Polite Dissent

My turn it seems:

1. Ten years ago:
I was a few months into my fourth (and final) year of medical school. I had just returned from several weeks over in the Philippines visiting my sister, who was a Peace Corps volunteer there. I arrived back in St. Louis just in time to take Part 2 of the Medical Boards and start a rotation in Pediatric Endocrinology.

2. Five years ago:
I was a physician in the USAF stationed at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas. At this point, the Polite-Girlfriend (not yet the Polite-Wife) and I had been dating about a year.

3. One year ago:
I was refinishing our back porch. I had power-sprayed it, just trying to wash away some of the grime, but it turned out that I inadvertently washed away the cheap weather-proofing the previous owners had used. A one-day project became a two-week nightmare as I had to sand, re-sand and finish the porch. Looks great though.

4. Yesterday:
A long day at work, then a too-quiet evening at home (the wife and cats are down in the new house).

5. Today:
Another long day at work (mostly school and sports physicals) and another too-quiet evening at home.

6. Tomorrow:
Hospital rounds first thing in the morning, and then I’ll swing by the post office and mail some credentials forms for the new job. If the hospital is not too busy, I’ll head down to the St. Louis area and see how the unpacking is going in our new house.

7. Five snacks I enjoy:
Bottlecaps, Nerds, Iced sugar cookies, tangerines, honey-wheat pretzels

8. Five bands I know the lyrics of most of their songs:
The Who, Pink Floyd, Simon & Garfunkel, Chris Robison, Heather Alexander

9. Five things I would do with $100,000,000:
Pay off the house, send my nieces/nephews to college, go back to school myself, buy a vacation home and hide the rest under the mattress.

10. Five locations I’d like to run away to:
Anywhere in the Appalachians, Belgium, Reykjavik, Las Vegas or Kauai

11. Five Bad Habits:
A horrendous sweet tooth, ignoring people who are talking to me if I’m involved in something, being fanatical about the proper use of the word “unique” and yelling at the TV or radio when it is used incorrectly, the inability to count to 5

12. Five things I like doing:
Watching mindless TV, Reading books and comics, researching bizarre medical questions for this site, sleeping and playing computer and video games poorly.

13. Five TV shows I like:
Kim Possible. Black Adder, the Simpsons, MythBusters and Deep Space Nine.

14. Famous People I’d like to meet, living or dead.
Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Teddy Roosevelt, C.S. Forester, Wellington, Steve Ditko, Robert Parker and Bobby Labonte, Alton Brown.

15. Biggest joys at the moment:
Just hoping the move will be over soon and praying that someone will buy our house.

16. Favorite toys:
The computer, my Trek and my iPaq.