My friends Bill and Brandon, the drifters

My dear friends Bill and Brandon, both taking advantage of their dislocation from New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina to traverse the country, recently made their way (separately) through Baltimore for visits. Each spent a day showing me how to be a good medical student, gleaning at least as much from the lectures as I'm usually able to, each got the chance to spend a cool fall evening at the ball park - Bill for the Red Sox, Brandon for the Yankees -, and each spent significant quality time on my couch:). I enjoyed their companionship immensely, but I'm happy to see them both returning to New Orleans to re-establish some measure of normalcy, Bill as a teacher at East Jefferson High School, Brandon as a seminarian at Notre Dame Seminary (temporarily at St. Ben's on the northshore). That's Brandon on the left, Bill on the right - thanks again for great respective visits, guys. I'm thrilled you were able to come visit!