Archive for April, 2007
I Now Know Why I’m So Intelligent.
1 Comment Published by Vijay April 15th, 2007 in Humour, Medical Research, News, Other BloggersI’m balding and have excessive body hair. My standard response to comments about either of these physical features is “Too much Testosterone.”
Thanks to the study highlighted by Dr. Michelle Tempest, I can justifiably add “Too much brains” to the response
All that I need more than this is for someone to find out that [...]
On The Origin And Evolution Of This Blog.
8 Comments Published by Vijay April 14th, 2007 in Blogging, Other Bloggers, Random NoiseThe grand title notwithstanding, this is just a blog meme, that asks bloggers to set forth five reasons why they blog.
Congratulations to Ian for tagging me before the usual suspect got around to doing it.
And thanks Ian, for giving me an opportunity to do unto the Moof before she does unto me.
Moof, [...]
Friday the 13th & Baisakhi.
2 Comments Published by Vijay April 13th, 2007 in Life in India, Random NoiseIt’s Friday the 13th. Again.
The second time in six months!
Happy Baisakhi to Punjabi friends
It is, I think, a rare coincidence that a major festival falls on what is traditionally thought to be an unlucky day.
Would this make the whole New Punjabi Year an unlucky one?
I guess not. Most people in India are not aware of [...]
How gratifying to know that millions of people do this and it has been ‘verbified.’
Wilfing
It is the virtual equivalent of window-shopping, and a lot of us seem to be spending a lot of time doing it. “Wilfing” - or surfing the web without any real purpose - has become a new national pastime, according to [...]
Simple Image Quiz - 3.
0 Comments Published by Vijay April 11th, 2007 in CT, Medicine, Quizzes, RadiologyA 45-year-old Diabetic man with left loin pain, fever and chills.
Plain (no IV or oral contrast) Helical CT scan of the abdomen was done after an abnormality was suspected on the abdominal plain radiograph and ultrasonogram.
Curved Coronal reformatted NECT image.
A very simple straight forward diagnosis.
Continue reading below the fold….
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Warning: Please skip this if you don’t want to read an overgrown man’s whining. This is an utterly shameless attempt at gaining some sympathy from friends.
I’m not happy today.
Tuesday is my weekly weigh-in day. The digital weighing scale in the radiology department is the place of truth.
I have lost only 600 grams over [...]
If more than one mouse is mice,
More than one spouse is spice!
Source: sms from Pathy.
Warning: Yet another Cricket post.
Bangladesh 251 for 8. South Africa 184 all out in 48.4 overs.
When the ninth ranked team beat the sixth ranked team, it was not too big a deal for many people except for the outraged fans, dubbed the ‘Blue Billion’ by an exceptionally hyperbolic media.
But when the same [...]












