No subject (Part 5)

Vince, YES!
Me on the other hand am okay with Crimson and Blue (KU) as that is the first step to the perfect color Royal Purple (KSU).

Soccer is a lot like hockey only in super slow motion. If hockey was this slow, only the player's parents would watch.

Is this fellow a resident of Fansville, by any chance? If not, he would probably fit right in.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=fansville+commercials+in+order&view=detail&mid=0485d7c3b282ecbce0340485d7c3b282ecbce034&form=vire

Since the start of E SPN plus, I don't and won't buy in.

I've gone back to listening on radio.

If it isn't free, then I just listen.

Post Edited (alephnull) : 11/28/2022 9:07:28 AM (GMT-8)

I saw on a Sunday morning TV show today that urologists have the most stressful jobs in the U.S. I wonder if that's because it tends to involve cranky older men, or maybe doing DREs all day wears them down? Lol!

mattam called it, with urology being cited as the most stressful medical specialty, according to the link below. The link is to an article on the AMA website, so it probably has credibility.

From the article:

"In the Medscape survey, the highest percentage of physician burnout occurred among these medical specialties":

Urology: 54%.
Neurology: 50%.
Nephrology: 49%.
Diabetes and endocrinology: 46%.
Family medicine: 46%.
Radiology: 46%.

"The lowest rates of burnout were reported by physicians in these medical specialties":

Public health and preventive medicine: 29%.
Ophthalmology: 30%.
Orthopedics: 34%.
Psychiatry: 35%.
Otolaryngology: 35%.
General surgery: 35%.

The article goes on to suggest ways of reducing stress, and mentions a few other interesting facts about physician "burn out."

One that surprised me was the claim that female doctors are more subject to burn out, although it doesn't go into why this may be so. Maybe it's because female doctors find it harder to avoid becoming emotionally affected by their patients' situations?

I was also personally surprised that Psychiatry and General Surgery were among the least stressful, but I guess that's just my take.

Interesting article.

https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/physician-health/physician-burnout-which-medical-specialties-feel-most-stress

Saturday wife and I attended a live simulcast of the Metropolitan’s new Opera, “The Hours.” One of the best works of art, in all fields, I have ever seen. For our Opera loving members, I believe many theaters are showing an encore on the 14th. Also HBO Max is also streaming “The White Lotus: Season 2.” Set in Sicily, this series is Grand Opera also — all characters and emotions bigger than life. Happy holidays to all!

Well wow, just wow!!
Unfortunately my Cats got killed by Bama.

But my BBall Cats are on a roll.
They put a school record of 116 on #6 Texas in Austin.
116-103
We just might be MUCH better than everyone seems to think we are.
Go Cats!
#EMAW

DJIN,
Instrumental music without vocals is amazing.
I am no where near an expert nor am I educated to it.
But to listen to Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and many others is an absolute delight.
I can't read music, I don't know my head from a hole in the ground when it comes to music.
But my ears know what's beautiful!!

Most of us have access through our many devises to many kinds of music of almost any age and country. No matter where we go even out in a remote area, we just might hear some sort of music played on portable devises. The kind of music preferred is very subjective. Thats good because then we have choices.

The first music that i remembered that stuck in my head and influenced me even though I was quite young was the "Mikado" an operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan that my parents played from time to time on their record player. Of course i did not understand that it was a satire on English aristocracy and politics, as all operas and operettas tell a story and it was not until i was in my early 20's did I take an interest in the words and not just the music. All four of us kids took piano lessons and for some unknown reason, I was the only one who continued with self generated music (piano, accordion, guitar) over my adult life never getting past the stage of recreational player. But it was and is still a big part of my life.

Today will be 3 weeks since I had hip replacement surgery and I am not supposed to be alpine and nordic skiing for another 5 weeks although I am trying to wear out the new one by walking on the snowshoe trails every day which brings me to why I am writing this note. We are living in a mountain resort area where there are not a lot of things going on after you ski all day and that is where I have taken up playing the piano maybe 1 1/2 hours or more per day since moving into our home in July. I can listen to the most beautiful classical music from all of the masters at any time and sometimes I do turn to a Youtube video showing how a certain piece is played but to me, playing original songs from the great masters whether it is classical, ragtime, blues, vaudeville, boggie woogie, even with warts is not only satisfying, but I feel it gives me a feeling that I am giving that grey mass in my skull a workout which I guess is important for us old guys.

On my bucket list, Clair de Lune without mistakes is getting closer every day.

Dave

Well, as Frank Thomas says about Nugenix, "Trust me, she'll like it too."

Alephnull,
Those days are a faint memory for me as well. If a sex scene comes up in a movie, I turn down the volume and look away, cringing. 😐

I watched part of the game. Glad your Wildcats defeated the arch enemy. The Cats are doing really well this year with a new coach.

mattam,
Me too, I have a coworker that doesn't wear a mask in the office, but anytime we go to a meeting, he is masked up.

Good for him, taking care of himself.

KSU's start this season is the best since I was a toddler. 1961-62 season