Category: humor

  • KCCK Big Mo Blues Show

    KCCK Big Mo Blues Show

    I heard “Oh Mary Don’t You Weep” by the Swan Silvertones for the first time earlier this evening. It kicked off ‘da Friday Night Blues with John Heim. on Jazz 88.3 KCCK. Every Friday night, Big Mo says something that sounds like, “KCCK, your blues prophylactic protecting you from the demon seeds of life.” Don’t…

  • The Chicken Finally Lays An Egg

    The Chicken Finally Lays An Egg

    Below is an old post from a previous blog that I published on June 6, 2010. Although the title in my record is simply PM Handbook Blog, there must have been another title. Maybe it should have been more like The Chicken Has Finally Laid an Egg (you’ll get the joke later). There are two…

  • The Connection Between The University of Iowa and Factitious Disorder

    The Connection Between The University of Iowa and Factitious Disorder

    I found another old blog post, Thoughts on Munchausen’s Syndrome, which reminded me of a psychiatric disorder I saw probably more frequently than most psychiatrists unless they are consultation-liaison specialists. I wrote it in June of 2011. I still don’t understand the disorder and I doubt anyone else does either. The interesting connection to Iowa…

  • Quiz Show on Delirium

    Quiz Show on Delirium

    Here’s an old post from February 15, 2011 from my previous blog The Practical Psychosomaticist called Quiz Show Versus Grand Rounds for Delirium Education: “So you want to put on a game show contest to educate clinicians about delirium? Contact David Meagher, a psychiatrist in (where else?) Limerick, Ireland. He reported on this innovative educational…

  • University of Iowa Ophthalmology Always a Top Contender

    University of Iowa Ophthalmology Always a Top Contender

    Well, I suppose I should tell you why you’re seeing these oldie blog posts from a different era in my career. It’s because I didn’t know whether I’d even be able to see well enough to write after my retinal detachment surgery, which was this past Friday. So, I scheduled a few posts from the…

  • Cribbage 29 Board Rematch!

    Cribbage 29 Board Rematch!

    Today Sena and I held the Cribbage 29 board rematch and it was unparalleled in the history of the universe! We shot a video of it and posted it on YouTube. It’s about 28 minutes long and we had a blast playing the game. The last time we played on the 29 board was a…

  • Pegging Around Wisconsin

    Pegging Around Wisconsin

    We played a game on our new Wisconsin cribbage board. We made some miscounts I’m sure, but it was because we had so much fun talking. We lived in Madison for a short time many years ago and managed to see quite a few sights in the south-central region of the state. And even after…

  • Wisconsin Memories

    Wisconsin Memories

    We’re just reminiscing on our time in Wisconsin years ago. We’re hoping this will be a prologue to making a video soon of us playing cribbage on our new Wisconsin board. Until then, you can check out the mini travelogue, including hanging out with the Fonz in Milwaukee. The big mansion in the video is…

  • Mountain Monsters Mooners Mothballed

    Mountain Monsters Mooners Mothballed

    I just noticed that the Travel Channel may have cancelled the Bigfoot hunter parody Mountain Monsters show. There were 268 comments complaining about it and I don’t think any of them realized that the show is a parody. The first time we saw it about a month ago we laughed ourselves silly. The second time…

  • Wisconsin Cribbage Board Arrives

    Wisconsin Cribbage Board Arrives

    We got the Wisconsin state map cribbage board yesterday and there’s a little story behind it, right off the bat. It was delivered by the United States Postal Service (USPS) and I remember the slap as it hit our porch from the USPS worker just tossing the package. When we opened the package, it turned…