I am finally warming up. The water was so cool and crisp today, the afternoon sun felt so good, and paddling into this perfect surf, reminded me just how good life can be. I felt blessed today; drunken happiness,  the feeling of being surrounded for 2 weeks by such loving and supportive family, my mom, dad, cousins, and mother and father in law. Our daughter too, is so … [Read more...] about I couldn’t of said it better myself, so I won’t

Henry Cowell Park, originally uploaded by stephenpasquini. I read this quote today: “Life is what happens while we’re busy making other plans”. It was in this essay I was reading about patience. So today, Wendy and I decided to take Layla and ourselves to Henry Cowell state park. Which is only about 15 minutes from our house down highway 9 in Santa Cruz. We had never been … [Read more...] about Kissing Slugs

The more I learn about economic theory the more I realize how we can extrapolate this to make rational decisions regarding daily life. Of course this is the core of behavioral economics, which I think is just fascinating. I have been trying to figure out a way to apply some of these theories in my practice of medicine. Especially since the majority of health concerns are … [Read more...] about The Economics of Health

sunday morning: ZED 360.365, originally uploaded by mistybliss. Nothing in life beats this feeling! … [Read more...] about sunday morning:

I just finished watching the movie Food.Inc, which after completion, I have to say is the best documentary I have seen yet this year (which is coming to it's end soon). I had read 2 books that drastically changed the way I looked at food, and the world around me. The first was Barbara Kingsolver's "Animal Vegetable Miracle" and the Second was Michael Pollan's "In … [Read more...] about Food.INC + the Pasquini Equation