Now, everyone knows that using a cell phone while driving is distracting. Even six states ban the use of cell phones while driving and seven states ban texting while driving. On Sunday, the National Safety Council called for a nationwide ban of using mobile phones while driving (Reuters)
"It's time to take the cellphone away," said Janet Froetscher, president and chief executive officer of the non-profit group. "Studies show that driving while talking on a cellphone is extremely dangerous and puts drivers at a four times greater risk of a crash," Froetscher said in a telephone interview.
You may have heard of the use of a "hands-free" device while using a cell phone and driving. The states above do NOT ban the use of a hands-free device. However, the National Safety Council is recommending all use of cellular phones while driving - including the use of hands-free devices and texting.
Personally, I think this is a little extreme. I admit that I see people all the time kind of paying attention to the road while talking on the phone, or tuning their radio/mp3 player, or shaving, or putting on make up, or eating while driving, or talking to passengers in the car. Banning texting and encouraging use of hands-free devices make sense to me. But banning all use of cell phones while driving. I think that takes it a little too far. What do you think?
I might get in trouble for showing you this top secret information, but I thought all of you wanted to know (hehe). Ever wanted to know what a flight nurse wears? Well, I found this exclusive footage from our fave flight nurse - the one and only Crzegrl.
Looks like she was responding to a request from nursing students in the Philippines (Who-Hoo!). Actually, I had no idea what Emily was talking about. I'm just a sucker for (almost) anyone in a flight suit. Great job Emily!
Thanks to Angelo Mandato from Podcamp Ohio 2 for being a guest on The Doctor Anonymous Show 65. We talked about possible sessions for the event, along with seeking sponsors, setting up in-person meetups in the Cleveland/Columbus/Cincinnati areas, doing promos for the event, and other things.
Thanks to Crzegrl and Jason for calling into the show to ask questions. Finally, wanted to wish the best of luck to Angelo and his wife Heather on their coming baby - possibly as soon as next week! I'm sure he'll give us an update next month when Angelo returns for the next Podcamp Ohio update. Have a great weekend everybody and hope to see you for The Night Shift with Dr. A on Saturday!
No, silly - Not Saturday Night Live. If you didn't already hear, I have started a new Saturday night show called "The Night Shift with Dr. A." I would say that it's completely different than the Thursday night show. My co-host for the show is Kat from another Blog Talk Radio show called "The Llanview Lowdown."
If you haven't checked out last week's show yet, I invite you to click here and to take a listen. It's kind of funny, because I'm still trying to find a decent format and flow of the show. And, to be honest, it's kind of exciting to try to start up a new show that is different than what's going on now.
For now, I've committed to doing the show through January and seeing how things go. We talk about a variety of things to what's going on in our lives at that moment (whether it be work or non-work related), or some news, or some sports, or whatever comes up. So, I invite you to catch the latest edition of The Night Shift which will be Saturday, January, 10th, 2009 at 9pm Eastern Time on Blog Talk Radio. If anything else, it'll be a good time!
The Web Mix a video show that review and highlights websites and other new media tools. On their latest show, namely Show #11, Jason, the show's host (and also from NE Ohio - WooHoo!), reviews gives "you ways to use the web to get healthy and track your diet, exercise and fitness."
Thanks to t-rave's twitter, he let me know that The Web Mix mentioned my blog and my show. Thanks to Jason for mentioning me and thanks to t-rave for the heads up. I encourage you to not only check out this episode above, but also check out The Web Mix website. Jason does a great job! Thanks for mentioning Doctor Anonymous!
If you do listen live, you can even take part in the chat room. It is truly "The show within the show." You can even call in and say hello. A great opportunity to interact with medbloggers you've only read about. And, you will be able to see me on the live webcam during the show! See you tonight!
For first time Blog Talk Radio listeners: *Although it is not required to listen to the show, I encourage you to register on the BlogTalkRadio site prior to the show. I think it will make the process easier.
*To get to my show site, click here. As show time gets closer, keep hitting "refresh" on your browser until you see the "Live/Chat" button. Then, of course, press the "Live/Chat" button.
*You can also participate in the live chat room before, during, and after the show. Look for the "Chat Available" button in the upper right hand corner of the page. If you are registered with the BTR site, your registered name and picture will appear in the chat room. You can also call into the show. The number is on my show site. Hope these tips are helpful!
The Doctor Anonymous Show is back this week after not doing a Thursday show for a while. We will be talking about more of a new media focus rather than a medicine focus. Our guest will be Angelo from PodCamp Ohio. PodCamp Ohio will take place in Columbus, Ohio on Saturday, June 20, 2009. This is a conference (some would call an "unconference") focused on podcasting, blogging, new media and social networking.
