2005 -- 23:39:29 (EDT)
Name: M2 Year Thoughts/Opinions - Code Blue Survey
Hey M2s/ Rising M3s,
I know you guys are in orientation week, but if you have a free moment- we would **REALLY** really appreciate it if you could fill out the M2 Year Survey (thoughts/ opinions on your sequences and other M2 year fodder). We emailed it out a few days ago, and we'll be sending another e-mail reminder in a day or so. If you can tell your friends who don't read the board to fill it out as well, we'd appreciate it so much!
Glad you are done w/ boards and good luck on the wards!
Best of luck,
Code Blue Team
Sunday, May 01, 2005 -- 22:31:40 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
How can you find out if you're in the Monday small group or Wednesday small group?
Sunday, May 01, 2005 -- 00:53:42 (EDT)
Name: Ben
Anyone have a local dentist they can recommend that sees patients after 5 pm at least one day a week?
Friday, April 29, 2005 -- 20:05:36 (EDT)
Name: swarnick
That sucks Ray - glad it all worked out (stupid Prometric - what kind of scam company is that place?)
Dress up for Monday too (according to the letter given to us a long time ago), but no white coat necessary for Monday.
Friday, April 29, 2005 -- 19:52:32 (EDT)
Name: Geoff
We start at 8am on Monday in Dow Auditorium (I think that's over in the hospital Towsley Center, but I'm not 100% sure). I do know that we all have ths same schedule monday morning (intro by Drs. Grum and Lash, then a session by the M4's on life as an M3 followed be an info session on the hospital info systems). After that, only some people will have afternoon sessions. According to Bonnie Kulp, we'll each get our individualized schedule in a packet on Monday. See you all then!
Friday, April 29, 2005 -- 18:22:17 (EDT)
Name: Dazed
Anyone know where we are suppose to meet on Monday? Is there someplace online to find this info?
Thursday, April 28, 2005 -- 23:21:35 (EDT)
Name: ray
haha...so i thought this was too crazy not to share...
Phone message the night before the boards: I'm sorry to inform you that our computer system has crashed and we cannot administer you our test (you gotta be kidding me)
After an hour on hold with "candidate care": all right it looks like we have a slot in Reno, NV on May 10th (what da?)
Me: ummm....dont you have anything closer to Raleigh?
Prometric Lady: oh sorry, vegas center computers crashed too
Prometric Lady: No where within 50 miles, there is a slot in Wilmington, NC tomorrow morning
its 9 PM, and as i contemplate driving 3 hours to wilmington for a test the next day, divine intervention opened up a spot in raleigh...yay!
congrats to those who are done, best of luck to those who aren't
Thursday, April 28, 2005 -- 13:37:16 (EDT)
Name: sparky
I think they'll be able to tell from my crappy score how difficult I found the exam...
Thursday, April 28, 2005 -- 04:18:26 (EDT)
Name: Rising M3
Anyone else think it's not too much to ask that we know what our schedule is for next week (the small group assignments) BEFORE we show up on Monday morning?
Wednesday, April 27, 2005 -- 22:40:38 (EDT)
Name: Ben
Anyone else get a survey in the mail from NBME to rate the difficulty of the exam?
Tuesday, April 26, 2005 -- 01:09:09 (EDT)
Name: Deep
Location: ATL, GA C.S.A.
Steve, I'd offer that you can come with me down to dixie, but I fear that if you did my mom might be worried that she would never have grandkids (like all her siblings/cousins are).
Tuesday, April 26, 2005 -- 00:34:25 (EDT)
Name: swarnick
So I'm jealous of everybody else who is going to exotic locations post-Boards. If you are in Ann Arbor and are going to have fun, I'll be your fun whore. You can pretend you are in Aruba, and we can get happy drunk. I'm not picky - I even like Ricks American Cafe, as long as they play 50 Cents latest greatest Disco Inferno.
Love, Steve Warnick
Monday, April 25, 2005 -- 23:04:37 (EDT)
Name: Simon
Medicine and outsourcing.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/washpost/20050424/tc_washpost/a12392_2005apr23&e=2
Monday, April 25, 2005 -- 19:12:02 (EDT)Name: hurler -- Email: lohhttp://www.medical-definitions.net/hurlers_syndrome.htm
pic of a kid with gargoyle facies; hey kind of looks like half the m2 class right now...
Monday, April 25, 2005 -- 13:44:47 (EDT)
Name: sparky
and btw, pharm studiers, that zolpidem stuff took about three hours to get me to sleep last night, and then made me feel like somebody'd caned me when I tried to get up. damn pharm companies caning me in my sleep...
Monday, April 25, 2005 -- 13:43:18 (EDT)
Name: sparky
I feel like that Tweek kid from South Park. Ack!
Monday, April 25, 2005 -- 12:15:09 (EDT)
Name: iBee
Anyone have a spare brain I can borrow? Or sell for cheap? Barter?
Sunday, April 24, 2005 -- 15:33:09 (EDT)Name: Reid -- Email: rwainessanyone have a spare USB keyboard they'd be willing to part with or sell for cheap?
Sunday, April 24, 2005 -- 14:36:37 (EDT)
Name: K
Hey Steve, good luck to you.
btw, I agree about that table at royal expresso, especially since sitting on the other side of that table that night, my ears were right in front of her loud mouth. I had to move across the street to rendez-vous soon after you left.
Sunday, April 24, 2005 -- 01:45:05 (EDT)
Name: swarnick
While falling asleep during my latest Q-bank fiasco, I had a dream that I was done with the boards and I frolicking outside with my friends (in sunny weather). I woke up in the Media Union with drool on my first aid, confused, with the feeling that my brain hates me right now and enjoys playing cruel tricks on me.
Good luck everybody :)
Friday, April 22, 2005 -- 02:25:03 (EDT)
Name: sparky
tracts? huh?
Friday, April 22, 2005 -- 01:53:18 (EDT)
Name: Meredith
ah yes, the air conditioning guys...instead of fixing the heating issue, the room was freezing after they left. As for the Wayne State med students....I also have no clue why they are here. I can't wait until I can avoid the library, last thing I would be doing is driving here for it. They are studying neuro right now and the only reason I know is because the one guy was talking so incredibly loudly on the phone about all the stupid tracts, nuclei, etc., being a bit of a show off if you will. Like that was really going to impress any of the med students that were around!
Friday, April 22, 2005 -- 00:28:24 (EDT)
Name: joeljz
Yeah, seriously, who are all these fools? I walk into the LRC and don't see anyone I know, M1 or M2. Just all these people who are clearly undergrads... But the best was when I saw someone's stuff sitting on a table from Wayne State. Do they think they will learn more by studying at our library? Probably not, considering I haven't learned jack here. Were all these undergrads around last year? I liked how on the weekend two of them wanted me to let them into the locked part of Med Sci II and I said no. I think we should institute having to swipe your cards for all parts of the building. Keep those foolios out... and then maybe it will be quiet... at least if the air conditioning guys don't come into your study room either.
Thursday, April 21, 2005 -- 23:43:03 (EDT)
Name: Meredith
wow Steve, I think you have me beat for being bitter and hostile towards the undergrads, but not by much. I want to know why they find it necessary to inflitrate taubman! I never studied there in undergrad, that is what the UGLi is for. I find it so annoying to be surrounded by people who are clearly dressed for the outside weather and are "pretending" to be studying, while I spend my entire day in the library dressed like a scrub because there is no point to dress for weather that I only experience by looking out the window...grrr!
Thursday, April 21, 2005 -- 22:03:52 (EDT)
Name: jid
I think the point first aid was making is that you shouldn't finish a block early, but instead focus for the extra couple minutes to check your work, and that's why people aren't leaving as early.
Noone keeps track of "break time." You just have to finish each block within an hour (though you can continue working on the question you're on when time runs out- just can't move to another question), and finish all 7 sections within 8 hours. Therefore, if you were to finish a block early, then yes you could take that remaining time as a break or leave early, as you see fit. But first aid doesn't recommend it (but what the hell do they know).
Thursday, April 21, 2005 -- 22:01:04 (EDT)
Name: swarnick
Girl behind me at Espresso Royale on South U: "So it wasn't like the first time I blacked out this week, but I mean come on - I can't have that happen tonight can I? (to boy toy friend) Why don't you go get me a drink - something sweet but no caffeine maybe - I dont' want to get dehydrated when we drink tonight. With whipped cream on top".
Boy: "Are you going to be good with that whipped cream".
Boy and Girl: "Ha ha ha ha ha".
Steve: "Why don't you just get out of my life and shut up". (in my head - not to them. I still have *some* of my social skills left).
Thursday, April 21, 2005 -- 21:47:05 (EDT)
Name: Ben
I thought I read in First Aid that a) block time does not transfer to break time, and thus b) fewer and fewer people leave the exam early as the years go on.
Thursday, April 21, 2005 -- 20:19:37 (EDT)
Name: peg
as i recall, extra time (what little of it that there is) is added on to your break time.
Thursday, April 21, 2005 -- 19:24:50 (EDT)
Name: Deep
Location: ATL, GA C.S.A.
I always found that if you are taking an engineering class and having to study a lot for the final, you are already screwed. If you didn't learn the stuff from doing the projects then it is time for you to bend over and feel the pain.
Plus as someone mentioned, you probably have a lot of underclassmen living in those dorms on north campus gettin' their learn on.
Thursday, April 21, 2005 -- 19:09:42 (EDT)
Name: Simon
One thing I have yet to figure out definitively is how the timing works. If, for example, you end the first block 5 minutes early, do those 5 minutes get added on to breaks (i.e. you now have 1 hour and 5 minutes in break time), or do they just disappear, and as a result, you leave Prometric 5 minutes earlier than the 8 hour mark?
Thursday, April 21, 2005 -- 15:17:07 (EDT)
Name: nbehnke
oh i gave up on the hiv drugs a long ass time ago. considering my exam is tomorrow, there's no way i'm learning them now.
Thursday, April 21, 2005 -- 15:13:19 (EDT)
Name: Reid
On a lighter note...anyone have a good way to remember the HIV drugs and SEs? I've got: Indians break plates (indinavir causes thrombocytopenia), but that's about it.
Thursday, April 21, 2005 -- 12:53:50 (EDT)
Name: Chill
Naw I think the media union asians are pretty...nerdy...and fobby....they work hard
The ppl Steve is referring to are prolly the influx of stupid undergrads during their so called "final exam week"
when they do a lot of "studying"...
and where you hear "ohmygoodness i studied for 4 HOURS TODAY!!! Man do I need a break!!!"
Wednesday, April 20, 2005 -- 21:30:04 (EDT)
Name: Ben
Seriously. The Media Union Asians are the worst. Well, maybe that's just because all the engineers are Asian.
Wednesday, April 20, 2005 -- 20:47:00 (EDT)
Name: starting-to-snap-swarnick
When I was an undergrad, I remember that I went to the library to study. When I wasn't studying, I don't remember hanging out at the library. I'm guessing these undergrads who are swarming around the media union aren't studying, because how can you study when your mouth is flapping in a loud and screeching diatribe about how blasted you got last night, or deep and smug way about how stupid your GSI is, and you obviously have to be yelling to your stupid friends who are sitting at the table right next to you, because the people at the computer lab about 50 feet away from you, who have their headphones on full blast to lovely jazz music, can hear you. Obviously these kids just like to hang out around here, because if they have a test they are going to fail and I will laugh at them in a loud, annoying way, with alcohol on my breath, while telling them how they should have been studying at the library instead of trying to act all punk ass - ha ha ha.
How many different ego defenses can you find in that Freud you bitch!
Wednesday, April 20, 2005 -- 16:04:19 (EDT)
Name: Qbank
In alcohol intoxication (choice A), the breath will smell like alcohol.
Whoops.
Wednesday, April 20, 2005 -- 13:36:46 (EDT)Name: matt z -- Email: mzuckermMy tool for remembering that Deyneins are retrograde (in towards the cell) and Kinesins are anterograde transport (moving out away from the center) is that you can "Dine-In or Karry Out"
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Tuesday, April 19, 2005 -- 12:56:15 (EDT)
Name: Variables
Four types of statistical variables exist:
1. Nominal=yes/no, categories
2. Ordinal=think first, second, third. As in places in a race.
3. Interval=think celsius temperature scale where the difference between 1 degree and 2 is the same as the difference between 3 degrees and 4 but 2 degrees is not twice as hot as 1 degree.
4. Ratio=think kelvin temperature scale where 2 degrees is twice as hot as 1 degree but all the other stuff about intervals applies.
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 -- 11:41:09 (EDT)Name: katherine danek, m4 -- Email: kdanek@umich.eduAnybody with a Costa Rica Guidebook I could borrow for a couple of weeks (like a Lonely Planet)? Please send me an e-mail
Monday, April 18, 2005 -- 21:48:48 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
the orange death certificate says that we need to confirm our testing date and location a week before. does that mean we should just go to the site and look at the info without doing anything special?
by the way does anyone want to trade my AM for PM?
Monday, April 18, 2005 -- 18:25:56 (EDT)
Name: Chill
Does anyone know what the heck Qbank is talking about with the "nominal variables" and "interval variables" regarding statistical analysis?
Monday, April 18, 2005 -- 17:07:51 (EDT)
Name: JZ
I took the practice exam today at Prometric and I'll ditto what Army Boy said about the place. Also, fyi, I found it rather hot in there (maybe because it is a toasty 78 out) so you should probably come prepared for it to be hot. But then again, it could be freezing. Also, the lockers are small, so don't bring a gourmet size lunch and backpack, etc. Good luck to those who take it soon, and bah on those who are done already!!
Monday, April 18, 2005 -- 12:19:59 (EDT)Name: jid -- Email: jdaileyI just took a practice exam at Prometric and had a couple pearls for y'all:
Prometric ain't so easy to find (it's off the street a bit and there are no flashing neon signs, very unlike the vegas chapel kag's new mommies tried to get married at). If you turn onto Packard from Carpenter, it's the first driveway on your left after the freeway. Prometric is in the second building back on your left, 2nd floor.
They're not suppossed to give out info about when the new "Fred" software will be installed, but I have it on the DL that it won't be installed by the time I take the exam on the 26th. I don't know about after then, but I would assume they wouldn't install new software in the middle of the week, so I would say just stick with the old qbank-style format.
Let me know if you have any questions, and I'll try to get an answer from Krishna.
Monday, April 18, 2005 -- 11:58:46 (EDT)
Name: sparky
Your ear utilizes an Apex brand subwoofer.
As the Creator hates us, the bass ain't in the base.
Monday, April 18, 2005 -- 11:51:02 (EDT)
Name: Mr. Shoo
Another one: Broca's area in in the frontal lobe, associated with speech production (motor)
Wernicke's area is in the temporal lobe (near your ear), associated with auditory comprehension
Monday, April 18, 2005 -- 11:49:06 (EDT)
Name: Mr. Shoo
And a note for neuro: motor functions are usually in front and sensory behind:
Primary motor cortex is in front of primary sensory
VA/VL nuclei are motor; VPL/VPM are sensory, and pulvinar (the most posterior) is integration of sensory in thalamus
Basal plate of spinal cord in anterior, ends up being ventral (anterior) horns; alar plate -> dorsal horns
Occipital lobe is in the back
etc., there are some more I think but they're not coming to me right now :)
Monday, April 18, 2005 -- 11:39:18 (EDT)
Name: Mr. Shoo
Nicole-
That's a great mnemonic. Thanks!
I was thinking it would be nice to do two different analyses on our scores afterward: one, see which sections we did worst on as a class (I'm guessing embryo and micro/ID), and another one to see whether studying for more time actually helped or not. I wonder what the odds ratio is in that case-control study.
Monday, April 18, 2005 -- 01:36:56 (EDT)
Name: sparky
at this point, I'm just wishing my mom had used the damn sponge, so I wouldn't be studying for this damn test right now.
Monday, April 18, 2005 -- 01:03:32 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
wow you guys need to stop complaining. i for one am glad to have the benefits of breastmilk and sponges fresh in my mind. i can only imagine how stressful it would be to cram this highly complex and dense material shortly before the most important test of my professional career.
Sunday, April 17, 2005 -- 22:11:30 (EDT)
Name: JZ
Interesting you are talking about that whole branchial arch 3/4 thymus thing... I just came across that in HY Embryo the other day and was thinking that would've been damn nice to learn last year, cause then it actually makes sense why certain random structures in the head/neck are innervated by certain random cranial nerves that have no relation to the structure next to them. Good thing we learned this all in embryo last year. Or maybe I was sleeping the 5 minutes we had "embryo." And who's the genius who decided we should have ID last year? This spring would've been nice. Bastards.
Sunday, April 17, 2005 -- 21:38:18 (EDT)
Name: nbehnke
hey jackie ... who knows, i could have been hallucinating when i read it. after all, i was surely reading through tears, as i am always doing when reading something involving the GDamn NERVOUS SYSTEM. ACK!
but yeah, shoot me right there along with you. HY neuro actually did say that thing was a common question. :(
Sunday, April 17, 2005 -- 21:25:34 (EDT)
Name: qbanked sparky
i dunno, my friend in DO school seems to know a hell of a lot more board-ish things than i do. the asshole actually knew about the whole thymus branchial arch 3/4 thing. or whatever it is.
plus, like a school that doesn't hate their kids, they just had pharm and micro LAST thing before boards. imagine something sensible like that.
oh, but we're so smart, we don't need to actually be taught the material we'll be tested on! we can just absorb it from the atmosphere!
sorta like marburg virus, right? or wait...
Sunday, April 17, 2005 -- 20:57:10 (EDT)
Name: Jackie C
Nicole -- if that's a common boards question, then shoot me now. Or send me off to DO/Dental/Nursing (insert your favorite derogatory term) school already. Either way, maybe I just shouldn't bother show up on Thursday. :P
In any case, good luck in the upcoming week or two guys! We're almost there. :)
Sunday, April 17, 2005 -- 18:32:41 (EDT)
Name: nbehnke
the circuit of papez (as high yield neuro likes to tell us, is a common board question) likes to Have MACE Handy.
so when the fearful (hippocampus = emotion) Circuit of Papez goes out, it likes to Have MACE handy ... H-MACE-H: Hippocampal formation-Mammillary nucleus-Anterior nucleus of thalamus-Cingulate gyrus-Entorhinal cortex-Hippocampal formation. Have MACE Handy.
Sunday, April 17, 2005 -- 18:11:46 (EDT)
Name: Ben
For those that prefer feel-good motivation, I uploaded an inspirational video clip (+ mp3-only version) to the Shared folder, courtesy of The Contender.
Right-click & Save.
Sunday, April 17, 2005 -- 16:53:43 (EDT)
Name: Chill
Talk about the inaccuracy of Qbank:
Definately, the correct answer for an attractive patient hitting on you is to refer to one of your colleagues (a wing-doc), wait 6 mo, and then give her/him a call.
"I cannot see you socially but I would still like to be your doctor" is the dumbest answer I've ever heard.
Sunday, April 17, 2005 -- 12:06:40 (EDT)
Name: JZ
Hong, nice way to remember dynein. I'll never forget it now. I'll throw in my two cents of Qbanking sucking ass too. Talk about a good way to demoralize yourself. Kaplan is evil and they take all your money too, so that makes them like the IRS. If you forgot to send in your taxes, you're late. LATE!
Sunday, April 17, 2005 -- 11:24:02 (EDT)
Name: Deep
Location: ATL, GA C.S.A
I loved it last night when I got a qbank question (that I obviously got wrong) and the explanation was "This is a rare side effect of this drug seen in htn patients." I open first aid...not listed as a SE. Go to lippincotts, not listed there. How rare is it? I look it up on the web, and it is listed.....at the end of a long list of thing.
Good luck to everyone in the mad dash to the finish....
Sunday, April 17, 2005 -- 00:29:39 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
Retrograde transport in the axon is mediated by dynein. Retro as in tie dye shirts and free love (also transports viruses like herpes, rabies, polio).
Saturday, April 16, 2005 -- 20:55:55 (EDT)
Name: swarnick
If you ever want to see gargoyle facies you can watch my face while I am doing my Qbank. I imagine it is gargoyle-like.
My mom, on the other hand, does not have gargoyle facies. Everbody gets that look on their face when they see Kag's penis. That's what his dad told me at least.
Saturday, April 16, 2005 -- 17:59:02 (EDT)
Name: sparky
we need a qbank support group. i don't know how many people have come up to me for a hug and said, "I've been getting really shitty qbank scores too!"
to all my shittyqbankbrethren, i love you all.
for those of you rocking qbank, i hardly know ye.
Saturday, April 16, 2005 -- 10:54:16 (EDT)
Name: Meredith
Qbank is awful...just when I think I've got a concept down, qbank tells me otherwise!
Friday, April 15, 2005 -- 23:42:34 (EDT)
Name: jid
umm, i guess i have enough time to not take the MCAT tomorrow
Friday, April 15, 2005 -- 23:00:06 (EDT)
Name: Reid
Who's coming with me to boycott the MCAT tomorrow?
Friday, April 15, 2005 -- 07:34:41 (EDT)
Name: gbane
ahh, so it's not just me whose score has only climbed a meager 2 percentage points...
Friday, April 15, 2005 -- 02:11:14 (EDT)
Name: sparky
yeah, quck fbank. I think tonight was the first time I got higher than 50% on a test since I started.
but i guess that's to be expected from me.
Thursday, April 14, 2005 -- 22:42:20 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
qbank is the spawn of satan. thank you and goodnight.
Thursday, April 14, 2005 -- 21:45:25 (EDT)
Name: iBee
You better watch out Kags. Cuz my entire fat family could squash yours with our fat asses. Actually, we could probably just send my brother out to do that.
And, Oedipus, I don't know what island you're from, but you can "F" someone's dad. (Electra complex). Be sure to ask Kag's dad about it.
Thursday, April 14, 2005 -- 19:58:35 (EDT)
Name: joeljz
The best thing about that Quackwatch bulletin is that they even cited a "twin study" about AIDS. Good thing I don't have a twin (that I know of).
Thursday, April 14, 2005 -- 19:41:13 (EDT)
Name: Kags
There's also apparently an association of, um, obese people who believe that the connection between fat and health problems is a concoction by the establishment to persecute and ostracize them.
I hear Jonie's Mom is part of that group.
Thursday, April 14, 2005 -- 19:18:06 (EDT)
Name: Simon
Indeed, there are some who are skeptical about the HIV-AIDS connection. However, this seems to be a minority view...
http://www.quackwatch.org/04ConsumerEducation/hiv-aids.html
Thursday, April 14, 2005 -- 18:54:55 (EDT)
Name: Deep
Location: ATL, GA C.S.A.
Simon, there is actually literature arguing against the idea that HIV -> AIDS. Many celebreties actually endorse this view. If I remember correctly, the first article published on the topic was actually by a respectable researcher, but he has since lost all credibility and has apparently become the laughing stock of academia (I don't remember his name). I'm sure if you google it, you'll get some results.
Thursday, April 14, 2005 -- 18:35:14 (EDT)
Name: Oedipus
Because you can't "F" someone's dad
Thursday, April 14, 2005 -- 17:59:06 (EDT)Name: Simon -- Email: Quote of the Day (from 2nd edition HY Embryo, pg. 141)
"Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is believed by some to cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)."
I certainly wonder what the others believe.
Thursday, April 14, 2005 -- 13:45:53 (EDT)
Name: iBee
Steve, you're too good a sport. With all this Steve's Mom bashing. Why do boys always pick on eachother's moms? Why don't y'all bash eachother's dads for once and even out the playing field?
BTW, if you weren't satisfied with just a head shot of a Fragile Xer, just image.google "Kag's Dad" to get the full frontal. You may need a credit card to log in.
Thursday, April 14, 2005 -- 09:40:37 (EDT)
Name: Kags
Hey, if anybody else here has been reading the section on Hunter's and Hurler's syndromes and was wondering what 'gargoyle facies' are supposed to look like, just ask Steve for a picture of his Mom.
Wednesday, April 13, 2005 -- 23:41:00 (EDT)
Name: swarnick
Swar-nomic for the day:
TMP-SMX helps your PiSS: UTIs (the piss part), *P*neumocystis Carnii, *S*almonella, *S*higella - these are the uses listed in First Aid, and that's good enough for me.
Wednesday, April 13, 2005 -- 23:20:08 (EDT)
Name: cheryl
uh... this is probably a useless tip since most of you guys already planned on doing the uslme 150 sample Q's anyway, but my friend who took boards last year said that a few of her questions were actually straight from that, word for word. i haven't heard anything about those $45 usmle tests tho...
Wednesday, April 13, 2005 -- 19:36:45 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
A 56-year-old man visits his physician with complaints of ...loss of libido. Which of the following findings is also likely to be present in this man?
among the choices:
Low stroke volume
Warm hands
Tuesday, April 12, 2005 -- 14:28:14 (EDT)Name: MattZ -- Email: mzuckermWorlds worst mnemonics for chromosomal translocations:
Burkitts t(8;14) starry night = "Burkitt's ate four-tin stars"
Follicular Lymphoma t(14,18) = "Four teens ate a tin of Folgiers (my best substitute for follicular)
Ewing's Sarcoma t(11;22)= 11 Eagles, 22 Wings
Mantle Cell Lymphoma t(11;14) = Four teen geeks trade elven mantles (old word for cloak)
And for Philadelphia chromosome I like to think of the Founding Father's refusing to wear German Too-Toos "Nein Two-Two"
Tuesday, April 12, 2005 -- 09:31:22 (EDT)
Name: nbehnke
if on the verge of a nervous breakdown, go back and read candice's post ... a little humor is always fantastic. sorry, candice, that you have irate ebayers are cursing at you in other languages, but it made me laugh out loud for several minutes, i chuckle when i remember it, and i had to share it with other people, too. damn funny stuff.
Monday, April 11, 2005 -- 23:53:14 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
thank you ben. between that and the "ego booster" i'll just go ahead and have a nervous breakdown now.
Monday, April 11, 2005 -- 23:52:26 (EDT)
Name: Chill
Your very own M2 Volleyball Team
"Tanner Stage 5"
is now in the GFS AA league finals
against the law school students,
who have won the last 2 years in a row...
(and that's probably cuz their shortest girl is taller than I am...and I'm 5'9"...)
for the IM championship
Just wanted to share
Monday, April 11, 2005 -- 23:10:11 (EDT)
Name: Ben
In case anyone needs some tough-love motivation, check out this tidbit I found from an online FAQ:
Q12: Any advice for the Regular Match Scramble?
There are three things that you need when scrambling:
1) Fax machine
2) Cell phone
3) People to help you
The list of unmatched spots is released to everyone at the same time. The list has the name of the program, the number of spots, and the general phone number. You need to call those places and see if they have an opening. Oftentimes, they want to know your board score, and then they want some materials to verify what you say. Usually they will ask you to fax it. This is why you need your own working fax machine--the first item. Relying on using the school’s is risky because it is public. You might have to wait to use it, losing precious time. It can run out of ink/paper. So you should have your own all ready to go. Second, you need a cell phone so that you can keep the person talking while you fax your materials. It’s hard to reach the programs since everyone is calling at once. Ask for a separate phone line and fax number not listed in the unmatched spots booklet. That way, you have a better chance of reaching someone rather than hearing a busy tone all of the time. Third, you need people to help you. Have the Dean's Office help you call other programs. The scramble fills fast. Everything desirable is gone by the first evening. Once your materials get there, the program director will grant you a phone interview, which you should take and decide immediately if that is where you want to go. There is no time for calling many places and then comparing. Unfortunately, you need to go for the ones you think are best first, and then sign their faxed commitment form once you are ready. If you do not, someone else will. The main hurdle is communicating with the programs. ERAS is usually overloaded, and programs are receiving endless faxes. So you need to have all of your relevant application materials in front of you, and somehow work it out with the person on the phone--ask them to provide you with an unlisted fax number so your faxes will go through.
Monday, April 11, 2005 -- 14:21:52 (EDT)
Name: nbehnke
hey post whore-
i also think some of first aid's mnemonics are lame and was wondering about that cyber-kid crap, too. i also find that if i use the names of people i know in mnemonics, they stick better. especially if they are of the lewd variety. heh.
anyway, time for my 87th cup of coffee today. the first lesson i apparently learned while board studying is that one cup of coffee is never enough. alas.
Monday, April 11, 2005 -- 14:05:04 (EDT)
Name: Claudio Hummes
In this time of trouble, we need to branch out to the rest of the world, I vote for this Kags character.
Monday, April 11, 2005 -- 11:24:44 (EDT)
Name: candice
does anyone know what "sese una preda" means? I'm guessing, "You are a bitch." An obviously new-to-ebay user emailed this to me after losing an auction since the idiot doesn't know about automatic bids.
Monday, April 11, 2005 -- 02:28:25 (EDT)
Name: swarnick
Sorry to be a post-whore. Steve mnemonic for the day b/c First Aid is often too puritanical:
Inhibitors of P-450 (p. 335 WTF is a cyber-kid?)
*I*nhibitions *S*top *C*ocks from *G*etting *K*icking *E*rections
(kicking is used here in slang, as in "That's a kicking song", not as in kicking an erection, because that is sad and hurtful to everybody involved).
Monday, April 11, 2005 -- 02:17:59 (EDT)Name: BenThis is freaking hilarious.
This Place Sucks
I think this one is funnier, but may not be appropriate for younger audiences.
You'll Come One Day
Monday, April 11, 2005 -- 01:24:34 (EDT)
Name: swarnick
Why thank you Cardinal Tettamanzi. Being the next Pope would be a great honor and I would love to make some changes in the Catholic church. Could the whole conclave thing wait until after April 25th though? Thanks, I knew you would understand.
and yeah comment ground - I like a little action on here, diplomatic or not. It's also the only action I'm getting right now.
Sunday, April 10, 2005 -- 21:07:56 (EDT)
Name: sparky
Sunny, I believe you need to elaborate on your adventures.
Sunday, April 10, 2005 -- 20:24:26 (EDT)
Name: Dionigi Tettamanzi
I think Steve Warnick is very papabili.
Sunday, April 10, 2005 -- 15:31:07 (EDT)
Name: Jeff
No-balls: I like the cut of your jib.
Garrett, keep up the delightfully eloquent bitching. It really depressurizes me. Really.
Saturday, April 09, 2005 -- 21:49:34 (EDT)
Name: Deep
Location: ATL, GA C.S.A.
Sparky,
Don't worry........my friends all bet that I would get kicked out of medical school for saying something......well, arrogant......how many people can claim they almost got kicked out of their major for telling a chaired professor how to do his job?
Life is good.....And i'll try to stay quiet for a few months....
Sunny
Saturday, April 09, 2005 -- 19:59:03 (EDT)
Name: Calcium
PTH = Phosphate Trashing Hormone! Yuk Yuk Yuk!!!
Saturday, April 09, 2005 -- 19:21:01 (EDT)
Name: sparky
meredith, is "diplomatic" a euphemism for "incredibly sexy?" If so, I'll have to agree.
Saturday, April 09, 2005 -- 19:15:07 (EDT)
Name: jid
you know sparky, you shouldn't have to pay the LRC path guy every time you pop him- especially if he smells fishy
Saturday, April 09, 2005 -- 18:41:19 (EDT)
Name: sparky
free lecture videos? you mean the rest of you weren't paying the dudes at the LRC a quarter a pop? damn, i knew that seemed fishy.
Saturday, April 09, 2005 -- 16:22:55 (EDT)
Name: I have no balls. What's your point?
I think we've been treated very well here, and even though I think the new curriculum is more for sales than substance, I also don't think it has caused us significantly more headaches than the other years. We got free lecture videos, free first aids, free PDAs... and they didn't have to give us squat. Let’s give credit where it's due.
My only annoyance is that I just think it's in poor taste how much ass kissing is done to applicants that don't even end up here. They get Christmas presents for crying out loud! If you ask me that is asinine. And combine that with the constant over-the-top self-promotion with the future employer stuff and incessant USNews rankings plastered everywhere... Michigan is too good of a school to get caught up in such pettiness. I see the need for recruiting applicants but it could be done with some dignity. Treating all classes more of less equally is a first step in that direction.
Saturday, April 09, 2005 -- 14:29:26 (EDT)
Name: Meredith
I just love how diplomatic swarnick is...there is a reason you got the next Dean of the med school mock election :) Seriously though, we haven't had it bad per say, but we've had to endure a lot of changes that no other class at Michigan has gone through and it's been a pain to say the least. I think many of us are sick of being told "great job for our input" and "thanks for helping us make the year better for the next class." Does it come across as whiney, well sure. But I'm positive that our current study situation is only adding fuel to the fire.
Saturday, April 09, 2005 -- 13:06:36 (EDT)
Name: sparky
and i think our general complaint about CAM isn't that they exposed us to it, but about how they wasted our time by presenting the information in such haphazard ways that we didn't learn anything. I think for most of us, all the stereotypes we had previously about alternative therapy has actually just been reinforced. Many of us were more open to CAM before we had our CAM lectures and small groups by people who sound like they've smoked hash before they walked into the room.
When the massage people start telling us about all this weird fascia stuff, we know it's bullshit, and it makes them look even sillier. And hey, most of us think massages are cool. But lying to us w/ bullshit pseudoscience isn't.
When on Monday morning, Doctor Jibson says St. John's Wort will kill you or give you seizures or make you grow hair on your palms and in between your teeth, and then on Tuesday someone who couldn't draw a biochemical pathway w/ Lippincott in front of him tells us that it's the best thing on the planet if the evil pretentious anti-CAM doctors would just listen to him and his piss poor meta-analysis of 17 foreign language retrospective studies with a p value of 0.13, we get a little irritated.
And if I hear one more chiropractor say that he's a doctor too, I might take a baseball bat to his spine and then put him on long term prednisone so his bones will fall apart. And maybe inject some Staph and see how his manipulations work on osteomyelitis.
I have a good friend in DO school, and I respect what they do. If you want to break people's backs as a part of your primary care practice, at least go to DO school, where you still have to do a residency and learn to take responsibility for the life and well-being of your patients, instead of how to run a business by selling snake oil.
Is CAM in our curriculum important? Absolutely, because our patients are going to be spending their cigarette money on this stuff, and some of it might actually work, given that placebo affect is often still better than the best ten billion dollar drug pfizer has to offer.
But putting CAM into our curriculum and presenting it in the most pisspoor fashion possible to already overworked medical students who have to choose regularly between sleep or learning mundane detail X so they can get their 70.3 to pass a sequence, well, in the words of Mr. Garrison, "that is just unacceptable, Mr. Hat."
Saturday, April 09, 2005 -- 12:52:28 (EDT)
Name: sparky
I dunno if it's that we're whiney, or that we just REAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLY don't like being talked down to.
Or that's just me I guess.
I can't wait for Surgery, better known as "Garrett learns to keep his mouth shut" Class.
Saturday, April 09, 2005 -- 11:57:26 (EDT)
Name: swarnick
I know it's boards studying time, but we are all sounding awfully whiney. We knew we would be the new curriculum coming in, and to be honest (neuro,embryo, and MS besides) we didn't get shafted too bad. And boards studying has kind of shown that they've taught us *most* (besides the bitchy enzyme and I'll-name-the-disease-after-myself) everything we need to know so far. I'll buy you fleeces if that will make you happy (besides - fleeces went out of style in high school).
