“Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with golden lacquer. It teaches us to embrace damage and flaws.” — ManGill. For most of my adult life I have helped repair the sick. Many had their lives suddenly shattered and altered forever. It was a job at which I was quite good. Recently, the… Read more

“A drop of ink can make millions think…” Lord Byron A tier list is a ranking system of best to worst. A tier is generally associated with fixed characteristics. A tier is easily confused with a level system, where components or skills are continually changing, perhaps improving, maybe deteriorating. Tier systems are essentially independent of… Read more

“I would rather die by the hand of god, than the hand of man…” Legendary French Surgeon, Baron Guillaume Dupuytren Like many surgeons, the first procedure they let me do was an appendicectomy. It is usually considered a simple procedure, but the history behind appendicectomy is anything but. The first anatomical drawing of the appendix… Read more