For ten months, between August 2018 and May 2019, I worked at Epic. Epic is the operating system for the modern hospital. If you imagine a hospital as an animal, Epic is its central nervous system. Every decision it makes, from clinical to financial, happens in Epic. My job, in…

I’ve answered this question different ways in my life. The responses have been brief and uncomprehensive. “It’s awesome.” “It’s intense.” “It’s great seeing my family.” “It’s a lot to take in.” It’s all these things. Any immigrant’s relationship with his place of birth is complicated, and each visit is an…

On the first of August, 2018, I boarded a flight from San Francisco, California, to Madison, Wisconsin. Within a few days, I would be starting my first full time job 2,100 miles away from home. That day, at the airport, I recalled driving out of San Diego two months earlier…

Apart from complaining about the reality that it does get uncomfortably cold in California, winter is also a great time for reading. This is my third time recommending books, the first two being here and here. Along with the books here, I highly re-recommend the books on those earlier lists…

I think we should all look at cave paintings more often. They should be the centerpieces of our cities and the images our religious texts begin with. Human beings are terribly forgetful about their own ancestry, especially when it favors us to do so. I think it takes courage to…

Choosing to capitalize every first letter for the title words is hard (I’m still not sure I made the right choice). Reading three non-fiction books definitely sounds like it’s harder. But it’s not! Actually, I read six, but three of them happened to be really great. They not only gave…

If you can, try going a generation further back. What were the names of your ancestors that lived in the 1890s? You definitely had them, they were there, picking their nose and being told by their mothers not to. As well as ancestors alive during the Crusades, and 2000 BC…

It’s that time of year again, where Disney’s machine gears up for a few more billion dollars of international cash as the first of three Marvel superhero films is released. The first entry in the 2017 Marvel palate is Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Before we dive into the…

It’s the eighth Fast and Furious movie, and this time, it’s personal. …again. Before we get into this extra short review, here’s a spoiler free plot synopsis: Dominic Turetto’s crew has taken on tanks, planes, hacking software, and even gravity. …