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City Hall in San Francisco is a place of power, fame, and politics. Although a lowly lobster might quake (as strongly as a 1906 shocker) at the idea of venturing into such powerful currents, Zippy knows no fear when it comes to advocating for his kids with brain tumors. So how far will a small […] With Olympic frenzy in the air, Zippy had to check out the reason for all this aquatic fuss. Sure, the South may be football crazy (go dawgs), North Carolina may be basketball crazy (woo-hoo tarheels) but the Bay Area is definitely swim crazy. It just seems a little odd to a lobster, all this fuss […] It was with bated breath (and unruly paparazzi) that we awaited the arrival of the worlds’ most famous orange, plastic, pediatric brain-tumor-awareness-advocating lobster. That’s right, we’re talking about none other than the uber-cool Zippy The Lobster! And he’s here at Doc Gurley headquarters (fanfare blares, confetti falls, fans swoon)! Zippy arrived in his entourage-hat with […] Our wonderful reader, Helen Howes, has won the first Ask The Doc free question! Let’s turn the mic over to you, Helen – “Why are diabetics all diagnosed with stupidity as a side-condition of the disease? My medics (all pretty good) seem to think that in spite of a usefully large IQ, a very good […] One of the more perverse joys of writing a blog is to randomly check the spam filter, looking for any lovely reader comments that may have gotten accidentally caught in the gunk. Kind of like cleaning out a verbal shower drain. What is surprising (to me) is the real-time evolution of healthcare spam, and how […] What’s old is new again…again! It’s kind of fun when something that was in the public eye disappears and is then “discovered” decades later. This time, the organ is your sturdy, silent spleen.* There’s an old saying, venting your spleen, which means, basically, to lose your temper and vent about all the grievances you’ve accumulated. […] |
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