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The Cheerful Oncologist
"Courage and cheerfulness will not only carry you over the rough places in life, but will enable you to bring comfort and help to the weak-hearted and will console you in the sad hours." -Sir William Osler
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Best of the Cheerful Oncologist - Footsteps
Strolling around the sparse, loamy grass, or lounging by the water under the soft shade of the pines, the mind drifts and imagination begins to replay scenes from summers long forgotten.Posted on August 9, 2007 9:42 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
End of Vacation Blogging
My annual trek Up North to the land of clear blue water is over and I shall resume the usual malarky cometh the dawn.Posted on August 2, 2007 9:55 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
Vacation Blogging
You know, it is remarkable how far laughter carries across these northern glacial lakes.Posted on July 23, 2007 5:18 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Message to an Eagle Scout
"Now more than ever the world needs leaders, and as an Eagle Scout the world will ask much of you - of your skills, your character and your good will."Posted on March 19, 2007 12:06 PM • •
Ten Weird Things About Me? Say It Ain't So!
[Editor's note: Dr. Stemwedel has started this particular meme on ScienceBlogs. In the spirit of merriment if not utter buffoonery the narrator of this site feels compelled to join in - the twerp.] Confiteor, Pater Optime! 1. I can identify...Posted on March 6, 2007 7:47 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Back Home Again
Mirabile dictu, the electric company came by and replaced our downed power line this afternoon. Blogging will resume tout de suite, but first can I at least get the temperature in here above 60 degrees? (Up from 44, that is)....Posted on January 16, 2007 9:28 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
We Interrupt This Blog to Bring You the Following
Once again a despicable ice storm has forced us out of our house...I'm currently living in a tent city run by some Food-For-Oil executives by the banks of the muddy Meramec River in Fenton, Missouri...unable to blog...am using a friend's...Posted on January 14, 2007 6:58 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
"Chem Lab - Mon, Wed, Fri - Period 5"
KMnO4 + C6H12O6 + friction is not a way to impress girls. It is a nice way to get a new wardrobe (once released from the hospital).Posted on January 10, 2007 2:42 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Presenting - The Homeless Oncologist!
As I drive around my neighborhood I see twisted and mangled trunks, arms and legs lying in the snow, or leaning against fellow trees like wounded soldiers. Power crews are working around the clock to replace the scores of downed lines.Posted on December 3, 2006 11:51 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
And I Wasn't Even on a Cruise!
It is hard for me to put into words what it feels like to be hit with gastroenteritis, which I had the misfortune yesterday to develop. The symptoms, as recorded in the literature - vomiting, abdominal cramps, diarrhea, headache, muscle...Posted on December 1, 2006 1:32 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
More Halloween Ghostly Reading
Don't be scared - stay up late tonight reading, and then sleep tight my dearies....Posted on October 30, 2006 8:35 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
Update from St. Louis
Just in case you were wondering what we were up to last night...Posted on October 28, 2006 10:11 AM • • 0 TrackBacks
Just a Friendly Reminder...
...that Afarensis and I happen to reside in the city where little birds will strike holy terror in the minds of lowly tigers on this Friday night. Ahem...Go Cards!...Posted on October 27, 2006 2:34 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
Can One be a Capitalist and a ScienceBlogger, Too?
Inquiring minds want to know! Well, at least this inquiring mind wanted to find out just how much of a capitalist he really is, so I took this quickie test. I was surprised at the results, but in reality I...Posted on October 16, 2006 6:28 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Top Ten List: Cinema's Most Frightening Scenes Ever - Now Updated!
Tonight is Saturday night, and in honor of this traditional "Fright Night" I would like to present what I consider to be the most frightening scenes ever created in the history of cinema.Posted on September 23, 2006 9:50 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Top Ten List: Color Science Fiction Movies
Watching a good science fiction movie is one of the most enjoyable pastimes available to anyone who has ever looked up into the sky at night and asked "Why?"Posted on September 15, 2006 2:02 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Top Ten List: Black and White Science Fiction Movies
Perhaps Afarensis and I are the only two bloggers left on Mother Earth who fret over the decline of the intelligent, scary and wonderfully provocative science fiction movie.Posted on September 9, 2006 9:46 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Anticipation
Later that afternoon, after the wind has pushed mountains of clouds across the lake, a distant gray wall approaches the shore.Posted on July 31, 2006 7:23 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Ghosts From the Northern Skies
Echoes seem to carry across the lake and forest like a bell ringing over a mountain valley.Posted on July 26, 2006 8:35 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Was My Great-Grandfather Tough, or Just Overheated?
In the previous episode of "My Peculiar Summer" I might have mentioned that the fair city where your narrator resides was recently battered by a couple of storms. As I write this thousands of citizens still wail in the dark...Posted on July 23, 2006 10:15 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Holy Thunderbolts! Who Goosed Zeus Last Night?
The fair city of St. Louis was hit by a brutal thunderstorm last night, knocking out the power to at least half of the metro area. Trees are down everywhere and it takes 15 minutes to go through a major...Posted on July 20, 2006 4:42 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
