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I GOT ONE RIGHT! 😆😅😀

Dr. Ana and I had a question about a half hour ago. There were six answer choices. (When UWorld gives you more than the normal five choices either 1) the answer is obvious and they want to slow you down, or 2) there is a clue in the answer choices that they want to see if you pick up on.)

Ana suggested that the patient's symptoms were known by the mnemonic HAMARTOMAS. We had seen that fucking thing on Flashcards a zillion times. Each letter stands for a different symptom. There were ten, too many for me to ever get all right. Hell, I didn't even know what condition the symptoms mnemonic represented. 

As Ana was reading and considering the answer choices I pointed out that if she was right that it was the HAMARTOMAS condition, that "hamartomas" was in answer choice B. I then remembered two of the mnemonic symptoms and asked Ana to confirm: "Isn't 'ash leaf' and 'Shagreen patches' in there?" The light went on. "Oh, you're right!" Answer choice B read in full "Brain hamartomas and ash-leaf skin patches."

She confidently chose B and WE WERE RIGHT! I belly-laughed it tickled me so much because--only 39% of real medical students got the answer right!

GREAT SUCCESS! HAHAHAHAHAHA

Public Occurrences May 19, 2026*

*Update: AP has called KY-4 for Trump-endorsed challenger. Incumbent Massie defeated.

7:00 pm:

Trump Wins

On May 5, five Indiana Republicans who voted against Trump's gerrymander lost their primaries against Trump-backed opponents. One incumbent who faced a Trump primary survived while a seventh leads by three votes and faces a recount.

On May 16, GOP incumbent U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, who voted to convict Trump in his second (Jan. 2-related) trial in the Senate, finished third in Louisiana to Trump-backed primary challengers.

Today, GOP Rep. Thomas Massie (Kentucky), who broke with Trump over the Epstein files release, is expected to lose his primary to a Trump-backed challenger.

And in Texas, also today, Trump endorsed state Attorney General Jim Paxton in his primary challenge to Sen. John Cornyn. Trump's blessing should be enough to put Paxton over the top in the May 26 GOP primary.

PEP GUARDIOLA TO LEAVE MANCHESTER CITY

In ten full seasons in east Manchester, Pep won: 

-Six Premier League titles

-One treble, Premier League champions, FA Cup champions, Champions League champions

-One double, Premier League and FA Cup champions

-One domestic cup double, FA Cup and Carabao Cup

-One Hundred: record for most points in Premier League season

-Three FA Cups

-Five Carabao Cups

-One Champions League title

-One Club World Cup

"Don't ask me the reasons I'm leaving. There is no reason, but deep inside, I know it's my time. Nothing is eternal, if it was, I would be here. Eternal will be the feeling, the people, the memories, the love I have for my Manchester City.

"This is a city built from work. From graft. You see it in the colour of the bricks. From people who clocked in early, stayed late. The factories. The Pankhursts. The unions. The music. Simply the Industrial Revolution and how this changed the world. And I think I grew to understand that, and my teams did too.

"We worked. We suffered. We fought. And we did things our own way. Our way."

He always has. And he has won everything at the biggest clubs in the world, at Barcelona, at Bayern Munich, and at Manchester City. He is the greatest manager in the world.

Pep will be staying with City Football Group as ambassador to its world network of clubs and offer technical advice.

Good Friday Morning, Sensitive City, Normal People

Cavs collapse again, trail Knicks 2-0

Axios

"Knicks in Four! Knicks in Four!"

So went the chant in the final minutes tonight in Peoples Square Garden.

I don' think that will happen. Sensitive City was in an 0-2 hole vs Detroit and won the series.

New York is a more perfect team. Jalen Brunson's stat line looked unimpressive until your eyes drifted farther to the right: He had a career-high 14 assists when his shot wasn't falling or Kenny Atkinson's defensive scheme took his shots away feom him. No matter. He became playmaker. The "Knicks" are more versatile.

But Cleveland is an excellent team with firepower out the ass. They are not as versatile, though. They need Donovan Mitchell to score the points and when he doesn't he doesn't morph into a playmaker.

I would not be surprised if Cle. wins both games in the Pawn Shop and I expect one win.

