The 6 Things You Need to do to Get a Residency

According to the doctor who lectured us this morning there are six important things you need to do to get into a good residency.

1. board scores
2. consistently good grades
3. decide what you want to do early
4. take electives
5. get good recommendations
6. don't be an asshole at the interview

Random Trivia of the Day

The guy who wrote "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" also wrote the Rangers victory song.

Mudhole? Slimy? My home this is.

So apparently this city becomes Dagobah at night. There is this ridiculously dense fog that literally blankets New Orleans at night. Add this to the torrential rain showers (its almost as if there is a monsoon out there!), the subsequent flooding and muddiness, the gigantic bugs, and the elephant leaf plants that seriously look as though they belong in Jurassic Park, and its pretty obvious that there should be a Jedi hiding somewhere in Audubon Park.


Except we're not that lucky. If there was a Jedi here, he clearly would have done something to fix this ridiculous city by now.


Incidentally, while writing this, I started to think about Yoda and Dagobah and whatnot. Was Luke the first visitor that Yoda ever had? Did Yoda ever get bored? Were any of those massive life readings sentient? Also, of the entire planet, wasn't it lucky that Luke and R2 crashed right by Yoda's hut? What would have happened if they ended up on the Dagobah equivalent of China? Things to ponder...

Super Scientificness

The medical specialty for you is.... OB/GYN

OB/GYN is the best of all specialties. As an OB/GYN, you have chosen one of the most noble fields in medicine. You will work longer hours than a surgeon, but without the high pay. But you will still do it because you have a passion for the field. And after you rush to the hospital at 3 in the morning for the third night in a row to deliver a baby, the parents will turn around and sue you if there were any unforeseeable complications, which is why your insurance rates are so ridiculously high. Come to think of it, OB/GYN?? What were you thinking?

To find out what specialty best fits your unique personality, go to:

What Medical Specialty Is For You?

Weather

Yet another way in which New Orleans is totally fucked up. Yesterday, the high was 81. Right now, it is 38, but according to weather.com, it feels like its 30. Fucking on crack city.