Summer BBQs

Yesterday my friend Jay had an awesome BBQ in her new backyard. Doesn't she look cute in her apron grilling up our hamburgers?

To my delighted surprise Sally was there too! I love surprises like that!!!!

The past week has had unbelievably perfect weather in San Francisco, even the Inner Sunset. I've been in such a happy mood because of it, nothing can go wrong when the sun is shining and there are blue skies overhead! I'm off for a run in GG park. I'm still recovering from being a bit sick so this is going to be my first long run in quite some time.

Wonderful weather, wonderful friends, life is good.

Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream

45 years ago to the day.

Barack Obama = My President

He gave a long speech, but a powerful 250 words is all Obama needed to prove why he is ready to lead our country for the next 4 years...

"We may not agree on abortion, but surely we can agree on reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies in this country. The reality of gun ownership may be different for hunters in rural Ohio than for those plagued by gang-violence in Cleveland, but don't tell me we can't uphold the Second Amendment while keeping AK-47s out of the hands of criminals. I know there are differences on same-sex marriage, but surely we can agree that our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters deserve to visit the person they love in the hospital and to live lives free of discrimination. Passions fly on immigration, but I don't know anyone who benefits when a mother is separated from her infant child or an employer undercuts American wages by hiring illegal workers. This, too, is part of America's promise -- the promise of a democracy where we can find the strength and grace to bridge divides and unite in common effort.

I know there are those who dismiss such beliefs as happy talk. They claim that our insistence on something larger, something firmer and more honest in our public life is just a Trojan Horse for higher taxes and the abandonment of traditional values. And that's to be expected. Because if you don't have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare the voters. If you don't have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from.

You make a big election about small things."

I am thinking of running a September voter registration drive in San Francisco. Would you care to join?

Why being a doctor is so cool!!!!

This is EXACTLY why I want to become a doctor. I can be so useful and valuable anywhere in the world, at any point in time. How amazing is that? I can be like, LIFE-SAVINGLY useful. That is just the coolest knowledge/skill you could possibly have.

Baby boy born on airliner en route to Australia

One day maybe I'll be on my honeymoon to Australia and help delivery a little baby too!!!