“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

“Polygons have have become unseeingly fashionable…” Trip Hawkins My family loves the challenge of the weekly Brainwaves quiz. A recurring question is the naming of polygons or their number of sides. What is a five sided polygon called, or how many sides has a dodecahedron? You get the idea. Although polygon is a latin word,… Read more

The index patient and his surgeon John and Jobe, circa 1975 Americans love baseball. So much so that they even name surgical procedures after famous players. In 1974, Dodgers pitcher Tommy John ruptured the ulnar collateral ligament of his throwing arm. This was a feared injury, the end of a career. Dodgers Orthopaedic surgeon Frank… Read more