And I would MUCH rather be in the hospital in May than still in SLH, anticipating my boards studying.
We've got it pretty good compared to a lot of schools, especially in the social medicine-cultural competency-touchy feely-CAM areas that everybody seems to bitch about, which might not help you boost your AOA standings for your ortho-uro-neuro-whatever residency, but might help you relate to people better.
Saturday, April 09, 2005 -- 11:23:56 (EDT)
Name: Ben
Since there's been so much talk about fleeces, I figured it'd be worthwhile to clarify how it works.
Not everyone gets fleeces. The fleeces were instituted this year for recruitment, and are used as an intermediate between a scholarship offer and a be-happy-you-got-in offer. So, candidates that are great, are being recruited by other institutions, and for whom we've run out of scholarship money for, get a fleece.
Is this a stratifying, elitist policy? Sure, but so are scholarships, I guess.
Saturday, April 09, 2005 -- 02:39:12 (EDT)
Name: Wannabe Eagle Eye
P. 182 BRS Pathology 2nd Ed.
Incorrectly states that hemoglobin Barts (--/--) is B4 and HbH (a-/--) is gamma4. Correct statement is Barts = gamma4 (the Hb type fails to switch due to complete lack of alpha) and HbH = B4.
Friday, April 08, 2005 -- 15:35:04 (EDT)
Name: mikelope
haha silly M4 is trying to minimize the impact of the new curriculum experience on us M2s. When instead he should be validating our concerns and showing us understanding. I guess that's a lesson they added in the new curriculum too.
Friday, April 08, 2005 -- 15:06:56 (EDT)
Name: you know my name
newer is always better. therefore the new curriculum is automatically better than the old one. at least in the minds of applicants, which is all that matters. last year i remember there was a shirt that said "i survived the new curriculum and all i got was this stupid t-shirt" - except we had to pay ten dollars for it. i'm not saying i should be getting free stuff from the school. in fact i'm thankful for the new mp3 player / portable video game system that they're giving us for the wards. all i'm saying is that once you sign on the dotted line there's no incentive to keep you happy. if it's any consolation, i'm sure the incoming class will be just as quickly shafted for the next round of applicants too.
Friday, April 08, 2005 -- 14:25:11 (EDT)
Name: sparky
Kags, didn't you know that the entire M4 class go together to write that post? I saw 170 of them sitting around one of the Macs outside the LRC, each adding a single consonant or vowel, until their entirely-devoid-of-any-insight-whatsoever message was complete.
How simply rearranging the order of classes and shortening the time in which to do them in is an improvement over what was here before, I'd love to know. Oh yeah, and all that added CAM goodness.
Friday, April 08, 2005 -- 13:36:53 (EDT)
Name: Kags
Dear M4,
I would address your argument, however I have a policy of not responding to posters who aren't willing to take the credit for their controversial comments.
That didn't stop me from addressing your Mom last night though.
Thursday, April 07, 2005 -- 16:08:51 (EDT)
Name: m4
seems some of you think you've got everything against you. Might want to remember that the current M3s and M4s did not receive any free stethoscopes or fleeces either. And complaining about the new curriculum? All I can say is that it is better than what was there before. I realize studying for step 1 is no picnic, but things aren't that bad.
Thursday, April 07, 2005 -- 08:51:51 (EDT)
Name: Chill
I think we pay the same tuition as the M1's do. When tuition goes up, it all goes up for all 4 years. True, as M1's, we might've paid a bit less, but I don't think the reason the tuition was raised was to incorporate the cost of stethescope and fleeces. Let's face it...they just get treated better.
We're the shafted class. Having to deal with all the kinks of a new curriculum, no pass/fail 2nd year...and if nothing else, I want my free freakin fleece, stethescope, and an "alphanumeric" pager.
Wednesday, April 06, 2005 -- 22:29:16 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
steve were you drunk when you posted that? let's not be too hard on the school. after all, the kids with the free stethescopes pay much more in tuition, and it's not like fleeces are going to save anyone from frost bite. if anything getting a fleece for michigan is like one of those very mean but subtle jokes - not unlike giving an m3 a pager.
Wednesday, April 06, 2005 -- 21:39:42 (EDT)
Name: swarnick
Scenario 1 of the Usefulness of a Pager Series: Drunken Pages
You are stuck at the hospital on call on a Friday night, while your buddies from undergrad (the ones who are not married, and who have jobs and tons of disposable income) are out partying it up like they are State undergrads who lost in the Final Four (minus the burning couches and cows). Since you don't have your cell phone on you, how can you get a drunk dial from your firends at 3 AM? The $43 pager!!! And they can type inebriated messages to you too - "i AM sooo drunijk nowk why dindkn't u com oootu wiht uswz? "
You still want to talk to your friends third year don't you? You're not a bad friend are you?
Wednesday, April 06, 2005 -- 21:36:32 (EDT)
Name: jeff
all I know is, Omkar is definitely correct that it's bull#$^% that the M1s get all this free stuff and the administration, while definitely seeing these posts and our emails to M2, just keeps on ignoring us. I love how they get stethoscopes worth about three times what our pager "rental" fees run. that's ballsy to do that and then ask us to pay for such a relatively small sum. ya gotta give them that. oh, woe are we
Wednesday, April 06, 2005 -- 09:32:05 (EDT)
Name: sparky
if you buy the pager, that's 43 dollars less you have to spend on alcohol, sex, cigarettes, and monkeys. and those things are all oncogenic.
Wednesday, April 06, 2005 -- 06:40:52 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
so has anyone come up with a scenario in which having this pager would be to our benefit? please note that i don't consider waking up at 2am to wipe vomit from the floor to be beneficial.
Wednesday, April 06, 2005 -- 03:03:03 (EDT)
Name: jid
but now the pagers are alphanumeric, so you can get criticized from the comfort of your own home- and telepimping was born
Tuesday, April 05, 2005 -- 19:16:25 (EDT)
Name: gramps
I bet the class of 2008 gets the pagers for free and 2009 gets paid $44 to take them!
Tuesday, April 05, 2005 -- 18:07:29 (EDT)Name: Chill -- Email: nahWhat's this with the paging system?
Why on earth would anyone want to pay 43 bux so that it's easier for residents and attendings to page you?
I'd like to make it as hard as I can so that they're too dam lazy to page me if possible.
Tuesday, April 05, 2005 -- 15:45:47 (EDT)
Name: gramps
A little good news to brighten your day...
Repro corrections are starting to come in!
I count six drop bonuses and one double answer SO FAR. Not all of the queries have been addressed.
Enjoy!
Tuesday, April 05, 2005 -- 14:34:28 (EDT)Name: greg -- Email: ggurda@umich.eduLocation: Ann Arbor, I know it's late, but we are all procrastinators. Still, check it out, especially the website link:
Looking for a roommate for next academic year in a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom house on the near north side of Ann Arbor. Almost 2000 square feet of living area
with nice furniture, a big kitchen with all appliances, laundry, cable, and cable modem w/wireless connection. Very close to U of M hospitals, North campus, downtown, shopping center, and main Highways- M14, U23, 94E/W. Your
roommates would be two clean, mature 3rd year PhD students in Physiology (I'm MSTP)...
Rent: $435, with a lease starting in June (somewhat negotiable).
More details on the following website:
http://www.manor.get2.us/
Hurry, I know this is an excellent value and it will be gone quickly.
Tuesday, April 05, 2005 -- 01:19:37 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
studying for the boards kind of sucks.
Monday, April 04, 2005 -- 23:58:29 (EDT)
Name: swarnick
I'm usually a Big 10-phile, but Go Tar Heels! I'm a fan of NC for the next couple of days (sorry to the Dukies and Illinis who are sad right now).
Sunday, April 03, 2005 -- 10:12:24 (EDT)Name: inspiredbysteve -- Email: lohGroup 1B Antiarrhythmics
Ex: Lidocaine, Mexiletine, Tocainade
(Liddle Mexican Tacos)
Group 1C
Ex: Flecainide, Encainide, Propafenone
(Bela FLECk ENCAsed his member in a PROPhylactic)
Class IV: Calcium Channel Blockers
Ex: Verapamil and diltiazem
(boned 4 girls at the CCB = Venereal Disease)
Sunday, April 03, 2005 -- 08:08:00 (EDT)
Name: Roy Williams
B-E-A-T T-H-E
Sunday, April 03, 2005 -- 00:50:34 (EST)
Name: P
I - L - L
Sunday, April 03, 2005 -- 00:50:16 (EST)
Name: P
I - N - I
Saturday, April 02, 2005 -- 17:48:03 (EST)
Name: Kags
Hey Steve, your Mom told me to tell you that she wants her Danskos back. She says it's hard enough having to walk the street without you making things more uncomfortable for her.
Saturday, April 02, 2005 -- 17:32:29 (EST)Name: samantha -- Email: skaura@umich.edudoes anyone know how we can post a message for the incoming M1 class. I was looking for a roomate but can't access their page. Thanks!
Saturday, April 02, 2005 -- 15:46:29 (EST)
Name: mCrazy
Ode to the colorectal docs:
http://f2.org/humour/songs/crs.html
Click where it says "MP3 audio of quote/song" to get it to play.
Saturday, April 02, 2005 -- 13:58:24 (EST)
Name: impatient
oh for good green earth the farkin queries are STILL not answered in the least.
Saturday, April 02, 2005 -- 12:37:13 (EST)
Name: swarnick
I'm signed up to tank Kag's mom.
The daily Steve mnemonic to help stop board-tankage:
(PS - I hate fungi, viruses, and parasites)
**That FUR is MAL (bad) - it's multicolored (tinea versicolor caused by MALassezia FURFUR)
**That cLAD WARNICK needs more PIGMENT - he's awfully pale (Tinea nigra (hyperpigmentation) caused by cLADosporium Werneckii).
It scares me how much of my future is going to be based on stupid mnemonics.
Saturday, April 02, 2005 -- 10:48:51 (EST)
Name: sparky
I've already signed up to tank my boards... or wait... is that really signing up? or just facing reality?
Friday, April 01, 2005 -- 20:58:29 (EST)
Name: Kags
Now now everyone, we can all bitch and complain about being the middle-children of UMMS, or we can band together and wreak terrible revenge upon the administration.
One possibility is collectively tanking our boards...let's see if we can drop Michigan out of the top 50. I wonder what Dean Lichter's annual email comemmorating the rankings would say then.
Friday, April 01, 2005 -- 18:12:42 (EST)Name: Deep -- Email: general_lee@csa.govLocation: ATL, GA CSAYeah, I heard the mean for the Neuro quizzes have been 95-97. The mode for the second quiz was a 97. I always advocated that we should have hazed the M1's at the beginning of the year, but NOOOOOOO, everyone was like "let's be nice to them, unlike the class of 2006 to us." And when the new rankings come out with m1 class being the reason we dropped from 7th to 9th in USnews, and hence decreasing my chances of my attaining my much desired combined derm/plastics residency at UCLA, you'll all see what I saw years ago from numerous experiences. Being the guinea pig class sucks.
UMMS-First on organ system
GT-First on Semester System
BHS-First on integrated math system
Friday, April 01, 2005 -- 10:27:18 (EST)
Name: sparky
AOA is sounding more and more like a creepy secret society from a Dan Brown novel.
Thursday, March 31, 2005 -- 22:26:12 (EST)
Name: Kags
I asked an M3 earlier on in the year about finding out who got AOA and he said no one last year (other than the initiated) knew who the other AOA'ers were. Which I guess means they don't really announce it.
Henry, was that really you posting?
Thursday, March 31, 2005 -- 14:14:34 (EST)
Name: Very Happy!
One man's pioneering is another man's Tuskegee. And on that note, I think I'll go back to filling in gaping holes left after my two year experimental curriculum.
Thursday, March 31, 2005 -- 11:08:58 (EST)
Name: swarnick
And don't forget Meredith - their Neuro M1 sequence is easy now (seriously - I've heard this from quite a few M1s). And their Neuro M2 sequence will probably be much improved. So goes the life of the new curriculum pioneers - onward!
On another note, here's an article on the hypocritical "Politics of Life" http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7305206/site/newsweek/
On yet another note, random mnemonic for the day: The thalamus got you down? The suprachiasmatic nucleus controls circadian rhythms because you need sleep to be chiarismatic [sic]. Boo neuro!!!!
Thursday, March 31, 2005 -- 10:05:41 (EST)Name: Bitter M2 -- Email: MeredithSo not only have the M1s gotten free stethescopes and fleeces, but they now have gone to p/f for the M2 year. Is it just me, or does anyone else think this school owes us BIG time? I better get something really good when I graduate. Afterall, new curriculum, M2 year faster than ever before and last class graded...I think that deserves something in the end! Happy board studying.
Wednesday, March 30, 2005 -- 23:22:45 (EST)
Name: jid
Mrs?
Is Cynthia actually married (to someone other than Satan)?
Wednesday, March 30, 2005 -- 23:21:38 (EST)
Name: Definitely Not Junior AOA Material
On the topic of Top Gunners, when are the Junior AOA announced? After boards? Just curious.
Wednesday, March 30, 2005 -- 17:49:43 (EST)Name: Top Gunner -- Email: HenryFor the benefit all 1400 people who are still wondering why the querries for the repro test haven't been answered, I spoke with Mrs. Sharp earlier and she said there was a mis-communication that resulting in them not being looked at until late Monday (one of the sequence directors thought the querries were going to be emailed to him). Mrs. Sharp says the querries should be answered by Friday at the latest, though no gaurantees.
Tuesday, March 29, 2005 -- 23:23:01 (EST)
Name: gramps
Do not just think it might be true, it is true! Dell Axim X30 which are wireless and Bluetooth enabled. (I saw them being delivered.) The good news is, in addition to better games, we’ll have internet access on them. The bad news is we will have internet access on them: the admin is going to continue to shove the portal down our gullets.
Excuse me Mrs. Jones, what *click* did you say about vomiting up blood *click* before fainting with a *click* 106F fever? I could not *click* hear you over the incessant *click* portal-interface *click* clicking noise. You know, *click* the med school says I must *click* be in continual contact with the mother ship. *click*
Tuesday, March 29, 2005 -- 22:55:16 (EST)
Name: Ben
Sorry, just a pet peeve.
It's "mnemonic", not "pnemonic". "Pnemonic" isn't actually a word; "pneumonic", as we can all infer, refers to the lung. Mnemonic is a memory tool. I actually saw "mnemonic" in Stedman's yesterday.
On the topic of senseless nit picking, I believe we're getting PocketPCs (the only PDAs Dell makes) next year, not Palms, which means better games. =)
-B
Tuesday, March 29, 2005 -- 20:31:31 (EST)
Name: Pnemonics
Sadly, this pnemonic won't help until May, but it'll reveal every detail you ever want to remember about anything. Here is it:
PALM PILOT.
In the meantime, PVT TIM HALL (thanks First Aid) is the essential amino acids. Pretty easy to remember once you see it a few times.
Tuesday, March 29, 2005 -- 20:20:41 (EST)
Name: weather
yeah but when it's 60 and sunny, it makes not want to go back inside...ever...
Tuesday, March 29, 2005 -- 19:35:27 (EST)
Name: mikehong
anyone remember that good mnemonic for the essential amino acids? the one about lucy in the aisles on valentines day? (not as dirty as it sounds)
Tuesday, March 29, 2005 -- 16:31:53 (EST)
Name: Eric
So, has anyone figured out how to actually install the usmle practice test from usmle.org onto the computers in the LRC? Seems we don't have install priviliges...
Tuesday, March 29, 2005 -- 15:38:59 (EST)
Name: oh thank heavens
60F and sunny! yay!
when you allow yourself like one "trip outside" per day, it's nice to be greeted with a sunny, spring-like day.
Tuesday, March 29, 2005 -- 14:23:51 (EST)
Name: jid
"[Rev. Patrick] Mahoney said the fact that Schiavo has survived nearly 10 days since the removal of the tube that has supplied her with nutrition and water indicates that she wants to appear before the House Government Reform Committee."
Monday, March 28, 2005 -- 21:35:59 (EST)Name: greg -- Email: ggurda@umich.eduI just finished doing my taxes and I wanna sell back my H&R Block software. It's an easy walk-through process that makes doing taxes almost painless (45min. max!). I've got the deluxe version with both TaxCut Federal and State (for any state in the Union). I paid 25$, will take best offer.
Saturday, March 26, 2005 -- 19:27:36 (EST)
Name: sparky
kags, dont be epexegetical. woefully inadequate THIS YEAR. there's a reason they finished 15th in the final poll. they've got sick talent, and izzo is a great coach, but they should have been dominant this year, and they simply weren't until very recently. they should have been in the hunt for a #1 instead of a good fit at #5.
and sure, i have high standards. ky was a #2 seed, and i consider the season to generally be a disappointment. two losses to florida, in the sec tourney championship no less, is borderline disgraceful. losing at chapel hill was understandable, but the loss to undermanned jayhawks at rupp was inexcusable.
reid, :0p
UK-MSU will be one hell of a game. If KY wins, it'll be due to some depth inside. If MSU wins, it's b/c our guards couldn't play the requisite defense.
Saturday, March 26, 2005 -- 19:01:18 (EST)
Name: mikehong
Location: pac10, the conference of champions
i hate lute olson but i hope both wildcats win this weekend.
Saturday, March 26, 2005 -- 18:41:50 (EST)
Name: Tupper
I'm calling you out Sparks. Since when is a 25-6 record and 5 elite eight appearances in the last seven years "woefully inadequate"? I know to meet your expectations MSU must go 30-1 every year but not every team can be Illinois (another sucky Big Ten team). Can't wait to see your Cats go down!
Saturday, March 26, 2005 -- 18:37:04 (EST)
Name: Reid
Sparky...get over it, the Big 10 is the best conference in the history of sports, period.
Saturday, March 26, 2005 -- 16:15:33 (EST)
Name: sparky
gee, the toughest team wisconsin has had to play so far has been a 10 seed. what a joke. if they get any further, it's because they're well-rested after having the luckiest draw in tourney history.
as for MSU, they're looking great right now. but they've been woefully inadequate all year until this tournament. to have that much talent, and be so mediocre for the first 30some games only to get your head out of your ass at the last moment isn't something to be TOO proud of.
the big ten still sucks. even if they get 3 teams in the final four, they still suck. suck suck suck. just like biochem.
Saturday, March 26, 2005 -- 16:01:19 (EST)
Name: Kags
And for your information Jason, Steve's Mom is perfectly willing to try it standing it up too, though I will admit that doggiestyle does appear to be her preferred position.
Saturday, March 26, 2005 -- 15:56:02 (EST)
Name: Kags
Wow, what a blight the Big 10 is upon the College Basketball World. Just 3 teams in the Elite Eight after a whole year of insults and disparagement by everyone including some of our own? (cough cough Candice) Absolutely pitiful.
Why the real Power Conferences like the SEC (1), the Pac 10 (1), and ACC (1) continue to put up with this poser, wannabe-Mid Major of a conference is beyond me.
Saturday, March 26, 2005 -- 09:06:08 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
wow, i didn't know panties could palpate. gotta GET me some of those! :P
Saturday, March 26, 2005 -- 07:50:38 (EST)
Name: gbarnes
Does this mean we have to request a parking permit for the actual exam? Anyone know?
Oh, and Steve... you're a savior with those B-vitamins :) So dirty!!
Saturday, March 26, 2005 -- 02:14:08 (EST)
Name: jid
Congrats to Graham "cracka" Brady for bringing up the rear in the tourney pool with no more points possible. Sparky- can he get is 5 bucks back?
Finally something I didn't finish last in (though I'm still well behind Sparky's dog- no Kags, not Steve's mom, but the other thing that spends all it's time on all fours while hanging around Kentucky rednecks).
Saturday, March 26, 2005 -- 01:25:59 (EST)
Name: sparky
Nova was robbed!
Saturday, March 26, 2005 -- 00:50:25 (EST)
Name: swarnick
Biochem got you down? The raunchy nurse will help!
*T*he *R*aunchy *N*urse's *PANT*ies *P*alpate *C**** (fill in the blanks with your favorite four letter c-word - cake, cots, cats, cans, penis, vagina)
These are the B vitamins names in order
(B1 = Thiamine, B2= Riboflavin, B3=Niacin, B5= PANTothenate, B=Pyridoxine, B12=Cobalamin)
Even biochem and vitamins can be dirty and fun, just like Kag's mom!
Thursday, March 24, 2005 -- 14:15:17 (EST)
Name: jid
I think you first need to go to <https://external1.nbme.org/CBTPSRegistrationWeb/jsp/usmle_CBTPS_registration.jsp> and request a yellow permit if you want to do the practice test at a prometric site. This takes like 2 weeks, so request it now even if you're on the fence about dropping the $42.
Thursday, March 24, 2005 -- 08:57:58 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
go to www.usmle.org and under orientations/practice materials on the left side (link) you can find a couple of practice tests. i know one of them is free - download onto your computer. you can also sign up for a full-length practice test at any prometric testing center.
Thursday, March 24, 2005 -- 04:26:17 (EST)
Name: mikehong
i don't know about you guys but memorizing the periodic table of the elements is pretty rough. i better get a lot of questions about this on the exam or i'm going to be pretty pissed.
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 -- 23:31:51 (EST)Name: Chill -- Email: my mind is fuzzySo umm...where's this full-length practice test Eric was talking about? Does prometric offer a practice exam?
Someone's gotta know...
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 -- 22:14:34 (EST)
Name: impressed
nice match list, class of 05! :)
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 -- 21:55:43 (EST)
Name: Kags
Hey everyone, I'm not sure if this is worth emailing out or not since it sounds remotely familiar to me, so I figure maybe we already heard about it.
Anyway, on www.nbme.org you can purchase practice assessments of 200 questions for $45 and they apparrently sort of serve like practice MCATs in the Kaplan/Princeton courses, they give you an analysis and breakdown of your strengths and deficiencies and what not.
The M3 who told me about it said that she didn't think many people knew about it and that they helped her a lot, so I just thought I'd share it. Maybe if someone's already used them they could share how good they thought it was?
Tuesday, March 22, 2005 -- 18:51:49 (EST)
Name: mrpibb
Ugh, Ring 2 sucks. Save yourself the time and study for the boards instead. Trust me, BRS is much scarier.
Tuesday, March 22, 2005 -- 04:34:38 (EST)
Name: swarnick
WTF is going on in our comment ground?
Tuesday, March 22, 2005 -- 01:57:26 (EST)
Name:
WHICHITA STAAAAAATE!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, March 21, 2005 -- 15:28:21 (EST)
Name: Arkie and Okie
Location: Dust Bowl, USA
Ha ha to all of you. California is a bastard child of a state. If it wasn't for us fleeing the Dust Bowl and my Asian and Mexican brethren fleeing dust bowls and over crowded cities of their own, California would be nothing but wimps. Oh wait... it already is...
Monday, March 21, 2005 -- 00:04:47 (EST)
Name: mikehong
i think it makes me the redheaded stepchild of the bastard child, otherwise known as a hemorrhagic hydatidiform mole.
Sunday, March 20, 2005 -- 20:20:41 (EST)
Name: Kags
So Hong, does that make you the bastard child of a bastard child? Is there even a word for that?
Saturday, March 19, 2005 -- 18:23:00 (EST)Name: mikehong -- Email: '64, '65, '67, '68, '69, '70, '71, '72, '73, 75, '95all in good fun here...
leon powe is not going to turn around a pac-10 doormat team by himself. diogu's better and even his team finished in the bottom half. and please don't bring up jason kidd the wife beater with a sub-700 SAT, as if he's any comparison to the likes of lew alcindor, gail goodrich, jamaal wilkes, bill walton, or reggie miller. lamond murray? that's sad.
fyi: berkeley's official color is YALE BLUE. your school's a bastard child too. if you're going to bring up history then you should know some yourself.
Saturday, March 19, 2005 -- 17:27:52 (EST)Name: oski -- Email: gobears@berkeley.eduUCLA is, and always will be, a red-headed stepchild.
The university’s official colors are blue and gold, but navy blue, not powder blue, is the color adorned on the road jerseys (both football and basketball). What you may not know is that UCLA was initially founded as an extension of its northern neighbor, Cal, and UCLA adopted the same school colors (blue and gold), fight song (except for one significant note), and mascot (a bear). When UCLA was founded in 1919, the school was known as “SBUC” – Southern Branch, University of California.
It's okay. You can always keep striving to be like Cal. You may even get some alums like Jason Kidd, Lamond Murray, Kevin Johnson, and Shareef Abdur-Rahim.
As the taunt goes...
"What the hell is a Bruin???"
"A DICKLESS BEAR"
See you next year with Leon 'The Show' Powe dunking all over your ass.
GO BEARS.
Friday, March 18, 2005 -- 15:53:36 (EST)
Name: Kags
Wow, both the Big 10 and the SEC are getting taken behind the woodshed so far.
Thursday, March 17, 2005 -- 20:58:36 (EST)
Name: Kags
OK, besides Baron Davis, are ANY of those guys any good?
And dude, say what you want about UCLA, but they were stupid enough to hire Steve Lavin and kept him there for years. Even Northwestern wouldn't touch that guy with a ten foot pole.
And besides Brian Cook, we also produced the great Nick Anderson, best known for single-handedly destroying the budding Orlando Magic dynasty.
Thursday, March 17, 2005 -- 20:41:22 (EST)
Name: mikehong
forgot dan gadzuric and jason kapono. and i guess jerome moiso, but he's not too much better than brian cook.
Thursday, March 17, 2005 -- 20:33:53 (EST)
Name: mikehong
man i wish current ucla alums like baron davis, earl watson, matt barnes, and trevor ariza were as skilled as brian cook. skilled at warming the bench, that is.
Thursday, March 17, 2005 -- 20:30:57 (EST)
Name: mikehong
you guys are right. jordan farmar and aaron afflalo worked for mcdonald's once - they played in their all-american game.
Thursday, March 17, 2005 -- 20:17:46 (EST)
Name: Kags
Hey JJ, UCLA doesn't just get its ex-players jobs at McDonald's, some of them also went on to bigger and better things in the CBA. (before isiah thomas destroyed it of course)
Thursday, March 17, 2005 -- 14:58:17 (EST)
Name: mikehong
ucla doesn't take juco players either, only mentally challenged transfers like brian morrison. so our fight song is stolen, it's not like cal needs it for sports. do you need a fight song to study math in the library? no.
Thursday, March 17, 2005 -- 14:50:22 (EST)
Name: JZ
Oooo, that was a low blow. Be nice. Just because we are about the only major conference school to never make the tourney doesn't mean we don't have feelings too. It's all because we don't stoop to the level of accepting juco all-stars. Oh, maybe that's why we graduate 98% of our athletes, best in Division I. At least they can get a job somewhere besides the local McDonalds after college. And we didn't have to steal our fight song either.
Thursday, March 17, 2005 -- 14:37:20 (EST)
Name: mikehong
Location: texas tech sucks,
jj, i was trying to find northwestern in the bracket but somehow i think they were left out. it must be some mistake because i was sure that after two impressive wins against the powerhouse michigan basketball program they'd be in for sure.
Thursday, March 17, 2005 -- 14:03:23 (EST)
Name: Joeljz
Hey Hong, Whine whine whine! Wah wah wah. Actually, I went to watch tourney games last year at The Arena (on Washington and 5th I think) and they had a bunch of them on there, so I assume they have DirectTV there. Maybe at Buffalo Wild Wings too???
Thursday, March 17, 2005 -- 11:26:50 (EST)
Name: mikehong
anyone know where i can find a bar with directv? preferably one that doesn't have all 100 of its screens devoted to the illinois game...
Wednesday, March 16, 2005 -- 21:37:40 (EST)
Name: JustsayNOtoStep1
I think the new drug offering (progenitorivox) from JibJab is just the thing we need right now! I uploaded the quicktime into our shared directory. I really could use a dancing pill right now!
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 -- 23:11:48 (EST)
Name: Hammer
Anyone interested in Star Wars or Lucas has got to check this out...absolutely fantastic.
http://www.lanceandeskimo.com/paul/neck.shtml
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 -- 17:20:08 (EST)
Name: Kags
Did anyone hear anything about surgery in the VA?
(note to JJ and Pdeep, this is actually a serious inquiry)
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 -- 17:17:46 (EST)
Name: Kags
I wish Steve's Mom worked in the Financial Aid Office, then we'd all get full rides...along with just about any other sex act you can imagine.
Monday, March 14, 2005 -- 18:50:19 (EST)
Name: mikelope
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-03-13-jawbone-deaths_x.htm
Sunday, March 13, 2005 -- 22:07:49 (EST)Name: Sunny -- Email: yellow_jacket@ramblingwreck.comLocation: ATL, GA It's no big deal Garrett. I'm just glad we're not in the dreaded 8/9 game to start off. All I need is faith that we can play......I just hope that at some point we can start consistently hitting 25% of our 3's......we had ample opportunties to end the game with one......
Sunday, March 13, 2005 -- 18:57:37 (EST)
Name: mikehong
let's hope that bobby's knight's history of choking extends to the tourney too
Sunday, March 13, 2005 -- 18:23:05 (EST)
Name: mikehong
losing now is better than losing in the tournament. bruins are the best team in the country, they deserve the #1 seed.
Sunday, March 13, 2005 -- 15:30:45 (EST)
Name: sparky
I agree Kags. 2 for us, if we're lucky. There was just no excuse for that pisspissshitgodda*KY Tourette's kicks in*. F@ck. F@ck. F@ck. F@ck. F@ck.
Sunny, I'm usually a Duke apologist, but damn, the refs really DID hand them that one.
Sunday, March 13, 2005 -- 15:24:29 (EST)
Name: Kags
Wow dude, that loss might single-handedly be enough to knock Kentucky out of a #1 seed.
If Illinois follows suit by losing then we'll know it's the curse back at work. I told you we should have sacrificed Hong when we had the chance.
Sunday, March 13, 2005 -- 15:08:11 (EST)
Name: sparky
ok, well my Cats look like ass today.
Saturday, March 12, 2005 -- 22:48:41 (EST)
Name: sparky
Illinois and UNC are still locks, despite the loss to Tech today. There's no way in hell UK is going to lose to Florida tomorrow, and even if they did, I think they've still got their one. Wake blew it, but who knows how much the committee even really cares about conference tourney. They still have a ridiculous resume. Duke, Arizona, or Louisville seem heir apparent. Lunardi has Washington at a 4 seed right now. I don't understand that at all. As long as Duke puts away Tech, the one seems like theirs. Then Arizona. Then Louisville.
Saturday, March 12, 2005 -- 16:03:36 (EST)Name: Sunny -- Email: yellow_jacket@ramblingwreck.comLocation: ATL, GA Are there any doubters left?
And the real question is, who will the number one seeds be?
I love March....
:) :) :)
Friday, March 11, 2005 -- 23:26:12 (EST)
Name: Hil
according to our FCE doc, we just have to bring those questions (from Kumagai's email) that we discussed with our families (their thoughts and comments, what you took away from this experience, what they took away from this experience...etc etc etc).
Friday, March 11, 2005 -- 17:31:50 (EST)
Name: Simon
Is there a written assignment in preparation of the last FCE meeting next Wednesday?
Friday, March 11, 2005 -- 10:11:28 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
yes, but a random person's sperm cooked into some brownies? i mean, i'm a sucker for all things desserty and treatie, but i think i'd have to draw the line there.
Friday, March 11, 2005 -- 01:05:19 (EST)
Name: sparky
not that i would know, but apparently some girls aren't so afraid of sperm... :)
Thursday, March 10, 2005 -- 23:38:56 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
oh gawd. not only am i getting burned out here, i may never be able to eat again. eat your placenta? semen-frosted brownies? *retch*
Thursday, March 10, 2005 -- 22:43:49 (EST)
Name: candice
or brownies :o(
"Teen sends student semen-frosted brownies"
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/WaterCooler/wireStory?id=566710
Thursday, March 10, 2005 -- 22:15:36 (EST)
Name: scarred sparky
i will never eat pea soup again
Thursday, March 10, 2005 -- 22:15:15 (EST)
Name: Eat me (ewww)
http://www.mothers35plus.co.uk/plac_rec.htm
Wednesday, March 09, 2005 -- 02:37:22 (EST)
Name: mikehong
Location: why is it still below freezing, michigan
i don't know if others know about this, and i just found out tonight, but apparently if you use the opera browser, you can copy/paste qbank text like usual.
Wednesday, March 09, 2005 -- 01:43:20 (EST)
Name: sparky
back in the 'tucky, church let out early if the Cats were playing an early Sunday game. if God can wait for basketball, so should the MDC. oh i forgot. UM faculty think they outrank God anyway.
Tuesday, March 08, 2005 -- 23:47:51 (EST)Name: Deep -- Email: ramblingwreck@gtalumni.orgLocation: ATL, GA C.S.A.Thanks for the offer Garrett, but there is a pesky MDC on friday during our first round in the acc tourney. If we get past VT (who we've lost to this year), then we might need to talk.
Tuesday, March 08, 2005 -- 12:56:53 (EST)
Name: Geoff
For any of you trying to sign up for the UMMS2007 group for Football tickets, be sure to type UMMS in all caps for the group name but in all lower cases (umms) for the password... sorry to make it confusing :)
Tuesday, March 08, 2005 -- 10:00:50 (EST)
Name: mikehong
actually the pac-10 is under contract with fox instead of the eastern sports bias network so the only western teams i can watch on BSPN are those in the powerhouse mountain west conference. channel 32 will be airing the pac 10 tourney though, which is good - i'll be able to listen to someone other than that asshat dick vitale or (shudder) steve lavin.
Tuesday, March 08, 2005 -- 02:45:46 (EST)
Name: sparky
with championship week upon us, I want everybody to know that I have the ESPN full court package, so if there's a game that you REALLY REALLY wanna see that for some reason won't be televised on ESPNs 1-8 ("the ocho!"), I might be able to hook you up, as long as it doesn't interfere w/ my wife watching CSI or the Bachelor.
this might only apply to mike hong and maybe sunny. but if there are any "other conference" kids out there, take heart :)
Monday, March 07, 2005 -- 17:33:36 (EST)
Name: michael -- Email: 88straight@ucla.edu
kags, it's not my fault that your no-history one "pre-season" wonder team lost. i'm sure the bruin fans felt just as bad when ucla lost their first game in 1972. oops i meant 1973. oh wait, no, i meant 1974.
Monday, March 07, 2005 -- 17:09:00 (EST)
Name: Kags
As much as I hate Duke, I don't think it would do any good to sacrifice one of 'em since they were afflicted by the same curse. Giving up the last 11 points of the game, thass gotta hurt.
I suggest Hong...his incessant harping on UCLA's success 30 years ago and his delusions of grandeur have aggravated me beyond the point of no return.
Maybe Ben can open up a poll on this? It better be quick though, I don't want my team going the way of Stanford/St. Joe's last year...I'd probably have to take a year off to recover.
Sunday, March 06, 2005 -- 22:55:08 (EST)
Name: 15% Rule
One of the Dukies
Sunday, March 06, 2005 -- 21:18:44 (EST)
Name: sparky
btw, who are we going to sacrifice?
