Patient Catches on Fire? We Have Just the Stock Photo for That!

Both the Daily Mail and the New York Post carried articles about Enrique Ruiz, a patient at Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx who caught on fire when, during a tracheotomy, his surgeon's electronic scalpel came too close to Ruiz's oxygen supply and the gas ignited.
Don't worry, that's not the part I found funny. Honest.
Here's what had me giggling: a screenshot from the Daily Mail's article :


I can just imagine the intern trying to find the perfect stock photo for this article. He opens up Shutterstock, scratches his pimpled face for a moment, and then thinks, "Well, why not just start out with a search for 'patient on fire?'" He clicks ... and GOLD!

Things I Had to Explain: Where Hands Do Not Go

I'm a mom, a teacher, and a professor. This means that I spend my days explaining weird things to people who are shorter than me.

This one has applied to so many ages, stages, and situations (Heavy machinery? Check. Diaper? Check. Bear exhibit at the zoo? Check.) that I have lost count.

Cheating My Way to the Top, Part I: “Insider Trading”

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When people describe me, they usually say things like, “Oh, you’re so nice! You’re so funny! You’re so much prettier and more boobacious than your fellow redhead Christina Hendricks!” Okay, at least some of those things are said. But what no person except my loving husband would ever say is “You are so gut-wrenchingly competitive that it’s a wonder our relationship has survived and I have not tried to run you over with my car.” You would not think that under my laid-back appearance and easygoing demeanor lies a heartless competitor who cannot – CANNOT – bear to lose.

Judging "JuCos"

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UCLA economics professor Matthew Kahn stepped into a giant pile when he suggested in a blog post-cum-Christian Science Monitor article that transfer students from community colleges hurt public universities.

Ahem.


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Things I Had to Explain: Scholarly Sources

I'm a mom, a teacher, and a professor. This means that I spend my days explaining weird things to people who are shorter than me.
Here's the latest life lesson I had to impart:

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