SUGGESTION BOX #1

Unlike perhaps any other person or organization in the large Augusta medical community, the Medical Examiner is everywhere. We visit more than 500 doctors offices at least twice a month, along with deliveries to 14 area hospitals. We see things. We have suggestions: • University Hospital has fairly new signage at the corner of Walton Way and St. Sebastian that …

SUGGESTION BOX #2

Unlike perhaps any other person or organization in the large Augusta medical community, the Medical Examiner is everywhere. We visit more than 500 doctors offices at least twice a month, along with deliveries to 14 area hospitals. We see things. We have suggestions: • Once the sun goes down, Harper Street in front of the Children’s Medical Center is darker …

I HATE MONDAY

Admit it: we have all been in this predicament once or twice. Ain’t it hateable?

Hump Day is Here

Is it too early – before 10:00 am in the Eastern US – to post this week’s Hump Day Hiatus? That’s like asking if it’s too early for coffee. Never. With that out of the way, what we have here is a true work of art. This film screams avant-garde, but more than that, it begs the question, “How did …

PSA of the Wek

With a rash of motorcycle wrecks in the city in the past few days – and our next door neighbors in South Carolina without a mandatory helmet law – this seems to be the most appropriate Public Service Announcement this week.

I HATE MONDAY

Know what I hate today? Actually, every day? Selfishness. Sad to say, this is a trait all of us exhibit from time to time in ways large and small. The trivial and unintended ways people display a me-first attitude can be forgiven and forgotten without a second thought. But what about major acts that display self-interest to the extent that …

Going postal

Seriously, is there any reason the US Postal Service should be in financial distress? My mail today contained, as it does several times a week, not one but two pitches from CapitalOne to apply for a credit card. I have suspected for some time that the primary function of the United States Postal Service is to deliver CapitalOne’s mailings. It …

Winter is peak season for fitness

It absolutely is. Even with temperatures predicted to be near 80 degrees over the next several days, it sure beats whatever it’s going to be in July and August. This time of year we can actually engage in outdoor activities without becoming drenched in sweat – or for your better class of people, perspiration – within the first 30 seconds. …

It’s the Hump Day Hiatus

Today’s hiatus is a little different: it’s not replete with beautiful scenery for relaxation and refreshment. It doesn’t offer an armchair visit to some exotic destination halfway around the world. And it doesn’t show people doing exciting things to motivate us to get off the La-Z-Boy and exercise something other than our clicker thumb. What does it show? Just about …