Sunday, March 06, 2005 -- 21:17:48 (EST)
Name: sparky
Alas, he's a West 'Tucky Sparks. I'm an East 'Tucky Sparks. And never the twain shall meet.
Given how amazingly ugly he is, I'm not surprised you might have thought he was a cousin of mine :)
Sunday, March 06, 2005 -- 21:09:26 (EST)
Name: Kags
Thanks for your support and your hug Sparky, but the Illini definitely had it coming, we haven't looked anywhere near tip-top since the MSU game...I'm of the school of thought where the loss makes you better, so I'm not really fretting the loss of the undefeated season as long as we finish 38-1...actually, I don't even care if we lose in the Big 10 Tourney so God, if you're listening (or reading this or whatever), 36-2 is just as acceptable.
But I agree with your email with God or the Basketball Gods being angry with us, and I'd be willing to bet that human sacrifice will do the trick. Or we could just burn lots of frankincense and myrrh, but that just doesn't have the pizzazz of human sacrifice.
Here's to UK kicking butt in the SEC Tournament so they can grab that final #1 seed.
BTW, is this Patrick Sparks fellow any relation? :)
Sunday, March 06, 2005 -- 15:37:29 (EST)
Name: sleungz
Don't mean to interrupt the flow of this debate . . .
But if you WANT the PM exam, email me. Toodles!
Sunday, March 06, 2005 -- 14:45:03 (EST)
Name: JZ
One of the many reasons I hate Ohio State!!!
Sparky, I agree... I have currently been sucked in to watching your Cats at the Swamp. I hate Donovan with a passion, so kick their arses.
Sunday, March 06, 2005 -- 14:10:53 (EST)
Name: sparky
candice, i support your prediction in spirit and likelihood :)
Sunday, March 06, 2005 -- 14:09:59 (EST)
Name: sincere sparky
present argument aside, here's a *hug* to Illinois fans. that sucked.
Who the hell scheduled an endocrine exam the day after Illinois's first loss, Cats at the Swamp, and Duke at Chapel Hell?
Sunday, March 06, 2005 -- 14:07:38 (EST)
Name: candice
sparky, now I beg to differ. if the big ten is sending 4 teams, the 4th is IU after we kick minnesota's ass.
Sunday, March 06, 2005 -- 12:32:02 (EST)
Name: joeljz
Sparky, just in case you are wondering, since 1990, the Big Ten has sent 30 teams to the Sweet 16 and the SEC has sent 29... and head to head the Big Ten is up 12-9 during that time period in the tourney. Also, the Big Ten and Big East are the only two conferences to have three teams amongst the 20 winningest of all time... and who cares if Big Ten play is slower? It takes better coaching and player execution to successfully play defense. Just look at the NBA... barely anyone plays defense there.
Sunday, March 06, 2005 -- 12:20:06 (EST)
Name: JZ
And the ladies, Sparky, and the ladies... oh wait, nope, SEC's probably got us on that one...
Sunday, March 06, 2005 -- 11:48:02 (EST)
Name: sparky
Kags, what about college basketball isn't subjective? While it's certainly better than the circus which is college football, we still simply reward whatever team can win six in a row in March after they've only played about one eighth of the teams in the NCAA. And we could go look at, say, sweet 16 teams over the past ten years, and find that the SEC had more, or we could look at head to head over the past 72 years, or we could look at overall winning percentages, scoring offense and defense, assist-to-turnover ratio of our third string point guards, height of small forwards, testicular hyperplasia of the mascots, etc.
And I beg to differ, SEC has five going in (Kentucky, Florida, LSU, Alabama, Mississippi State), Big 10 four (Illinois, MSU, Wisconsin, and Minnesota by the skin of their teeth).
The only good thing about the Big 10 is the burritos.
Sunday, March 06, 2005 -- 11:18:38 (EST)
Name: Kags
Garrett, if we're not going to judge teams and conferences on tournament success, then what ARE we going to judge them by? If your original claim is just that the Big Ten is not a basketball conference because they don't play entertaining basketball, then there's not much I can argue with there since that's fairly subjective, and I don't watch enough SEC basketball to compare the two brands. But entertaining basketball or not, it's been wayyyyyy more ultimately successful than the SEC both in recent years and overall as far as wins go.
And Candace, even though we're down this year, we'll still be sending 50% more teams to the tournament than the SEC. And if Pierre Pierce weren't a deviant, Iowa would be ranked and heading there as well.
Sunday, March 06, 2005 -- 10:34:25 (EST)
Name: Cal St. Northridge
Location: The Valley, California
I rule UCLA
Sunday, March 06, 2005 -- 04:28:52 (EST)
Name: candice
just wanted to remind folks that while indiana has taken a break from elite basketball, we are improving with each game (with a few failures to box-out here and there) and next year are predicted -by me- to win the Big Ten, which will be a huge feat when all teams have their players healthy and not off the team for IPV ('cept Iowa). and this year's Big Ten canNOT compare to the other power conferences, however, next year I expect the debate to be far more interesting.
despite my best interest to hate UK, I will never forget that moment when UK fans allied with IU against the evil empire of duke :o).
Sunday, March 06, 2005 -- 00:20:06 (EST)
Name: michael
right you are sparky. this far ranging historical perspective is one that is best appreciated from the peaks of the truly elite. :)
Saturday, March 05, 2005 -- 23:55:28 (EST)
Name: sparky
AND Kags, you forget that this argument essentially becomes Kentucky vs. UCLA vs. Indiana :) Each conference can only have one TRULY historically elite program (luckily UNC, Kansas, and Syracuse can take a rest from this one).
So what all of college basketball comes down to is Kentucky saying "we've won the most!" UCLA saying "we've won the most championships!" and UNC saying "but our color is prettier!"
Saturday, March 05, 2005 -- 23:38:49 (EST)
Name: sparky
Kags, no logic is required to put down Big 10 basketball. Just watching ten minutes of Big 10 conference play is enough to put a guy to sleep.
When I watch the Big East or Conf USA, I know I'm going to see somebody get hurt. When I watch the Pac 10, I know nobody's going to bother playing any defense. When I watch the Big 10, I know I'm going to be catatonic.
And I enjoy your selective tournament stats, as if Final Fours were reasonably reliable indicators of much of anything. I don't know where to find statistics that could be meaningful, and since ESPN swears by the annual ACC-beats-the-shit-out-of-the-Big-10-weekend, nobody else ever gets a good chance to destroy you weaklings systematically.
Saturday, March 05, 2005 -- 22:01:33 (EST)
Name: michael
ice age my ass, the last championship was in 1995. and even the most incompetent coach in the history of basketball or pretty much all of sports (steve lavin) got us to the sweet 16 five times since then, a feat matched only by coach k. ucla beat the #1 team in the country 3 years in a row even when they completely sucked. last year we had a losing season but still beat michigan state and only lost to 'tucky by 2. the last two seasons were the first losing seasons since 1948.
now that's what i call being a bubble team. we had the talent all along (except for the last few years when recruits wised up to lavin's idiocy) and would/should/could done very well if it wasn't for slick lavin.
Saturday, March 05, 2005 -- 21:26:03 (EST)
Name: Kags
Garrett, you still have presented no logic whatsoever to back up your claim that the SEC is superior.
I'm not arguing about Kentucky here which is obviously a top-flight basketball school, and which I'm not even going to try to compare any school in the Big Ten to, I'm arguing the Conferences success as a whole, particularly in recent years.
Since Kentucky's most recent championship in 1998, the Big Ten has sent 6 teams to the Final Four (including '99 and '00 when it sent 2 teams each year) and has produced 1 champion. In that span, the SEC has sent a grand total of ONE team (Florida in 2000) to the final four. (In fact, the last time the SEC was decent enough to send 2 teams to the Final Four was in '96.) And remember, all this has happened with Minnesota and Michigan, both formerly powerhouses, under sanctions.
Face it, in recent years the power conferences have been the Big 12, the ACC, and the Big East. The SEC, Big Ten, and Pac 10 have ALL been down.
And Mike, you sound like an old fogey whining about how everything was better back in the day when oyu talk about UCLA's 11 championships in the Ice Age.
Saturday, March 05, 2005 -- 17:19:45 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
is anyone still back on the fact that garrett used the analogy of a "pheo among diabetics" when describing basketball conferences? wow. garrett, i bow to your nerdliness (while snickering as i do so.) :P
Saturday, March 05, 2005 -- 16:42:32 (EST)
Name: bill shakespeare
The Bruins inspired the lines from my play, Macbeth:
Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble.
Although I guess the Bruins are off the bubble with their inflated RPI of 30. I *might* choose them as one of my 8-9 upsets in the Stratford-upon-Avon betting pools.
Saturday, March 05, 2005 -- 15:47:43 (EST)
Name: swarnick
Okay, so for those of you still on last Thursday, here's a stupid Steve memory trick (probably not important, but that's all I'm good for):
MEN2A is in Adults
MEN2B is in little Brats
A for adults, B for Brats...look for the Mike Hong mnemonic, which will be more creative and useful ;)
Saturday, March 05, 2005 -- 15:17:04 (EST)
Name: swarnick
That's it Mike Hong - you've convinced us all. We are all going to apply to UCLA for residency. Except for Yang - he's going to San Francisco. 169 ex-U of M students taking over LA in July 2007 - ya know!!!!!
Saturday, March 05, 2005 -- 15:05:59 (EST)
Name: michael -- Email: mikehong@
silly rabbits, the pac10 is the best, it's not even a question. ucla has 11 basketball banners hanging in wooden court and more are on the way. no, i will not stop talking about that. you can't stop our local talent crop or ben howland's recruiting and coaching. it's like manifest destiny - it's arrogant, it pisses people off, and it can't be stopped! enjoy the last remaining vestiges of the steve lavin era while you can. we'll let no-history-no-championships teams like illinois mess around for now, but that's going to end very soon.
here's my proof, not from uptodate because that doesn't cut it, ok?
NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TITLES WON BY CONFERENCE:
pac10 15 (#1), big10 who cares, sec who cares, acc not first
NCAA MEN'S TEAM TITLES WON BY CONFERENCE
pac10 246 (#1), big10 187, big12 126, sec 86
NCAA WOMEN'S TEAM TITLES WON BY CONFERENCE
pac10 90 (#1), sec 60, acc 44, big12 31
booyaka
Saturday, March 05, 2005 -- 14:20:57 (EST)
Name: JZ
Ok, you win. Numbers aren't everything. Kag's mom has the best numbers around but that doesn't mean she ain't still a skank.
Saturday, March 05, 2005 -- 12:49:16 (EST)
Name: sparky
JZ, numbers aren't everything. For example, my MCAT score would have suggested that I would have been not retarded. But instead, I'm probably one of the five stupidest people in our class. And I can't actually name four people that are dumber than me, but I'm just sorta hoping.
Saturday, March 05, 2005 -- 12:29:20 (EST)
Name: JZ
Ahhhh. GH. It works wonders.
Sparky, a little history. Since first Final Four (in 1939 which took place in Evanston, non-the-less)
Big Ten: 10 championships, 42 Final Four appearances
SEC: 8 championships (only one not by Kentucky...), 23 Final Four appearances.
I think that settles the debate. I won't deny your support of Kentucky with most wins and best winning percentage etc. ever, but as for the conference, sorry bro, it's the Big Ten.
Saturday, March 05, 2005 -- 12:16:36 (EST)
Name: sparky
I'd also like to add that the single factor that transformed Detroit from a good team to an amazing team was Kentucky's favorite sociology major and my wife's ex-lover, Tayshuan "GH made my arms get long" Prince!
Who ate Kobe for a snack last year in the finals? TP! Shut the rapist down!
Actually, Courtney just informed me that Tayshaun is her current lover. Apparently she just used me as a means of getting closer to Detroit. That explains a lot of things.
She also says that GH made more than his arms get long :)
Saturday, March 05, 2005 -- 12:06:42 (EST)
Name: sparky
Kags, you're bringing me a Smoker flashback... remember when OB/GYN Michelle looked at Surgeon Audrey and said, "We're surgeons just like you?" Yeah, that's what I'm thinking.
Big 10 basketball is almost as good a joke as Pac10 ball (oops, sorry Mike Hong!). But at least Mike can make reference to the golden days in Westwood or something to try to prove me wrong.
While I agree the SEC is down this year (and last year), that only brings it down closer to the Big 10, which never really has that great a year, at least not since Chris Webber and his band of fab five assclowns.
Just admit it: SEC, ACC, and the new Big East? THOSE are basketball conferences. The Big 12, sure. And even the Pac10 might scrounge it's way back up to greatness soon.
But the Big 10? I'll root for the Illini like crazy come tournament time, but please don't use them as apologists for your sad sad basketball conference! They're a pheo amidst a bunch of diabetics.
And JZ, as for academic quality of the Big 10 vs. the SEC... leave us alone, you mean elitist :)
Saturday, March 05, 2005 -- 11:24:44 (EST)
Name: JZ
Sorry Garrett, gonna have to agree with Kags and his post... I suppose people could make other arguments for strength of conferences based on football and other sports, but in terms of academic excellence amongst the major conferences, the Big Ten reigns supreme (this has been an extensive debate amongst my friends). Whether you simply average U.S. News rankings or even use the reciprocal of the rankings (as to add more weight to highly ranked schools) the Big Ten still nudges out the ACC and Pac-10. Sorry guys, you are dragged down by the likes of academic weaklings Washington State, ASU (but they can party) and ACC newcomers Miami and Virginia Tech. As for the SEC... are there even academic buildings or just dorms and bars and fraternities? Ok, so you do have Vandy, I'll give you that much... anyways, argue amongst yourselves...
Saturday, March 05, 2005 -- 10:17:47 (EST)
Name: Kags
Garrett, I'm not sure what fantasy World you're living in when you assert that SEC is unequivocally a better basketball conference than the Big 10.
The Big Ten produced a tournament champion more recently than the SEC, we had a team more recently go to the Finals, and this year we have 3 ranked teams to your 2. The Big Ten has definitely been down of late but the SEC has hardly been better.
And Sunny, don't get too happy just because of one great tourney run by your team...they've returned to form this year. The ACC rides off of UNC and Duke.
Saturday, March 05, 2005 -- 02:05:45 (EST)
Name: iBee
badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger...mushroom...mushroom...badger badger badger....ahh a snake..a snake!
Friday, March 04, 2005 -- 23:14:05 (EST)
Name: michael -- Email: mikehong@
well ironically i'm listed as a michigan wolverine, which is supposed to mean i'm arrogant. that's fine with me, we all know arrogance trumps everything else like genius, talent, or hard work. sure i'm stupid, lazy, and unaccomplished in life, but somehow i'm still better, and that's all that really matters.
Friday, March 04, 2005 -- 23:03:01 (EST)
Name: Deep
Location: ATL, GA C.S.A
I echo Garret's opinion's of the Big Ten, but I turned out to be a Purdue Boilermaker: "You're the best and you know it. Everyone knows you're a genius and are well-respected"
That is a pretty accurate description of a lot of Georgia Tech students/grads, so I guess it is correct.....my being a genius and well respected is obviously up for debate. More like completely innaccurate. As for being the best, how can I deny that?
Friday, March 04, 2005 -- 21:46:04 (EST)
Name: loh-ride
i was procrastinating when i discovered the i-pod 4gb is now $179 on the apple website if you throw in the 'educational' discount. while i am here, hi to steve's mom and jaffer's soul patch.
Friday, March 04, 2005 -- 20:25:39 (EST)
Name: candice
Apparently I should've gone to MSU: "People tend to overlook you, but you're quietly taking over the world."
I later found out the quiz was created by a purdue grad and the description of my alma mater (IU! beat them cats!) was not kind. Illinois was excluded from the quiz results because it was not distinctive enough (sorry kags).
Friday, March 04, 2005 -- 19:59:38 (EST)
Name: sparky
Had I gone to a school in such a lame basketball conference (Illinois excluded this year and this year only, Kags) as the Big 10, it looks I would have been at Penn State w/ Hilary :)
Friday, March 04, 2005 -- 16:05:53 (EST)
Name: Hil
I guess I'm a Michigan traitor after all. According to Candice's quiz I should have gone to Penn State -- they say "You're new, yet old fashioned. You're hip, but sophisticated. You fit in just about anywhere" Hmmmmm.....
What'd you get Candice?
Friday, March 04, 2005 -- 15:37:06 (EST)
Name: candice
I passed this on to a few folks, a fun and short quiz for BIG TEN grads: what Big Ten school SHOULD you've gone to?
http://www.youthink.com/quiz.asp?action=take&quiz_id=273
Friday, March 04, 2005 -- 14:37:59 (EST)
Name: cheryl
as for chelsea community hospital for psych, my LC doc works out there and said that it's the first time they're doign M3 rotations out there, and that it would be an "interesting" time b/c it's hectic-- something about a lot of attendings... so it might feel a bit disorganized since it's the first year? but in any case, for us non-psych ppl, i think it'll prolly be fun/low-stress. :-)
Friday, March 04, 2005 -- 10:57:43 (EST)
Name: Kags
So I just read in this week's SI that many consider our very own Braylon Edwards to be one of the best players in the draft.
OK, so I know this is my residual bitterness from the 2004 Rosebowl and this year's Notre Dame game, and this year's Ohio State game speaking, but WTF? I know that he (obviously) made massive strides this year, became a lot more mature and a lot more consistent, but stillc that seems like a bit much.
Thursday, March 03, 2005 -- 23:52:37 (EST)
Name: Hil
On the down low? Steve- "where's the sexy in that?"
:-)
Are you on the same track as Kags?
Thursday, March 03, 2005 -- 16:15:23 (EST)
Name: Kags
Oh hellz no Steve, you didn't go there. I'm shocked and disappointed that you would use Minority Health Symposium to make jokes about my mother. It's supposed to be for educating ouselves and our classmates, not so you can score points on me.
Well it's about time you finally struck back; the previous score was Me: 5 You: 1
Did anyone else notice that in the Smoker, Dr. Lash plagarized a joke I made about Steve's mom earlier on this comment board? I demand a writing credit and royalties.
Thursday, March 03, 2005 -- 15:04:10 (EST)
Name: swarnick
Circus, located above Millenium Club on 1st St.(next to Blind Pig) has free pool Mon-Thursday. There will be a bunch of us there tonight - there is free karaoke on Thursdays, free jukebox and popcorn as well, and drink specials.
Quote of the day is from Dr. Gant's lunch lecture today- "Yo Mama's on the Down Low". I thought I only said that to Kags.
Thursday, March 03, 2005 -- 09:19:24 (EST)
Name: pool shark
email casey madura: cmadura@med.umich.edu
he's the one who sent out the email. i think there are day/time restrictions on their free pool times.
Thursday, March 03, 2005 -- 01:02:12 (EST)
Name: jid
didn't someone send out an e-mail recently about pool being free at full moon on the weekends? i checked it out tonight, and it seemed to be $10/hour. anyone have better info?
Wednesday, March 02, 2005 -- 08:33:58 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
interesting - doctors being paid per email exchange with their patients.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/...&partner=homepage
either sign in or set up a free nytimes account to view it. (did i mention signup was FREE?)
Wednesday, March 02, 2005 -- 00:16:29 (EST)
Name: JZ
Hmmm... don't recall seeing many Georgians in class today, just Sridhar... he was kind of there in spirit at least.
Bush is proud of Georgia tonight. That jerk.
Tuesday, March 01, 2005 -- 20:47:20 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
uh, that sentence didn't make sense. should have said "after the wind died down, i noticed that it *is* really pretty out." can't let my own grammar errors slide. :P yes. i have problems.
Tuesday, March 01, 2005 -- 19:29:11 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
heehee i actually went for a run later this afternoon. ah, priorities, i guess. path lab? not up there on that list. although after the wind died down today, it *is* really pretty out.
Tuesday, March 01, 2005 -- 17:48:08 (EST)
Name: Deep
Location: ATL, GA C.S.A.
Nicole, I don't know what you are talking about. All of us from Georgia were at school today. I'm really disappointed, I expected more from a Michigander....especially one who rides her bike in the snow....
Back to LC...
Tuesday, March 01, 2005 -- 08:17:09 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
holy nor'easter, batman! do they really think i'm slogging to school today in this? for path lab? riiiiiight.
Tuesday, March 01, 2005 -- 07:18:39 (EST)
Name: Hil
you can't log in till next monday
Tuesday, March 01, 2005 -- 00:55:11 (EST)
Name: Chill -- Email: yo
Anyone else tried signing to make scheduling changes for M3 year? I can't seem to sign up
Monday, February 28, 2005 -- 19:53:14 (EST)
Name: filson (m3)
I don't know what people are saying about oakwood for OB, but I thought it was just fine, as did most people who were in my track...some people had problems with one particular resident who is not there any more...i think the real bad place for OB is St. Joes. I heard some real horror stories from out there this year.
Monday, February 28, 2005 -- 17:03:30 (EST)
Name: Michael -- Email: mikelope
Did I miss something about OB @ Oakwood?... It seems like
everyone is trying to dodge it like the plague...
I can't believe there are that many OB for life folks at there???
Monday, February 28, 2005 -- 14:05:45 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
ah yes ... nothing like full fat male frontal nudity pressed up against your car window to make your day happy. ;)
Monday, February 28, 2005 -- 13:47:48 (EST)
Name: Hil
Sideways? Enough to seriously depress anyone. I felt screwed over since it was supposed to be "the most fun you'll have at the movies all year" and I was expecting a raging comedy. I do have to admit the wallet retrieving scene almost made up for everything! I'm sure nicole would agree :)
Monday, February 28, 2005 -- 12:39:02 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
i liked sideways, but i was, admittedly, a bit underwhelmed by it ... especially for all the hype it got. i mean, yeah, it was a good movie, but it wasn't The Greatest Movie, as some people seem to think it was.
but yeah, much better than million dollar baby.
Monday, February 28, 2005 -- 11:27:51 (EST)
Name: Jen -- Email: jelges@umich.edu
Big surprise! Another heavy-handed, mediocre film wins best picture. Sideways is a much better movie.
Monday, February 28, 2005 -- 00:25:50 (EST)
Name: sparky
Million Dollar Baby sucked ass.
Sunday, February 27, 2005 -- 16:06:17 (EST)
Name: jschreck
GO BEARCATS!
http://www.umich.edu/~menslax/Articles/04_05Articles/021905SVU.htm
(my undergrad, making me proud...and we only have 1400 students, excluding the monks, of course!)
Sunday, February 27, 2005 -- 16:06:02 (EST)
Name: Tom -- Email: thooven@umich.edu
Does anyone know who handles scheduling for the MAPI clinic?
Friday, February 25, 2005 -- 02:05:36 (EST)
Name: Erin -- Email: boyde
So my male GU exam was rescheduled to March 15th which now conflicts with my breast exam. I'm just itching to jump on the male GU bandwagon...any one still looking to switch? Thanks!
Friday, February 25, 2005 -- 01:34:12 (EST)
Name: Chill -- Email: eh
yea i agree with nicole...that was pretty clutch ben
saves me from flipping thru 5000 emails
Thursday, February 24, 2005 -- 19:46:43 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
i would just like to say a big, huge THANK YOU to ben wei for rocking so much as to set up those track message boards. good show! thanks so much! :) :) :)
Thursday, February 24, 2005 -- 17:30:02 (EST)
Name: Philip -- Email: pdooley
Has anyone heard anything about Chelsea Community Hospital for psych?
Thursday, February 24, 2005 -- 15:46:11 (EST)
Name: Hammer
Can we swtich locations with other people for an individual rotation, or only entire tracks?
Thursday, February 24, 2005 -- 14:59:40 (EST)
Name: swarnick
Anybody have any idea what W stands for in Psych? Hey Garret - Ain't nuthing but a G thang baby - sounds like it will be a good group so far.
PS - Come to the Smoker Friday or Saturday night :)
Thursday, February 24, 2005 -- 14:03:05 (EST)
Name: kevin -- Email: kmessaca@umich.edu
Location: AA, MI
whoever sent that Gelb link, it's hilarious.
Thursday, February 24, 2005 -- 13:09:34 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
ahh, sparky, alas that was my 1st choice. now here i am stuck in J. :( i'll be on the lookout for a G, H or I looking to switch into a J. maybe we could set up an email group for people interested in switching, that way only the people who are looking for switches would get the emails? if there's enough interest, i'd set it up.
Thursday, February 24, 2005 -- 12:30:05 (EST)
Name: sparky
to quote Ice Cube:
Damn, I'm such a G, it's pathetic
Thursday, February 24, 2005 -- 12:00:18 (EST)
Name: Erin Boyd
Looking at p.23 in the Component III handbook, it appears that switches can be made up until March 14th?
Thursday, February 24, 2005 -- 11:49:13 (EST)
Name: Reid
Didn't they say there was some way for people to trade tracks? Or am I crazy?
Thursday, February 24, 2005 -- 11:13:10 (EST)
Name: Anthony -- Email: amunaco@umich.edu
Don't forget that H=Henry Ford
Thursday, February 24, 2005 -- 10:49:09 (EST)
Name: Deep
Location: ATL, GA C.S.A.
Interesting.....it appears that I'll be living at the U next year.....even when I ranked it 4th for things, I somehow still magically got it. Except that they were nice enough to let me leave the U for my last period. Great.....I look forward to many days of sleep depreviation.
Thursday, February 24, 2005 -- 10:18:37 (EST)
Name: e -- Email: ejust
yeah, it's the official schedule; don't think they give you anything else. everyone has a "U" for medicine and family because they're assigned later; other than that, U=umh, S=sjmh, V=va, B=beaumont, O=oakwood (yuck) C=comm mental health etc.
Thursday, February 24, 2005 -- 09:04:14 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
oh yay. i got my SIXTH choice! sixth??! wtf. when is our switch week again?
Thursday, February 24, 2005 -- 00:23:01 (EST)
Name: Hil
And let the chaos begin...to think we thought the October clinical week was bad :) Thx Steve!
Wednesday, February 23, 2005 -- 23:49:25 (EST)
Name: swarnick (compulsive schedule checker)
Hey guys - so I'm obsessive about making my schedule and found that our M3 schedule is posted on wolverine access (wolverineaccess.umich.edu). Click on Student Business, Go to term search, and click on Fall M3 2005.
Note - I'm not sure if this is our real schedule, so don't get mad at me if this does not match what they officially tell us.
PS - I think the codes next to the course catalog number may stand for our placement - but maybe not.
Sunday, February 20, 2005 -- 13:06:05 (EST)
Name: mikelope
in case you guys missed this on CNN....it was featured as favorite internet site of the day (something like that).
You can use this for inspiration or to laugh at when you are down in the dumps because you just realized that spring break is over in 2 days and you have squandered it doing absolutley nothing!
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/lyle_24/myhero.swf
Saturday, February 19, 2005 -- 18:57:06 (EST)
Name: jid
in the past we haven't always had great things to say about Gelb, but it turns out he's quite da pimp: http://sites.gizoogle.com/?url=http://www.aneuroa.org/pro_gelb.html
Wednesday, February 16, 2005 -- 10:18:35 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
hey guys -
does anyone have a windows XP disc (with reg. codes) i could borrow? a friend of mine has to reinstall windows on her computer b/c of a bunch of crazy virus thingies she just got fixed, but she can't find her windows XP disc. :( if you've got the disc and are willing to let me borrow it (i'd pay a little bit of money or bake you some treaties if it's an issue) please email me. my uniqname is above.
thanks much in advance. ~nicole
Wednesday, February 16, 2005 -- 00:20:17 (EST)
Name: Pauldeep, the real Deep, Bahra -- Email: maplesyrup@gocanada.ca
Location: Toronto, ON Canada
Yes because everyone knows that Canadians can spell.
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Wednesday, February 16, 2005 -- 00:06:34 (EST)
Name: Sundeep "Sunny" Singh -- Email: General_Lee@CSA.gov
Location: ATL, GA C.S.A
Since Pauldeep Bahra is afraid of any confusion and recieiving hate mail, he asked that I clarify my identity to you all. You know where to send the hate mail now. As if you couldn't tell the difference between a Canadian and a Southerner.....
Tuesday, February 15, 2005 -- 22:43:48 (EST)
Name: Jackie C -- Email: jczaja@umich.edu
Anyone want to do their Breast Exam on February 24th? I've LOVE to do my anytime LATER. Please let me know!
Tuesday, February 15, 2005 -- 18:28:46 (EST)
Name: Deep -- Email: General_Lee@CSA.gov
Location: ATL, GA C.S.A.
Because Swarnick, that H as opposed to P is going to land me my sweet derm+plastic surgery combined residency at MGH.
More importantly, the M1's have gotten all sorts of stuff we haven't...I think its about time we stuck it to them and made stuff harder for them. I support a move for 5%honors, 5% HP, and 85% P during M1/M2 year. For the last 10 years, I've watched the classes behind me get coddeled like little kids, while I've been slapped around. Time for some payback....
Tuesday, February 15, 2005 -- 15:33:08 (EST)
Name: swarnick
So if you know the material well enough, and think the test questions were bad, why does it matter if you get the H or HP? That's probably one of the best reasons for us to be P/F our second year - so we don't have to hear people agonizing over missing H by one or two questions.
Monday, February 14, 2005 -- 18:04:39 (EST)
Name: jid
speaking with Grekin (who developed the grading system), his intention is for the 15%/25% rule to be used most of the time- and he's pissed when it isn't used. but don't worry, I told him what I thought of that in my own special way :-)
Monday, February 14, 2005 -- 17:12:43 (EST)
Name: pondering
So when is 15% rule going to come out and play again? Did he/she/it fare well? I think the use of this rule shows there was either not enough time, or shitty teaching/exam questions (no pun intended).
Monday, February 14, 2005 -- 13:26:02 (EST)
Name: interesting
wow, nearly all GI queries were totally shot down! i think this makes the GI average score one of the lowest thus far.
Sunday, February 13, 2005 -- 01:06:15 (EST)
Name: Simon
Can we say "pyramid scheme"?
Saturday, February 12, 2005 -- 18:53:25 (EST)
Name: Reid
Ok, I know this is low, but...there are these referral sites that if you refer X number of friends, they give you free stuff. My friend already got a free ipod mini and is waiting for his free iPod shuffle. They even have one offer for a free mac mini. So, shamelessly, I'm going to see if anyone wants in (as my referral of course). If you want to check it out, here's my referral link: http://www.FreeMiniMacs.com/?r=15146144
Refer 10 friends, get a free computer...not a bad deal. They have to complete an offer to count, but they can just apply for a credit card or stupid stuff like that--it's real easy. Yell at me if you want, I would be annoyed if someone else did this. :)
Saturday, February 12, 2005 -- 17:45:28 (EST)
Name: jid
sparky- was there an e-mail sent out by the lrc or something? I must have missed that one :-)
maybe i'll just start using new punctuation in my e-mails: http://www.zefrank.com/punc/
Saturday, February 12, 2005 -- 04:53:45 (EST)
Name: mikehong
wow
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=638&e=3&u=/nm/20050211/en_nm/crime_sizemore_dc
and wow
http://www.thewhizzinator.com/
Thursday, February 10, 2005 -- 22:55:12 (EST)
Name: sparky
Did everybody else like being threatened by the LRC as much as I did?
"But, keep LRC, CAI & FSSC computing lab clean IS NOT ONLY
all LRC help desk staff's work, I hope all well-educated
medical school's students should follow the lab rules and
don't bring or eat any food in these computing labs.
If any of student doesn't follow help desk staff's advice
and eats food in the computing labs, help desk staff has the
right to shut off the student's computer and force the student to leave the lab immediately."
Glad to see that only the stupid, poorly educated medical students eat food near computers. And I'd love to see the LRC staff try to "force" somebody like Carl Hammaker to do anything. I mean, that dude used to skin squirrels for fun when he was little. Imagine what he could do to the LRC people!
Since obviously kids that pay 30k a year to learn how to save people's lives should be harrassed by a bunch of Trotskyite tech support for *gasp* eating. Right.
Not that we should be slobs or anything (sure, we suck if we don't clean up after ourselves), but God, I think most of us can put food in our mouths without making a mess (or we can at least clean it up afterwards if we do). And you know, if I can be trusted to take care of someone's life someday, I think I can be trusted to go to the LRC and take responsibility if I did happen to spill a drink on a keyboard or something like that.
Grrrr! Sorry, I just needed to rant :) Clinical week is allowing me to regain my confidence!
Wednesday, February 09, 2005 -- 17:12:40 (EST)
Name: iBee
I second that! Yeah, Year of the Rooster!
Wednesday, February 09, 2005 -- 14:59:10 (EST)
Name: sleungz
Happy Chinese New Year!
Tuesday, February 08, 2005 -- 21:52:02 (EST)
Name: Kags
Jason, I agree with Steve, what you said about Steve's Mom wasn't very nice.
For your information, she got that discharge issue taken care of.
But for those of you who end up with Steve's Mom for your pelvic exam, watch out...
Tuesday, February 08, 2005 -- 21:50:22 (EST)
Name: Kags
Your basketball program might be in trouble if...
Your band plays Help! (by the Beatles) in the opening minutes of a home game.
Tuesday, February 08, 2005 -- 11:15:33 (EST)
Name: swarnick
Okay I don't check our class webpage for four days, and now Jason is talking about my mom. You better watch your back buddy. Okay, not really. I don't like violence.
Monday, February 07, 2005 -- 06:59:30 (EST)
Name: jid
I figure that as long as you remember to cut your nails before the rectal exam, everything else will fall into place. Although, if I "observe a discharge" when I squeeze the nipple, you might observe me heading for the door (unless it's steve's mom, in which case I'm already well prepared for the nasty).
Sunday, February 06, 2005 -- 19:39:47 (EST)
Name: sparky
I'm not sure if I'm mature enough to do a breast exam.
Sunday, February 06, 2005 -- 18:14:18 (EST)
Name: jschreck
Can someone please swap breast exam sessions with me? I'm scheduled for Wed, Feb. 9 from 7:15-8:15 pm, but this Catholic girl has to go repent for all her sins (i.e. it's Ash Wednesday and I would really appreciate not missing the service). If anyone can help me out, I would really appreciate it (except I'd prefer not to switch to Tuesday, Feb. 8, seeing as how that's Mardi Gras and I do feel obligated to celebrate that as well) :P
Sunday, February 06, 2005 -- 10:59:55 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
ugh am i the only one who picked up the nasty ick that's been going around? i feel like hell and it's our weekend off + all those superbowl parties. :( boooooo! i'm crawling back into bed. hope everyone else is enjoying their weekend off.
Sunday, February 06, 2005 -- 10:48:57 (EST)
Name: Kags
Even though there's no conceivably good way for them to do so, I must say I think the Eagles are going to win. The Patriots are just too overwhelmingly favored...just like Duke over UConn in '99, The Rams over the Patriots just 3 years ago, and the Lakers over the Pistons last year.
I can just feel it in my bones that this is going to be one of those'well, this is why they actually go through and play the game' type Superbowls.
You heard it here first.
Saturday, February 05, 2005 -- 16:32:04 (EST)
Name: mikelope
GO E-A-G-L-E-S !!
