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In a 1995 episode of the popular sitcom Seinfeld, Elaine Benes learns that her preferred method of contraception, the Today Sponge, has been taken off

“No,” Ivanka* says dismissively. “You can go: we’ll take it from here.” They’re about fifteen feet away from me, at the end of the hall.

“I have a riddle,” Paul says, as the dining room falls silent. “You’re at the bottom of the stairs, and on the wall, there are

Jen* is fit, in her late thirties, and she’s in a wheelchair. I’ve seen her x-rays from the day before and I’m surprised she’s able

It’s the dinner hour, and things are settling. I’ve just discharged a kid with a cough and there are no patients to be seen. For

I have to tilt the rear view mirror downward before I can see him. He’s eight, but still in his booster seat because like me,