Adam Lamble

There was an interesting post on the Deadspin sports blog the other day talking about two teenagers from India that, more or less, won a ball throwing contest in India and are now getting the chance to try out for the Major Leagues here in the states. Yes, interesting enough on its own but there was a link to their blog, which is chronicling their American adventures, and I found this little gem:

“We then went to a movie that was very bad called Rock and Rolla. it was supposed to be big action, but it was no action at all. At least the seats were very comfortable and the theater was very clean.”

I thought this was noteworthy for two reasons. One, Bollywood films are ridiculous. I’m normally not one to stereotype, but I saw a couple when I was over there and they can all pretty much be summed up as constant, over-the-top matrix style fight scenes interrupted by random bouts of group singing and dancing. Now I haven’t seen Rock and Rolla but I have a feeling it wasn’t what they were use to. Second, and ironically enough, when I was in India the movie theaters were the cleanest part.

Deadspin recently followed up on the two boys and are reporting that the Pittsburgh Pirates are interested in signing them. The poor kids don’t even know what’s coming. I guess it could be worse for them though, the Royals could show interest.

A while ago I went to a lunch seminar covering professionalism over the internet. It pretty much consisted of horror stories telling how employers would “stumble” on a potential employee’s Facebook or Myspace profile and not hire them because there were compromising photos or a bad word or something. As a follow up to the meeting, we later received an e-mail citing a study that was published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine that linked some large proportion of medical students to having things that might be deemed inappropriate in their Facebook profile. Though, to be fair, the students studied were from the University of Florida and you know what they say about University of Florida students.

My Facebook profile is more or less private but I should probably get around to removing “compromising” photos and defriending people I’ve never met, preferably before I start applying for residencies. I’ve never really been a Facebook’r so removing myself shouldn’t really be that big of a problem, especially now that my parents have recently “Dad and Mom’d” all over it (see Exhibit A).

The real problem, as my baby brother recently pointed out, is going to be dealing with this blog. I’m not sure how comfortable I am with having private information available to my future patients and I don’t know how comfortable my future patients will be with knowing that their doctor has been known to wear spandex and the occasional dress. At some point, I’ll probably have to cease updating or set up an anonymous blog somewhere else, not to mention I might have to somehow figure out how to remove or privatize some or all of my old posts. Especially this one.

(Exhibit A: My mother’s Facebook wall)

You know you’re in med school when this is what youtube thinks you want to watch based on your most recent and frequently watched videos. I miss the carefree days of my life when dogs saying I love you and laughing babies were my recommended videos. Man, I miss undergrad.

Even though Missouri is taking their sweet time getting their results in, www.lamblefamily.com/adam is going out on a limb and projecting an Obama victory. You heard it here first.

This is obviously very exciting news. Not only was this a landslide victory but it’s great seeing the rest of the word sharing in our excitement.

While an African American becoming the President of the United States is truly monumental, the day was not completely without disappointments. It looks like California is going to be passing Proposition 8 which is a ban on same-sex marriage. I like to think I’m open minded. For instance, I can completely respect anyone who made an educated choice not to vote for Obama, but this proposition is based completely on intolerance. I know that one day it will be an embarrassing paragraph in our history books and I’ll have to explain to my grandchildren how backward some things were “back in my day.” Hopefully, I’ll also be telling them how difficult things were before food replicators while having them remind me how to work my holodeck.

Also, every time a light rail bill fails to pass, somewhere a transportation engineer’s heart is breaking.

The night was very emotional with a lot of highlights. The things that really stood out for me were:

- John Mccain’s concession speech. Despite the disrespectful booing, Mccain really impressed me with what he said and how he said it. I believe he is a good man that was put in a compromising situation. I wonder how different the word would have been if he was the president back in 2000.

- CNN is using holograms. You thought I was kidding about the holodecks. The future is now.

- Obama’s victory speech. I know some of what he said was repeated from past speeches but after the last year, it was refreshing to hear a politician speak openly without having to sway voters. I think the most significant thing he said was, “This victory alone is not the change we seek – it is only the chance for us to make that change.” Also the part about getting his two little girls a puppy. You know that was the best part of the election for them.