Friday, February 04, 2005 -- 16:15:34 (EST)
Name: swarnick
Boy am I pooped - now that we've all regurgitated our GI knowledge it's time to relax - yeah Clinical Week :)
Friday, February 04, 2005 -- 02:49:43 (EST)
Name: iBee
Hot tamales, there seems to be a lot of anger on the board! Hey Ben, you should've put in a more anti-inflammatory poll, like "how many times do you fart in a day?" Or, "have you ever tried to set your fart on fire?" I know my answers.
Thursday, February 03, 2005 -- 23:12:02 (EST)
Name: Simon
Need a study break?
Go to amazon.com, search for "JL421", and click on the first result. The reviews are even more amusing than the item description.
Thursday, February 03, 2005 -- 18:16:28 (EST)
Name: cboley
if you'd like to switch to the later exam time, please email me.
Thursday, February 03, 2005 -- 18:07:41 (EST)
Name: mikehong
flaming poo is sooo "can't buy me love"
not that i saw that movie or anything.
Thursday, February 03, 2005 -- 18:04:46 (EST)
Name: mikehong
medical students trying to distinguish gunners and non-gunners is a joke. especially here.
studying for boards during break is not necessarily more gunnerish than taking time off. there are at least two sides to every story. that fursty rat studying during spring break might be making up for 2 years of putting in less than average work, while that study-somewhere-else dude might have been reading so much robbins that his head will explode unless he takes all 4 days off doing message and aromatherapy.
we all work hard - some just put in more effort. neither should be judged as long as they're not being asses in the process.
Thursday, February 03, 2005 -- 18:02:14 (EST)
Name: moderator
Now now kids, there's no need to get nasty. Y'all are just tired, cranky, pissed off and sick of GI. It'll all be better in 24 hours. And if anyone is planning on "gunning it up" during clinical week (you know who you are) I'm going to personally deliver flaming poo to your doorstep just like they do on South Park. Nothing you study now is going to make a difference, you're going to have to rememorize all those microbes again in April.
Thursday, February 03, 2005 -- 17:30:02 (EST)
Name: JZ
Screw the Boards and just marry for money.
Thursday, February 03, 2005 -- 17:21:47 (EST)
Name: Mr. Disgruntled
To all Fursty Rats (or Slackers or whatever you call yourselves): None of you are allowed to call anyone else in the class a gunner. You all were the ones sitting in Fursty with your board books this past summer studying it up and supposedly "just reviewing M1 year." Granted, I despise the notion of board studying over our quasi spring break, but that is nothing compared to using SBRP or part time Anatomy/Histo Research as three months to gun it up for the boards. N.B. - My rant of course does not apply to all SBRP or Anatomy/Histo research people...but a certain subset who know who they are.
Thursday, February 03, 2005 -- 16:12:28 (EST)
Name: trust no one
fiddle and play, gunners outwardly say.
Thursday, February 03, 2005 -- 16:01:09 (EST)
Name: don't hate
there's more to life than a good boards score, obviously. good clinical grades and letters are up there as well.
Thursday, February 03, 2005 -- 15:58:29 (EST)
Name: jid
don't worry, the Fursty slacker crew is immune to all gunner attacks.
speaking of which, when's our BTB run tonight? trust me, BTB hot sauce is the best way to learn about the GI tract and the complications that may arise therein.
Thursday, February 03, 2005 -- 14:54:14 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
hey jason - i hope you know my comment(s) wasn't/weren't directed towards you (besides, DUH you know all the answers in small group!) at all ... i think it's great that you know your own strengths and weaknesses. my frustration comes more from the fact that some people think that all there is to life is getting a 230+ (or pick another superhigh score) on step 1 at the exclusion of everything else and that other people who don't think that way are somehow worse off. and by "everything else" i mean life outside of med school and other things that help to make one a more well-rounded person. that's all. :)
and with that, i'm now going to go pounding into my head obscure things such as which side of the colon FAP and HNPCC prefer. yay! (is it the weekend yet?)
Thursday, February 03, 2005 -- 14:19:25 (EST)
Name: jid
while I understand y'all being content with putting in an average study schedule to get average scores, I'm not that smart. If there are a couple people failing the boards every year, I'm most likely going to be one of them- I'm aiming for a 183, and I think that may take a couple extra study days for me
Thursday, February 03, 2005 -- 14:16:21 (EST)
Name: swarnick
Ha ha ha - Ben that's great - you put up a poll :) Good luck on the exam everybody.
Thursday, February 03, 2005 -- 13:52:04 (EST)
Name: Hil
Yick, beans=flatus :-(
Thursday, February 03, 2005 -- 13:47:51 (EST)
Name: sparky
P.S. I don't wanna fail the boards :0(
Thursday, February 03, 2005 -- 13:47:02 (EST)
Name: sparky
Hil, I hope you spend those five days eating burritos :) That'd be just as useful as studying for the boards, just yummier.
Thursday, February 03, 2005 -- 13:46:33 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
hey, what works for one doesn't work for another. personally if i started now, i'd be burned out and do worse. *shrug* i'll take my sanity, thank you. :) if that's average, then so be it. at least i'll be happy.
Thursday, February 03, 2005 -- 12:51:49 (EST)
Name: Gunnerator
A wise man said to me once, put in average work, get average results. 4+ days & clinical week for me.
Thursday, February 03, 2005 -- 12:22:25 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
steve - the only boards "studying" i've done is keep up with our sequences using BRS path as an adjunct to studying. i'm not studying over our quasi-spring break. you can put me on any poll as not officially starting board studying until our actual board studying break. :) and, no, i'm not freaking out about it. i know TONS of people at other schools who have done the same and scored comfortably above the national average.
I REFUSE TO STRESS UNTIL MARCH! MY SANITY IS IMPORTANT TO ME! :P
Thursday, February 03, 2005 -- 11:00:51 (EST)
Name: Hil
Yeah Sparky...in my defense I will not be spending those 5 days in February with First Aid thank you very LITTLE!
Thursday, February 03, 2005 -- 09:50:10 (EST)
Name: JZ
I'm going skiing in New Mexico over "break" and I'm going to study while I cruise down the slopes... yeah right. Ya'll are losers.
Thursday, February 03, 2005 -- 03:40:47 (EST)
Name: mikehong
some people have already taken the boards.
Thursday, February 03, 2005 -- 01:24:56 (EST)
Name: swarnick
Okay now you're scaring me Jason. We need a new class poll - how many people in our class are going to waste the few days of freedom we have studying for the freaking boards? AHHHH!!! I mean who am I as a med student to call out other med students on studying too much (we all study, even those who say "Ohhhh I NEVER study and I am sooooo far behind oh myyy what ever shal I doooo?"). Nothing personal Jason - just had to raz you on that ;) Please don't send the Armed Forces Medical Student Association after me...
Thursday, February 03, 2005 -- 00:57:57 (EST)
Name: jid
well, at least we do have a few days of quasi spring break. I don't know about the rest of you suckas, but I'll be in Cali (in a cold damp basement, studying for the boards)
Thursday, February 03, 2005 -- 00:51:58 (EST)
Name: Mr. Disgruntled
M2 year + New Curriculum + Last Class to be Graded + Portal + No Spring Break + Cold Weather + Inability of the State of Michigan to Plow and Salt Roads + Boards in April = LEARNED HELPLESSNESS
If only Jibson could see us now...
Wednesday, February 02, 2005 -- 21:52:56 (EST)
Name:
Once you're in you're chopped liver.
Wednesday, February 02, 2005 -- 21:47:45 (EST)
Name: soon to be $160K in debt
STETHOSCOPES now, too???!! man, i heard about the fleeces, but this is just too much on my poor, impoverished soul.
Wednesday, February 02, 2005 -- 20:58:29 (EST)
Name: Kags
So I got a mnemonic for everyone...
Our Class is just like the periCentral cells in the liver, while the following class and this year's admitted class are like the periportal cells. While they get access to the free stethoscopes and fleeces, we're stuck getting anoxic and detoxifying the New Curriculum.
Those poor pericentral liver cells...they get shafted so.
Wednesday, February 02, 2005 -- 12:04:23 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
simon
it's 75% cardboard with a thin coating of crisco and lard.
Wednesday, February 02, 2005 -- 12:00:29 (EST)
Name: skusuma
Found someone to switch, ignore my previous message.
Wednesday, February 02, 2005 -- 11:57:40 (EST)
Name: Simon
If most macro-nutrients have 4+ calories per gram, how come my "hungry man" microwave dinner with "one pound of food" (468 grams) only has 440 calories? (Is it, gasp, 75% water?)
Wednesday, February 02, 2005 -- 10:59:00 (EST)
Name: skusuma
I have an afternoon GI exam slot and would like morning. Email me if you want to switch.
Wednesday, February 02, 2005 -- 08:15:13 (EST)
Name: gramps
I must be the luckiest person in the whole country! If I help this Mr. Williams fellow out, who is an auditor in a prime bank in Africa, I could get to keep 30% of $60,000,000.00 USD [Sixty Million United States Dollar]!!! I'll be able to pay back all of my school loans and buy a house (maybe).
It must be true since all of our mail is being screen by the ITCS 'Spam Blocker'.
Hey Spambusters! Can you say, "False Negative?"
Wednesday, February 02, 2005 -- 03:12:13 (EST)
Name: iBee
Burrito talk, while studying poop. How appropriate!
Wednesday, February 02, 2005 -- 02:04:52 (EST)
Name: sparky
Hil, Big Ten Burrito!
This must explain your very good grades. You've purged your brain of all useful information, like where to obtain an orgasmic burrito at three ante meridiem.
That, and I guess you study hard :)
Wednesday, February 02, 2005 -- 00:53:19 (EST)
Name: Hil
Jason, I've forgotten all 3 letter acronyms...BTB? Dare I ask?
Tuesday, February 01, 2005 -- 23:41:28 (EST)
Name: jid
oh, and Baja Fresh is amazing- there's one in Novi (other side of the freeway from Twelve Oaks Mall), and one in Farmington Hills.
Tuesday, February 01, 2005 -- 23:37:35 (EST)
Name: jid
I didn't see BTB on the list for some reason, but that's good for late night fast food. One of our crippled peers also recommened some place next to Bennigans in Briarwood.
Tuesday, February 01, 2005 -- 22:46:07 (EST)
Name: swarnick
Good question - I know many of the people in our class (cough Lori cough) would say there are no good Mexican restaurants in Ann Arbor.
I like Sabor Latino on Main St. (they have Mexican, South American, and Cuban dishes), and La Fiesta Mexican (on Washtenaw/Cross St in Ypsi right across from EMU, right past the giant water tower/penis of Ypsi). Mmmmm...or Mexican Village Restaurant is a short 40 minute drive down 96 in Detroit. yum yum yum yum
Tuesday, February 01, 2005 -- 21:59:22 (EST)
Name: Hil
Does anyone know of a good mexican restaurant in the area (not pancheros, tios, taco bell or q-doba)? Don Carlos and Rio Bravo both seem to be out of business and I'm in need of a replacement...
Tuesday, February 01, 2005 -- 18:15:11 (EST)
Name: Michael Tupper
Found someone to switch, ignore my previous message.
Tuesday, February 01, 2005 -- 12:44:00 (EST)
Name: Michael Tupper -- Email: mtupper
I have an afternoon GI exam slot and would like morning. Email me if you want to switch.
Monday, January 31, 2005 -- 20:13:08 (EST)
Name: Kags
oh, come on steve, that was weak. i know you've got better than that...
btw, how are your forearms feeling? i heard you tried to take some laps in the kiddie pool on saturday, but the lifeguard had to pull you out. :)
and down with michigan state...i hope the spartans out there are ready for the heartbreak and ruination that will be visited upon them tomorrow...
Monday, January 31, 2005 -- 07:30:06 (EST)
Name: diet coke
So basically we've stopped even pretending to define our acronyms now? It had to happen sooner or later with the sheer number of them. During 3rd year do we get to have acronyms of acronyms? HELL? Oh that one's easy, it's HNPCC, ESLD, LDH, and LFT. What about GIBBERISH GOBBLEDYGOOK? That's a 4th year term. From now on I refuse to use whole words. IHMSWAP! IWSYWES, CITB, MSASDAA.
Monday, January 31, 2005 -- 01:54:37 (EST)
Name: swarnick
No iBee, just Kags mom. Sorry couldn't resist.
Sunday, January 30, 2005 -- 00:33:28 (EST)
Name: iBee
So bigotted women are the by-products of bad relationships with {fill in blank} men? Wow, that explains a lot. Thanks!
Saturday, January 29, 2005 -- 20:56:36 (EST)
Name: Kags
Don't worry JZ, even if the Catholic population starts catching up to the Protestans in Northern Ireland, the English will just ship off some more mean Scotsman to whip everyone there into shape. Or they'll do to oyu what they did to my people...get you addicted to tea so that your country and people can no longer function properly because they're always obsessing about where their next cup of tea is coming from.
My European History teacher in high school used to say that the Scotch-Irish were some of the meanest people in the World; I dunno, maybe she had a messy break-up with one or something.
Friday, January 28, 2005 -- 23:34:57 (EST)
Name: Hil
I know we're not quite to repro yet, but Erin sent this to me today... it had me laughing for hours:
In Pharmacology, all drugs have two names, a trade name and generic name. For example, the trade name of Tylenol also has a generic name of Acetaminophen. Aleve is also called Naproxen. Amoxil is also called Amoxicillin and Advil is also called Ibuprofen.
The FDA has been looking for a generic name for Viagra. After careful consideration by a team of government experts, it recently announced that is has settled on the generic name of Mycoxafloppin. Also considered were Mycoxafailin, Mydixadrupin, Mydixarizin, Dixafix, and of course, Ibepokin.
Pfizer Corp. announced today that VIAGRA will soon be available in liquid form, and will be marketed by Pepsi Cola as a power beverage suitable for use as a mixer. It will now be possible for a man to literally pour himself a stiff one. Obviously we can no longer call this a soft drink, and it gives new meaning to the names of "cocktails", "highballs" and just a good old-fashioned "stiff drink." Pepsi will market the new concoction by the name of: "MOUNT & DO."
Friday, January 28, 2005 -- 00:33:55 (EST)
Name: JZ
Speaking of "breeding faster than you," the Republican Catholics of Northern Ireland are trying to outbreed the Protestant Unionists and some day they will succeed and then it will be bye-bye to the British thugs. mikehong, your ways of remembering are awesome. As awesome as LA's football team.
Friday, January 28, 2005 -- 00:14:12 (EST)
Name: From the Back Row
The slackers of PanAsia are ready to back any motion for war. Time to take on those damn, dirty, thuggish, pass-fail M1s!!! In the words of another great man:
D-Day: War's over, man. Wormer dropped the big one.
Bluto: What? Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!
Otter: Germans?
Boon: Forget it, he's rolling.
Bluto: And it ain't over now. 'Cause when the going gets tough . . . the tough get going. Who's with me? Let's Go! Come on! AAAAEEEEEGGGHHHH!!
Thursday, January 27, 2005 -- 23:44:59 (EST)
Name: slim with a tilted brim
fellow colleagues, let's not be too hard on the m1s. they aren't bad people, just a people without direction due to a lack of viable role models. without our (m2) daily dose of profundity and honor code exemplifying behavior to follow, they were simply sad products of their ethically impoverished environment. before we point our fingers, let's look at our own missed opportunity to mold these impressionable young minds towards upright and just action. our past failures need not imply future ones. unfortunately people at this stage will only respond to physical violence. a black eye or broken rib might suck initially, but think about the life-long lesson it offers. fellow m2s, you know your duty. godspeed.
Thursday, January 27, 2005 -- 23:02:07 (EST)
Name: kschwide
Ya know - I don't read this message board a whole lot, but I must say. . . . you guys are entertaining:) I may have to back more often. And hey - keep the mnemonics coming!! Have a good weekend everyone!
Thursday, January 27, 2005 -- 20:18:41 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
and i should add that this is the first time i've ever seen "we breed faster than you" used as a threat. creative!
Thursday, January 27, 2005 -- 20:17:00 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
kags,
wow that sucks. :( time to bust some kneecaps, i guess.
or hire strippers for your talks. that'll improve retention. ;)
Thursday, January 27, 2005 -- 19:41:38 (EST)
Name: jid
Kags, Steve- on behalf of the Armed Forces Medical Student Association, stop now before we have to invade and make you stop. If you insist on continuing your little tussle that really has nothing to do with us, we will replace your boards with our own puppet governments, and steal your oil while we're there (I know you're hiding some, everyone is). You may have the Mingster, but none stand a chance to our own "red-death" Lucy.
Oh, and Hong- thanks for your ast-backwards mneumonics- they are much easier to remember than swarnick's.
Thursday, January 27, 2005 -- 18:10:57 (EST)
Name: Kags
And Steve, I'm tired of your constant provocations and innuendos and your ceaseless plotting to bring UAAMSA down.
I think it's time for a good, old-fashioned throw down.
Just to warn you, our board is bigger than yours, we got big guys like P-deep and The Mingster, and we breed faster than you.
I'd watch my back if I were you Steve...
Thursday, January 27, 2005 -- 18:03:07 (EST)
Name: Kags
Hey nbehnke, people who both served and then went into the lecture told me we had less than a 50% retention rate...and not that many M2's were in our lunch line.
Thursday, January 27, 2005 -- 04:41:40 (EST)
Name: mikehong makes the best mnemonics in the universe
those are good mnemonics but i have my own, which, all modesty aside, are much betterer.
ALT is liver specific because ALTernative music was big in the 90s just like 90210 and the Steve guy from the show in real life had a drinking problem and not only that but I think his name was Ian and he rides Harleys with Paul Mitchell the shampoo guy and the Patron guy, therefore had liver problems and his ALT was elevated but not really super high, like how he was a star but not a big one.
AST is more than just the liver because AST backwards is TSA and at the airport when you are going to Amsterdam through that Valentine's special, they check your luggage, and one piece of luggage is your brain, and if you are an egghead then it will be heavy so you use your muscles, and another one the intestine because it's your belt but it has a huge metal buckle and they make you take it off, except the kidneys which are small so you can take those as carry-on, remember one small bag plus one "personal item" really equals two and most people have two kidneys, so basically AST is more than just the liver.
at least that's the way i think about it
Thursday, January 27, 2005 -- 01:22:46 (EST)
Name: Hammer
I agree with Kags. The M1s are gravy-training all the time. I don't like the show they run at all.
Thursday, January 27, 2005 -- 00:36:07 (EST)
Name: swarnick
Sorry another addition (that's what I get for watching the lecture now): AST is also slutty because it comes out more than ALT when your liver is all boozed out with alcohol. You can make AST a boy or a girl in your imagination.
Thursday, January 27, 2005 -- 00:32:25 (EST)
Name: swarnick
My mnemonic for the day: ALT vs. AST
ALT = A "L"iver T
AST= A "S"lutty T, because it whores around over the whole body, not just the liver.
PS - Kags, it wasn't the M1s who stole all of the food from the UAAMSA event, it was me. I wanted your UAAMSA event to fail. It makes AMSA look better.
Wednesday, January 26, 2005 -- 22:35:16 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
kags,
i like to consider myself a patient, tolerant person, but i have to tell you - you used two incorrect apostrophes in that rant of yours and i won't stand for it.
;) seriously, how bad is the moochin? are we talking scarfing up *all* the food and then only 3 out of 32 people stay? it's always sad when someone has to stand at the door and "regulate" or whatnot to let in only those seriously interested in staying for the talk. :|
Wednesday, January 26, 2005 -- 22:21:25 (EST)
Name: Kags
So I like to regard myself as a tolerant, patient, and understanding person...but what the f$#% is up with those frickin' M1's and their mooching off the free lecture lunches? I like most of the many M1's I know, but there's a lot of them (way more than in our class anyway) that continue to manhandle the system. I hear AMSA had a problem with it last semester and UAAMSA got abused last Tuesday. I could make some additional bitter, sarcastic remarks but I think that for once I'll restrain myself.
Wednesday, January 26, 2005 -- 20:52:08 (EST)
Name: mikehong
Using a new molecular genetic technique, scientists have turned procrastinating primates into workaholics by temporarily suppressing a gene in a brain circuit involved in reward learning.
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/press/prworkaholicmonkey.cfm
Wednesday, January 26, 2005 -- 18:56:05 (EST)
Name: Hil
Hmmm... is it bad that I'm thinking of clinical weeks, Valentine's Day and traveling instead of liver enzymes? If you're looking for the perfect end to a wonderful 2 weeks, check this out: http://www.nwa.com/features/valentine/ There are some amazing deals if you don't have plans for "spring break"...
Not like I'm a pathologic international flight searcher...
Monday, January 24, 2005 -- 21:48:26 (EST)
Name: Dirty
Did anyone else notice the "Court Jester" was a rather well endowed man? (Proportionally speaking.)
Monday, January 24, 2005 -- 10:05:02 (EST)
Name: Reid -- Email: rwainess@umich.edu
I recommend 2xAV and TiVo.
Then you can watch all of the above and still have time left over to watch Desperate Housewives.
Monday, January 24, 2005 -- 03:00:17 (EST)
Name: mikehong
i recommend the pbs series - unforgiveable blackness: the rise and fall of jack johnson.
Monday, January 24, 2005 -- 02:33:33 (EST)
Name: swarnick
Sorry, Adult Swim is on the Cartoon Network. Comedy Central houses such hits as Reno 911, The Chapelle Show, and South Park. VH1 currently has Strange Love, which I highly recommend. www.med.umich.edu/lrc features "Diarrhea" and "Pathophysiology of Nausea and Vomiting". You pick your nightime viewing pleasure.
Monday, January 24, 2005 -- 02:30:29 (EST)
Name: swarnick
Sign 1 You watch Adult Swim on Comedy Central too much: You saw the episode of "The Venture Brothers" about testicular torsion.
Sign 2: You checked out the website they flashed on the screen.
http://www.scrotalsafetycommission.com/
This could be informative and useful for your future patients. I recommend you check it out.
Monday, January 24, 2005 -- 00:59:10 (EST)
Name: candice
sparky: while I did my autopsy yesterday, I kept wondering if the resident was the UK-hater, and behind my mask gave him dirty looks just in case for you...
Sunday, January 23, 2005 -- 21:58:43 (EST)
Name: sparky
don't kick a man (or shove your ID in his face) when he and his dynastic basketball squad are down.
Sunday, January 23, 2005 -- 15:36:05 (EST)
Name: mikehong
haha i was wondering when someone was going to call me out on that. crow tastes horrible.
Sunday, January 23, 2005 -- 13:42:45 (EST)
Name: oski
hey mike hong, was it those bruins you were talking about that just lost to Cal at home? the cal team that was last in the pac-10? good luck in the NIT!
Saturday, January 22, 2005 -- 19:50:53 (EST)
Name: Ben
Kumagai once told me I was on his fecal roster.
Friday, January 21, 2005 -- 15:43:07 (EST)
Name: swarnick
"Christian Groups go after 'SpongeBob'"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6850119/
A group that promotes tolerance of other people, even *gasp* gay people, is under fire from Christian groups, and SpongeBob has especially been targetted.
We should be targetting SpongeBob, but not because of gay innuendo, but because of his friend Patrick the "starfish". Why do we have a giant walking clitoris on a kid's show? Come now-do we have no decency? I'm going to go watch the Teletubbies with my fiance now.
Friday, January 21, 2005 -- 12:49:25 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
one of my new favorite expressions: "waving in the fecal breeze." thank you dr. appelman. i need to come up with a snazzy, yet contextual way of dropping that into conversation. i am a large nerd. no need to point it out.
Friday, January 21, 2005 -- 11:50:01 (EST)
Name: jid
I'm not sure if this was announced before, but we will have our M3 schedules no later than March 7th (possibly sooner), and will have the opportunity to switch tracks from March 14th-18th.
Thursday, January 20, 2005 -- 23:07:37 (EST)
Name: sparky
for all you Star Wars/Mr. Potato Head fans out there:
http://garrettsparks.blogspot.com/2005/01/film-darth-tater.html
Wednesday, January 19, 2005 -- 22:43:40 (EST)
Name: mikelope
another testament to short 1/2 life of our high dollar medical education....
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-01-19-cancer-deaths_x.htm
Cancer is No. 1 Killer now not heart dz.
Wednesday, January 19, 2005 -- 22:00:30 (EST)
Name: Hilary
PS on the above -- go to http://store.netterart.com/ and you can pick any of the above to get for free.
Wednesday, January 19, 2005 -- 15:50:12 (EST)
Name: Hil
So there's going to be new book coming out called Netter's clinical anatomy... if you email Marybeth Thiel at MThiel.icon@medimedia.com then you can get a copy for free if you review a chapter of it for her. It's really easy -- only 5 yes/no questions. She needs medical student help so please contact her if interested!
Wednesday, January 19, 2005 -- 12:26:07 (EST)
Name: mikehong
not that there's anything wrong with the NIT - it's a good accomplishment for teams like cal. :)
Wednesday, January 19, 2005 -- 12:13:52 (EST)
Name: mikehong
thanks for the offer sparky, but i'll have plenty of chances to see my bruins in march. 5 to be exact. no, not in the NIT.
Wednesday, January 19, 2005 -- 10:31:02 (EST)
Name: sparky
I have the ESPN Full Court package, so for some brownies or a thank you I can tape games for people that don't mind watching them the day after. That goes for you too, Hoosiergirl.
Wednesday, January 19, 2005 -- 00:44:22 (EST)
Name: Meredith
Candice...I may be mistaken, but whenever bball games have been on espn+ I usually just find the game by flipping through stations and it comes on some random station, often in the 20s. I'm sure someone out there has a better answer to your question though.
Tuesday, January 18, 2005 -- 22:15:32 (EST)
Name: candice
who's diet coke again? 20% of us drinks it, so it's not that specific... (i prefer the less creative use of my name)
what the hell channel is espn+ around here? everywhere else it's upn/wb. how'm i supposed to watch my basketball (w/o venturing to the sports bars to be the only one supporting the hoosiers)?!
Tuesday, January 18, 2005 -- 20:09:14 (EST)
Name: iBee
If you go to the cnn.com mainpage, the headlines read.
"Bush: Better human intelligence needed"
Ah, the irony. "Great" pic of him too.
Tuesday, January 18, 2005 -- 11:41:13 (EST)
Name: swarnick
Bill O'Reilly: "Most people who don't make any money are not educated because they didn't wanna get educated." (http://mediamatters.org/items/200501140002)
Steve Warnick: "Medical students, who don't make any money, are not educated because they don't wanna get educated because they're sick of getting educated and just want to read a good book, sleep, and have normal conversations with people without using abbreviations."
Tuesday, January 18, 2005 -- 03:30:59 (EST)
Name: diet coke
if i stab myself in the head would that numb the pain?
Tuesday, January 18, 2005 -- 00:06:37 (EST)
Name: sparky
what are they going to do? kick me out? darn!
Monday, January 17, 2005 -- 23:34:02 (EST)
Name: diet coke
new poll. what's worse?
a. hematology
b. oncology
c. fighting with young girlfriend having your left testicle ripped off
d. admitting to being on friendly terms afterwards
e. hematology
f. oncology
Monday, January 17, 2005 -- 22:04:12 (EST)
Name: The Gestapo
Sparky,
I don't think that's the best idea you've ever had...Kiran might not take it very well...
Monday, January 17, 2005 -- 21:45:46 (EST)
Name: sparky
if anybody wants my late exam time, let me know.
let me be clear though, you'll be taking your morning slot AND my afternoon slot. the point of this is not for me to help you, but for you to help me.
and i expect you to correct the questions you got wrong in the morning. anything else would just be unethical.
thanks!
Sunday, January 16, 2005 -- 18:45:30 (EST)
Name: stubbs
Excuse me, I meant "reiterate." I'm a dumbass. I still hate Heme/Onc. I'm a dumbass who hates Heme/Onc. I really do hate this quite a bit. Hate is a strong word, I know. Did I mention I hate Heme/Onc? Because I do, very much. Not only do I hate this sequence, I hate it very much. Because hate is not a strong enough word.
Sunday, January 16, 2005 -- 18:39:44 (EST)
Name: stubbs
Allow me to re-iterate; I am not a fan of Heme/Onc.
Sunday, January 16, 2005 -- 06:32:36 (EST)
Name: medical mnemonics
risk factors for venous thrombosis
Cardiac disease
Obesity
Protein c & s
Urologic surgery
Leiden factor V
Age
Thrombins (anti & pro)
Immobility
Oral contraceptives
Neurologic disease
Sunday, January 16, 2005 -- 06:08:20 (EST)
Name: medical mnemonics
aplastic anemia: secondary to hepatitis. opportunistic infections. lymphocytes in marrow. exogenous agent etiologies. = AAS-HOLE
Sunday, January 16, 2005 -- 06:00:30 (EST)
Name: medical mnemonics
disseminated intravascular coagulation: kasabach-merritt, hemorrhage, eclampsia, anemia, and d-dimer = DICK HEAD
Saturday, January 15, 2005 -- 23:30:20 (EST)
Name: Hil
Wow, I guess they weren't kidding when they said that people would distribute equally on the tracks. I know only 30 people have voted, but still... thanks for the method of procrastination Ben!
Friday, January 14, 2005 -- 20:03:00 (EST)
Name: Simon
Hmmmmm....
"The European Union has imposed a 13-hour limit on daily shifts for physicians, with some exceptions."
Is that really meaningful? Or is it like saying "Save up to 50% or more!"
Friday, January 14, 2005 -- 14:20:48 (EST)
Name: Kags
Hey Steve, what's this I'm hearing about your Mom joining the SPI Program, but specifically requesting that she only be used in the rectal exam simulation?
And Hong, you're useless. Hope that helps dude.
Friday, January 14, 2005 -- 07:28:48 (EST)
Name: mikehong
why can't they just call a cab?
Friday, January 14, 2005 -- 02:16:09 (EST)
Name: swarnick
To answer your question Kags - I hear they really like people with the experience of putting fingers up people's butts.
Which is why your mom should try to do ALL of her rotations at the VA.
;)
Friday, January 14, 2005 -- 01:48:46 (EST)
Name: iBee
NEJM says sleepy docs crashing behind the wheel a hospital liability. Can't wait for next year!
http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/01/13/sleep.doctors.reut/index.html
Friday, January 14, 2005 -- 00:16:21 (EST)
Name: Pauldeep, the Real Deep -- Email: pbahra
Location: Veteran's Hospital,
I did yo mama in the VA!!!
Friday, January 14, 2005 -- 00:13:19 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
https://personal.www.umich.edu/~jeffshuo/m3clerk/
Friday, January 14, 2005 -- 00:12:41 (EST)
Name: d'oh
so i deleted the email that had the address for all the comments re: rotations/sites/etc. can anyone direct me? gotta love the inbox cleaning frenzy.
Thursday, January 13, 2005 -- 23:52:48 (EST)
Name: mikehong
kags, to answer your question about the VA, yes. hope that helps dude.
Thursday, January 13, 2005 -- 23:26:39 (EST)
Name: mikelope
the M4s are starting to hear about the results of the Oto Match (per the m4 CG)! Sounds like they did pretty good....! I counted at least 4 matches! there is hope yet!
Thursday, January 13, 2005 -- 21:40:29 (EST)
Name: Kags
So has anyone heard anything about doing rotations in the VA?
Thursday, January 13, 2005 -- 21:39:23 (EST)
Name: Kags
We need to set up a localendar for Steve's Mom...sure would help to avoid all those conflicts with her.
Thursday, January 13, 2005 -- 13:10:28 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
haha yeah, and at the end of each, i find myself STILL going "what the hell were the main points of THAT lecture?"
fun times! *rolleyes*
Wednesday, January 12, 2005 -- 23:39:17 (EST)
Name:
is it just me or does it feel like you've been watching the same lecture over and over for the past week and a half? for example, all the graphs are exactly the same with linear negative slopes!
Wednesday, January 12, 2005 -- 21:21:38 (EST)
Name: no hate, just love
Well, I thought - NHL? Isn't it *S*NHL? (sensory-neural hearing loss......)
Wednesday, January 12, 2005 -- 17:25:40 (EST)
Name: oh no now i hate myself
i saw nhl and thought non hodgkin's lymphoma. someone shoot me. please. i didn't think it was this bad.
Wednesday, January 12, 2005 -- 06:00:14 (EST)
Name: diet coke
new poll. most hated m2 sequence:
1. heme/onc
2. heme/onc
3. heme/onc
4. heme/onc
or
5. heme/onc
Wednesday, January 12, 2005 -- 04:56:02 (EST)
Name: stubbs
I'm not a fan of three letter acronyms.
Wednesday, January 12, 2005 -- 01:26:27 (EST)
Name: jid
does anyone really miss the NHL? maybe it's just because I'm from cali, but I can't say that I even really notice.
Tuesday, January 11, 2005 -- 23:51:42 (EST)
Name: apologetic mr mustard
sister pam as in the song. not trying to single anyone out. forgot we have a pam in our class. sorry about that.
Tuesday, January 11, 2005 -- 23:45:03 (EST)
Name: mean mr mustard
gotta admit that's some pretty impressive ass-kissing and/or dorkiness. guess sister pam finally ran out of questions to email.
Tuesday, January 11, 2005 -- 23:19:15 (EST)
Name: Not so Jolly Howell
Wanting to know the level of butt-kissing we're going to have to complete with in M3, I opened the smiley face file and the first thing to come to mind is, "Huh, this person probably has no spleen!"
Would somebody shoot me now?
Tuesday, January 11, 2005 -- 21:44:02 (EST)
Name: gramps
Yippy! I'm a PIMP too! My wife will be so proud when I tell her.
Tuesday, January 11, 2005 -- 19:33:29 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
HOLY COW! hahahaha!
for those michigan winters:
http://swapatorium.blogspot.com/2004/12/ski-masks.html
Tuesday, January 11, 2005 -- 17:20:50 (EST)
Name: sparky
Gramps is pimp too! I hurt his feelings in my sin of ommission.
Monday, January 10, 2005 -- 16:02:41 (EST)
Name: sparky
Ben's computer pimpness never ceases to amaze me...
Monday, January 10, 2005 -- 13:08:07 (EST)
Name: swarnick
Yeah Ben - good work!
Monday, January 10, 2005 -- 09:14:29 (EST)
Name: Ben
Thanks for the suggestions. Per "Gramps'" idea, the submission form is now Kerberos-password protected. I just threw this together between lecture, so lemme know if there's any bugs.
I may do something to let non-UM students post somehow in the future.
Monday, January 10, 2005 -- 07:40:30 (EST)
Name: Geoff
I was thinking that if you made the e-mail entry portion of the posting page a required field that also required a umich.edu ending, that would solve two problems.
1) It would significantly reduce the SPAM (since the SPAMer's would then have to rely on an actual person to type in a umich.edu address instead of relying on a computer to generate the SPAM for them). I don't think we'd have to actually verify who's posting, but a simple hoop to jump through may be all we need to cut down on the SPAM.
2) It would hopefully encourage some of our more "anonymous" posters to reveal their actual identity. I guess they could always enter a fake umich.edu e-mail address, but I'm hoping they'd be a little more honest than that :)
This approach would still allow anyone to view the page but loosely limit who could actually post. Alternatively, people could be required to "register" with the class website, but I think we should avoid that if possible.
