Sketch

The filename is sketch.jpg. But can anyone guess what this is a sketch of ?

250,000 people at Pittsburgh’s Victory Parade

“You have supported us, win, lose or draw. So I want to say, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for all the memories you’ve given me, and the way you’ve taken me in.” — Jerome Bettis Will I regret not going to this parade? Maybe, but the skiing was a lot of fun [...]

Grand Rounds is Up

This weeks best in medical blogging is up at Science and Politics. I’d also like to introduce you to another carnival, the Catholic Carnival. Not one that I would normally send you to, except that my best friend from high school has a podcast and this is his first entry into the Catholic Carnival. The [...]

Great Letterman Lineup!

Harrison Ford & Ben Roethlisberger! If I was Ben, I’d be pretty stoked to hang out in the green room with Harrison Ford, not to mention being on the Late Show with Letterman!

A few Steelers Headlines

The Bus Stops Here The Steeler Nation Explodes! Steelers Fans take over Ford Field Disney World not on Ben’s agenda

Be careful what you pray for on Superbowl Sunday

The Rev. David Bonnar, Catholic chaplain to the Steelers since 1997, had an early experience with prayer’s perceived influence on the game. At one of his first team Masses he asked for prayer requests, and former lineman Jim Sweeney said he thought they should pray for their opponents, the Dallas Cowboys. The Cowboys promptly trounced [...]

Inside Ben’s Head

How would you like to get inside the head of one of the greatest quarterbacks gracing the field? A twenty-three year old phenom who is 2 days away from playing in the biggest game of not only his career, but that of many of his teammates including Hall-of-fame running back Jerome Bettis? Well you can, [...]

Get Human

How to get ahold of a real person, instead of a machine.

Ventriculus Quartus and the Steel Industry

This is a really clever cover image for this week’s Pittsburgh City Paper. The image is an enhancment of some type of brain imagery (not sure if it is supposed to be PET, CT or MRI) with the Steelers Logo overlaid. What makes it so clever is that the blue hypocycloid corresponds to Ventriculus Quartus, [...]

Cat Juggling and Puppy Packing

This is my last post of the day…but I just wanted to point this out. Being an ER physician, the topics of drug and overdoses is always of interest. My first thought on reading this article was simply that if a puppy died of a heroin overdose, it would just fall asleep, and probably wouldn’t [...]