Burt Lesnick, MD
Pediatric Pulmonologist, Author, CHEST Philanthropy Board of Advisors member, wine geek
- or “I wouldn’t trust him as far as I could throw up on him.” Please send me your phrase terns. I’d like to feather my nest. 3/3
- their cousins, the plentiful puns and adroit malapropisms. They prey on hackneyed collections of words, twisting them to delicious morsels to make our world both more absurd and digestible. Examples pertaining to our current leader this week might include “pomp and circumstantial evidence,” 2/3
- Phrase terns. They gather amongst the C birds, a cacophony coming from the crap-covered crags of cove, so much like the words in which we struggle not to drown. But phrase terns, or birds of a Father, as I call them (given the proximity to Dad jokes), have markings and habits different from 1/3
- In Canada, where airport restroom placards have Braille in both English and French.
- Fun course. Recommend to every wine lover!
- Sovereignty edges Journalism to win 151st Kentucky Derby at rain-soaked Churchill Downs - NBC Sports But in the long run, Journalism beats Sovereignty every time.
- This year for Passover we skipped the Manischevitz when making our Charoset. Inexpensive Tawny Port really made it pop. And the symbolic mortar got Costco DEI points, so there’s that!
- They’re all meme stocks now. As I write this, Gap and Lululemon are both up based on a Trump post he might reduce tariffs on Vietnam. No sane trader can determine the true value of any company when policy shifts with the president’s whims. We have nothing to trade on but vibes.
- Wow. 70 days into his second term. Wonder why he waited so long.
- In Burgundy, the valley floor has the highest daytime temperature, with cooler temps on the hillsides. They both get cooler at night, but the valley has the most diurnal variation and the best phenolic expressions. That’s why Mersault and Puligny Montrachet have such amazing minerality.
- Love this episode. The Pair dive into how soil affects wine flavors. Sometimes it’s the associated winemaking technique. I would argue that volcanic soils radiate heat after dusk, affecting diurnal temp variation while sedimentary soils don’t. This affects phenolic compounds, which add minerality.
- Proud to share our CHEST editorial published today on obstructive lung disease in osteogenesis imperfecta patients. Kudos to Dr. Carrie Henderson, for doing the lion’s share of the writing! authors.elsevier.com/a/1kkb52p-lD...
- I have a Bluetooth program on my phone. It connects to all sorts of cars and speakers. Truly amazing. My friend is a Republican. He has a Redtooth program. It doesn’t connect to anything.