I have met so many people by being a part of the planning process last year and also from going to the conference itself. I was a sponsor of the event last year and plan to be a sponsor again this year. Who knows? Maybe I'll even put together a session to present at PodCamp. How weird would that be? In a recent message on the Podcamp discussion site, Angelo posted this:
After the new year (this Thursday to be exact) I'll be getting re-engaged in planning the next PodCamp Ohio! I'm quite excited, we have a lot of work to do and a lot of jobs to assign so if you're ready and willing to be an organizer for this year, please email me what you would like to do to help.
So, join me and Angelo and anyone else who calls in for The Doctor Anonymous Show on Thursday, January 8th, 2009 at 9pm Eastern Time on Blog Talk Radio. (I also invite you to check out the new layout of the BTR site) We'll be talking PodCamp and other things having to do with new media. Plus, as you may already know, Angelo and Heather's baby's due date is any day now. So, he'll give us an update on that as well. See you for the show!
Well, the first Night Shift show is now behind me - definitely a different show than what I do on Thursday nights. My co-host is Kat from the BTR show called The Llanview Lowdown. On this evening's show, we talked about Kat feeling a little bit under the weather. And, this kind of affected her energy level on her most recent show. We also talked about her being a fan of the old TV show The Twilight Zone - and why she kind of has a fear of dolls. We also talked college football. Thanks to MarQ for calling into the show to talk a little TV trivia. So, all in all, I think things went ok. I still think I may need to make some format changes before the next show. I mean, how perfect can you be after show number one? Yeesh!
I'm very happy to announce that with the new year of 2009, I'm going to be starting a new project. It's actually a new show on BlogTalkRadio that I'm calling "The Night Shift with Dr. A."
At least that's the working title for right now. When I ran the title by some people, they thought of the popular song by the Commodores, or this American soap opera of the same name, or the 1982 movie above with Henry Winkler and Michael Keaton. (I loved that movie, BTW. Hilarious)
So, the title may not be original. But, what am I going to talk about? Well, first of all this will be the first show where there is a permanent co-host who is Kat. She is also the co-host of the Llanview Lowdown on BlogTalkRadio. (Monday nights at 6:30pmET) You may remember Kat from The Doctor Anonymous Show 55 when I interviewed her when I was in Dallas.
Again, I know what you're asking. What the heck are we going to talk about? Well, we're going to talk about basically anything. As you all know, she's a nurse. But, we won't exclusively talk about medical stuff. We'll probably touch on a lot of subjects like entertainment, TV shows, sports, or whatever else comes up. So, join us for the very first show on Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 at 9pm Eastern Time for The Night Shift with Dr. A!
People out there were probably a little confused (and possibly a little worried) after seeing this twitter just after New Year's struck midnight. It all stemmed from the interview I gave during the 24 hour podcast marathon on GSPN.TV. (BTW, I've been told that the podcast interview itself won't be available at least for a little while on the GSPN site.)
This was an interesting interview, mainly because Cliff and I were operating under little sleep. Cliff broadcasted almost all of the 24 hours, and I was in the midst of a long on-call stretch. So, the both of us were pretty entertaining. But, it was what seemed like a harmless question which seemed to set shockwaves through some people. A question that the Dr. A community has been wondering ever since I started this blog - Is Dr. A single or not?
Now, I know that this is going to sound really egotistical, but I've only learned the impact of this in the last 24-36 hours. I've received a lot of e-mail, and some of it not so good. It reminds me back of a time back in February 2007 when I first chose to do a video post. The haters were out then. I talked about it in a post called "The Myth Of Anonymous Blogging." Following my interview New Year's Eve night, the hater e-mail began again. So that got to me a little bit.
Something more important that got to me was learning how this new fact was impacting people in the Dr. A Community. I guess I didn't realize something like that would shock people. And, I'm only now figuring out that there are some hurt feeling out there - mainly that I didn't share this earlier along.
This brings up the question of how much of your real self should you share online and when and how should you share this information. And, how much of your "real" life should you keep to yourself. For me, the journey from truly anonymous to less-so anonymous, has been an interesting one.
There have been certain points of time where I chose to share a little bit about myself. Early on in my blogging career, I remember when I first showed a picture of myself on vacation on my blog. And, then, I started sharing a little bit more of where I'm exactly located.
At the beginning of 2008, I made a commitment to do video posting (at first only in black & white and now almost exclusively in color.) In the summer of 2008, I was interviewed my an online medical journal and shared my real name. And now this.
So, to my loyal readers and listeners I apologize for not sharing this sooner, but I wanted to wait for the right time and place to talk about it - and now seemed like the right time and place. Thanks to those of you out there who sent me e-mails seeing how I've been doing. I've only been "unplugged" from the internet for about 48 hours. But, for me, that feels like an eternity. I got some things sorted out and I'm ready to make a comeback. Look out world!
