The Best Hump Day Hiatus Yet?

What is the purpose of each Wednesday’s Hump Day Hiatus? To take us far away from where we live, even if for just five minutes. To offer a peek into another place, into other lives, perhaps halfway across the planet, or maybe just down the road. The goal: to offer a refreshing and rejuvenating break to carry us forward. By …

Ready for a hiatus?

Get ready for spectacular. Dubai seems to be the world’s showcase city for stunning architecture. But all the news about Dubai suggests it’s overbuilt, and on top of that was built with inferior materials and workmanship (not to mention slave labor). If you believe many reports, in ten years Dubai will be the world’s most lavish and spectacular ghost town. …

As we do every Tuesday…

Tuesday is Public Service Announcement Day at ye olde Medical Examiner. Today’s PSA is especially powerful. Pass it along to someone you know.

Hump Day: 4/24 edition

Sometimes it’s not easy to see past the cover of a book to discover the gems that might lie within. And if the cover is what’s holding a human being together, we might have a hard time looking past the rumpled clothing and messy hair and odd behavior to see the person inside. This Hump Day Hiatus tells the story …

The Hump Day Hiatus

In a week that began with yet another despicable act of terror, let’s visit a place of peace and beauty. As Thoreau wrote, “In wildness is the salvation of the world.” It’s not that in beautiful mountains or towering Sequoias or idyllic beaches we will find the solutions to hunger, poverty, crime, disease or terrorism. But we are reminded that …

A PSA for Today

This is always good information, but yesterday’s events in Boston are a reminder that the need to know what to do in an emergency may spring up at any second, in any place, at any time. You never know: you might save a life. As this brief message demonstrates, it’s not complicated. It’s simple.

Meanwhile in Augusta…

From the looks of it, this happened at Daniel Field, possibly earlier today. Thugs, you have been warned: do not mess with these PGA hombres.

The latest Hump Day Hiatus

Literally. Normally this hits the world wide web around midday. But since you’re probably at home instead of in your favorite cubicle, pop the corn, grab the kids, and settle back for a great cartoon that will take you out of the big city and down to the farm for a few relaxing minutes. Go ahead and enjoy it in …