Author Archives: bryan

There is no urgency because we have figured out how to be comfortable, The End.

This is installment #16 of a sci-fi serial. Installment #1 was posted 1/23/21; appropriately a numerically-ordered palindrome. Follow the links forward from the last sentence and backward from the first sentence of each post. Shadows and mirrors and mist and … Continue reading →

I am poor and ugly. Power does not understand or forgive poor and ugly. Poor is the opposite of wealth. Poor is the opposite of power. Poor is anyone who struggles daily for comfort. Poor is anyone who struggles daily … Continue reading →

Statistically improbable is not impossible, so on occasion one will beat the odds. But no matter one’s knowledge, skills and abilities, to beat the odds this time does not guarantee the same individual will beat the odds next time. The … Continue reading →

“It is really great that 100% of our students are in the top 50%.” I work in a medical school and I recently said this to a clerkship director. She didn’t like it. Satisfactory: adequate, suitable, fulfilling all the requirements. … Continue reading →