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Dissecting Grief | Shah Blah Blah
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Keep Calm and Think Zebras. My Fail-safe →. April 28, 2015. However, just as prayers are often not enough, so are the limitations of science. What do you do when your knowledge is failing, your faith wavering? When you’re forced to make a home out of a barricade? 8221; or “Wishing a quick recovery! 8221; only to sit helplessly while his wife remained intubated and isolated. This was perhaps the most potent marker of David’s denial. Denial soon transmuted into fiery anger where oncologists and o...How do ...
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Unstill Life | Shah Blah Blah
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Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow.”. They say a picture is worth a thousand. Here are some places I’ve been in my commitment to seeing the world and some snapshots I’ve taken as an amateur photographer…. All pictures on this blog are copywritten, but I’d be more than happy to satisfy a request. Just leave me a message or send me an email. A Weekend in Washington DC and Alexandria, Virginia. Photography is a love affair with life. An Afternoon in Seattle, Washington.
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2010 List | Shah Blah Blah
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8211; J.R.R. Tolkien (1977-Fiction). Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (1978). Many are the strange chances of the worldand help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter. Time Magazine’s 100 Best English Language Novels published since 1923. But life life how was one to do without that the beauty of the days of the sun and rain of work, love, energy, desire. 8211; Augusten Burroughs (2002-Nonfiction). Unwittingly, I had earned a Ph.D. in. 8211; Ian McEwan (2001-Fiction). National B...
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2012 List | Shah Blah Blah
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In a Free State- V.S. Naipaul (1971-Fiction). Man Booker Prize (1971). Perhaps that had been the only pure time, at the beginning, when the ancient artist, knowing no other land, had learned to look at his own and had seen it as complete. In a Free State. 8211; Margaret Atwood (2000-Fiction). Man Booker Prize (2000), TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST ENGLISH LANGUAGE NOVELS PUBLISHED SINCE 1923. But thoughtless ingratitude is the armour of the young; without it, how would they ever get through life? Life is not g...
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The Eye of the Beholder | Shah Blah Blah
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Keep Calm and Think Zebras →. The Eye of the Beholder. October 24, 2014. We’re taught to forever believe that there is never a price too high for our sanity, as if being normal is a prize all on its own. For all its acclaim, what exactly is sanity? Schizophrenia is not just Leonardo DiCaprio weaving a world of his own on Scorsese’s. It’s an individual that is trying to grasp onto some form of stability without grandiosity and theatricality. One particular day, I had to see four new bipolar patients with ...
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Shah Blah Blah | Learning.Constantly.Everyday | Page 2
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Newer posts →. Two Steps Forward, One Step Back. May 30, 2014. Forty-five days lie between me and my Step One Board Exam. The. Step One. But is it really my first step? Is it only a. Continue reading →. An Ode to Grenada. May 19, 2014. In what could be one of the greatest satirical pieces of work,. Joseph Heller once wrote:. What is a country? Be worth dying for. Heller was right. Surely, all countries cannot be worth dying for. Only. Those countries you choose to regard as your own. View from the Library.
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2011 List | Shah Blah Blah
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The Sound and the Fury. 8211; William Faulkner (1929-Fiction). Modern Library’s 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century, TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST ENGLISH LANGUAGE NOVELS PUBLISHED SINCE 1923. Father said clocks slay time. He said time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life. 8211; Chinua Achebe (1958-Fiction). TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST ENGLISH LANGUAGE NOVELS PUBLISHED SINCE 1923. 8211; Sylvia Plath (1963-Fiction). A Farewell to Arms. Moder...
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June | 2015 | Shah Blah Blah
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Monthly Archives: June 2015. June 24, 2015. Word War II Memorial. Washington Monument seen from the Lincoln Memorial. Continue reading →. You know you want to. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Join 77 other followers. Megan Henrich's Blog. Diary of a Caribbean Med Student. Notes from the Field. Palak Shah MD, MPH. Days until Completion of Med School. April 22nd, 2016. Top Posts and Pages. Depression and Medical School: Part I.
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Depression and Medical School: Part I | Shah Blah Blah
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Term 1. Check! Depression and Medical School: Part II →. Depression and Medical School: Part I. December 21, 2012. It all sounds so very melodramatic now that I’ve moved on but there are moments where life gets the better of every student. Days following the skype message, I experienced a behemoth surge of emotion. It’s like I became my very own medical case study:. A 25-year old medical student presents with extreme lethargy, situational depression, lack of initiative, and isolation. You feel okay but y...
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2013-14 List | Shah Blah Blah
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I started Medical School in August of 2012 which is why my list is rather lacking! Although I have to say, Gray’s Anatomy pales in comparison to any of these books! 8211; Jeffrey Eugenides (2002-Fiction). Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2003), James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction Nominee (2003). Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind. The Reader- Bernhard Schlink (1995-Fiction). Mrs Dalloway- Virginia Woolf (1925-Fiction). Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway. 8211; George Orwell (1949-Fiction).
