Tag: pets
Snow, milk and bread. Still a mystery.
by Edwin | Jan 14, 2022 | Issues, humor, hobbies and all the rest | 2 |
Snow, milk and bread; still a mystery (I resurrected this post from 2009, as our entire region of Upstate, SC and Western NC is bracing for ice and snow. It’s particularly icky because of the chaos brought on by...
Read MoreAnimals are wonderful, but they just aren’t people!
by Edwin | Mar 22, 2021 | Emergistan and Medicine, Issues, humor, hobbies and all the rest, Wife, kids, pets and home | 10 |
This is a column of mine from 2011. However, the topic has been on my mind lately as I see more and more patients who neglect their own well being in favor of their pets. (Incidentally, this column has the distinction of...
Read MoreThe Mystery of the Murdered Opossum
by Edwin | Sep 17, 2019 | Wife, kids, pets and home | 0 |
Life in the woods is always interesting. I went out on the porch to feed our assorted hound-dogs and looked down at this image. No, he’s not playing dead. He’s actually dead. To quote Monty Python (for...
Read MoreZero to Ten on The Work Excuse Scale. What’s Your Number?
by Edwin | May 27, 2018 | Emergistan and Medicine, Featured | 0 |
The Work Excuse Scale On a scale of 0-10, please rate...
Read MoreWatch for mysteries everywhere! (Especially in the shopping cart!)
by Edwin | Apr 29, 2012 | Faith, hope and love, Issues, humor, hobbies and all the rest, Wife, kids, pets and home | 4 |
Here is my column in today’s Greenville News. Enjoy! And remember what you put in the cart at the store… Everyone loves a good mystery, don’t they? It’s why we enjoy shows like CSI, and The First 48....
Read MoreSparky starts a fire…and learns a lesson
by Edwin | Oct 25, 2011 | Faith, hope and love, Issues, humor, hobbies and all the rest, Wife, kids, pets and home | 6 |
One of my children, who shall henceforth be referred to as ‘Sparky, recently ignited a small brush-fire in our yard. He did not intend to do it. He was using a flint and steel device when some dry broom-straw ignited and...
Read MoreOh Socks, where art thou?
by Edwin | Jul 24, 2011 | Issues, humor, hobbies and all the rest, Wife, kids, pets and home | 2 |
This is my column from Friday in our local paper, the Daily Journal Messenger. Oh Socks, where art thou? Small losses can leave deep wounds. This is why my son, Elijah, still gets misty when we mention Socks, the cat. Not...
Read MoreStupid doctor tricks and a wasp assault
by Edwin | Jun 18, 2011 | Issues, humor, hobbies and all the rest, Wife, kids, pets and home | 6 |
A physician friend of mine recently bragged that, while driving along a rural South Carolina road, he had stopped, chased a timber-rattler into the bushes, located said rattler, then urinated on it. ‘I wanted to say I had...
Read MoreThe real sometimes collides with the ideal
by Edwin | Dec 6, 2010 | Faith, hope and love, Issues, humor, hobbies and all the rest, Wife, kids, pets and home | 10 |
Here’s my column in yesterday’s Greenville News. ‘The Real Sometimes Collides with the Ideal.’ Or my personal title, ‘the dangers of house-porn.’ My wife and I were sitting and chatting about...
Read MoreMy interview in the Rural Section Newsletter from August
by Edwin | Sep 22, 2010 | Emergistan and Medicine, Issues, humor, hobbies and all the rest, Wife, kids, pets and home | 1 |
Doctor Dagger Carves Up and Serves the Benefits of Rural EM Practice An Interview with Edwin Leap, MD, Featured Speaker at 2010 Scientific Assembly Rural Section Meeting Randolph Knight, MD July 21, 2010 The alternating rise and...
Read MoreSerenity, despite horse flies
by Edwin | Jun 18, 2010 | Faith, hope and love, Issues, humor, hobbies and all the rest, Wife, kids, pets and home | 1 |
My wife and sons have been in Louisiana on a mission trip. So, my daughter Elysa and I have been enjoying a week of papa/daughter time. Despite the fact that we miss the rest of the Leap family immensely, we have enjoyed our...
Read MoreScience, dogs and airsoft!
by Edwin | Jun 15, 2010 | Issues, humor, hobbies and all the rest, Wife, kids, pets and home | 15 |
Problem: Roughly 5-7 loud, annoying dogs bark at my daughter and me when we ride our bicycles. They run so close to us that we almost fall over avoiding them. Their owners are disinterested. Hypothesis: There must be a way...
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