Archive: April, 2009

Swine Flu

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

When I told my mum I was sick, naturally she freaked out.
“Oh my god, have you been to the doctor? You have to go to the doctor. Haven’t you been watching the news? You could have swine flu. What do you mean the doctor didn’t take a blood sample? He should have taken a blood […]

Critical Update

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Sometimes, in my awesome job, I think there’s a slight shift in perspective that may lead us to lose our grips with reality. For example, let’s consider a “critical” situation:

The plane that you’re on is about to crash - critical.
You go to a bank to withdraw some money and a masked man holds you […]

Ever so Reliable

Saturday, April 4th, 2009

Wanting to know more after hearing about the NY shootings from my dad this afternoon, I did what your average person with an internet connection would do - I looked up my national newspaper online. Unsatisfied with the detail in the story, I decided also to read the reports in the New York Times […]