Posted in Articles You Must Read, Randomness on July 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Girl survives lightning strike, then wins lottery
Fri Jun 13, 7:33 PM ET
BLANCHARD, Mich. – No one quite understands the term “striking it lucky” better than 16-year-old BreAnna Helsel. The Michigan teen survived being struck by lightning and went on to win $20 in the lottery the next day.
Helsel was at her home [...]
Posted in Life Exists Outside Med School, Randomness on June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’d like to think that I’m pretty well-versed when it comes to sushi, so I was intrigued when I found a new type of nigiri on a Japanese fusion restaurant’s menu.
It’s called ono – Premium Hawaiian Escolar. I looked it up in wikipedia, and this is what I found:
“Like its relative the oilfish (Ruvettus pretiosus), [...]
Posted in Articles You Must Read, Randomness on June 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I was on WebMD this morning looking up advice on sinus infections when I saw a curious little box on the page. It was a little slider that you can move from left to right to change age ranges, and under it was a list of diseases pertaining to that particular age range, with the [...]
