I was in the doctor's office again today because Cianna's throat culture from earlier in the week came back with strep throat and I wanted to be checked for that. My swab came back negative so I don't get antibiotics like the child. The doctor told me to take more Aleve. I'm still be a bit out of it today, but the rest of the fam is fine.

When I'm in examining rooms, the transparent plastic "sharps collector" always catches my eye. The jumble of spent syringes and scalpels inside looks like needle salad. Since I was waiting a while, I searched Google on the product, and found a detailed article on health care workers' risks of getting stuck handling needles. There are 800,000 accidents in hospitals every year!

Tonight, with the extra dose of Aleve taking the edge of my fever off, I'm enjoying a funny blog post on the comments great photographers would get if they posted their work to forums like Flickr.

My bedside book is photojournalist Dirck Halstead's new illustrated autobiography Moments in Time. Halstead's 50-year career spanned the globe, and he holds the most Time covers of any shooter.

- mike lee - wheaton, md