Ben...

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 03:44:10 GMT

this weekend, i built a darkroom. hooray!

...now i need to set a date for my national board exam. boo!

Sun, 08 Oct 2006 17:20:31 GMT

Dear Dr. Microbiology Lab Instructor,

thanks for heeding the advice in my previous letter. in our follow-up lab, i really appreciated the warning to not open the agar slants cultured with Tuberculosis.

thanks for sparing my lungs,
~Ben

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Dear Class,

thanks for understanding that i'm caught up and on the same level as you now having not taken these classes previously. although, just because i live with a few upperclassmen does not mean that i sit around and talk to them about every current lecture topic and upcoming exam.

i still don't know what's going to be on the test... please stop asking.
~Ben

P.S. when i'm wearing my "No, I will not fix your computer" t-shirt, please read it before asking me why the new laptop you bought through the school locks up when you run Windows Media Player. there's a reason you bought 4 years of tech-support... ask them, not me.

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:16:58 GMT

Dear Dr. Microbiology Lab Instructor,

I understand that the point of the gram-negative bacteria lab was to utilize the various tests to identify the unknown cultures presented, but you should really give us a heads up before we all handle Gonnorhea. even though i'm pretty good at following standard precautions, i really don't like the fact that i handled the media, recorded my results, and then followed the flow charts only to find out that the first unknown i handled was an STD. frankly, i just don't trust my fellow classmates' adherence to good aseptic procedures. i must've washed my hands at least a dozen random times throughout the rest of the day and was still a little afraid to scratch my nose.

here's hoping it doesnt burn when i pee next week,
~Ben

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:36:05 GMT

Andrew on the thickness of our required Periodontology textbook:

"I mean, God fucking wrote the bible and it wasnt this thick! Some asshole had to write a book that big about my fucking gums?!"

yo, i copped a new whip

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 01:23:33 GMT

after looking intently at the Mazda3, i spent a little more money than i should've and went with something a little less practical:

2006 4x4 Ford Ranger XLT Super-Cab (2-door)
4.0L single-overhead V6
Automatic Trans, A/C, cruise-control, class-III tow package

yahoo!

Tue, 23 May 2006 04:26:06 GMT

Dear Gmail,
I appreciate your ability to pick out keywords in my emails and offer related links. but, seriously... don't you think links to spam recipes in the spam folder is stretching it just a little?
~Ben

Tue, 09 May 2006 02:14:37 GMT

From a transcript of a 1st year med school lecture on "Death, Loss and Grief":

"Dr. Smith reads the following from Necessary Losses - "My youngest son is waiting to hear from college. He'll be leaving home. My mother, my sister, too many dear friends are dead. I'm taking calcium pills to save my middle-aged bones from osteoporosis. I'm living on lean cuisine in a last ditch effort to defeat my middle-aged spread. Although my husband and I have maintained our imperfect connection for twenty five rich, full years, the bombs of divorce and widowhood are falling all around us. We live with loss." This is from Judith Viorst who wrote a book called Necessary Losses. She also wrote children's books."

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:09:21 GMT

funny picture for the day:

Sat, 22 Apr 2006 02:47:23 GMT

look who's joining the UAB School of Dentistry next year: Miss Alabama USA

Tue, 18 Apr 2006 18:33:24 GMT

so, i'm now in the market for a car... any suggestions?

Sat, 08 Apr 2006 15:35:22 GMT

Happy Crunchy Frito Man Day!!

Mon, 03 Apr 2006 22:28:47 GMT

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 00:40:47 GMT

yesterday, i chopped down a tree with an axe...

pictures to come whenever i get the film developed.

