Catching up on things

1. I would like to start an awareness campaign for the entertainment industry. Please know that for a very long time now, doctors are not filthy rich. They do well as a group, but very very few are millionaires. I bring this up because on Law and Order the other night, the DA was arguing that a pediatrician shouldn't be allowed to post bail because he was worth 9 million dollars. Uh, no. The average pediatrician makes $90,000 a year. That's it. 20 years of school and three or more years of residency. Wow.
To be fair, surgeons make more, but most of that is because we do procedures, which are compensated by insurance companies at higher rates than office visits. Even that has decreased significantly in that past 20 years, as a joint replacement surgeon makes about half of what they did then.
I almost still wonder why college kids go to med school. Again I think it's the media portrayal. Here's the reality: go to med school, bust your ass for 3-7 years of residency making $12 an hour, graduate, and then pay half your income in malpractice insurance. Have fun kids!
(disclaimer: I don't care how much I make, I like my job just because it's fun)

2. Late in high school and early college, Street Fighter II was a great way to spend an evening. The new SF IV makes me laugh because it looks exactly the same. Same jerky graphics and all.


3. MarioKart for Wii is fun.

4. I'm ready for spring. The Chuddley Cannondale is ready to go (once she gets new tires and a tune up).

5. We're considering getting a new car, but we're concerned that the car we want is made in Mexico by non-union labor. Seems kinda silly trying to stimulate the economy by buying an American car when the workers aren't American.