Interesting discussion going on over at Phil Baker’s blog today regarding the Ship of Theseus quote which I posted here the other day. I didn’t realise it until Phil kicked off the discussion there, but this ties in quite nicely with what I’ve been reading about atoms in Bill Bryson’s “A Short History of Nearly Everything”
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Let me make it clear I actually quite like John Howard and think in general he does a fairly good job as PM most of the time, but I can’t resist posting this link : John Howard : P.M. – it’s a very funny irreverent “blog” written from the point of view of John Howard. There’s also an “Ask John” section where you can email him questions. This quote from the FAQ kind of gives you an idea of the general tone of it :
Why did you start this weblog?
To keep in touch with my fans, and to show everyone that I have a more “human” side, under my super-cool, funky exterior. Plus, it’s probably the most reliable source of what really goes on in Parliament. Most of the media just make their stuff up, but here, you know you’re getting it straight from the horse’s mouth.
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It seems that birthday cards have been superseeded by text messages. At regular intervals this morning my mobile has been making that lovely Sony Ericsson message tone, indicating a text message from a range of people, wishing me Happy Birthday. It’s much more exciting than my usual daily Diners Club Balance alert. The prize would have to go to my sister-in-law Sarah though, for sending me a groovy MMS message complete with a picture of a birthday cake, text message and an audio message as well. Very cool – that definitely takes the cake. Anyway it’s back to work for me – looks like my next patients have finally showed up.
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Just saw an interesting article in The Age about a new concept of browsing called Amplify, where you can compare a number of web pages side by side, and even create a page based on this view for others to see. Rather than wasting time trying to explain it I’ll let you read the article yourself, but it looks like an interesting concept. It may well have some utility for blogging, in particular catching up on your Blogroll. I’ll add it onto the list of things for me to check out tonight at home.
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Well I’m another year older now, and I’m certainly feeling a bit wiser and more mature now. Even the presents I’ve got seem a bit more cultured than in the past – so far I’ve been given an historical novel, a wine book, a classical music CD, and a couple of bottles of wine – never would have imagined getting presents like that a few years ago. And on Saturday night I was treated to a really nice dinner party at some friends’ house which was great. The best part of being my age though is having my 3 year old son giving me my presents, and getting all excited about my birthday and asking “where’s the cake, daddy??” 28 is a nice age to be. Having said all that, my last patient just told me I looked young enough to still be at school, which I guess is a good thing too. Hope I’m still getting that in another ten years time.
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Today I begin my second week in my new job as a “rural” GP. Actually I can probably remove the inverted commas from the word rural now. Even though the town I’m working in is only an hour or so from Perth, it works and feels like a real country town. There’s plenty of farmers, mine and timber workers. The overall demographic is considerably different from my last job (think cosy outer metro beachside suburb) – the people are in general older, poorer, and sicker. I feel like I’m prescribing a lot more antibiotics here. In my first week I had one person die, one diagnosed with terminal cancer (the only cancer I diagnosed in my last job turned out to be a really good (if you can call any cancer good) curable one), and plenty of ill appearing people. Having said that, I am enjoying my work – perhaps there’s more scope to make a difference out there.
Today I’m supposed to go yet further into the bush, and work the afternoon session at a branch practice in a little town half an hour to the south. Not sure if that’s going to happen though, as the HIC are dragging their feet on my provider number for that practice. Without a provider number, patients can’t get a Medicare rebate for seeing me there, and thus would have to pay the full cost of every consult, which would not be very popular. So in effect without that number, I can’t really work there. Anyway, we’ll have to wait and see if they get their act together this morning.
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