Perspective

My senior year of veterinary school, an oncology resident I respected a great deal sat us all down and told us his number one piece of advice: “No matter what you tell a client,” he said, “Make sure you say it with utter conviction- even if you’re not sure you’re right.” We all nodded, wide-eyed… Read More

My wife and I are having a really stressful week. You see, she has taken up curling (you know, the Olympic sport that looks like shuffleboard on a hockey rink), and she’s practicing like mad for a big tournament. Meanwhile, over at the improv comedy club, I’m coaching nine amateur comedians for their upcoming performance… Read More

  For many former inmates, it’s difficult to find work since they left prison. The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation seeks to rehabilitate the inmates while introducing them to another opportunity: the care and keeping of retired racehorses.     [tweetthis]Rehabilitating inmates through #horse grooming education – new hope, second chances[/tweetthis] Read More

Human beings are very intelligent, but we can also be stubborn as mules. One of the hardest things we face is not jumping to conclusions in the face of certain events, and even trained scientists find they have to struggle against their own biases to rely on logic when examining cause and effect. With the… Read More

These are crazy times, both in general (beyond scope of this blog) and in veterinary medicine (will try to focus on this). Veterinary medicine has changed drastically in the past 20 years and I feel like I am in a good position to observe these changes because I’m an in-betweeny when it comes to my… Read More

When you’re fresh out of school, you think you’re prepared for the world of veterinary medicine. Years later, you realize you had NO IDEA what you were getting yourself into.  I recently thought back on what I would tell my younger, newly graduated veterinary technician self. Here are my top 14 things: 1) You’ll never… Read More