A book medical students and junior doctors should read.

'A country doctor's notebook' by Mikhail Bulgakov - a really good read, about a young freshly qualified doctor sent off to rural Russia for his first post, back in 1916-17. He manages to capture that sense of inadequacy, loneliness and utter terror that comes when first starting work as a doctor. It's reassuring to know that the feeling doesn't change with each generation - it's reassuring to realise that you are not alone.


A GP's reflections

quite a good article by Max Pemberton, a junior doctor and telegraph columnist

and another reflecting on change-over time

recipe: Rose Petal Macaroons

Rose Petal Macaroons

Ingredients:

150 g ground almonds
200 g sugar
2 egg whites
1 tsp rosewater
1 tsp scarlet food colouring
1 tbsp plain flour
20 crystallized rose petals for decoration

Method:

1. Cream ground almonds, caster sugar and egg whites.
2. Add flour, rosewater and colouring.
3. Allow mixture to firm in the fridge for an hour.
4. Flour work surface and hands and roll small amounts of mixture into truffle-sized balls.
5. Flatten balls into rounds and place on a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper.
6. Decorate the centre of each macaroon with a crystallized rose petal.
7. Bake 10-15 minutes in a warm oven (gas mark 3/160C).
8. Allow to cool and harden for 15 minutes.

cooking with the Swedish chef

(from Sesame Street)

How to make donuts

Spaghetti

Salad=

where we are now

Courtesy of Bizarro

These images made me smile.

I got a little distracted, and decided to visit an online gallery on the British museum website.

it's mr angry!

and mr crazy!

and another mr angry!