Apologia: Sorry for the lightweight posts lately. It’s partly because my hospital patient census has surged recently, and partly because, like The Bloviator, I’ve been in a funk this past week. Sometime last month, this blog passed its one year mark. (I can’t be sure of the date because when I updated to Blogger-Pro, Blogger ate my archives, but I remember sitting down one weekend in mid-February and beginning the blog.) I still enjoy it, but like everything, it has its peaks and valleys. I want to thank all of you for reading, and for emailing, and for all the alms and Amazon buys. You’ve made the peaks outnumber the valleys by far.