Another "Reply to All" Tragedy

I recently got this email as part of a professional sports medicine society via their listserv. It is read by almost all of the primary care sports medicine doctors in the country.

I am sure that the sender had no intention to send it to everyone but that is what happens when you are careless. Look how he throws a resident, a program and one of his attendingsunder the bus. I assume the guy is a resident or a fellow.

hey veronica....check this guy out....he will be interviewing with us this year....i wasnt a big fan of the guy when he interviewed here for our family med program...then ditched us for a retarded program at middlesex....and for some strange reason wanted to do sports med here.anyway, doesnt this guy sound pompous in this reply on the list serv??
no wonder dr. anderson really likes the guy

Regards,
Philippe

Imagine his surprise when he realized that he had sent this to all of his professional colleagues. Ouch!!! Let this be a reminder to us all to take a second and look at who is in the "To:" box before we send emails.

Babies are better off in Iran

I wanted to alert everybody to something you need to watch or DVR tonight. ABC's 20/20 is showing the documentary Babyland at 9 central tonight (Friday). It is about the astonishing high rate of infant mortality in Memphis and especially in some of the poorer zip codes in the city. This hits close to home for me since when we lived there I got involved in some of these areas. The Commercial Appeal published an excellent article on the problem a few years ago.


Below are cemetery workers burying 8 homemade pine coffins of small little lives that were cut tragically short.

Some facts of the situation:

Memphis has the highest infant death rate of the largest 60 cities in the US

North Memphis' 38108 zip code has higher infant death rates than Iran, Vietnam and El Salvador.

A infant dies every 43 hours in Memphis.

The problem is a very complicated one consisting of poverty, unequal health care access, teenage pregnancies and many other factors. I encourage you to watch and reflect on how lucky most of us are to grow up in safety and security.

Worst Announcer Ever Finds a Job

It looks like Brian (don't call him Brain) Collins has finally found a real job. A local news channel in Waco, Tx has decided to hand over their sports news to him. He became an overnight internet sensation a couple years ago when a video clip of his college sports casting hit the web. The entire video is filled with hilarious mispronunciations and other gaffes.


I guess anyone can get a job with the right connections.

Davy Crockett, Attorney of Law

What does Davy Crockett, a three legged horse, a Morman sex slave, 5 cloned pitbulls, British tabloids and Booger have in common. They are all part of this news story about a lady wanted for criminal charges from England to Tennessee. It really is a story that is seems too far fetched to be true. It seems much more like something the crowd on Who's Line Is It Anyway would come up with.

Her attorney David Crockett said about her, "She was a rather bizarre character, and seems to have a strange circumstance now."

Update on Gymnasts in Diapers

The AP is reporting today that they have come across a news article released from China's own government news agency that stated that one of the gold medal winning gymnasts was only 13 years old at a meet earlier this year. I don't think this story is going to disappear anytime soon.

Olympic Controversy and the Phelps Diet

So many great stories coming out of Beijing...

Well the "little babies" of China dominated last night in women's gymnastics and claimed the gold. The U.S. had some opportunities late, but their experience could not calm their nerves and they had some untimely falls late. It turns out that some of the Chinese gymnasts on the team left their families at the age of three to move to the national training center. Only allowed to visit her family once a year, it is said that at some point she wanted to quit but her family would not allow her. I sure hope the gold medal was worth all those years! Now what is she supposed to do with her life?

Here are some of the hopefuls for the London 2012 Chinese Men's Gymnastics Team

NBC featured a special on Michael Phelps last night and he said that he was supposed to eat 8,000-10,000 calories per day while he was training. This is 4 times what the average human is supposed to eat. I have no idea how he could eat that much. I almost want to try to eat that much one day just to see if I could do it. Then again I would also probably gain 3 pounds since I am not swimming 5 hours a day.

To put this in perspective this is 10 Chipotle steak burritos with rice and beans @ 1020 calories each.

Or 33 McDonalds cheeseburgers

Anyone else up for the Phelps challenge to eat 10,000 calories in one day?

China embraces the next Milli Vanilli

It appears that China can't censor some things quick enough. A news story has leaked out of China that they 7 year old star of the Opening Ceremonies was lip singing her song. The beautiful voice belonged to an evidently not so cute girl who has chubby cheeks and crooked teeth. What a great message to send to the children of China...but the government doesn't care about them anyway. In case you missed it, the organizers have also admitted to broadcasting computer generated fireworks instead of the real deal at the Opening Ceremonies.

My only question is what else was faked??? Those dummers did look a little like CGI if you ask me.

Bernard Jeffrey McCullough 1957 – 2008

Most of us don't have a lot of encounters with "celebrities" but when we do cross paths with them when tend to hold on to them for some time. Everyone has a handful of stories they throw out when others start talking about the famous person sightings. While definitely not as infamous as O.J. Simpson who I recently flew on a flight with from Miami, Bernie Mac was quite well known.



Back in the summer of 2003 my brother and were in Milwaukee at a Brewers game and afterwards they were filming a scene from Mr. 3000. His role was Stan Ross, a 47 year old washed up vet who returns to try to get 3 hits to reach the 3,000 career hits milestone. To try to get in the movie, we rushed up after the game and got front row seats right next to the Brewers dugout . The directors were filming a scene where Ross charges the mound and the benches clear. We did get some cool close up pics of him but heard from many people that he had been quite a jerk on sets around town.

The critics gave Mr. 3000 terrible reviews at its release and I have actually never checked it out. I think I will finally give it a shot.

The District's Plywood Project

It looks like some of the people living downtown here in Columbia, Mo. aren't quite as hip as they thought they were. In today's online Columbia Tribune there is an article about a business owner who lives above his work and has been complaining about the noise level coming across the street from Shiloh, one of the main college bars in town. It turns out this guy has complained a few times and sound ordinance violations have been handed down to Shiloh. The owner of the bar decided to take a quick temporary fix and erected a plywood wall between his establishment and main downtown thoroughfare. There is no better way to say Mid-Missouri to visitors and tourists than sheets of plywood side by side hiding downtown restaurants.

What irks me is what do you expect when you live downtown in a college town!?! Columbia is in a major push to get people to live downtown in lofts and apartments, but the bars, restaurants, and shops are also a vital part of The District's economy. Local leaders are going to have to decide how to work this out and change the city ordinances to realize that nightlife on the weekends is not quiet. For the meantime downtown residents are going to have to go out and buy some noisemakers and rainmakers.

Hitler Hates Favre

I have had enough of the Brett Favre drama fest. Give it up already, Brett! You would do a better job selling Just for Men than you will do as a QB this year. Go back to Mississippi and go hunting and fishing til your feet are rotting or your trigger finger has a blister. Your legacy is already going down in flames. Leave while the cheeseheads still adore you.

This all must be a little stressful for Aaron Rodgers. He now has the weight of Wisky on his shoulders every game. I think it is near impossible for him to have a decent season because he will try to avoid failure rather than take chances for a win. No way I am drafting him on any of my fantasy teams.

I do love the ESPN reporter who must be camped out at Lambeau Field because she has broadcasting there day and night. She has probably raided all the local botiques by now searching for new clothes for TV since there is no way she could have thought it was going to drag out this long. ESPN even has a Favre section to its Bottom Line ticker just like it does for MLB and college football.