Sunday, January 09, 2005 -- 18:49:20 (EST)
Name: gramps
Hey Ben, I think you can set up our page such that only people with a kerberos password can get to it. A small price to pay for less spam. (Sounds like a good excuse for another poll.) Check out this page: http://www.umich.edu/~umweb/how-to/private-webspace.html
Sunday, January 09, 2005 -- 17:11:45 (EST)
Name: Ben
Geoff:
Believe me, I have more motivation than anyone else to filter the spam posts on this page, since I'm the one who has to manually delete all of them.
As far as I know, the primary reasonable solution is to have graphics that require a human eye to read (the spam here is all computer-generated), like a scrawling of a common word, and then asking for the user to input the word in the form. This and any other solution I can think of is far beyond the scope of permissions UM grants its webmasters; if anyone has any ideas on the matter, I'd really love to hear them.
Sunday, January 09, 2005 -- 15:19:25 (EST)
Name: mikelope
http://www.plavix.com/...1073752565
whoa if only every all our molecular bio was taught this way... haha....i guess only the drug companies have the budget and the time to do this kind of stuff
Sunday, January 09, 2005 -- 13:59:10 (EST)
Name: Geoff -- Email: gbarnes
Does anyone else find the add postings on here to be very obnoxious? What about making it so that people have to type a umich.edu e-mail address in order to post? Would that help to get rid of the SPAM?
Thoughts? Ben, would this even be possible?
Friday, January 07, 2005 -- 23:34:15 (EST)
Name: stubbs
...what?
Friday, January 07, 2005 -- 22:00:48 (EST)
Name: iBee
In the immortal words of Dr. Bones, "Dammit Jim! I'm a doctor, not a hematol.." Wait he never said that. Although, FYI Bones was a surgeon. Yeah, I know I'm such a dork. And proud of it! TNG re-runs anyone?
Friday, January 07, 2005 -- 21:49:52 (EST)
Name: ladies and gentlemen i'm a cook!
I'm not a fan of Heme/Onc.
Friday, January 07, 2005 -- 02:54:45 (EST)
Name: Dr. Mullet
having your heart explode out your asshole is an acceptable side effect, as long as the herb has been used for billions of years by the native people of antartica, who are clearly healthcare authorities
Friday, January 07, 2005 -- 00:22:02 (EST)
Name: sparky
I believe, Sunny, my comment was "there's a difference between capitalism and exploitation." If you think every government program amounts to socialism, well, you're either nuts or don't know what socialism is, which is fine. I'll just assume your nuts, because you're a finely educated upstanding young chap :)
For example,
making drug companies compete to create new drugs in order to get profits from them: good.
hiding data that says that drugs turn people purple and makes their hearts explode out their assholes: bad.
government doing what it can to make sure people can get decent health care even if they can't afford it: good.
distributing whiskey to ease the pain because people can't afford healthcare: good, wait, err... bad... umm... dammit...
Thursday, January 06, 2005 -- 17:37:31 (EST)
Name: Deep -- Email: General_Lee@CSA.gov
Location: ATL, GA C.S.A.
At the request of sparky, I will clarify my comments. My personal attacks are sarcastic, however, my ideas are serious (well, most of them).
1) I support capitalism/exploitation(as GS described it). Do do otherwise would run contrary to everything this country stands for.
2) Swarnick would be persecuted back in the day.
3) There are means within capitalism to attain the neccessary reforms (i.e. non-profit insurance)
4) Capitalism has been and will continue to be the driving force for improvement (quality of care, reduced errors,etc.). Logically speaking, primary care doctors wouldn't refer their patients to physicians and hospitals where they recieve sub-standard care (i.e. they die, or have longer stays, or have numerous complications, or go bankcrupt from medical bills).
5) If you want to become a socialist, do us all a favor and cross over into Windsor.
6) I am opposed to government funded services. I even think all roads should be toll roads. While I was home for winter break, I encouraged several local government folk to support changing a highway near my house into a toll road. Police/FBI/CIA/NSA? Get your own posse to back you up. Fire Department? Doesn't every faith use fire and floods as symbolism for cleansing? You got to take out the trash sometime. FDA? You've seen where they've gotten us.....
The time has come for a new world order......unfortunately, I'm contractually bound not to overthrow the government.
Deep
Who ever thought that 2 week so vacation would be enough to make me sane again?
Wednesday, January 05, 2005 -- 19:26:39 (EST)
Name: Deep
Location: ATL, C.S.A.
Swarnick,
We're capitalists. It will be the driving force for decreasing errors and decreased premiums. I'm sure if you opened up a non-profit (like blue shield) or marginal profit malpractice insurance company you would be able to undercut every other insurance company out there........
As for coverage for the uninsured....that is not capitalistic........sounds like socialism to me......you should thank your lucky stars we aren't living in the McCarthey era else you would be in jail! I smell a pinko amongst us!
Wednesday, January 05, 2005 -- 17:19:58 (EST)
Name: swarnick
Boy am I glad that we doctors have President Bush on our side. And so are medical malpractice insurance companies, who have everything to gain with the latest simplistic debate on medical malpractice. When are we going to be able to have a political debate in this country that is not presented as a black and white issue?
How about the President step up for the millions of uninsured and come up with a solution for that? Or attempt to find systems that could cut down on medical errors? Or reform the insurance industry that is charging the hell out of docs and still making a pretty profit?
Monday, January 03, 2005 -- 00:03:41 (EST)
Name: Anti-Whiner
Awww, you know you've been dreaming of this for the past 2 weeks
Monday, January 03, 2005 -- 00:00:06 (EST)
Name: Whiner
But I don't want to go back to medical school.
Saturday, January 01, 2005 -- 01:13:27 (EST)
Name: gramps
Happy New Year!!!
Monday, December 27, 2004 -- 20:29:38 (EST)
Name:
http://www.geocities.com/abhinith/medical_school_nerd_scale.htm
Monday, December 27, 2004 -- 16:43:41 (EST)
Name:
First Aid 2005 is out now and shipping at Amazon. Oh joy!
Thursday, December 23, 2004 -- 08:37:20 (EST)
Name: jid
"Y" indicates work in progress for approved 2-term classes, such as CFM
Wednesday, December 22, 2004 -- 19:23:58 (EST)
Name: grade y-er
what does letter grade Y mean?
Wednesday, December 22, 2004 -- 15:26:35 (EST)
Name: looking
Anyone know how to get access to the R1 webpage study guides, have a mirror of them or anything? The link on our resources page to class of 2004 study guides doesn't work anymore.
Monday, December 20, 2004 -- 23:16:50 (EST)
Name: sparky
Believe me, I wish he were my cousin :)
Monday, December 20, 2004 -- 21:23:32 (EST)
Name: asian dude!
behold the power of complementary and alternative medicine!
http://story...arthritis_acupuncture_dc
Monday, December 20, 2004 -- 13:15:24 (EST)
Name: JZ
Location: not ann arbor,
Hey Sparky, are you related to Patrick Sparks? Or do you just wish you were?
Friday, December 17, 2004 -- 00:55:10 (EST)
Name: go me
the best and the brightest!
Thursday, December 16, 2004 -- 21:16:03 (EST)
Name: bullosa
ahhh that looks interesting. here's a topical steroid. ooooh that looks strange. here's a topical steroid. wow, would you look at that. hmm. here's a topical steroid.
Thursday, December 16, 2004 -- 18:23:43 (EST)
Name: still me
you could do worse than family medicine. for instance you could do dermatology.
Thursday, December 16, 2004 -- 18:21:25 (EST)
Name: me
dear me2, i wouldn't worry so much about residency placement. with michigan's strong residency directors ranking (did i mention it's #3?) and overall national reputation, you're pretty much guaranteed a spot in competitive and highly urban places like whichita or topeka.
Thursday, December 16, 2004 -- 18:03:44 (EST)
Name: jid
maybe kansas wouldn't be so bad- they have an exciting...um... ok, back to studying
Thursday, December 16, 2004 -- 17:23:41 (EST)
Name: me2
the fear of a family medicine residency in rural kansas does wonders for my motivation
Thursday, December 16, 2004 -- 15:14:54 (EST)
Name: me
anyone else totally unmotivated to study when answers aren't given out?
Wednesday, December 15, 2004 -- 00:17:00 (EST)
Name: Swarnick's roommate
What do you know about pizza?
Tuesday, December 14, 2004 -- 17:07:53 (EST)
Name: swarnick
Alcoholism, overeating chemically linked
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6693599/
See, it's not my fault that Big Ten Burrito, White Castle, and Pizza are so wonderful while happily intoxicated.
Saturday, December 11, 2004 -- 08:10:19 (EST)
Name: mr awesome
hope for 15%
http://story.news....surgery_penis_dc
Friday, December 10, 2004 -- 22:27:10 (EST)
Name: 2LT Dailey
Just for a little perspective on being drafted, those of you who get objector status won't be taken. For the rest of you, your service will most likely be in a state-side military hospital while people like me are overseas, and even if things were bad enough that conscripted civilians were required wherever we're invading next, remember that a thing or two has changed in the decades since MASH. Moreover, there are worse things you can do with your lives than serve your country and care for the troops putting their lives on the line because of the decisions (good or bad) our elected civilians make.
That said, nothing has happened yet. Y'all are safe until you finish your residencies, so if you don't like our current situation, choose more wisely next election (please- the Iranian sun will burn my bald head).
Friday, December 10, 2004 -- 01:15:14 (EST)
Name: sparky
wow, we've resorted to citing moonie papers on the comment ground?
Thursday, December 09, 2004 -- 22:38:15 (EST)
Name: Simon
Scroll down to Matt Z's November 12th post - it has more information about draft stuff, as well as a direct link to the Wisonsin Medical Society article.
Thursday, December 09, 2004 -- 22:12:08 (EST)
Name: candice
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Thursday, December 09, 2004 -- 19:44:22 (EST)
Name: happy holidays!
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041208-082438-8138r.htm
>>>>>>>
A paper published earlier this year in the Wisconsin Medical Journal, by Wisconsin Army National Guard State Surgeon Col. Roger Lalich, said though a general draft is unlikely, a physician draft is "the most likely conscription into the military in the near future."
<<<<<<<<<
Wednesday, December 08, 2004 -- 18:36:22 (EST)
Name: sparky
I have an AM MS slot... wait... they're both AM!
Wednesday, December 08, 2004 -- 18:12:50 (EST)
Name: Pauldeep
JZ, i did your mom in the VA!!
Wednesday, December 08, 2004 -- 15:08:01 (EST)
Name: Ben Wei
I still have an AM Derm slot I'm willing to give away, if anyone needs it.
Edit: Slot has been taken.
Wednesday, December 08, 2004 -- 11:37:04 (EST)
Name: Kags
Damnit, no one has the right to call themselves the Giant Penis (also known as Big Penis, the Big P, or just plain P) but me.
Wednesday, December 08, 2004 -- 10:14:44 (EST)
Name: gbane
just to take away from the whole 15% back-and-forth, i'm sorry for sending out all my stupid exam switch e-mails. not all of us can be like "a mirror with broken glass in the pitch dark."
Wednesday, December 08, 2004 -- 08:59:42 (EST)
Name: JZ
Your mom calls me doctor whether or not I got 70%...
Wednesday, December 08, 2004 -- 01:03:50 (EST)
Name: >70%=Pass=I'll Still Be Called Doctor Not That I Didn't Try Harder Than to Get That Damned Pass -- Email: swarnick@umich.edu
In case anybody hasn't heard me say this a million times: Giant Penis, you can always play with Patrick from Sponge Bob Square Pants. Sure, they say "he" is a starfish, but to me he looks suspiciously like a giant clitoris with hands and feet.
Come on - if you were going to make an animated clitoris, it would look just like Patrick. Plus Patrick lives below the water, so he/she is wet all the time. Here is a talking pic:
http://www.nick.com/all_nick/tv_supersites/spongebob/talk_cast/talk.jhtml
Tuesday, December 07, 2004 -- 23:28:25 (EST)
Name: giant penis
where did giant clitoris go? the smoker is months away...
Tuesday, December 07, 2004 -- 23:27:22 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
excessive aliasing, huh? i definitely have historical evidence of a classmate of ours with an "excessive aliasing" on messageboards problem. :P wonder if the two are same. i wouldn't be surprised.
on a happier note oh how i love the wonderful review sheet geoff sent out and how happy i am dr yung gave that lecture today. :D it makes all the bad neuro joojoo go away.
AND how often do you get to hear a pathologist talk about hitting someone over the head with a "sock full of feces?" yeeeah!
Tuesday, December 07, 2004 -- 22:46:55 (EST)
Name: iBee (again)
Just thinking about who 15% may be, if it's not a cross-dressing Jim Carrey playing a really awful The Riddler.
Anyone noticed that the mysterious "PI" hasn't posted since......(apple+F "PI", apple+G, repeat, rpt) October 6th? Hmmmmm....
OR...Ridde me this...If 15% and PI have a love child, what are its odds of inheriting the gene for non-name posting and obssesive aliasing? (Hint: It's X-linked AND multifactorial)
Also, it's been confirmed, gramps asked El Greko (Grekin) today about the crammedness of our sequences despite the extra workload in M1 year. Three letters... CFM.
Tuesday, December 07, 2004 -- 22:38:54 (EST)
Name: Chris
I think 15% is female not because I'm sexist, but because she referred to wearing a miniskirt and having a gigantic clitoris. I do feel that making asshole comments on the comment ground under false aliases is typically male behavior (AKA something I would do), but in this case I feel 15% may be telling the truth and really is female. Lets also not rule out the possibility of pseudohermaphroditism or some bizarre she-male state (giant clitoris maybe some sort of bizarre have penis/clitoris hybrid?). Maybe we will find out during repro.
Tuesday, December 07, 2004 -- 21:48:37 (EST)
Name: iBee
I got TWO cookies today. (Thanks Meredith and Small Group Lunch!) I probably also got two more cavities, but I stopped counting after #20.
Tuesday, December 07, 2004 -- 20:15:08 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
apparently people were giving out cookies and i missed it!
Tuesday, December 07, 2004 -- 20:12:36 (EST)
Name: sleungz
If someone needs to catch a flight or something on 12/17 . . . I have AM and don't mind taking PM. Email me.
Lotsa luvvvvv . . . even for 15%, sleungz.
Tuesday, December 07, 2004 -- 19:43:21 (EST)
Name: sparky
i think skip has a crush on 15% :)
Tuesday, December 07, 2004 -- 18:32:55 (EST)
Name: iBee
Hmm... I can't make up my mind; whether or not Skip's usage of the feminime form to id 15% is sexist or feminist?
Tuesday, December 07, 2004 -- 18:21:40 (EST)
Name: Chris Scipione
First off Im not '15% rule rocks'; as a matter of fact I disliked neuro and I am not a member of the Dr. Gelb fan club, nor would I defend him. Secondly, I hope 15% enjoys her honors for the sequence because she will most likely end up #8 in our class and miss out on AOA by one person She will be one of the chosen few who struggled the whole year to get honors in every sequence and she will end up a chump just like the rest of us who were able to slack off a tad and not have to get honors in every sequence upon receiving our first non-honors grade.
Tuesday, December 07, 2004 -- 17:36:28 (EST)
Name: JZ
Hey, do you have a cookie for me, cause it's my birthday. :) Oh, and so you don't point no fingers this way, 15% ain't me, because even 15% rule couldn't help me. Gelb got my number. Bitchin!
Tuesday, December 07, 2004 -- 15:55:54 (EST)
Name: sparky
lol. ok, you can have my cookie.
Tuesday, December 07, 2004 -- 13:37:22 (EST)
Name: finger pointer
i'm convinced 15% rule rocks is sparky. he's been talking about class warfare for months now.
Tuesday, December 07, 2004 -- 13:01:55 (EST)
Name: sparky
I'm still convinced that 15%rule is Chris Scipione playing a wonderful joke on us all. This line tips me off:
These nuances usually come with experience, but we all know that the best way to learn things that come with experience is to memorize it during second year.
That's classic Scip-sarcasm. If I'm right, I want a cookie.
I personally thought the exam was fair, just absurdly difficult. Likewise, I thought Gelb was alright, as long as you could crank him up to 2.5. And since, statistically speaking, WHOEVER YOU ARE, you probably did much better than me on the exam, don't take this as any sort of arrogance.
Tuesday, December 07, 2004 -- 01:50:04 (EST)
Name: swarnick
Hey 15% - perhaps it's not jealousy but the fact that your comments come off as a little pompous, even if that was not your intention.
I agree with you that Gelb was pretty fair about the queries and the exam (I won't agree with you, however, if you think his teaching style was great).
I will now rename myself ">70%=Pass=I'll Still Be Called Doctor Not That I Didn't Try Harder Than to Get That Damned Pass" on the comment ground.
Monday, December 06, 2004 -- 21:55:48 (EST)
Name: A. Nony Mouse
I love myself. I hate all of you stupid medical students. I love gunning. I hate primary care. I love banking dough. I hate "dentists." I love dropping the M bomb.
Monday, December 06, 2004 -- 21:27:20 (EST)
Name: Alf
I think 15% rule rocks comes from my planet.
Monday, December 06, 2004 -- 21:22:51 (EST)
Name: 15% rule rocks
I'm dissapointed to see jealousy betray the better judgment of my colleagues. Though I believe that the comments regarding Dr. Gelb and myself are unfair and rather childish, I'll take the high road here, and take no heed of the gnashing of teeth from below. Good luck in M2MS.
Monday, December 06, 2004 -- 18:21:22 (EST)
Name: Douglas Gelb, M.D.
I took this exam myself, and I only got a 92 on it. And I'm a trained overlord of Neurology.
And of course, I'm not really Douglas Gelb, M.D. I'm Batman!
Monday, December 06, 2004 -- 18:16:25 (EST)
Name: 95%
yeah...you tell 'em 94!
Monday, December 06, 2004 -- 17:59:50 (EST)
Name: 94% is better
15% if you're such hot shit, then why do you even need to rely on the 15% rule? Shouldn't you have gotten honors on your own? I don't think you're good enough if you didn't get above a 94.
Monday, December 06, 2004 -- 02:27:28 (EST)
Name: mikehong
guys, i found a really cool trick. go to google and type "miserable failure", and it'll take you to the neuro query page.
Sunday, December 05, 2004 -- 23:28:18 (EST)
Name: joeljz
mikelope, i voted for phi chis on thursday because i don't even get phi chis and don't even care at what point they come. you could've bought my vote for wednesday if you wanted to. now only my soul is for sale. see ya in hell (or Austin)!
Sunday, December 05, 2004 -- 22:11:13 (EST)
Name: sparky
i want my phi chis read to me at bedtime at 2.5x
Sunday, December 05, 2004 -- 21:37:58 (EST)
Name: the real 15%
the rumors are false, i have a massive clitoris, thank you very much.
Sunday, December 05, 2004 -- 21:35:38 (EST)
Name: diet coke
I'm just surprised that the good doc hadn't taken over the note service too.
Sunday, December 05, 2004 -- 21:24:13 (EST)
Name: gbarnes
To clarify (in case there is any confusion), getting Phi Chi's on Wednesday (which seems to be popular) means that only the Monday and Tuesday lectures would be included. Then, the Wednesday through Friday lectures wouldn't be available until Sat morning. This is the setup we had last year... you'd get your Phi Chi's a day earlier, but with fewer notes in them (and they'd have to last you longer too!)
Don't know if people were confused, but maybe this helps people understand what they are voting on.
Sunday, December 05, 2004 -- 20:27:16 (EST)
Name: swarnick
Your mom.
Sunday, December 05, 2004 -- 18:39:00 (EST)
Name: mikelope
and who votes for PHI CHIS on THURSDAYs!! ??????????
Sunday, December 05, 2004 -- 18:29:22 (EST)
Name: 60%
If they're a chick would that imply they have a small clitoris?
Sunday, December 05, 2004 -- 18:21:06 (EST)
Name: 25%
did someone just compare the work of 15% to the work of James Joyce? if 15% is a boy, i bet he has a small penis.
Sunday, December 05, 2004 -- 17:01:44 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
heehee ok i have to laugh at the fact that a poster only ID'd as "15% rule blows" is berating a poster ID'd only as "15% rule rocks" for not posting his/her identity. heehee.
Sunday, December 05, 2004 -- 16:42:02 (EST)
Name: Meredith
First off, I would like to congratulate Garrett for actually reading all of Joyce's Ulyesses...I've been stuck on the first 300 pages for about 3 years now! Secondly, I sincerely hope that 15% rule is being sarcastic....
Sunday, December 05, 2004 -- 15:12:31 (EST)
Name: Simon
Anyhow, 15% is certainly not the enemy... (and, by the way, if you're barely holding on to a high grade by the 15%/25% rule, I wouldn't count my chickens before they've hatched - a few grade-changes that don't affect you could bump up enough people to kick you out of the 15%/25%......)
Sunday, December 05, 2004 -- 14:32:00 (EST)
Name: sparky
now wait, kids. I'm PRETTY SURE 15% dude is being sarcastic...
Sunday, December 05, 2004 -- 13:57:14 (EST)
Name: 15% Rule Person Blows
I have no clue who you are or if you are even in our class. But if you are, I am soo glad that I probably am not your friend. You are one of those med students who is all about him/herself who probably is lacking many, many social skills. Yeah, you might pull off all honors this year and maybe even get AOA...but when you start actually working in this world, I assure you that you will miserably fail at that!! You are the reason that med students hate other med students. All the other people can post their names and back up their opinions, but you need to hide behind some facade that somehow the 15% rule got you honors in this sequence. If you are so proud of your opinions, POST your NAME. If not, shut up and go back to your little world of studying...where you have no life and no real friends!!
Sunday, December 05, 2004 -- 13:36:17 (EST)
Name: Grant
steve, that opinion had to have been the worst one i have ever read
Sunday, December 05, 2004 -- 13:32:05 (EST)
Name: sparky
I made it through James Joyce's Ulysses in undergrad, but I can't understand what the hell 15%rule just said!
Sunday, December 05, 2004 -- 13:09:34 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
yeah. right. just another way of saying you're not going to own up to your posts.
Sunday, December 05, 2004 -- 13:01:08 (EST)
Name: 15% rule rocks
Open dialogue is something that is earned through more respect, not the other way around. The 15% rule is a perfect example of this. I don't post to say someone is wrong but maybe what I do is act as a mirror with broken glass in pitch dark. Being anonymous is like this, except better.
Sunday, December 05, 2004 -- 12:40:20 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
no, seriously, 15% rule rocks, why don't you post your name with your opinions? if you really feel that strongly about them, you shouldn't have any reason to hide behind the anonyminity (i'm sure i just spelled that word wrong) and you'd likely get more respect and open dialogue as a result. it's easy to tell other people you think they're wrong when you're safe behind an internet message board fake name.
i don't even know what the 15% rule is, anyway. oh well.
Sunday, December 05, 2004 -- 09:34:21 (EST)
Name: still limping
Dr. Gelb is my new hero. Didn't he say he wasn't trying to screw us? Wow. What a stud. He doesn't even have to TRY to screw us. He just does it naturally. I wish I were that pimp.
Sunday, December 05, 2004 -- 09:28:13 (EST)
Name: Capice
Well done, 15%. Good show.
Sunday, December 05, 2004 -- 04:44:50 (EST)
Name: 15% rule rocks
The things people called minutiae are all important things we should know as good clinicians. These nuances usually come with experience, but we all know that the best way to learn things that come with experience is to memorize it during second year. I for one welcome our memorization enforcing overlords.
Sunday, December 05, 2004 -- 03:55:36 (EST)
Name: swarnick
1) I hope 15% is being sarcastic. If not, congrats on your honors and I hope it pays off for you (sarcasm).
2) An interesting editorial from the daily: The basket-brawl: Suburbanites Gone Wild. Discusses the Pistons brawl, Rush's comments on New Fallujah, Michigan, and some small history on why Detroit is blighted.
http://www.michigandaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/12/03/41b051c7611e8
Saturday, December 04, 2004 -- 20:57:26 (EST)
Name: ditto
Yeah 15%, your last post was about as clear as Fuller's explanation of membraning trafficking last year. Please try again!!!
Saturday, December 04, 2004 -- 16:28:30 (EST)
Name: funny
respected colleagues, good news, our school is considered one of the 100 best universities in the world!
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1343281,00.html
look for #31. :)
Saturday, December 04, 2004 -- 16:14:13 (EST)
Name: confused
I can't tell whether 15% is sincere or smugly sarcastic...
Saturday, December 04, 2004 -- 15:33:18 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
EDIT: on 2nd read of your post, 15%, i apologize for my quickly-fired off defensive response. this time i actually read your response thoroughly. sorry :)
Saturday, December 04, 2004 -- 15:30:04 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
hey 15% rule it's a lot easier to express your opinions anonymously, isn't it? post your name and i'll be happy to debate with you. otherwise i'm just dropping it. in the grand scheme of things, these three annoying weeks of work in my life don't matter at all.
Saturday, December 04, 2004 -- 15:03:00 (EST)
Name: 15% rule rocks
What's odd is that other sequence co-ordinators didn't write the type of high quality, unambiguous questions as Dr. Gelb obviously did. If you want proof, refer to the point about the 3 independent analysts in query response 116.
Saturday, December 04, 2004 -- 13:38:02 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
hmm let's see how to put this nicely. i think yes, some of the queries were grasping at straws and i have been one to read the queries on occasion and think "well that's just flat out wrong." however, when i was reading through some of what my classmates wrote in these queries, i found myself thinking "wow, that's a very good point." or "wow, that was definitely a poor test question." i also don't think drop bonus is a right. however, i don't think in this case that's what people are requesting. i also think people worked very VERY hard during neuro, putting in substantially more hours studying than other sequences. i mean, with a 120 question exam and 90-some queries (granted, a bunch of repetition queries) and not a single drop bonus or alternate answer or "ok this was a bad question we'll just drop it" in there anywhere? something's odd about that. just my opinion.
and lest you think i'm desperately striving for one more question to get honors or anything, i can assure you that's not the case. i didn't even high pass.
Saturday, December 04, 2004 -- 00:25:35 (EST)
Name: sparky
luckily my grade was safely stuck in the ass range that queries couldn't save anyway
Friday, December 03, 2004 -- 20:37:43 (EST)
Name: the neurologist
I see that the query responses have caused a spreading depression at a rate of 2-3 medical students per second. It is good.
Friday, December 03, 2004 -- 20:10:09 (EST)
Name: 15% rule rocks
I don't think taking the time to teach 40 people everyday for two weeks and being polite to grasping-at-straws queries from students he's never seen is being naughty. What's naughty is dressing up in a miniskirt Santa outfit. Oh yeah Santa baby, tell me about the periaqueductal grey. My downstream input is modulating nociceptive afferents from the S2 dermatome.
Friday, December 03, 2004 -- 20:07:20 (EST)
Name: sparky
i'm not sure i've ever seen the board so passive-aggressive...
Friday, December 03, 2004 -- 19:52:40 (EST)
Name: Santa Claus
A certain little neurologist I know is getting coal in his stocking this year for being naughty to his students...
Friday, December 03, 2004 -- 19:37:05 (EST)
Name: 15% rule rocks
Well, drop bonus isn't a right. It's a privelege. What I mean to say is that you should earn your grade. The way you earn your grade is by studying hard. What I mean by studying hard is getting lucky. It's been said that luck is the by-product of hard work. I disagree with that saying.
Friday, December 03, 2004 -- 18:47:12 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
i especially like all the responses of "yeah you're right... but here's some random ass minutiae that you may have missed when you fell asleep in class or watching the videos at less than 2x so i'm not giving your asses ANY drop bonuses for that!"
Friday, December 03, 2004 -- 17:27:53 (EST)
Name: the neurologist
lecture video november 14, time 11:03-12:30 and page 56 of the syllabus all agree, you got served.
Friday, December 03, 2004 -- 15:36:57 (EST)
Name: M3
i did your mom at the VA
Friday, December 03, 2004 -- 12:39:02 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
heh no the other twin is Hazel. better than phinneas. but hey, if julia roberts is your mom, i doubt you get made fun of much.
Friday, December 03, 2004 -- 12:04:50 (EST)
Name: sparky
if her other kid was named Passepartout, i think you're barking up the wrong rod.
Friday, December 03, 2004 -- 09:00:20 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
ok i'll be the first to admit i'm a geek ... but am i alone in that the first thing i thought of when i heard that julia roberts named one of her kids phinneas was the guy with the big metal rod through his head?
i need to get out more.
Thursday, December 02, 2004 -- 17:35:41 (EST)
Name: Simon
I think the site is down...
this was good for a belly laugh
please type in the url:
"yourfriend'sname.youaremyfriend.com" (insert your friend's name -- so i
would put in kristin.youaremyfriend.com or sonia.youaremyfriend.com...)
and send to your friends!
really really funny
Thursday, December 02, 2004 -- 16:59:03 (EST)
Name: pay up
Laura Oh sent it out, so maybe email her directly.
Thursday, December 02, 2004 -- 16:38:51 (EST)
Name: wanna be rich
does anyone recall the website that an m2 sent out a few months ago--the one where you type in a friends name and it's that animated "you are my frind" show. thanks
Wednesday, December 01, 2004 -- 18:04:06 (EST)
Name: swarnick
Gay Book Ban Goal of State Lawmaker
http://www.al.com/.../1101896768316400.xml
Disgusting. This is a slippery slope, even if you don't agree with the gay/lesbian/bisexual lifestyle.
Whoa Ibee- that is some crazy color counting!
Wednesday, December 01, 2004 -- 04:14:19 (EST)
Name: iBee
As I was looking for some colored scrap paper....
The Colors of our Syllabi
M1:
P&P- highlighter orange
Normal Cell- white
Immuno- peach
Musc- highlighter yellow
Cardio- highlighter green
Resp- grey
Renal- lilac
GI- violet red dark
Endocrine-turquoise blue
Repro- highlighter yellow
Neuro- salmon
ID- powder blue
HGD- mint green
CFM- lilac or speckled blue grey or highlighter yellow
M2:
Cardio- pale violet red
Resp- pastel pink
Renal- pumpkin orange
CFM- lilac
Psych- mint green
Neuro- highlighter yellow
Musc- golden yellow
and the winner is ......."Highlighter yellow"! Eat that, "highlighter orange"!
now, no one will ever lose sleep over this! :)
p.s. I have poor color sense, esp between blues and greens, esp at 4am, esp w/ indoor lighting.
Tuesday, November 30, 2004 -- 09:53:12 (EST)
Name: sparky
articles like this show that maybe HIPAA is designed to prosecute morons:
http://garrettsparks.blog...sues-healthcare.html
Wednesday, November 24, 2004 -- 10:38:28 (EST)
Name: post-traumatic m2
instead of getting first aid as our class gift can we opt for a pacifier and some diapers instead?
Wednesday, November 24, 2004 -- 03:35:38 (EST)
Name: swarnick
Danielle W in Fursty studying: "Glub, Gelb, Golemm...whatever his name is..."
hee hee hee - Golem help the M2s and all will get honors...NO Golem must hurt M2s and make them pay for taking my precious.
Which Golem will show up on the test tomorrow/today/whatever the hell it is right now?
Good luck to all!
Wednesday, November 24, 2004 -- 02:06:02 (EST)
Name: sparky
the message board has reached a new height of existentialism.
when you get up at 1:30 after a two hour nap and don't plan on going back to bed, is that a sleep disorder?
Wednesday, November 24, 2004 -- 01:51:17 (EST)
Name: :(
MOTHER OF GOD MAKE IT STOP I BEG YOU
Wednesday, November 24, 2004 -- 01:16:36 (EST)
Name: Mr. Shoo
Does anyone else feel like their head is about to fall off?
Wednesday, November 24, 2004 -- 00:35:18 (EST)
Name: this is my brain on neuro
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4031825.stm
Tuesday, November 23, 2004 -- 22:24:17 (EST)
Name: Roger Ebert
Awesome!!! Aforementioned movie remains the ultimate holiday flick of all time. Christmas with the Kranks or Klumps or whatever that one is that is coming out this year will suck it.
Tuesday, November 23, 2004 -- 22:22:01 (EST)
Name: Clark Griswold
"Bend over and I'll show you."
Tuesday, November 23, 2004 -- 21:30:10 (EST)
Name: Positivity
In response to the KY-jelly comment: "I'm not out to screw you." - DG, 11/22, morning review session.
Tuesday, November 23, 2004 -- 21:03:17 (EST)
Name: dr nick
Location: ann arbor upstairs medical college,
"When you were in that coma, did you feel your brain getting damaged?"
Tuesday, November 23, 2004 -- 20:33:57 (EST)
Name: ralph wiggum, honorary m2
"Daddy, I'm scared. Too scared to even wet my pants."
Tuesday, November 23, 2004 -- 20:14:54 (EST)
Name: Gunner
Review guide, what? there's a review guide? Where, why, who???
Tuesday, November 23, 2004 -- 19:30:11 (EST)
Name: seven seconds to happiness
may god help us all, except the ones sleeping early tonight - screw them.
Tuesday, November 23, 2004 -- 19:02:52 (EST)
Name: You have used all of your 400 page/term printing allocation
How can I print my 8th review guide!?!?!?!
Tuesday, November 23, 2004 -- 18:56:16 (EST)
Name: on behalf of the m2 class
this is one of those sequences where it would have been a whole lot more practical for the class advocates to present the sequence director with a giant tub of K-Y Jelly, rather than a gift card
Tuesday, November 23, 2004 -- 17:34:41 (EST)
Name: sparky
I'm currently taking bets on how many questions I miss on this exam. My bet is on 36. You can take higher/lower.
Tuesday, November 23, 2004 -- 17:12:49 (EST)
Name: on behalf of the m2 class
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
Tuesday, November 23, 2004 -- 14:55:14 (EST)
Name: sparky
Rush Limbaugh has deemed Detroit "New Fallujah, Michigan":
http://mediamatters.org/items/200411230007
Tuesday, November 23, 2004 -- 11:35:11 (EST)
Name: Mathemagician
50% won't work, but a little over 57% WILL!!! (assuming you have aced the quiz and intend to ace the path)
Tuesday, November 23, 2004 -- 07:42:02 (EST)
Name: dr nick
Location: , hollywood upstairs
i think i'm finally confident that i can get at least 50% right. wait, what's the pass rate? anyone want a chinese finger trap?
Tuesday, November 23, 2004 -- 02:34:33 (EST)
Name: mr awesome
thank you mr webmaster!
mr beer thrower has a criminal record, including assault, DUI, a weapons charge, and ESCAPE FROM PRISON. (and an attempt to use his dog to attack a reporter)
http://www.clickondetroit.com/sports/3938054/detail.html
Tuesday, November 23, 2004 -- 02:28:53 (EST)
Name: Ben
Dear Mr. Awesome,
Look under "Resources" for the link to The Eyes Have It.
Tuesday, November 23, 2004 -- 02:27:49 (EST)
Name: RON ARTEST
"I'm a big fan of the Nobel Peace Prize."
http://news.yahoo.com...printer=1
Monday, November 22, 2004 -- 23:24:03 (EST)
Name: candice -- Email: 1st initial + last name (de-google protection)
to avoid the Wed. evening Thanksgiving traffic, I'd like to switch from PM to AM exam (I deleted all the switch emails). if interested, email me before noon Wed. so I can pass on the switch info to Cynthia. Also, you'll have to deliver your lab key to my apt :o).
