Give Them Some Credit

You know I'm a sucker for "National (fill in your favorite cause or hobby) Month." But this is a good one. Apparently, somebody named May National Museum Month! As you may also know, I love museums. In fact, on my sister blog, The Wounded Surgeon, I talk about how I turned an appointment for pre-surgical testing into a day at the Museum of Modern Art.

I heard on the radio that Bank of America is celebrating National Museum Month, too. They are granting free admission to selected museums in nine northeastern states to anyone bearing a Bank of America or MBNA ATM or Credit card.

So visit a museum in May. I'll see you there!

Synchronicity

Once you change the curtains, you have to paint the walls. I have a PALM IIIxe, which is a primitive version of the handheld PDA that now exists as a smartphone, mp3 player, and a digital camera. I changed my computer at work last month and suddenly realized that I had lost the software for the Palm operating system. A quick visit to Palm.com allowed me to witness all that I've been missing, but not having the money, or the need for anything more sophisticated, I decided to download some updated software for the operating system. Three hours later...I was wading through all the incredible sites that are available for the PDA. Avant go is a fabulous site, with hundreds of PDA friendly channels that can be updated each time you "hot sync." Here are some other great sites geared toward PDA users in the medical field:

• pdaMD -- great information about handheld resources for healthcare personnel
• epocrates -- handheld drug information database, including formulary and pricing info
• merck medicus mobile -- good resource for latest medical news with capacity to launch searches from your PDA

Of course, with all these great applications, I may have to upgrade my palm to a Treo 700 or Life Drive mobile manager. Some pretty expensive taste for such small hands!

Who needs poetry?

I do.

See what other poets think in this Newsweek article, "Poets Debate National Poetry Month."

The Cruelest Month

If you are anything like me, you spent most of Colorectal Cancer Awareness month on my new blog, The Wounded Surgeon, and now find yourself well into April, which we all know is National Poetry Month. One of the best Poetry Blogs I've run across is out of the Harper Collins Publishing House, and is called The Cruelest Month. Check it out...if you dare.

My other nascent blog, Bard Parker Poets' Society, will be more devoted to poetry and literature, and I've furnished it with some links that I use to stay in touch with contemporary poetry, but I haven't had much time to work on it, and I'm not sure quite yet where it's going. Getting late. Need rest. Yankees won their home opener 9-7 this afternoon. Ahhh.