Thu, 05 Jan 2006 04:13:33 GMT

in our neuroanatomy lecture about pain pathways:

Tue, 13 Dec 2005 06:51:24 GMT

what i love about dating a medical student, #28:

when she falls asleep on the couch from studying and you go to give her a pillow and blanket, then she wakes up to say "i'm sorry for giving you a prion disease."

today's class:

Fri, 07 Oct 2005 04:29:50 GMT

"Female Reproductive System:

Consists of:
2 ovaries
2 oviducts (fallopian tubes - conduct ova to uterus)
1 uterus (conducts sperm to oviducts)
Cervix (opening of uterus into vagina)
Vagina (recieves sperm)
External genitalia (labial folds + clitoris + vulva)
2 Mammary glands (not really part of reproductive system)"

hooray, boobies!

Thu, 15 Sep 2005 03:28:10 GMT

i wanna fish the mekong river basin...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8404622/

Tue, 05 Jul 2005 15:41:24 GMT

okay, so i bit and have been playing City of Heroes... fun stuff.

for those of you who play, let me know which server you're on, so we can hook up every now and again.

The latest Scorecard:

Fri, 03 Jun 2005 18:43:14 GMT

Racquetball Racquet - 1
Ben's Face - 0

Club Doorman: "Next time wear tighter jeans..."
Drunk Ben: "Next time go fuck yourself..."
Club Doorman: "Excuse me?"
Drunk Ben: "Go fuck yourself..."
Club Doorman - 1
Tossed Drunk Ben - 0

Janky Car Shifter - 0
Ben's Ghetto Rigging Skills - 1

Fri, 22 Apr 2005 01:24:01 GMT

"As the rectum fills with feces, the smooth muscle wall of the rectum contracts and the internal anal sphincter relaxes in the rectosphincteric reflex. Defecation will not occur at this time, however because the external anal sphincter (composed of striated muscle and under voluntary control) is still tonically contracted. However, once the rectum fills to 25% of its capacity, there is an urge to defecate. When it is appropriate, the external anal sphincter is relaxed voluntarily, the smooth muscle of the rectum contracts to create pressure, and feces are forced out through the anal canal. The intra-abdominal pressure created for defecation can be increased by a Valsalva maneuver (expiring against a closed glottis."
~Costanzo, Linda S. (2002) Physiology, Second Edition. (pp. 314-315). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Elsevier.

i wonder... when *is* it appropriate, clinically?

Sun, 27 Feb 2005 05:22:04 GMT

Today, I...

...bought a shotgun.

...walked three blocks from where i parked my car to my apartment in downtown birmingham near all the clubs on a saturday night with my shotgun slung over my shoulder wearing a shirt that says "Trust me...I'm a doctor".

Arrr...a pirate i was meant to be, trim the sails and roam the seas...

Tue, 21 Dec 2004 02:17:56 GMT

If you were a Pirate! by TheHalveric

Username

Yer Pirate Name!

Name yer ship!

Why be ye a Pirate?

Yer First Mate!

amaranth118

Yer Cabin-boy! (or girl)

fsukrisnow

Ye're chief rival be the Dread Pirate

superhero82

Ye'll be pursued by Admiral

cybrbanana

Cut to ribbon in a freak cannon accident...

aeronut26

Yer pirate captive to use fer yer wicked pleasures

morgaine

Number o'ships ye'll sink and women ye'll plunder!

233

Chance ye'll be hanged... or worse.: 80%

Quiz created with MemeGen!

Sun, 12 Dec 2004 03:39:00 GMT

Current Terror Alert Level

some kind of weird boob dentist!!

Sat, 11 Dec 2004 17:09:56 GMT

"BUT if this is for real. You don't know anything about science. You're probably not ever a doctore. And if you are, you're probably a dentist--some kind of weird boob dentist." ~on the hate-mail page of http://www.internetmammogram.net/ (from the people who brought you http://www.realultimatepower.net/)

Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:33:41 GMT

"so its a friday night and you're trying to figure out what to do. now, you can go to the big football party...and they're gonna have all kinds of drugs - beer and alcohol...maybe some pot. or you can go to the bible study... where there's probably not gonna be any refreshments. i know which one i'm gonna pick."

from our "drugs are bad" speech today