Monday, November 22, 2004 -- 22:04:02 (EST)
Name: mr awesome
i meant, why does the bait shop have pictures of dogs?
Monday, November 22, 2004 -- 22:03:03 (EST)
Name: mr awesome
http://www.theeyeshaveit.com/
i'm so confused!
1. that's not the eye.
2. why does the bait shop that pictures of dogs?
3. think ice?
Monday, November 22, 2004 -- 21:58:52 (EST)
Name: mr awesome
374 seems like a lot for one hour. are you sure?
Monday, November 22, 2004 -- 21:37:23 (EST)
Name: yes we do
there are 374 questions on the path final.
Monday, November 22, 2004 -- 21:33:10 (EST)
Name: ONE MORE DAY
The Nervous system is AWESOME. Keep studying kids, we be done soon!
Monday, November 22, 2004 -- 21:12:10 (EST)
Name: you don't need to know my name to answer the question
anyone know how many path lab questions there are?
Monday, November 22, 2004 -- 11:29:14 (EST)
Name: Yang XUE
Hypochondriacs are toppin the charts...
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/deadman.php
Monday, November 22, 2004 -- 09:27:20 (EST)
Name: JZ
Yes, I'm pretty sure that most of the people throwing beer and popcorn (at least popcorn doesn't hurt) at the players were from the suburbs and not from the city of Detroit. However, as one who recently ran the Free Press International Marathon/Half-Marathon, I'm sorry, but I will have to confess that the Windsor side was cooler and had more people cheering us on... don't try and tell me there is nothing wrong with Detroit... :) AND, WTF is up with this Badger Badger? I could watch it for hours but have studying to do instead. Beancrock.
Monday, November 22, 2004 -- 03:18:52 (EST)
Name: iBee
I second Steve's boo on anonmyity! If you're going to post, post your ID with confidence (or arrogance, take your pick). Anonymous opinions are for cowards.
"Be a man. Do the right thing!"
As long as there's ice cream at your wedding, Steve, Detroit 2006 here I come!
Monday, November 22, 2004 -- 02:25:18 (EST)
Name: Steve Warnick (swarnick)
Go Reid! WTF with all of this anonymous posting - if you are going to put a nickname, can you please post some kind of identifying info...we need to take a cue from the M4s who delete anonymous posts from the Comment Ground.
And what's with all of the Detroit bashing - yeah the b-ball situation is shamefull for the fans and shouldn't have happened, but come on now - "Detroit is the worst city in the country" and "Detroit is already a crappy town and it just made itself a whole lot crappier".
First - have any of the anonymous Detroit haters actually been to Detroit? Yeah it has a lot of problems, but so do many urban areas, especially those in the Rust Belt. We can talk more about that if you would like.
Second - it is most likely that those jackass fans who threw the cups and items at the Pacers were from the good old suburbs, not from the city. So the people this reflects poorly on are some of the suburbanites most likely, not the actual city of Detroit.
I'm not defending the fan's behavior, but I can't let a blanket "Detroit Sucks" statement go by. If you ever want to visit the city, let me know. You could always come to my wedding there in 2006.
Sunday, November 21, 2004 -- 20:49:51 (EST)
Name: sparky
Reggie left the bench when the fight broke out - automatic one game suspension. Several guys on both sides got that one.
And just for consolation, this Wildcat fan says Go Hoosiers! too :)
Sunday, November 21, 2004 -- 20:12:09 (EST)
Name: candice
As probably the lone Pacers fan who posts here, I better weigh in... the "one goal" campaign seen throughout Indy is now pointless with all those heavy suspensions. Poor Reggie, he really wanted a final chance at the championship before he retires (why is HE suspended a game?!). Now Artest can extensively promote his album - as if anyone will buy it anyway. At least there's college b-ball: Go Hoosiers!
Sunday, November 21, 2004 -- 15:59:08 (EST)
Name: Big 10 dud
http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/ is funny as hell, but I don't get it. Can someone explain?
Sunday, November 21, 2004 -- 07:27:45 (EST)
Name: Simon
We got this e-mail on November 11, 2004. Looks like they just forgot to post it on the portal...
Dear Faculty and Students:
The due date for the FCE Preparatory Exercise for Home Visit #6 has been moved to *Sunday, November 28th at 5PM*. This announcement has been posted on the portal as well. Please make note of this change!
Sincerely,
Diane Carson
Sunday, November 21, 2004 -- 06:07:09 (EST)
Name: M2 (duh)
Do we have student reps for FCE? Maybe we can ask for an extension to Sunday. Seriously, is anyone going to check FCE stuff on Thanksgiving weekend? I can't imagine any good reason for having the deadline Friday at 5pm than Sunday. First of all, Friday at 5pm isn't even the end of the work day, since pretty much everyone has Thurs-Sun off. Second, again, no one is going to look at the stuff until Monday at the earliest. Third, why are we still doing FCE? It was a valuable learning experience, but let's face it, most of the students have run out of questions and the program has run out of topics, as evidenced by our open topic.
Sunday, November 21, 2004 -- 04:34:29 (EST)
Name: mikelope
wtf....do we seriously have a FCE assignment due the day after Thanksgiving!?
Haha oh well...guess I'll be writing a paper on the airplane.
Sunday, November 21, 2004 -- 01:29:43 (EST)
Name: sparky
does anybody else find studying sleep disorders at two in the morning a little ironic?
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 22:41:30 (EST)
Name: Grant
I guess I can safely talk some trash now-- but I will take the high road.
Good luck Michigan in the Rose Bowl!
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 21:45:33 (EST)
Name: did someone mention badger?
Location: mushroom, mushroom!
http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 21:14:14 (EST)
Name: mikehong
season ticket holders pay for the tickets ahead of time, but they need to pick it up in person either at the ucla central ticket office or at the rose bowl. they ask for identification before they give you your ticket, but apparently even folks at ucla can't tell asian people apart. last year we asked a random person to pick up a ticket for us, and ben howland rules go bruins.
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 20:51:00 (EST)
Name: Dustin
To switch topics completely, I have a question to ask some of you football season ticket holders. Since I am going to be in LA over winter break, I was wondering if anyone with season tickets is not going to the Rose Bowl. I have not been to that stadium since my last UCLA game my senior year and I would love to see Michigan play at a Rose Bowl game. Let me know if anyone is willing to buy a ticket for me (or whatever the procedure is for getting a ticket.) Thanks.
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 20:28:39 (EST)
Name: Reid
3 things:
1. Screw Ohio. I just got back from the game where they were all yelling at me "haha, no Rose Bowl for you!" Oh wait, not so fast Buckeyes...guess where we're going bowling? As far as I know, today never happened :)
2. Pistons-Pacers. For you dumb idiots posting anonymously about how bad the Pistons are, the fans, and the city...show your face. You are as pathetic as a fan lobbing a beer at a defenseless player. And to add my thoughts on the event, Artest and Jackson were out of control. No question, the fan who threw the beer deserved to get punched or at least thrown out and banned for life from the Palace. But, the fan that ACTUALLY got beat up by them (not the same guy) didn't deserve it just for sitting near there. Artest and Jackson are psychos who have no business going into the stands. Throw something back, but you never enter the stands. They started the escalation.
3. The rumors of Gelb changing Bergstrom's questions stemmed from me. I asked Bergstrom about it and he said Gelb was thinking about it but he hoped he wouldn't. He said it happened once ten years ago and they had to throw out a bunch of the questions because they were poorly rewritten.
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 19:11:18 (EST)
Name: Hil
JZ, the question is: are you rooting for those badgers right now? :)
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 19:05:41 (EST)
Name: Mike Hong Lover
Thank you Mr. Hong. I love you for that comment!!!
One of the first intelligent things posted on here since Shlafer's last post!
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 19:05:12 (EST)
Name: Neuro-do Student
Let's not forget our own master of Neurology;
The brain is AWESOME. -DG
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 18:57:40 (EST)
Name: procrastinator
I wanted to see what all the M1 p/f fuss was about and I can't even navigate their comment ground. I found it but there were too many links, I'm getting diplopia.
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 18:51:32 (EST)
Name: mikelope
Let us learn from Master Funakoshi, someone who knew a thing or two about being provoked;
To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the highest skill. To subdue the enemy with out fighting is the highest skill. -Gichin Funakoshi
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 18:40:42 (EST)
Name: JZ
F'ing Ohio. They ruin everything... presidential elections, Rose Bowl hopes, rivers that they set on fire, Michigan's claim to have the most worn out factory towns... we should get rid of the whole place.
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 18:40:02 (EST)
Name: mikehong
i wonder if any one of these detroit fans would walk up to an anonymous ripped 7 foot dude and throw a beer or chair at him if they met on the street. sports fans in general think they have the right to do all sorts of crap to athletes, as if they're not real people, and as if they'll just take the abuse. we treat zoo animals with more respect that this, and that's behind the protection of fences or bars. i think artest was way out of line, and running up the stands and jumping on a dude is not self-defense. ego-defense maybe. that being said, the dude in the pistons jersey repeatedly punching artest in the back of the head got what he deserved from jermaine o'neal. i don't want to glorify that kind of behavior but that punch was pretty bad ass.
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 18:18:41 (EST)
Name: Big Bad Ben
"After the initial encounter on the court, the players were under control. As fans quickly became involved, the situation escalated," Walsh said. "More specifically, the safety of everyone present was compromised, and that is of great concern for us."
Again the fans fault!
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 18:12:27 (EST)
Name: Happy M2 - M1s Suck
I am soo happy to be an M2 right now....even though our discussion board has some stupid comments at least it is alot better than the pass/fail grading discussion going on over on the M1 page....that class is psycho...I am so glad I did not take a year off...even if they do go pass/fail for next year...And mikelope...as a completely objective outsider to the basketball debate....stupid fans who come on to the court do not deserve the money...they should not come on to the court...that simple...and sparky...throwing a beer at someone on the street would get yourself an asskicking...its callled self-defense as "the other sparky" pointed out...you attack someone by throwing something...prepare to be beat down in return..just my 2 cents...feel free to attack me
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 17:18:45 (EST)
Name: mikelope
seems to me that if Artest and Jackson had any class they would've let their game speak for them instead of their fists.
they deserve to get sued!
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 16:51:00 (EST)
Name: Hil
Not to break up the wonderful basketball discussion, but #1 GO IOWA!!!
#2 I don't know how the heck rumors like these get started, but I talked to Gelb and he didn't eliminate Bergstrom's "hinted" questions. He said he merely edited some questions that were submitted (from any lecturer) that weren't worded as he thought they should be. Take it for what it's worth.
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 16:45:21 (EST)
Name: sparky
at least i can identify myself.
and i never said that wallace wasn't way out of line (he was). hard foul with 45 seconds left, up by 15, artest wasn't even going for the ball. hell, jackson took a step back to just let ben have the friggin' layup. ben was out of line, but artest was over ten lines.
self-defense? somebody throws a beer at you, and you beat the shit out of them chasing them through the stands, and that's self-defense? geez, hope i never look at you funny.
and if you watch the clip of the footage, jermaine o'neal's hit was from out of nowhere. the fan was on the court, but he wasn't even directly a part of the altercation.
sorry if i can form my opinions independent of espn.com.
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 15:02:52 (EST)
Name: Silly Sparky
Hard foul??? Get over it Sparky. That foul is just like any foul on any given night that happens to Shaq. Listen to mike hong on this. Ben Wallace is a pathetic little loser for reacting like that. Just because his team was losing so bad. Read ESPN.com. Maybe then you will gain a little intelligence on this matter. Homicide level...geez you really do not know your basketball...stick to the NCAA!!
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 14:45:55 (EST)
Name: Silly Sparky
You are a smart man sometimes....this would be one of those occasions where you are talking out of your a&s. Just as the Auburn Hills Police Department said last nite....reacting in self-defense is an appropriate reaction. And the fans that Oneal and Artest hit after the initial beer throwing were ON THE COURT WALKING TOWARD THE PLAYERS!!! Thats called self defense stupid and I hope they do not get in trouble for those punches. Those fans deserved it. The saddest part of all of this is that those fans will probably make millions off of the players for their own stupidity. I bet lawyers all over the country were salivating trying to make contact with some of those fans....how sad the state of detroit basketball, detroit fans and citizens in general, and our judicial system which will reward these idiots for their actions. Anyone smell multi-million dollar civil lawsuits??? Looks familiar to the money-grubbing lawsuit that Kobe's accuser file after DROPPING THE CRIMINAL CHARGES..hmm what does that say???
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 14:35:00 (EST)
Name: sparky
and any other team could control that situation? artest jumps into the stands and goes after somebody (who probably isn't even the dude who threw the beer) for throwing a beer in a plastic cup? i throw a beer at you, and then you beat me to a pulp, you go to jail, i might get a slap on the wrist.
no court in america will let artest, stephen jackson, and jermaine o'neal for anything less than assault and battery.
maybe that foul looked hard to me because i'm used to ncaa referees, who will call fouls before they reach "attempted homicide" levels.
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 14:23:38 (EST)
Name: Easy Solution Guy
There is an obvious punishment for this terrible incident. Prevent Detroit from allowing any fans to come to their games. They must play in an empty arena at home. Let's see how they do after losing all that revenue since obviously they cannot control the situation at their home court!!
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 13:22:42 (EST)
Name: mikehong
on second thought, that last line was a cheapshot. sorry darko fans. he'll be good someday.
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 13:15:27 (EST)
Name: mikehong
that was a hard foul but i don't see how that was different than the bazillion fouls that i've seen shaq get as a laker. it's not ron's fault that ben's team was losing by 15 points at home and were about to go 4-4. it's not ron's fault that cheap beer drinking bandwagon fans can't handle the strain of early season mediocrity on their "loyal" half-year relationship. it's not ron's fault that darko has played two minutes this entire season.
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 11:27:05 (EST)
Name: Pistons STILL aren't horses
Ok Commando Sparky, I agree with you, the players are ASSES too. But that doesn't mean that Detroit doesn't still suck.
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 11:25:16 (EST)
Name: Sniper
Don't forget the two times (yes two) when fans attacked coaches and/or umps at Comiskey. Apparently that distance separation wasn't enough for them. Now, if you had some perfectly placed Bush supporting snipers, you could've picked 'em off mid-stride. I say forget the fireworks at Comiskey (ok, US Cellular) and invest in high powered rifles.
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 11:04:00 (EST)
Name: sparky
or snipers. snipers are really cool.
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 10:57:24 (EST)
Name: gbarnes
I think everyone is to blame... the effect that large volumes of alcohol have on these people is crazy. At the same time, the players have to learn how to control their emotions. It's part of their job - like it or not!
But for me, the biggest question is why was this even possible in the first place? In hockey, football, baseball, soccer and even tennis, the fans are seperated from the playing surface by some sort of a wall or fence. Heck, only in golf do the fans get as up close and personal with the players as they do in the NBA - but something tells me there aren't many brawls going down on the PGA tour. Do the NBA teams really need to sell those "on court" seats to make ends meet? Perhaps some better security and planning could have avoided the whole mess!
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 10:24:56 (EST)
Name: class warfare sparky
so some dude that gets paid 5 million dollars to play basketball and behave himself launches himself into the stands because somebody hit him with a drink, and the FANS are the ASSES?????
well yeah, they are. and I actually like Artest, and really wonder why he's ONLY paid 5 million a year, since he's probably worth closer to 15, but come on, kids. you don't jump into the stands! deserves a 10 game suspension.
and jermain o'neal deserves 7 or 8 for clocking a fan. a 6'10'' dude who is in perfect physical condition has to punch a fat drunken slob white dude in order to make him back off? i don't think so.
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 10:00:37 (EST)
Name: Pistons aren't horses
I agree. The Pistons suck. Always have. Ever since the thug days of Laimbeer and Co. Although I don't think their victory last year was a sham, I do believe that their fans looked like the biggest asses ever and appear to be from Ohio State or New York, not Detroit. Detroit is a crappy town already and it just made itself a whole lot crappier.
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 09:27:03 (EST)
Name: sparky
didn't you even see Artest's cheap shot bullshit foul that prompted Ben to push him?
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 06:31:00 (EST)
Name: mikehong
is this a good time to point out that last year's nba finals was a conspirashamockery? the defending champs* have basically the same team as last year and are 4-4. to put that in perspective, that's the same winning pct as the lakers minus shaq minus malone minus payton minus "mr. 0.4" minus phil jackson. not to mention larry "play the right away" brown's humiliation in the olympics... not to mention the ridiculous all time record setting foul discrepancy.
*sponsored by david stern, dick bavetta, steve javie, et al.
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 02:49:11 (EST)
Name: Pistons Suck
Tonight shows how terrible Detroit Pistons fans are and the people of detroit in general. I am sorry, but this is a black mark on this city and the state of Michigan. I am soo sorry to say that I live in this state because this is the worst incident that I have ever seen in my entire life. Ben Wallace should have never attacked Artest and those fans deserved every punch they got. I hope they land in jail. Am I alone here or are you people so blinded by the fact that pistons fans suck and detroit is the worst city in this great country!!!
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 02:25:14 (EST)
Name: sparky
http://rainbow.arch.scriptmania.com/rainbow_tv_episode.html
this must be the dirtiest kids show ever!
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 00:39:26 (EST)
Name: JZ
Ben, you didn't have a "free" gym or free printing to use at Cornell?? Ha ha.. Ivies suck. I'm glad I didn't get into them. At least at my "free" gym I got to work out and enjoy a beautiful view of frozen Lake Michigan, as opposed to the not so pretty view now of people backed up in traffic waiting to turn onto Plymouth.
When will there be tequila in Fursty? I'm in. Usually I go there and it's just mikehong sleeping and some M1 from Boston talking about Boston non-stop.
I'm gonna go suicide and not study the details and then see on Wednesday if Gelb was right or wrong. God I hope he's right.
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 00:29:47 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
dood i walk uphill both ways to school NOW. (up to the med campus to school and up pontiac trail from school.) whee!
i had the same gyms, same busses, etc as an undergrad, too. oh wait, i went here. oh boy tuition and fees!
Saturday, November 20, 2004 -- 00:15:50 (EST)
Name: candice
btw, the gyms aren't free - included in all that tuition and fees is the activity fee; we pay just many of the same fees as the undergrads.
Friday, November 19, 2004 -- 23:45:59 (EST)
Name: diet coke
the reason why medical education sucks so bad is because complaints are quieted by yes-men who nod along with every punishment that people impose upon us. yes dr. attending, i will be glad to study a list of differential diagnoses consisting of conditions we've never heard of. yes dr. attending, i'll dutifully memorize every term named after egotistical assholes. yes, i'll be glad to disimpact that patient's rectal cavity. yes, i'm happy to "take one for the team." no, everything's great, i love it!
Friday, November 19, 2004 -- 23:16:58 (EST)
Name: Mr. Shoo
Don't you wish you could 2x real people, or TV shows, or boring waits in line?
Friday, November 19, 2004 -- 22:33:10 (EST)
Name: sparky
I wish I could smoke Enounce.
Friday, November 19, 2004 -- 22:22:27 (EST)
Name: swarnick
I partially agree Ben - and I am usually a pretty staunch defender of our school - but nothing's free here at U of M. All of those free things come at a price, and I'm can't complaining too much, but we do have the highest public school tuition in the country, and our out-of-staters are paying up the booty. Yeah tuition only covers a fraction of our costs, but those things aren't really too free.
I'll bring limes Nicole - I don't do salt.
Friday, November 19, 2004 -- 22:12:10 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
i'm not complaining - i'm just, as jid is, looking for an excuse to bring tequila into the LRC. who's bringin the salt and limes!?
Friday, November 19, 2004 -- 22:00:23 (EST)
Name: Ben
I hate to break the tradition of the Message Board & general medical student protocol in general, but I don't think we have it so bad.
For the record, we DO have a Spring Break - a 5 day weekend that coincides with the M1 Spring Break. Does anyone think that our Enounce-addicted, Gelb-speed-hating, only-tell-me-what's-on-the-exam generation would complain just as much about longer sequences as they do about shorter sequences? At least we get MLK Day & Columbus Day & Labor Day to study - it's more than I could say for my undergraduate years.
Also for the record, I didn't get any free printing, free buses, free PDAs, free gyms, or free food in college.
And I scaled a 400 foot hill to get to school every day. In arctic winds. Barefoot. Both ways. And to be honest, that's almost true.
While I'm on my soapbox, Sparky's right about the exam switches - making a message board for swaps won't work (examination of the Rides Board is illustrative - it averages less than 1 post per month). The best solution I can come up with is encouraging the use of 2007spam@umich.edu; AM-sellers benefit because everyone still gets the e-mail, but spam-haters can still filter the mail - and if you filter, you're likely to check your filtered mail anyway.
Friday, November 19, 2004 -- 20:50:09 (EST)
Name: jid
thanks behnke- i was trying to find a way to justify bringing tequila into the LRC. i want to go to medical school because i want to help people.
Friday, November 19, 2004 -- 20:48:04 (EST)
Name: Jokster
I don't know what you're talking about panic*10, in case you were sleeping and didn't catch Gelb's conclusion to the presentation this afternoon, he gave us some major clues. I think he said not to focus on the minute details. WTF??!!!
Friday, November 19, 2004 -- 20:28:28 (EST)
Name: panic * 10
Maybe I'm dense, but no matter how many times material is declared to be "really cool", this does nothing to make it more accessible or understandble. (Though it does seem to raise frustration levels and predispose to posting on the Comment Ground).
Friday, November 19, 2004 -- 18:10:15 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
holy jeebus after 120 questions i will need someone to carry me out of the computer lab as i will be hunched over in a severe myotonic state of perpetual contraction mumbling something about margaritas. if you happen to see this - bring the tequila immediately. it could be life-saving.
Friday, November 19, 2004 -- 17:53:47 (EST)
Name: sparky
in the land of obscure details, i would prefer more questions. but only if we get a half-time break with a full-body massage and open bar.
Friday, November 19, 2004 -- 17:04:16 (EST)
Name: candice
that's what you people said about the respiratory final. I didn't like you then or now.
Friday, November 19, 2004 -- 16:56:08 (EST)
Name: antipanic
Hello, more questions means you can miss more? Would you prefer 10 questions sudden death?
Friday, November 19, 2004 -- 15:23:53 (EST)
Name: panic
one hundred and twenty questions.
Friday, November 19, 2004 -- 06:31:11 (EST)
Name: Simon
In case you guys don't check the portal religiously, Dr. D'Amato will be holding the pathology review session this Monday at 1pm in SLH.
Friday, November 19, 2004 -- 02:36:39 (EST)
Name: diet coke
anyone want to play hide a football?
Friday, November 19, 2004 -- 02:05:07 (EST)
Name: sparky
some of us take it however we can get it.
Friday, November 19, 2004 -- 02:02:32 (EST)
Name: iBee
er... Beehind.
Friday, November 19, 2004 -- 02:00:34 (EST)
Name: iBee
You mean, taking it in the behind.
Friday, November 19, 2004 -- 00:10:59 (EST)
Name: unknown comic
I see Warnick is good at towing the party line. However, math is not on your side. iBee, I hate to say it but you fears about CAM and CFM may Bee correct. Math: Two months of old M2 curriculum was shifted onto the tail of our M1 year. (Duh, we know that!) We complete our M2 year two months early. Yes, that is balanced but that is NOT the end of the equation! Each block of our M2 year has had two to three days zapped (removed) from it to the tune of an additional deficit of about one more month. So this is not "paying it forward." It just taking it from behind.
Thursday, November 18, 2004 -- 23:21:11 (EST)
Name: swarnick
It's the two extra months we don't have to spend in lecture and that we get in clinic with patients and electives 4th year. We're paying it forward right now (but getting it from the back at the same time).
Thursday, November 18, 2004 -- 23:17:50 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
if michigan should happen to lose, then i will have lost a bet and have to clean one of the most disgusting bathrooms i've seen in a long time. however WHEN michigan wins, i will finally have someone to clean the strange hair hamsters from my bathroom and shower that have been accumulating over the past several weeks.
i know you all wanted to know that.
Thursday, November 18, 2004 -- 22:25:57 (EST)
Name: iBee
Can someone explain how we can cut out ID, half of Neuro from M2 year, don't even get a spring break, and still end up with less time each sequence??? Where does all the time ago? It better not be CFM or CAM!
Thursday, November 18, 2004 -- 21:11:19 (EST)
Name: mikehong
what's there to talk about? michigan will win, raise everyone's hopes, go to the rose bowl, and proceed to get their ass handed to them by a pac-10 team for the second year in a row. meanwhile i'll be out 140 bucks again, stuck in traffic, and surrounded by either spoiled trojans in beamers or rabid golden bears with pro-TI85 bumper stickers on the back of their rusty 60's beetle running on vegetable oil.
Thursday, November 18, 2004 -- 20:13:35 (EST)
Name: Kags
Let's all play Happy Chicken.
And I can't believe it's Thursday of Ohio State Week, and nobody's said a word about the game on this commentground...c'mon Shlafer and Grant, where you dawgs at?
Thursday, November 18, 2004 -- 17:22:12 (EST)
Name: Aashoo
I'm going to do this Garrett's way: anyone want to take the exam in the morning? Or am I to expect that the majority of the people spending their time posting on the class website are as behind in the material as I am (since they're posting and not studying :) )?
Thursday, November 18, 2004 -- 07:51:24 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
hilary -
nope. he sorta does on the stuff from the psych faculty, but he doesn't have any say in what the pharm people do. at least that's the impression he gave me.
Thursday, November 18, 2004 -- 07:13:26 (EST)
Name: sparky
actually, i think the thing about people checking their inboxes is sorta off. I've emailed people within five minutes of their email, and the slot has already been taken by the time they get back with me.
i don't really see what the big deal is though, it's not like the delete button is such a chore. emails have subject headings for a reason.
Thursday, November 18, 2004 -- 03:36:22 (EST)
Name: swarnick
Texas school calls off cross-dressing day
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6516017/
The best quote in the article:
“It might be fun today to dress up like a little girl — kids think it’s cute and things like that. And you start playing around with it and, like drugs, you do a little here and there [and] eventually it gets you,” Davies told reporters.
How does this Davies lady know so much about drugs and cross-dressing anyway? Hmmnnn...
PS Dr. Smith made me feel really dumb, during class and on the psych exam. He should team up with Neuro and have a make-med-students-cry party. Shlafer should teach more of our Pharm...
Thursday, November 18, 2004 -- 03:18:36 (EST)
Name: diet coke
i like email and pretty horses dancing on rainbows
Thursday, November 18, 2004 -- 01:37:42 (EST)
Name: jid
sparky, you're going about this all wrong. what you need to do is e-mail the class, preferably multiple times, with poems and promises of brownies and pointing out that people can then catch their flights as if they hadn't realized they have a conflict. don't bother checking your inbox for other people who are also trying to switch, though- they probably aren't talking about the same exam. once you do this, then e-mail the class again to try to switch your lab slot with someone else so you have a little extra time to study between exams, since the rest of us would hate to have that opportunity. e-mail really is the only way to do this, and noone else minds as long as you apologize first.
Wednesday, November 17, 2004 -- 23:16:50 (EST)
Name: sparky
just to see if this actually could work, so that i don't have to send out an email:
i have AM. i want PM.
if you have PM, and want AM, that's good. swap me.
sadly, everybody wouldn't use mailing lists if they didn't work so well.
Wednesday, November 17, 2004 -- 22:46:00 (EST)
Name: Screwed
Hi, I have the morning slot, but I'd like to switch it with an M1 for next year's afternoon slot. Maybe by then I'll finish all this material.
Wednesday, November 17, 2004 -- 20:16:34 (EST)
Name: Hil
As sequence director, doesn't Jibson have final say on the query?
Wednesday, November 17, 2004 -- 20:04:16 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
dr jibson is my small group leader and he stressed to us that the rest of the faculty in the psych sequence did NOT feel the way that the pharm guy (smith) did about the queries. also that the best way to show us how he (jibson) felt about the response to that query was to put it in there verbatim as the pharm guy submitted it.
Wednesday, November 17, 2004 -- 19:42:46 (EST)
Name: I need a TCA...
...but CBS won't tell me what the name of it is. How do people like this continue to be allowed to teach?
Wednesday, November 17, 2004 -- 19:40:23 (EST)
Name: I'm even more right
Yeah, speaking of querries, who is going to bitch about the afternoon group "getting 33% more time" or whatever the psychotic stats were on that? I'm still chuckling about that one :) No offense to the poster, it was hilarious!!!
Wednesday, November 17, 2004 -- 19:19:51 (EST)
Name: don't hate me because i'm right
I don't mind the spam much, since it serves a somewhat useful purpose, but I would appreciate the omission of "you get to have the afternoon off" and other asinine variants.
Wednesday, November 17, 2004 -- 18:49:56 (EST)
Name: Sniper
"I reviewed the results of the examination and do not see any problems. CBS"
What an ass.
Wednesday, November 17, 2004 -- 18:42:13 (EST)
Name: still not paying attention
lab? there's a lab??? ;)
(thanks)
Wednesday, November 17, 2004 -- 18:40:06 (EST)
Name: iBee
As expected, here come flyin' in all the requests for early-late exam time switches.
Is it fair that the same people (incl. me) who got screwed for Renal, are getting screwed again for Neuro? I mean, boo-hoo, you guys had to take Pysch ONE hour earlier; we'll be taking Neuro at 7:30AM! Group 1 is always getting gipped with the longer sequences!
Anyhow, I'll stop complaining. But I wonder if we'll get more emails about exam switching this time around? Wait, I mean, I wonder how many more emails we'll get about exam switching, and if my groupwise account will explode on Wed morning.
Wednesday, November 17, 2004 -- 17:57:26 (EST)
Name: I-know-everything
Did you go early for psych? If yes, you're in the late time for neuro. If you're in lab groups D E or F you're late, A b and C are early... or don't you even go to lab not-paying-attention?? :-P
Wednesday, November 17, 2004 -- 17:35:57 (EST)
Name: not paying attention
did i totally miss something? how do people know when their exam times are? it's not on the link for "exam" on the portal schedule ...... confused.
Wednesday, November 17, 2004 -- 09:57:01 (EST)
Name: sparky
So sad. The I-69 story wound up being pulled from a satirical news source. Darn it.
http://garrettsparks....o-be-true.html
Tuesday, November 16, 2004 -- 21:23:05 (EST)
Name: mikelope
A news story from Austin about corneal transplants featuring our very own lecturer, Dr. Mian.
http://www.news8austin.com/content/headlines/?ArID=124512&SecID=2
you can see a video of the news story from this site.
Tuesday, November 16, 2004 -- 10:32:25 (EST)
Name: nbehnke -- Email: nbehnke@med.umich.edu
oh yeah - and i'm looking for a roommate. if anyone is looking for housing or knows of anyone seeking housing, could you please pass on info my way or direct them to me? i've got a 2bed/1bath bi-level condo about a 20min walk/5min bike from the school and am hoping to find someone fairly clean and pet-friendly. negotiable rent. move-in after holidays (or sooner, if necessary.) i can email pics of the place if anyone is interested.
thanks!
Tuesday, November 16, 2004 -- 10:03:02 (EST)
Name: sparky
always glad to please :)
Here's the I-69 post:
http://garrettsparks....-senator-wants-i.html
Monday, November 15, 2004 -- 16:05:49 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
garrett...
i have to say i got a kick out of the link in your blog to the story about the I-69 highway being immoral and the impending legislation to rename it. if this guy were in michigan, next to go would be exit 69 on I-75: big beaver road, soon followed by the cities of "climax" and "hell."
Sunday, November 14, 2004 -- 20:46:56 (EST)
Name: iBee
Man, I go away for ONE weekend, and the messageboard doesn't make sense anymore. Is it me? Did I change? Or is it y'all?
Sunday, November 14, 2004 -- 14:43:52 (EST)
Name: mikey
and then you could say you see ....look what you did to me. then he would be really sorry as well.
Sunday, November 14, 2004 -- 12:13:21 (EST)
Name: gramps
As a Michigan Medical student(s) we would say, "I'm sorry!"
Sunday, November 14, 2004 -- 12:08:26 (EST)
Name: Wildcat
Concurred. What if I actually had cancer?
Sunday, November 14, 2004 -- 10:03:22 (EST)
Name: mikelope
now now if we held every college football fan to what they say about and to the opposing team's fans; you are sure to get better and nastier responses than that. Got to take those with a grain of salt. Point being, this is certainly not a unique issue to "lame" Michigan fans; just to that horse's behind.
p.s. that was his way of saying, I am so retarded that "i hope you all get cancer" is my best insult. Notice how clever he was to elevate his insult by adding the word "all".
Sunday, November 14, 2004 -- 02:04:30 (EST)
Name: Wildcat
I still remain a loyal Northwestern fan after today's game. But despite the fact that Michigan has the lamest fans in the world, the topic of cancer came up when I was walking down the street and had a guy run out of his house (drunk of course) and after yelling "boooo..." at us for awhile, yelled "I hope you all get cancer." Who says that? Morons.
Saturday, November 13, 2004 -- 01:24:08 (EST)
Name: mikehong
you don't have to be perfect to not say sorry, just an asshole.
Saturday, November 13, 2004 -- 00:48:17 (EST)
Name: sparky
there's a cure for cancer? dude... where have i been?
Saturday, November 13, 2004 -- 00:47:38 (EST)
Name: God
I hope I become a surgeon someday so I will never have to say I'm sorry because I am perfect.
Friday, November 12, 2004 -- 22:46:11 (EST)
Name: A Matt or Michael
I am a tree
Friday, November 12, 2004 -- 17:02:05 (EST)
Name: coca cola classic
i don't get it
Friday, November 12, 2004 -- 16:03:51 (EST)
Name: diet coke
while other places make news for finding a cure for cancer, michigan makes news for saying sorry. that's just fantastic.
Friday, November 12, 2004 -- 11:18:17 (EST)
Name: thomas's father
Thomas is off serving his President and country dutifully in Iraq. He wishes you had the same morals to kill innocents as well.
Friday, November 12, 2004 -- 10:28:41 (EST)
Name: gramps
I know the kind'a spam yall talking about ain't the eatin' kind. But I want to tell yall some'in'bout a little some'in'called Scrapple! It's sorta' like spam but made up of all the bits and pieces that ain't good'nuf to go into spam. (Can yall believe this stuff ain't good'nuf for spam?) I like how the name's got Scrap, Crap and Apple all wurked t'gether. (Do you like that ibee?)
I'd like to per-pose that spam is some'in that like barely nobody likes but scrapple is like stuff that no one likes. (Cept maybe this thomas character.) So maybe scrapple is a better u-fa-mism fer all of this e-male stuff we gettin.
Whur'da'heck did thomas go anyway? He wuz funny!
Friday, November 12, 2004 -- 09:20:42 (EST)
Name: Mr. Hormel
Location: Austin, MN
Spam... the great American product... made fresh from the scrapings left over on griddles across the country. We package it for you, load it with preservatives, and stamp our Hormel seal of approval on it. Voola! Straight to you grocers shelves, were it may sit for eternity, but you have no worry of it going bad. This is the type of innovation, my friends, which has made our country great. Oh, sorry for filling up your comment ground.
