Grandparents Day

Here's a video my principle took and I put together for our school's grandparents day yesterday. Pretty special. =)

What is a browser?

This is a great, short video to help explain what a browser is!  Helpful for those who are confused between the difference between a browser and a search engine.

101 and counting...

The Chicago Cubs were officially eliminated from playoff contention this week, which was terribly disappointing given their success last year and amount of money they spent on their payroll.  (an ESPN poll recently showed that the Cubs season was far more disappointing than the recent loss of the Olympics)  I had been following the team closely until the last two weeks...at which point I realized they wouldn't make it again.  Being a Cubs fan is a lesson in faith.

Here is a graphic by the Chicago Tribune that shows the last 101 World Series winners since the Cubs last won it all.  I'll now turn my patronage to the Phillies for the remainder of the 2009 baseball season.  Go Phils!

Beer thrower turns himself in

The photo on the Tribune's website was correct: that was the guy who threw the beer at Victorino. Here he is after he turned himself into police.

Cubs/Phillies, part 2

About a month ago, we got a group of 25 fans to go watch the Phillies battle the Cubs while they were in Philadelphia. The game went into extra innings, but the bad guys won (sense a theme with the last post?). Here's a clip from singing the 7th inning stretch:

Beergate

Last night, the Cubs played the Phillies at Wrigley Field. I watched the game while playing Quizzo at Urban Saloon--a local restaurant/bar in my Fairmount neighborhood. The game wasn't actually much of one, as the Cubs lost 12-5. But that wasn't the real excitement in the game. In one of the later innings, one of the bleacher bums had had enough: when Phillies player Shane Victorino tracked down a fly ball, someone threw his beer on the center fielder. Victorino caught the ball, but was doused in beer. Security saw a man heckling Victorino, thought he had done this indecent act, and escorted the wrong guy out of the stands! Here's a photo provided by the Tribune:

Booing the other team is one thing; throwing a beer at them is extreme fan interference. First the goat, then Bartman, now this beer-tosser...what's going to happen next at Wrigley?!?!

Sarah's graduation (a little late)

As I was glancing over my blog postings from the last few months, I realized that I hadn't posted about Sarah's graduation from medical school!  Tragic!!! 

Sarah ended her four year pursuit of a Jefferson Medical College medical degree on May 28, 2009.  The graduation took place in the Kimmel Center, arguably the most beautiful venue for the arts in Philadelphia.  Sarah was joined by 100+ fellow graduates who probably spent at least two of the last four years studying or learning in the hospital.  Sarah's parents, sister Elizabeth, and I were the privileged ones to receive Sarah's four tickets for the ceremony. 

It was quite something to experience all these students recite the Hippocratic Oath together and for them to officially become known as "doctors."  There was much rejoicing!!! 

We were all so proud of Sarah.  She worked so hard to get this degree in order to help people with their medical issues.  One of the reasons I am proud of her is her pursuit of primary care--specially family practice medicine.  While not as well respected on the East Coast in terms of prestige and paycheck, she wants to be a family doctor to develop relationships with her patients and their families to foster better care for their health.  The emphasis on preventative medicine and health education makes family practice the closest an MD will ever be to a teacher!  Or maybe I'm just biased.