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What's terrifying: People who were born in 1990 will be 18 next year. Why it's terrifying: I was born in 1984. Dear lord. I guess Time does continue to march on...Too bad We all don't have one of those bitchin' Zack Morris cell phones that could stop time while we moved on to bigger and better things. Honestly, I think Zack has wayyy more hair than I do...

I have a secret. Deep down inside I've always wanted to be able to write well. And not "I got an 'A' on that term paper" well, but actual, publishable well. So well that people don't stop mid way through a sentence and ask themselves if my first language is really English. I'm perpetually envious of those that can get a point across clearly, or make a cogent argument in a few sentences. I think in particular I've been envious of a guy named Mike Royko. He wrote for the Sun Times and then the Tribune before I was born, and died before I could appreciate a newspaper. What makes his writing so great is in the delivery. It's blunt, somewhat cynical, but always sincere. He had a way of diffusing controversial issues that puts most politicians to shame. I've always finished one of his articles wishing I could be so witty, decisive and clear.

So chances are that I'll never write a column in a newspaper. Hell, I'll probably never write a clear grocery list. But maybe, on the days when med school has got me down, I can daydream about dropping everything and becoming a brash writer who isn't afraid to say what's on his mind, and always says it well. A guy can dream, can't he? Until then, I think I have some studying to do...

Yoshino, K. (2007, November 9)'Small World' rehab will keep the big kids afloat. The Chicago Tribune

Getting kicked off "It's a small world after all" at Disney World because your too heavy probably represents the low point in a lot of Americans' lives. It's a small world after all indeed; maybe we can get someone to add a few feet to the diameter of the earth, or lengthen Texas into Mexico.

But in all seriousness, what's going on?

I know obesity provides fodder for another episode of Maury (you know the ones, 'I'm fat and sexy' or 'my kid weighs 200 lbs, help!), but let's be honest, once we take care of this obesity thing, I'm pretty sure that ridding television of Maury is next on the list.

This amuses me.