But I espect them to lose the series and then the questions get re-asked: what was up with Mitchell in the 1H. It can't have been physical; he had a great 3rd quarter. Is it James Harden, the pinada of G1? Or Atkinson, also the pinada?

The bottom line for a Pawn Shop owner, Gilbert, is

The

Most

Expensive

Roster

In

The

NBA.

And that roster and that coach can't even win the Least?! How can you run that back with two second-round exits and now a conference semi-final loss?

"Knicks" (2-0) Won Every Q But 1st and Buried Cadavers 109-93

95-82, 6:11 4Q, Cadavers Full Funeral Planning

 

MITCHELL ON FIRE! NOW 23 PTS, 8/16 (2/5); Brunson still chill, 9 pts; Cle. 10-3 4Q, Mamdani City 88-80, 7:51 left to play

Donovan Mitchell 9 pts, 3/10 (1/4) 24'. Brunson 9 pts, 4/11 (1/7) 27' lol

 

71-58, 4:22 3Q. At least "Cavs" showed they can still score a little.

 Al Pawlowski

@AlPawlowski

The Cavs look like they haven’t shot a basketball in months with their lack of touch in the third quarter.

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 This must have been the guy. He's a "Nets" reporter.

Erik Slater

@ErikSlater_

Almost every East contender has had an injury to its top player:

Tatum went down. Embiid was never right. Haliburton was out for the season. And now Mitchell is clearly laboring.

The Knicks have had Brunson and Towns healthy. They’ll never have a better path.

9:40 PM · May 21, 2026

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15-0, 68-53

14-0, 67-53, 6:13 3Q

Cle. can't throw it in Lake Mistake. 11-0 Mamdani run 64-53. Mama, where you at?

"KNICKS" 9-0 BLOWING IT OPEN! 62-53, 8:27 3Q

58-53. Donovan Mitchell 3Q: 1/4 (0/1), 1 turnover

Brunson 3! 56-53

0-4, 10:53, 53-all!

The 3rd quarter has been a good one for "Cavs" all playoffs long, so we'll see how they do tonight

HT Mamdani City (1-0) 53 Sensitive City 49

Josh Hart actually made a 3!

Mamdanis shot way better in the half, 51%-37%, than Sensitives, and despite Hart's struggles, outshot them from range too!

"Knicks" were 3/8 from FT, "Cavs" 9/10; otherwise the lead would have been heavier.

Donovan Mitchell was quiet: 7 pts on 2/6 (1/3) in 18'. You'd say, that's GOOD for Cle., he can't possibly be that silent in 2H, but I read on X something a Brooklyn "Nets" writer wrote, that Mitchell is not "opening his stride" when he drives, a hamstring or calf strain, idk.

But Mitchell DROWNED OUT Jalen Brunson in the half. Brunson had a little peepy 2 points on 1/6 (0/4) in 19'. What the fuck? The two stars went dark in the 1H. 

Weird game, man.

2:56 2nd Mamdani Prayer Call 45-40

I can't figure this game out from the play-by-play. It seems to me that Kenny Atkinson did something different at the start (I thought the same thing in the 1H of G1) that took NYC time to adjust. But I look up and "Knicks" are up 5. Idk.

Mamdanis (21-13 quarter) 45-40, 3:14 2nd

40-40, 4:18 2Q. Diff in game? Mamdanis 1/6 in freebies!

In 6:12 of 1st Q the two teams had scored 28 points. At 5:59 2Q they have scored 19.

31-31, 9:59 2Q

Donovan Mitchell hit a trey at 0.7", Mamdani City 24 Sensitive City 27, end 1Q

Mitchell Robinson, who was in for Obi Wanunoby, has missed FOUR fucking FTs

Knickers! McBride 3, McKnickers 24 Sensitives 22, 1:42 1Q

BOCKS! 6-0 run, lead for first time since opening secs 21-20

BOCKERS! 19-20, 3:39 1st, Cavalry Full Round Up

 Steve Popper

@StevePopper

Knicks taking it at Cavs bigs -- 16 points in the paint already as Cavs call timeout with lead, 20-19.

8:29 PM · May 21, 2026

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