dilemmae
MS dilemmae
1. Choosing how to rank residency programs is going to be tough. Proximity to family is huge to me. I want my little girl to be close to her grandparents, aunts, and uncles the way I was. Unfortunately I have to choose proximity to my family or my wife's family, rather than being close to both. There are no residency programs near enough to my family that would allow random trips to see the grandparents in Victoria. Houston is the closest viable option, and it's two hours away. Weekend visits would be easy, but popping over for dinner is right out. There's also the fact that I just don't want to live in a city the size of Houston. I don't like living in Dallas either, but my wife's parents are only 20 minutes away.
So I've limited my Texas options to Dallas, but since I don't like Dallas, I'm faced with weighing the merits of more appealing places to live against being close to family. Charlottesville, for instance, is a gorgeous college town with fewer than 50k inhabitants that manages to draw Yo Yo Ma for concerts. It's pretty much my ideal setting, except it's a five hour plane ride or ~25 hour drive away from any family.
I didn't even consider going out of state for college because I wanted to be close to my family, but I have occasionally regretted that decision. In the absence of Phenie, I would be much more inclined to go anywhere in the world for a few years. But Phenie is here, and my goal is for her to have the ties to her grandparents that I have to mine. I would also, however, like to give her the opportunity to live amongst history and natural beauty that doesn't exist near her grandparents.
2. I am starting to grow weary of the fourth year sham of medical school. I want to see patients, improve my skillset, and feel like a doctor. Instead I sit around for four hours a day waiting for two separate thirty-minute sessions of actual instruction in reading exceedingly obvious nuclear medicine scans. What a waste of time.
The dilemma I'm faced with is the prospect of changing my schedule in January to have a difficult, clinical month taking care of patients, or to keep my anesthesiology month in place and extend my four month vacation. The only thing keeping me from dropping aneshtesiology is the possibility of having to do more interviews in January. If I can rule those out I'm-a drop it like it's hot.
CFB
1. Should Colt McCoy be considered for the Heisman? Based on stats, absolutely. He compares favorably with the two quarterbacks mentioned most often as front-runners, Troy Smith and Brady Quinn. Based on the "best player on the best team" approach, no. Aaron Ross or Limas Sweed would be the candidate from the Horns using that criteria. Mike Hart would be my pick if this were the standard. Based on the "career achievement" notion that Mack Brown apparently favors, no. I think this is a foolish way to view the award. If you use this standard you should only give it out every four years.
2. Should Jevan Snead transfer? This isn't so much a dilemma as a clash of perspectives. From Snead's perspective the answer is a resounding YES. From the perspective of the University of Texas and it's legion of fans the answer is a moderately less resounding NO. Quality backups are necessary.
3. Is it better for Louisville to lose to Rutgers or in the championship game? A loss to Rutgers might put Texas in the national title game, but a drubbing in low-drawing championship might motivate the TV folks to push for a playoff system. I'm hoping Florida somehow jumps Louisville, leaving the Fiesta Bowl with the opportunity to have Texas play the Cardinals. There's almost no way that could happen though.
