I guess Joe E. Dunn was right -- the best prize of all is knowing that winning isn't always a victory, and losing isn't always a defeat

Christmas. Getting is good. Giving is better. Once you understand that, it's always Christmas.

Helping a little kid got me fired. Public opinion got me rehired. I realize medicine is a business... but the best part of all is listening to your heart...

showed my personal journal (where every night I put my most private thoughts, and that I've never shown to anyone) to Wanda!

Tonight Wanda and I said those three little words, 'Let's not doit.' I love you, Wanda Plenn.

Went on annual fishing trip with Dad. He still talks to the fish. Still does his bird calls. Still tells the same stories... I can't wait till next year.

They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Maybe if we all spent a little less time beholding--we'd be a lot happier

Love. It's not just flowers and poems. It's compromise and forgiveness. You don't have to be a genius to know love is impossible to understand.

$100,000, a six-week vacation, and my own air-conditioned office vs. Hector Gonzales...

No contest.

I know I'm supposed to be the smart one but when it comes to the art of friendship, Vinnie's a genius.

Moved out...moved back in. Met Charmagne. Ate her nodule. Life is full.

Got arrested. Almost lost a patient. Doesn't take a lot of beer to cause a lot of trouble.

Went to see Batman. Parked at Mission Point. Removed Wanda's appendix. Broke up. Got back together.

What can I say? Just your average weekend.

Today I made my first really adult decision. I decided to stay a kid a little while longer.

Kissed my first girl. Lost my first patient. Life will never be the same again...

Today is my sixteenth birthday. A major milestone because my driver's license is at long last a reality. Which means tomorrow, Sept. 22, I'll be behind the wheel on the way to the Harvest Dance with Wanda Plenn, the prettiest, most beautiful girl in the whole world.