When my cousin Tweet (Marika) came to visit my ailing grandmother with her longtime boyfriend Tom, she did more than just lift up Mamang's spirits; she inadvertently provided a much-needed source of joy for the entire family. Tom, much to my sisters' delight, was a neuroradiologist: he is a practitioner of a "medical subspecialty that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of brain, spinal cord, head and neck, and vascular lesions using x-rays, magnetic fields, radio waves, and ultrasound" (Neuroradiology at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University ). Of course, as none of the Borra family (at least in my recollection) have chosen to enter the medical profession, the only way we could get a grasp of what Tom did in his specialization was to compare him with the only medical doctor that our family universally respects: Dr. Gregory House. This comparison, of course, drew previously unencountered displays of resigned, huffy sarcasm on the part of Tom, which ran from "Other than the fact that I am a real Caucasian doctor who doesn't walk with a limp, I have lots in common with House" to "Half of what House says are lies, all lies!"
Tweet, if you're reading this blog, have Tom click right here. At any rate, even the most die-hard House fan will enjoy, so just click away people.
Photo Credits:
Pictures of "House" courtesy of Amazon.
2 comments:
Unfortunately for me, YouTube is currently on scheduled downtime "pushing out some new concoctions and formulas," so that link isn't working right now.
In any case, I love that show. I don't know how I'd react if I ever had a doctor quite as obnoxious as he is, but I guess that's an unlikely scenario.
On another note, please update your links. You cand find me at http://drivebyshooter.net/ from now on.
Cool. I'll update my links asap. :-)
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