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Many of you may have traveled to The Louvre in Paris to see the a bunch of people staring at arguably the most iconic painting in the world, the Mona Lisa, painted by Leonardo Da Vinci between 1503-1506.

What do you call the NFL team that plays at altitude? -The Denver Bronchi Bronchi (singular bronchus) are the air passages of the lungs branching off of the trachea (windpipe) that eventually lead to gas

Could it get more Amsterdam then a huge, shiny dutch yellow clog on a random street? Maybe if there were canals and a coffee shop in the background.... Happy Wednesday, -Steemmate

Medical school student selection, at least in the U.S., is a long, strenuous and anxious period for applicants. I know this because I was recently a fretful applicant: worrying if my GPA was high enough,

When you're brushing and your electric toothbrush vibrates in the key of the song that's playing, it's a hell of an accompaniment! Anyone with a Sonicare electric out there, throw on Windmills of Your

Only three days into semester number two, and it's not easy to get right back into the swing of school. Winter break offered similar pleasures as it did in my high school or undergraduate years: the luxury

A Surge We Love A surge we love! A surge we hate! Events that we regurgitate. Our minds implode, our heads' delight, Green means go, while red means fright. Today we dance and beam and bask, Glance at

This is a good 4 years back now, from late Spring of 2013. We caught some tiny fish here off the southern coast of Oahu near the city of Hawai'i Kai. I believe "drifting through a turquoise dream",

This image is from within the tantalizing exhibit called the"Gleaming Lights of the Souls", by Yayoi Kusama, at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, Denmark. The room is actually not

Perched It never fails to comfort me, To perch upon a rail with ease. I pick my spots with nonchalance; A novice writer choosing fonts. I never plead for company So strangers needn't jump at me. My

If only Sam and I had any interest whatsoever in mixing some tunes, picking up the beat, and dropping the bass, this picture of a beautiful yellow sunset in Kauai could be draped in the background of our

Well, a semester is complete, and as you can hopefully tell from my pixelated image above, we are all pretty damn relieved. If anyone can recall, I had planned on continuously blogging about medical school

Steemians, A few months go, when I had a lot of time to spare, I was posting pretty avidly on Steemit, looking to up-vote quality posters on a regular basis, taking part in contests, even doing trivia

My previous post was over a month ago, where I mentioned there would be more to come soon about my beginning of medical school. However, more did not come, because, as I'm learning, medical school is

"Money can't buy life" These were Bob Marley's last words to his son Ziggy, before he passed away from the devastating spread of cancer to his lungs and brain at the age of only 36. The photo

I wanted to share this video I saw released by Smithsonian, showing an act of kindness from man to animal. Take a watch as this scuba diver helps improve the life of a whale shark. I implore you out there

Oof, I had to fly to Vermont and back from Oakland, CA within the span of a day and a half for my cousin's wedding this weekend. Arrived yesterday in Rutland, VA at 11 AM, and, if things run smooth, I

As it turns out my cousin Jamie, who grew up near me in the D.C. area, lives in Sacramento now, just an hour away from my location near Vallejo! We reacquainted with a trip to Sterling Vineyards which

So it turns out orientation with future healthcare professionals isn't too much different than orientation anywhere else. Though it was fascinating to meet a vast array of people with different skillsets,

Well it's been a long time coming, yet, when I was getting my shirt on today, I couldn't help but feel the top button push a little harder than I might want on my throat. Hopefully this isn't too symbolic