Been a while as my lack of having anything interesting to impart has stopped me from writing. This post has been percolating in the back of my mind but I never really realised it. But as one does I was chatting to my anaesthetic nurse the other day and she mentioned a book she was […]
First of all don’t feel obliged to read this. It’s a reflection on heading back to the UK after 4 years away. Some of it is just to get my thoughts out and some of it is as a souvenir, which is the french word for memory. Haven’t seen mum since 2018 and my brother […]
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As usual I struggle to think of something to write about and twitter provides! @sassistheword was engaging with some individuals who suggested that of course she couldn’t communicate as a lowly anaesthetist… Got me to thinking, it’s a common trope after all. Not helped by most of the public not realising that (in Australia and […]
I’ll start with a disclaimer, because most of the commentary on twitter is positive about the above I feel like I might be perceived as “having a go.” Which is why I’m writing here to explain some nuance that can’t be generated in 280 characters. I am white, male and middle class. I understand the […]
As can be seen if you frequent this site my blog posts are sporadic. I heard Matt Farah, a US motoring journalist, comment the other day that he often gets asked to critique stuff. He mentioned that often there’s an initial flurry of getting all the ideas out. This then followed by a deafening silence […]
I have a night out every three months or so where I invite all my consultant colleagues out for a beer and pizza. We share it around different people’s houses and whoever’s house it is gets to choose the date. But it’s a « boys » night out. One of my female colleagues rolled her […]
So I’m reasonably tech savvy, I read about cars most days, I listen to green tech podcasts as I walk the dogs. I can afford to be green. So I offloaded the gas guzzler (a Toyota Tarago since you ask with a 3.5l V6 – the best family wagon I’ve had by some margin. If […]