Avarice

You, dear reader, are probably wondering: Ben! you've got a test on cardiology tomorrow, why, at 2:27 pm, the day before your test, are you at home, blogging, avoiding learning about diuretics?
Well, I'm glad you asked. I am procrastinating.
Regardless, I want now to post some material items I desire:

1. Welch-Allyn Diagnostic Kit. 

I know that switching from my current dinky travel-set, borrowed from Zach Lane, will confirm my manliness to all alpha males on the wards. Nothing says Big Package like a thick lithium battery stick on your panopticon opthlamascope

2. Asus UL30A-X5.      

My "friend" from school just bought one. I covet my neighbor's laptop, commandment be damned. It has facial recognition for login, a separate linux OS for rapid booting into a web browser, and good guts all around. And not too expensive either...
Not that my current Dell Vostro 1000, given to me for the price of...on the house...by EK, is not a good workhorse. It is. But that's what silly materialism is, wanting something you don't need. 


3. The Littman Cardio III.

Smooth Elegance. Refined Beauty. Double Barrel. I know that this is not only required for me to be a successful doctor, but that without it, 500 children will immediately die. I will auscultate the shit out of someone with this thing. Currently, I am using Nehama's (inferior) Littman boring-edition. Some nights I wake up in a cold sweat, thinking I hear the Cardio III calling out to me...



4. The Complete Works of John Steinbeck.

Not only will this provide me with ample reading of my most favorite author, but I also want a leather-bound book. And an office that smells of rich mahogany wood. Perhaps a pipe as well, a free-standing globe, friends, henchmen, political savvy, status, status updates on facebook, and a deep voice.


That's all for now. The wild world of cardiology beckons. As loyal readers, please see to it that all of these items appear at my house in the near-term.