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Unusual things in the last monthj: I visited NYC for three days and witnessed  Santa Con:

The boozy tradition attracts revelers from all around the New York City metro area in an all-day merry celebration, stopping at dozens of bars up and down the borough. This year's festivities kick off at 10 a.m.

 I ate at a restaurant with a view of the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center.

I experienced my first non-elective hospital admission—more on this next month

Articles: From the New Yorker:   https://www.newyorker.com/culture/2025-in-review/the-role-of-doctors-is-changing-forever?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=user/NewYorker.     To a degree, as a practitioner, this issue evolved and has been front and center for years. The conclusion of the article is one I arrived at decades ago which feels pretty good.

Streaming: Netflix Goodbye June

Hulu/HBO. Deadwood, second pass is better than the first.

Books: The Falconer, Czapnik--Coming of age story

Deadwood. Cozzens--History, a little dry but with the HBO series, interesting

The Art of Fielding. Harbach--Second read after two decades and it is a picture.

In the Village, late morning, the Santa Com tavern hoping was well underway.