Friday, November 12, 2004 -- 07:20:58 (EST)
Name: candice
spam-hater sounds pretty hostile... likely to suffer a cardiovascular event.
Friday, November 12, 2004 -- 06:49:35 (EST)
Name: sparky
Hey kids, we're making CNN News:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/11/11/sorry.doctors.ap/index.html
http://garrettsparks....youre-sorry.html
Friday, November 12, 2004 -- 02:42:46 (EST)
Name: spamming is letting the terrorists win
hi i'm selling two pieces of spam. i'm throwing in a gratuitous apology for free!
5 minutes later: hi i'm looking for two pieces of spam for this weekend's northwestern game.
1 minute later: still scalping spam to my classmates. hey m2s, you're in luck. this spam now contains 25% more apologies per email. a fantastic deal! hey m1s, try my new reduced-sincerity apology - same great (bitter) taste.
1 minute later: duh i'm looking for some spam? i don't check my emails about people selling; too busy spamming. by the way, delete if not interested.
Friday, November 12, 2004 -- 01:08:57 (EST)
Name: Matt Z
In response to some recent e-mail about a medical draft I did some looking (don't want to end up in the next reality show "MASH: Iraq") into the Health Care Personnel Delivery System, which is a plan to draft medical providers, should Congress and the President think it's necessary. You can read the Selective Service's rather vague site at www.sss.gov/FSmedical.htm. But there's a great detailed article on it by the Wisconsin Medical Society at www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/uploads/wmj/Lalich.pdf. Aren't you glad you went into medicine?
Friday, November 12, 2004 -- 01:08:14 (EST)
Name: no you are not
no you are not no you are not no you are not no you are not no you are not no you are not no you are not. jerk.
Thursday, November 11, 2004 -- 18:55:25 (EST)
Name: sorry for the spam
sorry for the spam sorry for the spam sorry for the spam sorry for the spam sorry for the spam sorry for the spam sorry for the spam sorry for the spam
Wednesday, November 10, 2004 -- 19:32:54 (EST)
Name: swarnick
www.mymoralvalues.com
This one is for all of those blue (and red) people who think there might be more important moral issues out there besides abortion and civil unions.
Tuesday, November 09, 2004 -- 20:34:00 (EST)
Name: halo dork
i'm so happy today! it made up for my performance on the quiz!
Tuesday, November 09, 2004 -- 19:42:41 (EST)
Name: Tom (the one and only) -- Email: thooven@umich.edu
Um, sorry guys. I just recently heard about the various mini-me's who've been arguing on this board. Looks like my SBRP cloning project got a bit out of hand. Just in case there was some lingering doubt, this is the first time I've written anything here (please no schizoid personality disorder comments, though; I prefer "shy" or "queerly aloof"). And, obviously, the true Eagle Eye would never write about a missed "referance."
Hope all is well with you, whatever your political beliefs may be.
Monday, November 08, 2004 -- 16:29:43 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
who needs a posse of insane clowns to outperform me? just one insane clown i'm sure could have blown my arse out of the water on that quiz. yeesh.
Monday, November 08, 2004 -- 10:39:22 (EST)
Name: swarnick
I feel you on that one Hong - I keep hearing "Who's going chicken hunting? " running through my head.
Is it also coincidence that the Insane Clown Posse could have probably done better on the neuro quiz than me?
Monday, November 08, 2004 -- 04:37:37 (EST)
Name: mikehong
i can't help thinking about insane clown posse every time i read about ICP. anyone else have this problem?
Sunday, November 07, 2004 -- 02:32:17 (EST)
Name: soros
http://www.newsday.com...headlines
Sunday, November 07, 2004 -- 01:00:01 (EST)
Name: michael moore
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6417285/
Sunday, November 07, 2004 -- 00:29:19 (EST)
Name: candice
MI republican party wants michael moore prosecuted for "bribing" college students with underwear and ramen to vote
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6187047/
Saturday, November 06, 2004 -- 23:59:07 (EST)
Name: howard dean
i've bit off chunks of both in a rage YEAAAAAAARGH
Saturday, November 06, 2004 -- 23:51:25 (EST)
Name: kerry
tell george to bend over and i'll show you
Saturday, November 06, 2004 -- 23:51:04 (EST)
Name: edwards
i've filed medical malpractice suits against both
Saturday, November 06, 2004 -- 23:50:03 (EST)
Name: asscroft
let me pray about it and get back to you
Saturday, November 06, 2004 -- 22:44:02 (EST)
Name: cheney
they both present a clear and present danger to the united states?
Saturday, November 06, 2004 -- 22:09:10 (EST)
Name: Dubya
They both come from trees?
Saturday, November 06, 2004 -- 13:59:07 (EST)
Name: gramps
you can sit on both. but one feels better than the other!
Saturday, November 06, 2004 -- 13:44:49 (EST)
Name: Simon
They both have 5 letters?
Saturday, November 06, 2004 -- 12:42:45 (EST)
Name: mikehong
you can eat a chair?
Saturday, November 06, 2004 -- 11:48:31 (EST)
Name: unknown comic
"thomas:"
Maybe I'm curious why you did not know how to read the tone of self deprecation in sparky's nov 5th comment. Maybe I'm curious if you have a borderline personality disorder. Maybe I'm curious if you have paranoid schizophrenia with delusions of grandeur. Maybe I'm curious if you have an avoidant personality disorder. (God I miss psych.) Or, just maybe, I'm having a little fun and venting a little because I do not think another four year of bush is a good idea for the country or the world. Do I think you're stupid? Of course not. I have no idea who you are! Do I find some of your comments odd, overly defensive and lacking insight and abstraction? Maybe. Tell me, how are an apple and a chair alike?
Remember, this is all in good fun--see my name?
"thomas," I think it's more fun not knowing exactly who you are. Keep your anonymity.
Friday, November 05, 2004 -- 22:47:47 (EST)
Name: tom
Thomas, you need to learn how to use words correctly. By saying "I am not the Thomas in our class" this would imply that you are in our (M2) class. But if you are not the Thomas in our class, then you cannot possibly be named Thomas and still be in our class. Hence, references about stupidity.
Friday, November 05, 2004 -- 22:13:21 (EST)
Name: iBee
"thomas," how long is this anonymity going to last? Are you afraid of backlash from us liberal M2s?
We are not "going to kill you" for your beliefs. If you strongly believe in your values, that's your right! (But it's still our right to disagree.) And we won't necessarily all be nasty about it.
Perhaps you are ambivalent about your opinions, and are afraid to voice them because you can't really suppoort them. In that case, maybe you should rethink your values.
-iBee=Jonie
Friday, November 05, 2004 -- 20:46:24 (EST)
Name: thomas
23...how does my age play into this? can you tell that i'm young because i did not understand the referance? or maybe you just think i'm stupid.
Friday, November 05, 2004 -- 18:53:46 (EST)
Name: unknown comic
thomas, i'm just curious...exactly how old are you?
Friday, November 05, 2004 -- 17:34:59 (EST)
Name: thomas
i dont understand what you mean by "it must suck to me in the majority." are you referring to the presidential eletion...ie i voted for gb, so i'm the majority. and no tom, i didn't forget my name. i simply pointed out that i'm not the tom in the class.
Friday, November 05, 2004 -- 16:21:11 (EST)
Name: sparky
whoever it was, man, it must suck to be in the majority.
Friday, November 05, 2004 -- 09:19:20 (EST)
Name: nbehnke
for some reason, i highly doubt the "thomas" who responded is the tom from our class.
Friday, November 05, 2004 -- 01:15:08 (EST)
Name: twenty g's
yeah thomas....did you forget your name? i'm confused. now is the tom who responded the tom in our class?
Friday, November 05, 2004 -- 00:15:07 (EST)
Name: mikelope
As a TX native: that murder business is only a felony if W and or the state doesn't get to push the button, pull the lever, or inject the poison. btw i am pretty sure all three are still sanctioned methods, i could be wrong.
Friday, November 05, 2004 -- 00:02:19 (EST)
Name: nicole
lest people think i'm the homicidal maniac in question - the only killing comment i have made in the past several weeks (although neuro is looking like it may bring out more) was the one i made to grant in jest on this board. i'm sure grant is aware i have no homicidal tendancies towards him, or any other person that voted for bush. i think there was more hostility in one of our psych (you have no idea how long it took me to correctly type 'psych' there) lecturers than i have in me these days. hell, i don't think grant - or any other classmate not in my small group - has seen me in a long time anyway.
no worries. i'm not going on a rampage. it was an inside joke.
Thursday, November 04, 2004 -- 23:42:46 (EST)
Name: JZ
It's not a felony in Texas... at least when W is in charge
Thursday, November 04, 2004 -- 23:28:11 (EST)
Name: mikehong
murder is a serious thing. i think in some states it's even a felony, which i heard is a pretty big deal.
Thursday, November 04, 2004 -- 23:09:01 (EST)
Name: tom
then why did you say you are thomas? did you forget your name?
Thursday, November 04, 2004 -- 22:38:22 (EST)
Name: thomas
also, i dont want anyone to think i'm the thomas in our class. i'm not him.
Thursday, November 04, 2004 -- 22:37:10 (EST)
Name: thomas
but when i came to school on the 3rd i gave a high-five to a friend and another person in our class (who is, by the way, a friend of mine) came up and said....did you vote for bush? if you did i'm gunna F*%KIN kill you. of course she was not being serious, but it was still silly and uncalled for.
Thursday, November 04, 2004 -- 22:25:50 (EST)
Name: sparky
the killing threat was an in-joke. no real threats.
Thursday, November 04, 2004 -- 22:12:17 (EST)
Name: thomas
i'm so glad that steve and others felt so strongly and worked so hard for what they felt is right. i'm just a little upset b/c i felt just as stong as for my candidate but felt uncomfortable sharing my beliefs b/c those on the other side were quick to dicount me as "stupid" or "retarded" or other mean things. there is no reason to say things like "i'm going to kill you" for voting for george bush. it's immature and to be honest...just plain upsetting. i think gb has been a fine president and i think i'll be pleased with what he does over the next four years...that's why i voted for him i guess. again, thanks to steve and gang for being so passionate.
Thursday, November 04, 2004 -- 21:59:13 (EST)
Name: mikehong
what bush means by this is that he'll take all the left over money from political contributions and donate it to the united way.
Thursday, November 04, 2004 -- 21:00:06 (EST)
Name: mikelope
"I earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it," President Bush said
i knew this unity business was all crap.
Thursday, November 04, 2004 -- 20:50:35 (EST)
Name: mikelope
sounds like swarnick is suffering from Post-election stress syndrome. haha no joke supposedly a real syndrome....
Thursday, November 04, 2004 -- 20:46:17 (EST)
Name:
med buy/sell in portal
Thursday, November 04, 2004 -- 20:01:55 (EST)
Name: Yuri -- Email: yresin@umich.edu
Hey all ~ Don't mean to interrupt the conversation flow, but can anybody recommend a good way to get 2 UM v. Northwestern tix w/out spamming all of humanity? Thanks!
Thursday, November 04, 2004 -- 17:21:39 (EST)
Name: swarnick
I think a lot of the M2s passion has just been drained in the past couple of days. When you travel to different states to work, spend hours calling voters, work on weekends before exams, work immediately after exams, miss countless classes, abandon sleep, argue, fight, research, soul seek, and try to do medical school, as MANY people in our class have been doing since August, it kind of sucks all the life out of you when your candidate loses. Literally. Which is why I am likewise grateful for many not rubbing this election into the Dems face right now - many of us really did burst into tears on Tuesday night because we love our country and have invested ourselves into making sure that the America will remain a place where everybody is free and has opportunity for education, health care, safety, employment, and a responsible government.
Don't worry though JZ - I see the passion making a quick return now. I was finally able to watch and read the news today without feeling as sick to my stomach :)
Thursday, November 04, 2004 -- 16:06:22 (EST)
Name: JZ
Our comment ground sucks compared to the M4's. They have so much passion!
Thursday, November 04, 2004 -- 10:40:33 (EST)
Name: lavid
well at least now those future ob/gyn's in our class can "practice their love with women"...
http://homepage.mac.com/njenson/movies/lovedocs.html
Thursday, November 04, 2004 -- 00:17:30 (EST)
Name: sparky
for conservatives that post on here, I want to say thank you for thus far leaving us lefties alone about the election. we're all devastated and in vast mourning, and your patience and non-gloatiness makes me think a few of you might be 'compassionate' after all.
Wednesday, November 03, 2004 -- 10:24:35 (EST)
Name: John Edwards
Jenny Campbell is speaking to me again. She asks that all Ohio votes be counted. Please listen to Jenny.
Wednesday, November 03, 2004 -- 10:04:29 (EST)
Name: John Query
Ohio lost 200,000 but still voted for Bush. That just doesn't make any sense. Please consider drop/bonus for this state. Thank you.
Wednesday, November 03, 2004 -- 05:48:12 (EST)
Name: mikelope
ahhh man....looks like we are going to get BUSH-whacked for another 4 years. Oh god (funny it worked for Bush), please give us a miracle in Ohio.
Tuesday, November 02, 2004 -- 21:20:16 (EST)
Name: Kags
Hey Behnke, no need to threaten to kill the Republicans...because most of them are already dead inside anyway.
But I think being a Buckeyes fan should be a capital offense...
Tuesday, November 02, 2004 -- 12:56:40 (EST)
Name: Fayssal Mekdad
Location: Security Council, UN Syria
USA hands bloody with terrorism, vote your conscience 2004.
Tuesday, November 02, 2004 -- 12:41:26 (EST)
Name: Kofi
Location: The Glass House, Rwanda and France
USA, genocide, no blood for oil!
Tuesday, November 02, 2004 -- 12:37:15 (EST)
Name: Najat Al-Hajjaji
Location: The Glass House, UN Libya
United States record on human rights is shameful! Vote your conscience!
Tuesday, November 02, 2004 -- 06:16:47 (EST)
Name: Kofi
Give war a chance
Tuesday, November 02, 2004 -- 01:31:38 (EST)
Name:
NO BLOOD FOR OIL!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, November 02, 2004 -- 00:46:04 (EST)
Name: John Edwards
I feel her, I feel her presence. Jennifer Campbell's inside me and she's talking to you... again. And this is what she says to you. She says, 'I don't ask for your pity. What I ask for is your strength. And I don't ask for your sympathy, but I do ask for you [to vote for Kerry/Edwards 2004 For A Stronger America].
Monday, November 01, 2004 -- 22:18:02 (EST)
Name: david lee -- Email: laviddee@umich.edu
hey, if anyone needs a ride to their polling place, just give me a call or email me. My number is in the class directory. I will give you a ride and pick you up once you are done. Please do vote!
Dave
Monday, November 01, 2004 -- 20:56:32 (EST)
Name: nicole
grant don't make me have to actually come to class and kill you. or i'll send gina to do my dirty work. :P
Monday, November 01, 2004 -- 18:58:52 (EST)
Name: grant -- Email: rgrowe@umich.edu
Right on Shlafer. I know what its like to be a Buckeye fan and Republican living in Ann Arbor. Vote W! Go Buckeyes!
Sunday, October 31, 2004 -- 16:50:42 (EST)
Name: mikehong
help bush defeat terrorists
http://www.miniclip.com/bushshootout.htm
Friday, October 29, 2004 -- 20:21:16 (EDT)
Name: sparky
well, at least it wasn't knives :)
Friday, October 29, 2004 -- 18:57:06 (EDT)
Name: Leo -- Email: 3635aa@comcast.net
Michigan State vs. Michigan football tickets for diehard Michigan State or Michigan fans. Great chance to own 2 tickets for this sold out game. Please contact Bryan @ 734-717-2898 or 3635aa@comcast.net, give Bryan your best offer!
Friday, October 29, 2004 -- 17:29:17 (EDT)
Name: Shlafer
Never mind my stupid question about where the M1 "comment ground" is.... found the link...
Friday, October 29, 2004 -- 17:24:50 (EDT)
Name: Shlafer -- Email: mshlafer@umich.edu
Hey, y'all. Glad to see you're still alive and kicking. No, Sparky, I didn't get the class wrong. I Googled "ultimate superior intellects in Michigan" and was presented only with the URL of your M2 page. Without speaking further, someone who posted prior to you sort of came close to the issue of the ostensibly traumatized sequence director. Let's hope that the rumors don't materialize into truth. Hey, folks, it ain't easy running these things, especially for the first time.
Steve W... thank you for the balloting guidance and advice. I'll take the points very seriously... honestly. But, then again, I'm often inclined to flip-flop on the issues, even though I made up my mind on 9-11-01.
You guys have a great weekend, Happy Halloween and all that. Glad to see the M2 spirit, too, is still alive (i.e., the decorated SLH for Halloween). Go Blah, but I'm rooting for the Spartans (OK, that's how stupid I am), and for the Buckeyes (ditto.... actually, Joe Pa is my idol now that Woody is long-gone), and the kick everyone's ass Badgers have a bye week.
Bye, and see y'all next week, whether in the flesh or on the good old streamin' video.
PS: Anyone know what happened to the M1's equivalent of "comment ground?" --- I make one little innocent comment against Pass-Fail grading in the M2 year (OK, it was a little longer than "little,") and it seems like the whole message board thing disappeared.
Regards,
S
Friday, October 29, 2004 -- 00:12:16 (EDT)
Name: swarnick
PLEASE take a moment to consider Proposal 2 before you vote (the amendment on civil unions). Gay marriage is already illegal in Michigan via THREE laws, and constitutionally outlawing civil unions could have terrible effects on the health and wellness of our LGBT community AND their children. This is bigger than party lines - President Bush stepped away from his party to say that state should have the right to have civil unions, as did former President Gerald Ford.
http://www.freep.com/voices/editorials/egay6_20041006.htm
http://www.detnews.com/2004/editorial/0409/27/a18-284358.htm
http://www.coalitionforafairmichigan.org/
PS - nice to see you Shlafer - add Proposal Two to the list of things that I think are B-A-A-A-D ;)
Thursday, October 28, 2004 -- 20:43:49 (EDT)
Name: JZ
hee hee
Thursday, October 28, 2004 -- 17:23:00 (EDT)
Name: nbehnke
heh heh
Thursday, October 28, 2004 -- 16:14:11 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
they put him in hypotonic solution?
har har
Thursday, October 28, 2004 -- 15:50:50 (EDT)
Name: sparky
i think they threw knives. not sure though.
Thursday, October 28, 2004 -- 13:36:14 (EDT)
Name: nbehnke
what do you mean by "destroyed one of the faculty?" did they blow up his car w/him in it or something?
Thursday, October 28, 2004 -- 07:55:13 (EDT)
Name: sparky
If you noticed, Shlafer mistook us for the M1 class. I've heard that the M1s destroyed one of the normal cell faculty for no reason whatsoever other than their own inability to be human.
Thursday, October 28, 2004 -- 00:41:07 (EDT)
Name: Deep
Location: Dirty South,
I'm guessing the resp sequence directors.....all those emails we got about grading changes must have meant something was off......
Thursday, October 28, 2004 -- 00:20:40 (EDT)
Name: laviddee
check out this high school video of mike hart.
http://www.leroyfootball.com/...13_THERUN_w.avi
which shlafer colleague did we beat up on?
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 -- 23:19:02 (EDT)
Name: illest (medical student) from here to gardena
i'm not sure what you mean by classmate stressors - isn't that something the p/f m1 year took care of long time ago?
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 -- 22:54:28 (EDT)
Name: iBee
mikehong, you do realize that there is no "los angeles" step 1 site?
i know a M3 who took it last year in Gardena. she said it was cool b/c she was the only one taking it. and she highly recommends going back home, away from school/classmate stressors.
she also knows a couple peeps who took it at the Culver City site and were happy with it.
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 -- 18:42:30 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
is anyone planning on taking step1 in los angeles?
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 -- 17:39:03 (EDT)
Name: F911
Or, you can just watch Fahrenheit 911 at home...
http://www.bush-flipflop.com/f911.html
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 -- 16:53:20 (EDT)
Name: Shlafer -- Email: mshlafer@umich.edu
Was just seeing whether the M1s were alive (as in had a life), and happened across your Comment Ground.
Soooo, some of you are alive and kicking, after the week or two out of class, and crawling out of the cracks to espouse politics, sports, and other things nonmedical.
Soooo, Steve, Anne Coulter, W, Fox News, B-a-a-a-d (say B-a-a-a-d like a sheep). Fahrenheit 9/11, G-o-o-o-o-d (and so truthful!). Michael Moore, Bruce Springsteen, and (of course, the diva) Babwa ("Shut up and Sing") Streisand.... G-o-o-o-o-o-o-d. Let's not forget Ed As[s]ner and the guy who (appropriately) played MEATHEAD on All in the Family..... g-o-o-o-d.
Spartans B-a-a-d (I agree, football-wise).. OSU s-u-u-u-cks (football-wise, much to the chagrin of my meathead son, who goes to OSU -- too stupid to get into U of M or anywhere else). But what about them there Badgers???? G-o-o-d! at 8-0... and Barry Alvarez certainly doesn't have the visions of grandeur that he's as g-o-o-d as Ll-l-l-l-l-l-loyd Ca-r-r-r thinks he is.
And, tsk, tsk, do I read negative things about Boston????? My money, my hope, is on the Sox.
And, pshaw, I've heard you guys beat up on some of my colleagues so bad that one of your recent sequence directors is thinking of not doing it again. Shameful, shameful. Have you no decency????
Reading these posts just makes me realize how much I miss ya! They literally crack me up. Honestly!
(Affectionately, and with all my love .... as always)
S
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 -- 14:57:47 (EDT)
Name: Vote Nov 2nd
Reminder: free screening of Farenheit 9/11 tonight in SLH @7:30. if you've already seen it, come for snacks and the extra footage on the DVD. If you haven't seen it or are interested but don't want to pay to rent it, come see it now FOR FREE!
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 -- 01:35:11 (EDT)
Name: swarnick
Nice calculations Ben - let's get rowdy so that we can add another W (as in win, not Bush) to that winning percentage this weekend. And I better not hear any trash talking from the MSU "fans" who only a few weeks ago abandoned their football team to the dogs, as usual.
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 -- 18:19:00 (EDT)
Name: Julia
Wow, Ann Coulter can't even make a joke without being homophobic. That woman gives conservatives a bad name. (And makes me totally humorless! Woo hoo!)
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 -- 10:50:31 (EDT)
Name:
http://www.wolfpacksfortruth.org/
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 -- 02:09:06 (EDT)
Name: swarnick
Ann Ann Ann: In case you missed the news, Ann Coulter, had pies thrown at her by two students at the University of Arizona (the students called their acts Al Pieda)- they missed . Ann had this to say about her would be pie boys:
COULTER: A couple alleged males attempted to sucker punch a 100-pound woman and missed. And they ended up with their faces smashed in and spending the night in the Pima County Jail, where I'm sure -- being good liberals -- their views on gay marriage will serve them well.
Monday, October 25, 2004 -- 17:33:41 (EDT)
Name: Ben
Who has the winningest program in college football?
Last year, Michigan had the most wins, and Notre Dame had the highest winning percentage. By my calculations, that is no longer true:
http://www..../shared/Winningest.xls
Monday, October 25, 2004 -- 12:53:00 (EDT)
Name: Mike
you should also check out Jon Stewart's spin of his crossfire appearance on the same website- short and funny
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2652831
Thursday, October 21, 2004 -- 23:14:36 (EDT)
Name: Geoff
Watch out Boston, here come the Cardinals!!
Thursday, October 21, 2004 -- 17:54:49 (EDT)
Name: gbane
FYI: Don't call Marc Stephens because he's not the back-up person for this exam. (I already tried)
Thursday, October 21, 2004 -- 17:46:00 (EDT)
Name: gbane
Does anyone know what we're supposed to do if we can't sign in to take the CFM exam? I accidentally pushed the "back" button on my browser whilst taking the exam and there are now no assessments available for me to complete. There is no back-up URL, and no on is on call as far as I know. So maybe just a warning that you can't really sign on as many times as you want because so far that isn't working for me.....
Thursday, October 21, 2004 -- 17:12:43 (EDT)
Name: candice
ahh. no wonder you don't put a space b/w your 1st and last names.
Thursday, October 21, 2004 -- 13:46:06 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
i did not enjoy that article because it has too many words
Thursday, October 21, 2004 -- 12:39:01 (EDT)
Name: Kags
Oh, interesting...
Usually (in my humble opinion) the guardian makes more of an attempt to find correspondents who are fair and balanced (as opposed to 'fair and balanced' like some other News organizations that will remain anonymous) but I still think he raises some valid points...a lot of us really don't know what Kerry has in mind, and like it or not, if he wins this election it will be because he is the alternative to Bush, not because of any of his own merits.
Thursday, October 21, 2004 -- 11:16:01 (EDT)
Name: sparky
Glenn Reynolds runs a blog called Instapundit (surprisingly, www.Instapundit.com). He's an incredibly partisan University of Tennessee law professor whose blog, which claims to be non-partisan, rakes mud like something crazy. He's recently become a Fox News correspondent as well, and I don't think I need to clarify much beyond that.
At least take his words in that context.
Thursday, October 21, 2004 -- 11:10:13 (EDT)
Name: Kags
OK, we're all med students and adults here; it's time to stop wasting our time with frivolous discussions about burritos and crack and each other's mothers. It's time to get back to more important topics like what the hell is melena, and what that hump on W's back was during the debates.
I found this article interesting...it'll probably amuse Hong if no one else
http://www.guardian...00.html
Thursday, October 21, 2004 -- 10:58:56 (EDT)
Name: Kags
I did yo mama in the VA
Thursday, October 21, 2004 -- 10:49:55 (EDT)
Name: Empire Hater
For the record, NY sucks... its teams, its people, its aura, its location. Way to go BoSox!
Thursday, October 21, 2004 -- 08:29:38 (EDT)
Name: JZ
I like burritos and your belly with burritos in it
Thursday, October 21, 2004 -- 01:45:08 (EDT)
Name: sparky
i personally found the burrito thread very amusing, and would welcome such insane banter in the future.
i like all burritos. you can tell by my belly.
Thursday, October 21, 2004 -- 00:14:23 (EDT)
Name: iBee
Hey I resent the anti-berry picking talk.
As I said "iwantpie" is a email list for people to invite one another to go to events, e.g. berry and apple picking, movies etc.
NOT argue in 20 emails about what the best burrito is.
A lot of people on the "iwantpie" list do not appreciate the excess spam. I frankly don't care, but I'd like to have my other friends stay on the list too.
Like I said, if you want to argue about burritos. Make your own damn list! OR at least keep your arguments in one email! AND replying "yo mama" the 1st time may be funny, but it's SO OLD!
If you don't like these "rules". Then I suggest that you remove yourself from iwantpie or I can do that for you, if you (have the balls to) tell me who you are. I hate it when people post anonymously.
irate list owner, who votes for Chipotle in Evanston which Helene and Candice took me to (thanks!)
Wednesday, October 20, 2004 -- 17:13:54 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
i am michael and i don't approve the previous message. i urge everyone to go to www.petitiononline.com and fight against the gratuitous reference to my mother, first amendment rights withstanding.
by the way, she makes great salsa.
thank you and goodnight.
Wednesday, October 20, 2004 -- 16:53:42 (EDT)
Name: iwantburritos
New class poll, best burritos?
Chipotle
Big Ten B's
Pancheros
Q'Doba
Mike Hong's Mom
Wednesday, October 20, 2004 -- 16:43:32 (EDT)
Name: iwantpie
Go Chipotle!!!
Wednesday, October 20, 2004 -- 16:40:36 (EDT)
Name: iwantpie
Hmm...apparently it is ok to have an email list serve set up to talk about apple and berry picking but it's not ok to talk about burritos...very interesting.
Wednesday, October 20, 2004 -- 11:42:06 (EDT)
Name: sparky
for the joy of our conservative compatriots:
just to make fun of John Edwards, check out this clip of the dude messing with his hair. it's funny even if you're left.
http://garrettsparks....s-hair.html
Tuesday, October 19, 2004 -- 20:04:02 (EDT)
Name: Reid
If you didn't see it yet, check out Jon Stewart on Crossfire last Friday. It's hilarious.
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2652831
Monday, October 18, 2004 -- 21:50:30 (EDT)
Name: mikelope
Is Rove calling it quits?
Karl Rove laid himself under the wheels of Air Force One
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2004/10/18/675432-ap.html
You can see a photo of it here as the 2nd photo in the series
http://www.usatoday.com/news/gallery/2004/10-18-day/flash.htm
Monday, October 18, 2004 -- 10:14:23 (EDT)
Name: Paprika
Horse doodoo was actually my herb!!!
Sunday, October 17, 2004 -- 17:54:31 (EDT)
Name:
This CAM assignment is horse doodoo.
Sunday, October 17, 2004 -- 15:22:07 (EDT)
Name: swarnick
A buckeye in the White House? I'm torn now - what kind of crazy nut would I rather have in the Oval Office? Maybe I should have waited a few days to send in my absentee ballot... ;)
Sunday, October 17, 2004 -- 15:06:32 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
http://us.news1.yimg.com/...jpg
Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry holds up a buckeye during a town hall meeting in Xenia, Ohio October 16, 2004 as part of a daylong campaign trip through Ohio. Kerry called it his good luck buckeye and promised to put it on his desk in the White House should he be elected president.
:)
Saturday, October 16, 2004 -- 20:29:11 (EDT)
Name: mikelope
and the follow up
http://sportsillustrated...index.html?cnn=yes
Saturday, October 16, 2004 -- 18:13:44 (EDT)
Name: mikelope
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6258386/
Thursday, October 14, 2004 -- 18:59:21 (EDT)
Name: mikelope
CBS'
wardrobe malfunction = 1/2 million dollar fine by the FCC
Sinclair's
anti-kerry special "news" feature to be aired prime time just before election = regulatory favors
Wednesday, October 13, 2004 -- 01:44:29 (EDT)
Name: JZ
DH is for FAT pansies
Tuesday, October 12, 2004 -- 23:43:58 (EDT)
Name: candice
the printing allotment link is now up and running.
https://accounts.www.umich.edu/umce-bin/umce
Tuesday, October 12, 2004 -- 22:30:40 (EDT)
Name: Deep
The printing question is a good one........I have over 350 pages left for the semester by my best estimate. How can a person go through 800 pages? That's costs the school roughly $16 in toner alone.
Lopez was a Yankees fan?! HOw can anyone cheer for an AL team. NL baseball is what baseball is meant to be. DH is for pansies.
Tuesday, October 12, 2004 -- 21:06:17 (EDT)
Name: lisa
what on earth do people do with more than 800 pgs??? no wonder the administration cut us off from our free printing...
Tuesday, October 12, 2004 -- 20:41:09 (EDT)
Name: Meredith
Figured as long as I was on here to vote, I should weigh in on the world series comments. As a long time Blue Jays fan, I obviously have nothing to really look forward to this post season except for the fact that yet another year will go by and the Bambino's curse will still live on. Go Yanks because I love to see the cursed Red Sox lose and hear their fans cry about it every year!
p.s. Cards are going to win it all!
Tuesday, October 12, 2004 -- 19:31:47 (EDT)
Name: mikelope
haha good one jj. i'd convert to an astros fan too. if i had to suffer the prospect of rooting for the cubs through another season.
Tuesday, October 12, 2004 -- 17:35:10 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
the red sox will lose to the red sox
Tuesday, October 12, 2004 -- 17:00:22 (EDT)
Name: Shoo
Yo yo yo- whoever wins the NL, still will lose to the Red Sox!
Tuesday, October 12, 2004 -- 14:14:51 (EDT)
Name: Astros fan
I'm posting just to troll the Cards fans here.
Tuesday, October 12, 2004 -- 12:29:05 (EDT)
Name: GAAAAAAAH
i hate groupwise. HATE IT HATE IT HATE IT.
damn the man.
Tuesday, October 12, 2004 -- 07:09:02 (EDT)
Name: Geoff
I feel obligated to contribute:
Without Oswalt or Clemens for the first few games of the series, I just don't see how you plan to compete with the mighty redbirds... murder's row is comming up!!
Go Cards!
Tuesday, October 12, 2004 -- 03:29:15 (EDT)
Name: sparky
we all hoped her st. bernard's would eat her some day. no luck.
Tuesday, October 12, 2004 -- 02:16:54 (EDT)
Name: astros fan
almost forgot
Go 'stros!
Tuesday, October 12, 2004 -- 02:06:37 (EDT)
Name: mikelope
haha i knew i could draw all the haters out of the wood works
suckas
Tuesday, October 12, 2004 -- 00:41:51 (EDT)
Name: JZ
because they were run by a cranky old bigot for so long. but no fear, you still have the Bengals and Bearcats.
Tuesday, October 12, 2004 -- 00:26:02 (EDT)
Name: sparky
how come my NL central team (cincy) sucks :0(
Tuesday, October 12, 2004 -- 00:19:43 (EDT)
Name: JZ
And so does GW. And Columbus. And Groupwise. And the hooker in the hooker hotel.
Tuesday, October 12, 2004 -- 00:18:51 (EDT)
Name: JZ
And Hotlanta sucks too.
Tuesday, October 12, 2004 -- 00:17:52 (EDT)
Name: JZ
El senor,
You cannot now boast with your "go 'stros" comment after I tried incessantly many times to incite some hateful NL Central rivalry between the two of us... only to receive the dreaded reply "Let's go Yankees..." Please don't now show the emotion that was so fatefully missing last year. And Houston sucks. No matter what they win or lose. Ba gock!
Tuesday, October 12, 2004 -- 00:12:44 (EDT)
Name: Deep
Location: ATL,
Lopez became a fan when his team won a playoff series for the first time. The astros beat the worst Braves team in over a decade. Definitely a worthy accomplishment.
Monday, October 11, 2004 -- 23:41:21 (EDT)
Name: swarnick
I for one do not like GW, but I would have a hard time comparing him to Columbus especially since I don't think our troops are just in Iraq to enslave people and kill them. Plus, we couldn't have GW day without Cheney and Rove Day.
Point well taken about Columbus though - our history books do paint him with rose-tinted glasses (to say the least).
And since when is Mike Lopez a baseball fan? I guess I'm just jealous.
Monday, October 11, 2004 -- 23:34:58 (EDT)
Name: mikelope
GO 'stros!
Monday, October 11, 2004 -- 22:18:09 (EDT)
Name: candice
the printing allotment is bs. particularly since we can't currently check our quota, which I learned by contacting the lrc help desk. it's akin to back in the day when verizon, in certain regions (i.e. Indiana), provided no method of checking your minutes, even though sprint did. so what if you went over 100 min vs 5 min.
"as of September 2004, information about your use of your ITCS mailbox quota and printing are temporarily unavailable. This information will be restored as soon as possible." http://www.itd.umich.edu/your-account/check.html
Monday, October 11, 2004 -- 17:56:33 (EDT)
Name: Decide2004
Movie time! - proving once and for all that Kerry is not a flip flopper.
http://media1.stream2you.com/rnc/072304v2.wmv
Monday, October 11, 2004 -- 17:39:36 (EDT)
Name: nbehnke
hmm while i did like the book (even though i was a BIT peevy about having an assigned paper on it) and, yes, even the writing style of the author ... all the "yaaaaaaa" bugs me. as does that pedophilic picture that mike linked to. yeek.
