I’ll be the first to say that the water in every Emergency Department I’ve been in has tasted kind of weird, but what in the sweet heavens are they drinking on HBO’s “The Pitt”?  We’re just two episodes into The Pitt, and we have been entertained by gory, open fractures and young ER residents who apparently spend their spare time being skilled cardiothoracic surgeons.  As maggots squirmed on our TVs, I must admit that I am taken aback more by the character development in The

In early November, we threw a few blankets into my wife's SUV and headed to Carmel, NY. We walked into a pet store hosting a PawSafe dog adoption event. We had been eyeing a couple dogs online, and one little guy caught our eyes. Wright is named in honor of how my wife, Kat, and I met. We lived on opposite ends of Wrightwood Avenue in Chicago. He's just about 4 months old. This is our first pet together. I grew up with cats and dogs, but Kat did not. We have been eyeing pet o

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