Switching to a Mac

So this is the first post I'm doing with my new laptop. I've had a few buggy Microsoft machines in the last few years so I thought I would try something different instead of Vista. Linux still seems like a bit too much work for someone with my rather basic computing needs so I decided to give Apple a try. Several friends who have Macs swear they never display those nasty habits of the cranky computers I'm used to.


So here I sit, up way too late playing with my refurbished macbook. Right now I'm working through a few mild frustrations of platform switching, but no major hang-ups. Time will tell if I've become a victim of clever marketing and fashion, or I've discovered the secret to worry-free computing...

All Things Go (Moving)

Well, we are frantically moving all our belongings into boxes. As of March 22 our favorite place in Kingsport will be someone else's house. This weekend John Drake is coming up to help me load the truck and take everything to Athens. No job yet, but a couple prospects. I'll miss this old house on 310 Union Street. I'm still here in Kingsport for another 3 months finishing up residency while living migrantly.

We got some exciting news yesterday. We had no idea that the Okies are also moving to Athens, Ga. It will be good to see them again.

Anybody need a Family Medicine doctor in Athens?

So finding a Family Medicine job in or around Athens, Georgia is going to be a bit more difficult than I had thought. Being being near a community of friends and family is important so I'm quite certain Athens is where we need to be next year. But it seems that due to having the University of Georgia there they seem to have no shortage of doctors in the area. I suppose I'm spoiled by all the offers I got with excellent practices when we were planning on moving to North Carolina.


So if anyone knows a great Family Physicians group looking for a new partner let me know. I've decided not to fret about a job though. If I don't find the right job I can always moonlight in an ER or hospital job until the right practice shows up.

Reading Blogs

Google is doing all the great stuff for the internet these days! If you like to read blogs (like The Gridbook Blog or Gridbook Notes ...hint, hint, nudge, nudge) or other pages that are updated irregularly you really should look into Google Reader. It can help you avoid checking a site 5 times and finding no updates, or forgetting to check for a few months and finding more than you are able to read.


It sends you the update to the web pages you read in a box like your mailbox. In fact, you can stick it to your Google home page right beside you g-mail inbox. Now it is in Google Labs which means it is officially experimental, but I've been using it for several weeks and really like it. If Google keeps improving the ease of internet stuff my parents might have web sites some day.


Yes, I know I've identified myself as a techie nerd, but hey after this much post-graduate education the nerdliness was sort of getting obvious.

Georgia on My Mind

Big news! Change of plans: this time next year Joya and I will be living in Athens, Georgia. Joya is finishing her first year and going to aim for Georgia law schools, so we can be closer to home and a majority of our friends. The one thing that is sad is that we won't get to hang with Mike and Jasmin in Raleigh, but we will be able to see my niece and nephew grow up. Hopefully have some young'uns of our own too!

Selling the House

We put our house up for sale this week. I'm really going to miss this place. Joya and I will probably always look back and think of our first home here in Kingsport.


You can see the house on the web here.

SEC Football!

Just watched the National Championship game. You just have to love SEC football! The SEC team with one loss that narrowly won many other games came in the underdogs. The Big Ten team comes in undefeated and supposedly invincible. People said Florida didn't even have a right to be in the game.

In the end the SEC team absolutely decimated the "invincible" number one team. Surprise! This always happens. Some teams in weaker conferences get immaculate records, while SEC teams rack up losses playing in the world's strongest conference. Head-to-head SEC teams usually win. It's no coincidence every time an SEC team has been put in the BCS championship game they've won.

It's time for the BCS to be replaced with a playoff. Until that happens the only way to legitimately prove a national champ is to put the SEC Champs in the BCS championship game every year. Wouldn't it be great getting to watch the SEC champs dominate some undefeated "invincible" team every January?