Monday, October 11, 2004 -- 17:16:26 (EDT)
Name: columbus hater
hey everybody, it's columbus day today!!! let's celebrate and honor the man who is almost single handedly responsible for the extinction of the natives!! yea columbus! he's only a slightly larger asshole than george bush. actually there are a lot of similarities b/w the two. columbus rid a country of its people by enslaving them and eventually killing them all ultimately occupying a foreign land. and bush is occupying a foreign land, killing its inhabitants by bombing them and is essentially enslaving them with the fucked up ways of the military. maybe we should celebrate george w. bush day next year!!
Monday, October 11, 2004 -- 15:44:16 (EDT)
Name: JJ
groupwise sucks. it's not just you that is having problems.
Monday, October 11, 2004 -- 15:34:55 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
nasdijj's personal website:
http://nasdijj.exactpages.com/
nice picture at the bottom. yaaaaaaaaaa
Monday, October 11, 2004 -- 15:21:37 (EDT)
Name: gbane
Is anyone else having ridiculous trouble checking their e-mail/logging on to webmail? or is it just me and my slow computer?
Monday, October 11, 2004 -- 15:20:14 (EDT)
Name: sparky
sorry chris, you're going to have to wrassle me now.
which chris, btw?
Monday, October 11, 2004 -- 15:18:08 (EDT)
Name: A. NONY Mouse
Mud-wrestling, dogs' genitals, and little boys... sounds like the fraternity mud-wrestling championships this weekend on campus.
Monday, October 11, 2004 -- 12:50:32 (EDT)
Name: Chris
Garrett, stop defending this book. We all know its a shitty book written by a bad man. Just because you majored in literature (aka taking crappy books and reading way into them to try to make the author sound smart) does not give you enough credibility to turn this piece of trash into a classic for the ages. And no I will not wrestle you, but I think that Nasdijj would love to take you up on that offer as long as you are young.
Monday, October 11, 2004 -- 09:44:09 (EDT)
Name: Ben
Thanks for the poll suggestions, I'm thinking about them.
Monday, October 11, 2004 -- 08:12:48 (EDT)
Name: jid
I was a little dissapointed that we didn't get to hear more about the dog's genitals. did I say that out loud?
Monday, October 11, 2004 -- 08:09:53 (EDT)
Name: Query Fool
Less than 24 hours left to submit queries... [high pitched scream]
Monday, October 11, 2004 -- 00:14:38 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
oh good, that way the author can stop obsessing over them.
Monday, October 11, 2004 -- 00:13:12 (EDT)
Name: sparky
the dog eats his genitals in the end. finish the book and you'll find out.
Sunday, October 10, 2004 -- 23:43:49 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
is it just me or is this book more about the boy and his genitals than the boy and the dog?
Sunday, October 10, 2004 -- 22:52:27 (EDT)
Name: sparky
hey nicole, i took advantage of my 'book report' to simply rant for a page about everything i thought was evil in medicine. it'd be more fun if you did that instead. i had fun. it was definitely in the context of the book, but still.
i thought the boy and the dog kicked ass, and i'll wrassle anybody that disagrees with me. GRRRR!!!!!!
Sunday, October 10, 2004 -- 20:48:27 (EDT)
Name: mikelope
well just so you know... at least one of us doesn't have any conflicts during CFM.
but don't despair ... i still have to suffer through the barrage of crap e-mail as a result of everyone elses screwed up schedules.
Sunday, October 10, 2004 -- 20:17:58 (EDT)
Name: nbehnke
i feel like i am in 5th grade again with what amounts to a mini-book report. except this costs more than 5th grade. alas. YAY FLUFF PAPERS! ugh.
uh, i mean, does anyone want to trade SPI sessions ... i'll see your CEP and raise you two Tuskegee lectures. anyone? wait, you're folding? ok, how about your CEP #1 for an herb lecture and my SPI? no? alas.
Sunday, October 10, 2004 -- 13:35:50 (EDT)
Name: swarnick
A few clarifications for those of you who think that medical malpractice is the biggest problem driving up our health care costs- check out factcheck.ORG, open up the link about the 2nd debate, and look at the response to President Bush's claims about doctors practicing defensive medicine. There is also a counter to Bush's claim that Kerry's plan would end up rationing health care. To be fair, there are also tons of things that Kerry also exagerrated about during the debates.
Good luck with all of this CFM crap - Susie Ross, I feel for you right now. This is one bad week to be a CFM rep.
Sunday, October 10, 2004 -- 12:59:49 (EDT)
Name: sparky
does anybody have a precise running count of how many emails have been sent out to the class requesting schedule changes?
Sunday, October 10, 2004 -- 02:00:42 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
Location: chavez ravine,
ben, can you edit your poll and add JOSE LIMA as an option?
IT'S LIMA TIME!
Saturday, October 09, 2004 -- 22:10:50 (EDT)
Name: Scheduling Mastermind
Never has there been a more appropriate word to describe the scheduling dilemma for clinical week... clusterfuck. Does anyone else agree? Ben, let's get a poll...
Saturday, October 09, 2004 -- 19:51:14 (EDT)
Name: jid
From what I've heard, the overlap problem has been worked out, we're not affected, and yes, the current M3s are royally screwed. Better them than us (again).
Hey Ben- how about a new poll. Something like: Who's more evil- Cheney, Lash, Cynthia, or the state of Florida.
Oh, and ARMY WINS!!! No 20 game losing streak for us.
Saturday, October 09, 2004 -- 18:25:25 (EDT)
Name: Screwed Over New Curriculum Bastard Child
I think now is a good time to ask, is our clinical rotation schedule overlap problem worked out yet? I think we have a right to know if the administration has done anything about this so far, or whether they're going to wait until the night before to throw something together and screw over the new curriculum guinea pigs yet again, not to mention the current M3's.
Saturday, October 09, 2004 -- 15:24:48 (EDT)
Name: mikelope
yay, i can vote in ann arbor now!
Saturday, October 09, 2004 -- 01:44:53 (EDT)
Name:
http://www.local6.com/news/3792873/detail.html
For The Psychiatry Sequence and All Who've Gotten Ticketed by 'The Man'
Thursday, October 07, 2004 -- 20:29:23 (EDT)
Name: sexy mofo
i'm so HOT!!
Thursday, October 07, 2004 -- 20:11:11 (EDT)
Name: so sexy
the spice girls were hot.
Thursday, October 07, 2004 -- 19:17:20 (EDT)
Name: and you know this...man!
see, except that Bush has managed to combine the Yale "intellectualism" with the American "Cowboy" myth and be completely unauthentic at both...ps...this has nothing to do with anything but I thought it might spice things up a bit
Wednesday, October 06, 2004 -- 22:59:43 (EDT)
Name: mikelope
Duh, why else do you think John Kerry is the only one who knew about this mysterious draft reinstatement. You don't think it's an accident that the bill is out there at time when he needs something to bash Bush.
And the same is true for those republicans, timing divisive legislative votes so as to make the democrats look bad (eg. flag burning ban, gay marriage ban).
All is fair in politics.
Wednesday, October 06, 2004 -- 20:34:58 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
by the way, the bill to reinstate the draft was written and co-sponsored by democrats. :)
Wednesday, October 06, 2004 -- 20:32:29 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
nuke berkeley? i know renal is stressful but let's not lose our head here. i mean, think about what the fallout will do to real estate values in marin county.
Wednesday, October 06, 2004 -- 19:27:31 (EDT)
Name: Liberal M2
I guess its time to nuke Berkeley....maybe then Bush can blame it on North Korea or Iran and we can start another war. And then Bush can implement the draft!! Now wouldn't that be fun??
Would you go fight for our country Mike?
Wednesday, October 06, 2004 -- 19:22:35 (EDT)
Name: sparky
nah, mikey is a conservative, but he's one of the cuddly ones. if berkeley got nuked, he might vote liberal. but not till then.
Wednesday, October 06, 2004 -- 19:16:37 (EDT)
Name: swarnick
I love a little action on the comment ground. Its about all the action that I've been getting during renal.
Mike Hong still gets my respect for posting with his name (I'm still not convinced that you're a conservative though Mikey boy - you've got a little hidden liberal deep down inside).
Wednesday, October 06, 2004 -- 18:59:26 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
liberal m2, you are sending mixed messages. you talk of cheney's failures and then say they are successes. what kind of message does this send to our allies from moldova, estotia, and el salvador?
Wednesday, October 06, 2004 -- 18:33:56 (EDT)
Name: Liberal M2
Wow....the respect that I have lost for Mike Hong just on these boards alone is incredible....Cheney has failed at everything he has ever been involved in...and I hope he continues that success by failing to win a second term.
P.S. Its not just you Mike, I hate most med students except Sparky and Swarnick
Wednesday, October 06, 2004 -- 17:17:51 (EDT)
Name: sparky
you win. maybe cheney is an asian philosophy major from cali. that would explain so many things.
i'm struggling not to make a dodger joke here.
Wednesday, October 06, 2004 -- 17:08:41 (EDT)
Name: JZ
Sparky, how dare you include Cheney with my peeps! First of all, do you see a "-ski" in Cheney? Nope. He doesn't know a pierogi or kielbasa from a normal dumpling or bratwurst, but that doesn't mean he wouldn't stuff them in his fat face. Second, no WASP in this country would ever allow any Pollack to hold a position of power in either the corporate world or (gasp) the Vice Presidency. We are an eternally downtrodden people, along with the Irish, and are constantly "forgotten," especially in the alliances we make up. Power to the white eagle!
Wednesday, October 06, 2004 -- 16:56:57 (EDT)
Name: PI
Also, why isn't there a market price for the morning exam slot. Maybe something like a multi-item or Dutch auction on eBay held collectively by all the afternoon people...
And to please the free market-hating liberals out there, the proceeds could be donated to charity. :-)
Wednesday, October 06, 2004 -- 16:26:28 (EDT)
Name: PI
Here's a scholarly way to describe a slow line - "faux queue". Now, if only I could use it in a sentence.....
(Yes, I thought of this all by myself when I should have been studying, though there are 12 Google hits for that phrase)
Wednesday, October 06, 2004 -- 16:06:50 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
lying politicians? oh my, what's next, lying trial lawyers?
Wednesday, October 06, 2004 -- 16:00:23 (EDT)
Name: sparky
it sets the record straight that cheney is a lying prick. and probably polish.
Wednesday, October 06, 2004 -- 14:51:01 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
what's funnier is that edward's defense is that he met cheney 3 times in the last 3 years, as if this clearly sets the record straight about his senate attendance. this response is almost as funny as "he forgot poland."
Wednesday, October 06, 2004 -- 14:11:08 (EDT)
Name: mrpibb
The only reason Cheney was able to get a point across was that he was making up stuff to do it (and in fairness, so was Edwards). My personal favorite though was the Cheney "the first time I ever met you was on this stage tonight" line. It's especially funny when Edwards was the one who introduced Cheney at the National Prayer Breakfast in 2003, walked Elizabeth Dole up to the stage to get sworn in by Cheney, and debated Cheney on Meet The Press. Those are the only times where video of the event are available online, but doesn't mean that Cheney didn't run into Edwards in the Senate on the two documented occasions that Cheney did preside over the Senate in the last four years.
Wednesday, October 06, 2004 -- 12:55:13 (EDT)
Name: nbehnke
in case you haven't already seen ... adjusted respiratory grades are *finally* posted.
Wednesday, October 06, 2004 -- 03:41:46 (EDT)
Name: iBee
speaking of cajones, how do you say "prostate" in Spanish? La próstata no es grande. Es bueno.
Wednesday, October 06, 2004 -- 02:34:29 (EDT)
Name: swarnick
Even though I probably only agree with Dick Cheney about 0.25 times out of 10 (2.5% of the time for those of you who like percentages), I do have to say he is an intelligent man who gets his point across. It was nice to see a debate where both sides were able to speak effectively about vastly different policies. We'll see if W can follow his VP's lead (isn't that suppossed to be the other way around?)
That counts as my one compliment during this election for Cheney.
Wednesday, October 06, 2004 -- 01:52:56 (EDT)
Name: .
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/10/05/organ.death.ap/index.html
Wednesday, October 06, 2004 -- 00:36:04 (EDT)
Name: JZ
maybe if the male MSTPer had the cajones to not post anonymously, then the slanderous comments could be directed at the individual and not the group.
Tuesday, October 05, 2004 -- 23:32:34 (EDT)
Name: pro minority rights
i don't like this stereotyping of male MSTPers
minorities are people, too, you know, so slanderous statements should be directed at the individual, not the group
Tuesday, October 05, 2004 -- 22:24:10 (EDT)
Name: sparky
hey anderson, go hike a football
Tuesday, October 05, 2004 -- 22:16:02 (EDT)
Name: anderson
sparky, maybe you should pull your finger out of your ass and lighten up. MaleSTPer was making a joke. If it upsets you, for whatever reason, then realize it was nothing personal and move on (maybe like i should have after reading your post). Society finds things related to the rectum to be funny, myself included, so start a campaign every time somone makes a diarrhea joke.
Tuesday, October 05, 2004 -- 21:17:19 (EDT)
Name: Ben
N.B.: I greatly encourage posting links. I edit some of them because they create 2 problems:
1) long links jack up the formatting widths of the page, and,
2) links that contain the '&' character confuse the message board system, making it stick in an extra three letters ('amp'). You have to delete those 3 letters when you paste the URL into your browser if you want it to work.
Keep posting them; I'll fix them when I feel like it. =)
Tuesday, October 05, 2004 -- 21:14:47 (EDT)
Name: sparky
hey male MSTPer, given Kerry's history of prostate cancer, maybe that's not funny.
Tuesday, October 05, 2004 -- 19:59:37 (EDT)
Name: Reid
Is there a link for the pdf for the last cpc lab?
Tuesday, October 05, 2004 -- 18:10:04 (EDT)
Name: Male MSTPer
At a campaign stop in Ohio our "favorite" presidential candidate announces his new health care initiative by attempting to give himself a digital rectal exam... or at least that's the caption I may have given this picture.
Check it out.
http://story.news.yahoo..cw_photo0
Tuesday, October 05, 2004 -- 15:52:01 (EDT)
Name: Leo -- Email: 3635aa@comcast.net
I have a friend who's selling two tickets for face value for this weekend's game.
His name is Bryan and his e-mail is 3635aa@comcast.net
-Leo
Tuesday, October 05, 2004 -- 13:18:49 (EDT)
Name: Reid
Speaking of organ donation, be sure to make sure your patients are dead first.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/10/05/organ.death.ap/index.html
Tuesday, October 05, 2004 -- 07:52:23 (EDT)
Name: sparky
michael stipe saved my life circa 1993
Tuesday, October 05, 2004 -- 00:21:32 (EDT)
Name: JZ
The Repub-lickin's don't have a chance cause they don't have the Boss or Dave or Michael Stipe or Eddie Vedder on their side. Just drug addicted Rush.
Tuesday, October 05, 2004 -- 00:19:52 (EDT)
Name: backwoods republican
You know you're white trash when you eat Hamburger Helper without the hamburger...
Monday, October 04, 2004 -- 19:25:02 (EDT)
Name: early to rise
where can i find a list of our exam times?
Monday, October 04, 2004 -- 18:28:15 (EDT)
Name: mac and cheese
hamburger helper is awesome!
Monday, October 04, 2004 -- 14:39:25 (EDT)
Name: hamburger helper
Lab 2
Lab 3
Lab 4
Monday, October 04, 2004 -- 13:18:27 (EDT)
Name: Reid
anyone know where to find the answers to the path questions online? I click "download CPCs" on the renal website but it says file not found. Thanks
Monday, October 04, 2004 -- 12:19:34 (EDT)
Name: Pauldeep
33 points for 33 years, Woohoo!! Go kats!
Sunday, October 03, 2004 -- 21:59:24 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
sorry lopez, that was me voting 24 times
Sunday, October 03, 2004 -- 21:26:32 (EDT)
Name: mrpibb
Helene: apparently the company that printed those ballots has already sent out corrected ones. It was only for people who are voting absentee.
I still prefer the theory that they were trying to keep Bush off the MI ballot.
Sunday, October 03, 2004 -- 20:32:29 (EDT)
Name: iBee
just playing devil's advocate, check out:
www.michaelMooreHatesAmerica.com/
Wasn't the director on one of those late night talk shows? I thought it was just a spoof.
thanks helene for the post. that's pretty f**ked up.
Sunday, October 03, 2004 -- 20:15:29 (EDT)
Name: mikelope
Apparently even our own class poll was a bit confusing/error prone. Look how many people (24) mistakenly voted for Bush.
Sunday, October 03, 2004 -- 19:50:25 (EDT)
Name: helene
ah, my first post.
seeing northwestern smack around the buckeyes: priceless. go 'cats!
and, just a reminder to look very carefully at your ballots when voting this year. apparently, screwups are not just confined to florida four years ago - they've come to michigan...
http://www.livejournal.com/community/ann_arbor_ypsi/455987.html
Sunday, October 03, 2004 -- 09:05:01 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
hilarious
http://www.youforgotpoland.com/
Sunday, October 03, 2004 -- 01:34:13 (EDT)
Name: Joel JZ
Buck the Fuckeyes! It was glorious to watch the Cats take down the most hated team in the land! Watch out, Blue, here we come, Nov 13th!!!
Saturday, October 02, 2004 -- 19:48:05 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
the dodgers and dodger fans around the world thank the san francisco giants bullpen for their contribution to our division winning season.
Saturday, October 02, 2004 -- 19:28:49 (EDT)
Name: bush fan
best excerpt from the presidential debate:
Kerry about Bush daughters, "they've made me chuckle"
Bush, "yeah I gotta put a leash on them"
Kerry (grinning ear-to-ear knowing Bush just put his foot in his mouth), "I learned not to do that (with my daughters)"
Not only did Bush insult his own daugters but the whole leash comment is a sore reminder about the entire Iraqi prisoner scandal, where troops were photographed with Iraqi prisoners on a leash.
Saturday, October 02, 2004 -- 12:43:36 (EDT)
Name: Jeff K -- Email: jkrempec
I'm looking for two tickets to the Northwestern game. Any help would be appreciated. thanks.
Friday, October 01, 2004 -- 19:25:48 (EDT)
Name: LA Fan 4 Life
Just so everyone knows and someone else supports the most intelligent Mike Hong.....
DODGERS ARE THE BEST!!!
Friday, October 01, 2004 -- 10:26:49 (EDT)
Name: nicole
swarnick you frighten me. please don't sexualize renal any more. please. *terror*
Friday, October 01, 2004 -- 02:51:38 (EDT)
Name: DemoKat
nullify up in this!!
Thursday, September 30, 2004 -- 18:37:19 (EDT)
Name: JZ
Any of your Bush supporters out there who will vote in Michigan... I just registered in Michigan, so I am nullifying your vote. Have a nice day.
Thursday, September 30, 2004 -- 17:10:26 (EDT)
Name: swarnick
Dodger Fan Hong: School and sex is entirely acceptable and I think renal could use a little dose of sex to liven things up. Use protection during that oliguria orgy, or Mr. Goodpasture will put a BUN in your oven! I guess you could substitute Daddy Fantone in for Mr. Goodpasture if you're drooling over the Alias pics.
Thursday, September 30, 2004 -- 08:39:51 (EDT)
Name: sparky
you got me there.
Thursday, September 30, 2004 -- 02:03:08 (EDT)
Name: anonymous dodger fan
sparky, so basically you're admitting that daddy fantone DOES turn you on?
Thursday, September 30, 2004 -- 01:52:15 (EDT)
Name: sparky
and come on, anonymoushong, do licked pencils turn you on? i'm pretty sure candice could lick pencils to spread her nectrozing monkey pox in a perfectly non-erotic fashion if she so desired.
Thursday, September 30, 2004 -- 01:51:38 (EDT)
Name: anonymous Cubs Fan
Dodgers need to go lick some serious pencils
Thursday, September 30, 2004 -- 01:49:53 (EDT)
Name: sparky
that's funny. i thought the first query was just as lame and absolutely incorrect as the second one.
Thursday, September 30, 2004 -- 01:39:58 (EDT)
Name: anonymous dodger fan
do my eyes deceive me or did i see the words "daddy fantone" just now? and what's this about licking pencils during tests? i find this unholy use of sexual language and imagery in the context of school to be horribly disturbing and traumatic.
Thursday, September 30, 2004 -- 00:07:30 (EDT)
Name: JACKIE C -- Email: jczaja@umich.edu
FINALLY, Fantone and Alias Daddy are on the Look Alike Poll! And they are kicking ASS! I must admit, there is a whole in my heart this year because I never see Fantone anymore, and the new Alias season doesn't start til January. How can I survive without Daddy Fantone?!?! How, god, how! At least I can now gaze upon their mature, heavenly faces on this blessed class website...
Wednesday, September 29, 2004 -- 22:20:18 (EDT)
Name: PI
A quick word about query etiquette:
Take a look at the second query for question 14 (from the renal quiz). While it itself essentially adds nothing, it does weaken the arguments presented in the first query (in at least two instances).... GRRRRR!
Wednesday, September 29, 2004 -- 20:38:57 (EDT)
Name: sparky
candice, maybe you could immunize all of us by licking all of those pencils they have for us to take our exams with.
Wednesday, September 29, 2004 -- 18:13:25 (EDT)
Name: nicole -- Email: nbehnke@umich.edu
wow, people (/a person) was nasty to you about being sick, candice? sucky sucky sucky. i hope it was worth the 1 extra point they may have gotten had they not been coughed near. *rolleyes* you were in my exam room and all i kept thinking was man, it must suck to have to take this ridiculous quiz AND be sick.
Wednesday, September 29, 2004 -- 17:56:52 (EDT)
Name: swarnick
Do they have generic crack at that website? I couldn't find any.
Whoever yelled at Candice will get their own little special place in gunner hell, where you will roast knowing the fact that you are just plain mean.
I may just be biased though since I contributed today to the infection that one of the nice immunosuppressed MDC kidney transplant patients will maybe get. I felt so guilty every time I coughed.
Wednesday, September 29, 2004 -- 17:42:59 (EDT)
Name: Chris
Candice I think if your sick you should stay home. I also think that all the sick patients that will come to see me when I am a doctor should stay home. It would make our jobs alot easier. Sick people can be so rude and insensitive to my needs. Damn it.
Wednesday, September 29, 2004 -- 09:20:42 (EDT)
Name: sparky
I believe that most, if not all, of the male MSTPers are pretty vocal about their politics, and if you didn't know who they were voting for, it's because you haven't talked to them in the past six months.
Wednesday, September 29, 2004 -- 03:19:02 (EDT)
Name: iBee
poor Candy! she's sick and someone was apparently very rude to her during the quiz today. must've been one of those neurotic psychogunners.
the survey is still anonymous to me. i can't remember all the male MSTPers. Post-renal brainfarct I suppose.
everyone like my short and catchy nickname?
Wednesday, September 29, 2004 -- 00:36:09 (EDT)
Name: candice
sparky, i thought that survey was "anonymous" :o)
Wednesday, September 29, 2004 -- 00:34:53 (EDT)
Name: representing the ill folk (candice)
To everyone who is not sick, good for you. However, have some respect for those of us who are. Sorry it is annoying and gross that you have to sit next to us when we're hacking away and constantly blowing our noses through lecture or the quiz (and yes, unfortunately you even have to hear us in the videos). Sorry it's distracting for you, but believe me, it's much worse when you're the one taking the quiz with a pile of tissues on your lap. By the way, you WILL get sick - if you want to avoid it, don't tell ME to stay at home.
Wednesday, September 29, 2004 -- 00:32:13 (EDT)
Name: sparky
last year when kids sent me stuff for code blue, let me affirm that any ballot stuffing swarnick does will be completely unnecessary. w/ an n=50ish of our class, it was something like 85% kerry.
fyi, male mstp kids voted something like 110% bush :)
Tuesday, September 28, 2004 -- 22:44:11 (EDT)
Name: swarnick
Hey Matthew - do you think me deceitful? I will vote once you scoundrel.
And anyway - it's not like polls have much integrity during this election.
And you go Reid!
Tuesday, September 28, 2004 -- 22:15:37 (EDT)
Name: Reid
Location: Kerrytown, Ann Arbor,
Here's a brain buster for you...
why would people click on the poll and select "I'm not going to vote"? Clearly, they are voting in THIS poll, so they have an opinion or care enough to make their vote heard...
Tuesday, September 28, 2004 -- 21:14:54 (EDT)
Name: Hammer
I can't wait for swarnick to stuff the new poll for JKerry...
Tuesday, September 28, 2004 -- 02:26:08 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
dodgers are so awesome
Monday, September 27, 2004 -- 14:10:05 (EDT)
Name: PI
A new curriculum for the M3 year, perhaps?
http://www.cnn...index.html
Monday, September 27, 2004 -- 14:01:31 (EDT)
Name: Elderly Man
I did your mom at the VA
Saturday, September 25, 2004 -- 18:13:29 (EDT)
Name: crackass mofo
I'm on crack, i got mine from the VA!
Friday, September 24, 2004 -- 20:24:23 (EDT)
Name: JZ
Location: Chicago,
Ok Hong, this may be the only time in my life, but I'm going to let out an enthusiastic GO DODGERS! for this weekend series. Sweep those Giants under the mat!
Swarnick, you on crack, boy.
Friday, September 24, 2004 -- 18:41:20 (EDT)
Name: swarnick
In honor of the new Goodies on our webpage:
I bet you want the goodies.
Bet you thought about it.
Got you all hot and bothered.
Mayb' cuz I talk about it.
Lookin for the goodies
Keep on lookin' cuz they stay in the jar
Oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh
Friday, September 24, 2004 -- 17:27:17 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
thanks daniel. these guides are sweet.
Friday, September 24, 2004 -- 16:49:29 (EDT)
Name: Daniel -- Email: dchan@med.miami.edu
Location: Miami, FL
Several people had e-mailed me regarding the Class of 2004 web site being down... as of right now, it is back online with all the study guides. Best of luck to all this year.
Thursday, September 23, 2004 -- 21:23:39 (EDT)
Name: mikelope
good Job Ben,
rip off or not....it's a testament to your willingness to learn from others (or steal, however you fancy it)!
atta boy
Thursday, September 23, 2004 -- 15:00:38 (EDT)
Name: Ben
Oh yeah - if you have a site you want linked from this page, lemme know. Where I put them probably depends on how many links I get.
Also, inspired by the cool new features of the M1 website, I've ripped off some goodies and added some new links in the Resources page, which should be accessible via http://resources.shorturl.com by next week.
-B
Thursday, September 23, 2004 -- 16:47:15 (EDT)
Name: Geoff
I never promised high quality, but I did deliver a nickname... so quit your complaining! :)
Thursday, September 23, 2004 -- 02:52:38 (EDT)
Name: Lil' Mac
Okay Webmaster Snob, I may not be able to hyperlink, but at least I don't have to worry about my computer being attacked by email viruses.
Try this:
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/winrg.php
And check out Kikkoman because Soy Sauce tastes good.
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/kikkoman-e.php
Thursday, September 23, 2004 -- 02:03:23 (EDT)
Name: Webmaster Snob
In light of the topic at hand, and in celebration of gigabyte IFS space, please enjoy this gem from our friends at redvsblue.com:
http://www.umich.edu/~benwei/cgi-data/shared/switch.html
And yes, only I can put hyperlinks in my posts.
Thursday, September 23, 2004 -- 01:42:55 (EDT)
Name: JHo
I have to admit. I do LOVE enounce...
Hong- "anti-appliticism" is a very bad wordplay off of anti-semitism. And I added too many letters, but I could care less... I could.
Man, someone needs to give me a new nickname. The one Geoff made for me is no good. I want my money back!
Wednesday, September 22, 2004 -- 23:26:24 (EDT)
Name: M2 Deep
boo to the Macntrashs that you can't enounce!
Wednesday, September 22, 2004 -- 21:04:21 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
what the smell is appliticism?
Wednesday, September 22, 2004 -- 19:01:04 (EDT)
Name: JHo
Poo on your anti-appliticism. I fully enjoy the benefits of a wavy-colored screen saver w/o having d/l your file.
And my MAC is super trustworthy and inexpensive too, esp. w/ all those edu discounts (educounts?)
Wednesday, September 22, 2004 -- 17:36:53 (EDT)
Name: Gramps
Do you like that wavy colorful screensaver on the MAC but not enough to make you give up your trustworthy, inexpensive and faster PC? Well, it turns out it is not an Apple product but an OpenGL screen saver. I posted a copy here in the shared folder: it's called flurry-win32.zip. Enjoy!
Tuesday, September 21, 2004 -- 20:17:45 (EDT)
Name: sparky
hey Ben, I was wondering if you could add a section on the left to list the links of those of us who maintain our own websites. some of us appreciate every little bit of traffic we get :0) and i'm sure there's more than a handful of us out there.
Tuesday, September 21, 2004 -- 15:11:01 (EDT)
Name: sparky
the Sept 20 Zogby poll gave Kerry a six point lead at 52-46... hardly enough to justify not continuing to fight hard. the latest poll in Ohio also showed Bush's lead down to only 3 points, which is pretty exciting, given how bad it's looked there the past few months.
Tuesday, September 21, 2004 -- 07:31:47 (EDT)
Name: PI
I dunno - if the pundits aren't lying, it looks like Michigan is going to go the Democrats anyway.
Monday, September 20, 2004 -- 21:53:24 (EDT)
Name: swarnick
Election day is ONLY 43 short days away. There are MANY ways for medical students to come and help support the Kerry/Edwards campaign through the Washtenaw County Dems. There are a few of us who go there during the week, so e-mail me if you want to go with me sometime. I'm going Tuesday 10/21 and possibly Saturday morning before the game.
210 S. Fourth Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(734) 214-1560
M - F 9 am - 9 pm
Sat. - Sun. 10 am - 9 pm
Monday, September 20, 2004 -- 16:48:34 (EDT)
Name: Geoff
Jonie, you could take on something like JHo, in the spirit of the great Jennifer Lopez... but that nickname might have other interpretations as well :)
Any other requests for shortened, catchy nicknames? I'm open for business...
However, some of us do not require nicknames because our names are so often misspelled and mispronounced that we can't afford to introduce more variablility into the mix :)
Monday, September 20, 2004 -- 14:38:40 (EDT)
Name: Jonie
there, there. tests are only objective assessments of your worth as a human being.
Jonie, who would like a catchy, but not necessarily shortened nickname...and a nap or two
Monday, September 20, 2004 -- 13:20:28 (EDT)
Name: sparky
the only reason we have tests is to hurt my feelings :0( *whimper*
Sunday, September 19, 2004 -- 17:31:25 (EDT)
Name: (the mysterious) PI
The worst-case (and most-likely) scenario is that the "quiz" and path practical will both be worth 10% each and the exam will be worth 80% (per syllabus).
Sunday, September 19, 2004 -- 17:12:44 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
Location: chavez LATRINE,
anyone know what % the path portion will be? and if they will be giving out 103% averages again?
Sunday, September 19, 2004 -- 16:59:15 (EDT)
Name: sparky
and PI is obviously phosphatidyl inositol. like, duh. :)
Sunday, September 19, 2004 -- 16:57:54 (EDT)
Name: sparky
wow, my nickname is shortened AND catchy. thanks geooff!
Sunday, September 19, 2004 -- 13:23:59 (EDT)
Name: Jonie
Hey, we can make it a survey!
Who is "PI"?
a) MSTPer
b) Male
c) Barry Bond-hating Asian
d) do we really want to know?
e) all of the above
N.B. I really have no clue who PI is.
Sunday, September 19, 2004 -- 00:33:45 (EDT)
Name: Ben
Geoff: your guess is as good as mine. I think Sparky would be the most reliable resource.
Sunday, September 19, 2004 -- 00:12:24 (EDT)
Name: eric
nitrates and nitrates -- "silo farmer's disease"
need i say more?
Saturday, September 18, 2004 -- 23:25:25 (EDT)
Name: Geoff
Hey Ben... any chance of getting a translation reference for the rest of us who aren't in the loop with shortened and the catchy nicknames? Something like "sparky = Garrett" and "swarnick = Steve" and "PI = ???"
Saturday, September 18, 2004 -- 23:07:09 (EDT)
Name: sparky
yes it is
Saturday, September 18, 2004 -- 22:12:16 (EDT)
Name: PI
This is completely random - I seem to remember that nitrites/nitrates were mentioned somewhere during this sequence, but I can't figure out where.....
Saturday, September 18, 2004 -- 17:57:51 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
is it because i'm asian?
Saturday, September 18, 2004 -- 17:45:55 (EDT)
Name: sparky
barry bonds hates you
Saturday, September 18, 2004 -- 00:30:56 (EDT)
Name: mikehong
i hate barry bonds
Friday, September 17, 2004 -- 21:28:58 (EDT)
Name: PI
What happened to the second half of the streaming video from the review session this afternoon?
Friday, September 17, 2004 -- 00:00:39 (EDT)
Name: Ben
Candice: I believe it's because of the drop bonus, suggesting a mean grade of 93.4/100, or 93.4/90 with the drop bonus.
-B
Thursday, September 16, 2004 -- 23:39:49 (EDT)
Name: me again
oh crap, I think they got the max points and points correct columns reversed - ben, erase my last message so they don't find out
Thursday, September 16, 2004 -- 23:36:34 (EDT)
Name: candice
has anyone checked out our cardio grades? the lab portion mean was ~103%! I hope this is no mistake
Thursday, September 16, 2004 -- 22:45:43 (EDT)
Name: JJ
P.S. Stupidland was supposed to be my country, as in all the stupid people who will make the wrong choice...
Thursday, September 16, 2004 -- 22:44:31 (EDT)
Name: JJ
Location: Kerryland, Autoland Stupidland
amen, laviddee, amen. On all accounts. I am going to have a great weekend! Football and studying! And contemplating why americans are dumb and will vote for bush. dumb. dumb dumb.
Thursday, September 16, 2004 -- 22:20:32 (EDT)
Name: dave -- Email: laviddee@umich.edu
You know what feeling i get when i see that the entire world wants Kerry to be president. I think... What the FREAK is wrong with us??? Are our citizens SOOO influenced by what bush wants us to believe, that we don't even watch the news and make informed decisions for ourselves?? Do we actually believe it when Cheney says we're going to be attacked if Kerry is president. The bush administration is politicizing terror and scaring the american people into voting for him. Are we that easily manipulated?
The rest of the world seems to get it. Why can't we? He misled us, he's responsible for the deaths of a thousand us soldiers, and thousands more of innocent iraqi civilians. He did another psyche job back then on us and scared us into thinking that Iraq was an imminent danger or that they collaborated with Al qaeda. Why not invade iran? why not saudi arabia? Why not north korea? the man invaded iraq not b/c of WMDs, not b/c of a connection with al qaeda, but b/c he knew he could use 9/11 and shady intelligence to start a war of his choice.
What a crock. The boy cried wolf then, and he's crying wolf now. gosh i hope the people get it right this time. We should be able to admit our mi
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