We won both intramural games handily tonight. They were fun, but the co-rec games aren't nearly as intense as the guys-only games, and I like intensity. Good, clean competition. I love it when nobody is mad at their opponent at the end of the game, but everyone has worked hard.

It's late, but I'm sitting in the dorm lobby helping a good friend out with Algebra homework. Times like these make me realize that I really do enjoy teaching - there are few things more rewarding than seeing a student's face light up when a concept clicks with him/her.

Recently I've started reading a book called "Doctors" by Sherwin Nuland. I've only read a few chapters thus far, but I'm definitely enjoying it and would recommend it to anyone. Dr. Nuland is (or was, when he wrote the book 20 years ago) a well-known surgeon at Yale, and in this book subtitled, "Biography of Medicine," he discusses the contributions of renowned doctors throughout history. His perspective is a breath of fresh air; in some ways, he sounds a lot like a pre-medical student. He has a lofty, if not idealistic, view of medicine and its practitioners, and although his surgeon's hauteur is evident it does not overwhelm.