Didn’t get enough fireworks? Or you got a lot, but now you’re having fireworks withdrawals? Fear not. Just click here for a generous second or third helping for your relaxation and armchair vacationing, the occasion being the recent 75th Anniversary of the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge. The Golden Gate Way from The Seventh Movement on Vimeo.
What WAS Willis talkin’ bout?
Thanks to Augusta poet Linda Lee Harper for calling to mind on facebook the debt we owe to the guy who invented air conditioning. That guy was Willis Carrier, the Medical Examiner’s inaugural Man of the Year in 2010. Read all about it here, and be sure to check out the shocking family misfortunes in The Skinny. Open publication – …
It’s official: this week’s Hump Day Hiatus is now here
Enjoy a relaxing and refreshing 4-minute journey to one of the most beautiful spots on this vast paradise of a planet. Take this video vacation as your invitation to get outside and enjoy our splendid little corner of Earth. What’ll it be? Sumter National Forest? The lake? The canal? The Greeneway? Odell Weeks? Diamond Lakes? Mistletoe? Elijah Clark? Hopeland Gardens? …
Proud. And puzzled.
THE MONDAY MESSAGE: In a matter of days, ye olde Augusta Medical Examiner will reach the ripe old age of six. Yeah, ME! It has been so much more enjoyable than I had expected: being the publisher of MCG’s campus newspaper for 16 years previously, I had every article and photograph handed to me on a disk, ranked in order …
University of Augusta? Hold on.
Upon further review, we would like to recast the Medical Examiner’s vote in the Name The University Game. Previously, we endorsed the University of Augusta. For all the talk of branding, we say branding schmanding. For us, the name has nothing to do with branding. However, Augusta is a name of note around the world in a way few other …
Hump Day Hiatus 1
The Ultra-Rare Double Hiatus! Enjoy! TODAY: The first day of summer. The perfect day to go swimming. Better yet, surfing! Ah, but in the middle of the desert? There’s not a drop of water anywhere. Road trip? No. Let’s build a wave pool! In the middle of the desert. And THEN go surfing. And let’s throw in some supermodels and …
Hump Day Hiatus 2
Sometimes you can be stuck in a rut, going nowhere fast. And you’re sure not getting any exercise. Well, don’t wait for someone else to get you going. Make your own waves. There’s an entire planet out there waiting for you to savor. As someone once said, “Every day I wake up and ask myself, ‘How can I suck the …
The Monday Message
Fun Facts: no one picks up the Medical Examiner for sports scores, the weather forecast, the stock market report, political news, home decorating tips, concert listings, or to see who was arrested last week. If they’re reading the Medical Examiner, it’s because they’re interested in health, wellness, and medicine. If you’ve got a medical message, it’s only logical: advertise in …