Posted in USA on Dec 23rd, 2007
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Outside the classroom
Teton Science School
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Classes at Kelly were hard work and no play – but the surroundings were beautiful
We have been living in a monastery. Or that’s what it felt like. Get up at 5am. Study. Breakfast at 7am. Kitchen duty. Classes from 8am to 5pm. Study again till 6pm. Dinner; more study or practice sessions till 10pm. And over again. Weekends ER (Emergency Room) rotations or study. No Alcohol. Spartan accomodations in bunks. Keep your areas clean; no cycling on campus.
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Posted in USA on Dec 19th, 2007
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Contemplative.
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Death in the modern world is a pretty violent affair.
It is a given that as an EMT you will see some gruesome things. Things that most people won’t see or others in the medical profession will just shrug off as normal. I never expected to see someone die on my second day of ER rotations, but there it was.
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Posted in USA on Dec 1st, 2007
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Man in a
Yellow Jacket
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FJ Cruiser vs. Elk. FJ wins but not unscathed.
We have been here in Kelly Wyoming leading a very scholastic life. Days begin with us getting up at four or four-thirty AM and end around ten PM with the entire time in between devoted to classes or studies. I have never been such a dedicated student in my life as I am these days. It has been like finals week, but now going on three weeks!
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Posted in USA on Nov 18th, 2007
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The power of
the consumer
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The internet and its reach gives a powerful voice…with possibly far reaching consequences.
While searching for a place to stay in Bozeman, Shreesh ran into the description for a B&B … “Room was nice but so and so made it hell” I wonder what those innkeepers had done to the guy to make him strike back so vengefully. One reveiw like that could put the kabash on a small inn. (Needless to say, we did not stay there).
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Posted in Canada on Nov 15th, 2007
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Serene but deadly |
Pietro – un’uomo perduto alla montagna
I can’t believe it. It is horrifying, sad, incomprehensible. A young man so full of life, killed by the vagaries of weather. An aesthete who shared so many interests in common with us. A lover of art, food, wine, Italian, outdoors.
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