Category: Long Reads

Stories that take a bit longer to get through.

On Call Me Maybe

Post author By Michael A. Castello
Post date October 30, 2020

Sleeping with shoes on is something I picked up from NICU call, where you are paged to run to deliveries.

After starting residency, “on call” turned out to have far more meanings than I previously imagined. Continue readingOn Call Me Maybe

Tags humor, pgy.3, residency

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28 Hour Days

Post author By Michael A. Castello
Post date October 22, 2020

Can you find all the pagers?

Geocentric 24-hour days are no match for residency.Continue reading28 Hour Days

Tags humor, pgy.3, residency

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Joe Biden’s Losing Campaign

Post author By Michael A. Castello
Post date October 10, 2020

via https://www.settleforbiden.org/

Joe’s not running against Trump, he’s running against the couch.Continue readingJoe Biden’s Losing Campaign

Tags election.2020, politics

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A Million Dollars a Day

Post author By Michael A. Castello
Post date September 10, 2020

Aloe Blacc inadvertently takes on wealth inequality.Continue readingA Million Dollars a Day

Tags capitalism, economics

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Clips of Yore

Post author By Michael A. Castello
Post date August 29, 2020

LEGO Studios’ camera was not quite as timeless as the bricks it included.Continue readingClips of Yore

Tags childhood, lego.creations, short.films

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New Ontology

Post author By Michael A. Castello
Post date July 7, 2020

After a week or so of orientations and Neurology crash courses, disorienting orientations, collecting badges to four different hospitals, and panicked texts to our chief residents, Adam and I started our lives as Neurology residents…Continue readingNew Ontology