We had an advanced trauma life support class a couple of weeks ago at Tulane medical school in New Orleans. It wasn't an easy certification, so our chairman told us that if we all passed, he would have a big dinner and an ice chest full of refreshments waiting for us when we got out.

Mardi Gras beads in the Tulane auditorium. Keeping it classy.

True to his word - after two 9 hour days of trauma simulations, and a vivarium simulation on a live specimen, we all passed - and we were rewarded with a BBQ, fish fry, and a couple of well deserved cold drinks.



I hadn't realized that in addition to being an EM doc, that our chair was also on the SWAT team. He had several pictures up of him finishing the Iditarod, dangling from a helicopter to rescue people from the flood after Katrina, blowing up a wall for no apparent reason, landing a helicopter on a train, and my personal favorite -

Landing a helicopter on the wing of a 747 and blowing the door in with explosives. Not bad...

Medical Algorithms of Reality

awesome.

More awkward family pet portraits.

This song reminds me of one of those days when you are post-call and exhausted, it is cold as hell outside, but the sun is still shining really bright - for some reason you don't run into a single person you know all day, and you feel a little home-sick.



Hyper-realistic paintings. Yes, these are paintings
http://9gag.com/gag/30311/

"Boys are dying on these streets..."

"we spoke of latent causes, sterile gauzes
and the bedside morale
we traipse around the table talking sentences
so incomplete... please! plea!
boys are dying on these streets..."

Oh, General Anesthesia...

My mom says I was a lot like this after I had my wisdom teeth pulled - only more embarrassing...

Kool Keith

The man that raps under a million different names, including Dr. Octogon on his album Dr. Octogonocologist... (a rap album loosely based on gynocology...)
Just in case you were in the mood for something weird/awesome, here's Black Elvis:

Oh. That's how you do it.

This is even more awesome - lightning slowed down 300X

Long Island car accident by my old apartment. Jesus.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/long_island_parkway_crash_claims_T4lmUE9yKHg1b4M6BN1spN

OB Attending: "OK, so how many of you have actually felt anything during a bi-manual exam?"

Male EM intern: "I've felt 'awkward'..."

We sped the plymouth cross the banks of the mississippi river...

I don't wanna waste your time...

I have made a CD titled/themed by season every year for the past 6 years or so. I usually hand them out to close friends. Here's the list for Summer 2010 if you want to download some sweet summer tracks:

The Strokes - "Under Control"
The Sea and Cake - "An Echo In"
Modest Mouse - "The Waydown"
Cold War Kids - "Hang Me Up to Dry"
Built to Spill - "Stab"
The National - "Bloodbuzz Ohio"
Frightened Rabbit - "Keep Yourself Warm"
Modest Mouse - "Ocean Breathes Salty"
Yo La Tengo - "Stockholm Syndrome"
Yo La Tengo - "Alyda"
Radiohead - "All I need"
New Order - "Ceremony"
Stephen Malkmus - "The Hook"
Heatmiser - "Plainclothes Man"
Pavement - "Grounded"
The Strokes - "The Modern Age"
Built to Spill - "In your Mind"
Built to Spill - "Reasons"

This guy really loves rainbows.

You can tell by the way he begins to weep tears of joy towards the end.

If you have ever wondered how good your life is.

You should watch this.


Live.

Transformers

This makes Ikea look like they hock clunky antiques you picked up on Craigslist.


Stephen Malkmus