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Medical Malpractice While My Guitar Gently Weeps

2010; Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany); Volume: 27; Issue: 01 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1055/s-0030-1247883

1098-8963

Brian Funaki,

Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues

After about a 20-year hiatus, I decided to start to play guitar again. I’m not sure if it is because of the new Beatles Rock Band game my son has for his Wii, out of boredom, or to offset the deafening ambient noise levels in my house. Both of my children are learning musical instruments; my son has a new trumpet, which prompted my daughter to bring home a flute or recorder (or whatever is called these days). Subconsciously, like any good parent, I think I wanted to inflict the same kind of ear-splitting torture on them that they put me through. The problem for me and my guitar is that if you create a Venn diagram of the songs I like, the songs I can actually play, and the songs that I can almost sing, the middle of the diagram consists of five songs total in the English language (and three are by Del Amitri). But like Carl Lewis singing the national anthem, I’ve never let minor details such as a complete lack of musical talent stop me. My wife recently postponed the kitchen remodel in favor of a soundproof room in the basement.