kung POW!!!!

i started my tae kwan do class at the YMCA last night... a fourth year med student and her husband teach it for the Y Mentors and their Mentees (it's like big brothers big sisters)... apparently, having medical students in the class is a stabilizing influence...

so as I was weakly tossing punches at imaginary attackers, it was humbling to watch the four foot tall, blonde eight year old girl to my right do it with such mastery... well, not mastery, but she certainly knew what she was doing...

i felt a lot like kramer in his karate class... soon, I will be master of the dojo... watch out blondie!

i inserted a chest tube into a patient today... well, actually, it was one of our cadavers... and, unfortunately for her, it was a bit too late... but fun... I guess an ER doc out here will put about five to ten into patients in a given year...

who will tomorrow night's epic struggle? the patriots, or prepping for molecular biology... ? only time will tell...

cheers,