Matthew's Blog
How To Torture Your Wife
Step 1: Take 50 black and white photographs of Mother Nature, then carefully edit. Check ✔︎. Step 2: Write 50 haikus based on each photo.25 down, 25 to go. 50% checked ✔︎. (Who can possibly forget my Leaves And Fractals Haiku, the breathtaking Sea Bubbles Haiku, and...
Is Using The EHR To Identify New Business Ethical?
No, says the Deontologist. Yes, says the Utilitarian. Consider the following question: We know that bariatric surgery offers significant benefits to patients with diabetes and obesity. These benefits include a 68% lower cardiovascular mortality. (Ref: Association...
White Flower Haiku
White summer flower, Expansive petals waiting! Buzzing bee comes soon.
Thorn Bubble Haiku
A bubble of thorns shouts, “Stay away from my fruit— pricks and jabs await.”
My Person-to-Person Communication Hierarchy
Here;s my hierarchy—from best to worst—for the efficient transfer of information between two people who don’t know each other well: Face-to-face conversation (Best!).Phone conversation. ↓ Email. ↓ Text messaging (Worst!). The gaps I placed above between phone/email...
Re-listening to The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
As I’ve blogged about before (Considering How I Read to Help Inform How I Write), I “read” different types of books using different technologies with my car CD player being mostly used for self-help-type content. Well, in this category one of my favorite audiobooks is...
Sunset Haiku
Helios sets West, Life’s source saying “Goodnight, Earth” But one day “Goodbye.”
Tangled Haiku
Upward weaving branches— A competition for light, Forever tangled.
Life’s Twilight
The hour around sunset is referred to by photographers as the golden hour. The light is soft and gentle, the colors appear to be consolidated, flowing into each other, and the harshness of the midday is gone. It is a time coveted by photographers. Now, in his book...