The J Train

The J Train is a primary care physician in eastern Kentucky.

He has been writing for as long as he can remember. He has written for the web in various incarnations for the last six years, but due to a recent desire for relative anonymity, most of it is now unavailable or at his friends-only LiveJournal. He was lured back to the world of public blogging, and to TypePad, after a recent guest-blogging stint for Majikthise.

When he isn't saving lives and stamping out disease, he is a music nerd, amateur magician, food and wine nut, poker enthusiast, and left-wing agitator.

He is the host of Spaceship of Fools, which can be heard every other Tuesday night from 8-11PM EST on 88.7 WMMT-FM.

FAQ,OQTWBAIAGAD (Frequently Asked Questions, or Questions That Would Be Asked If Anybody Gave A Damn):

Q: Why "The J Train"?
A: It came about one late drunken night in medical school, when I announced that everyone wanted to ride The J Train, and that when The J Train pulls up to the station, everybody gets off. As you might imagine, the name stuck.

I understand that some Christian hip-hop artist appropriated the name into a song; I can only respond by pointing out that I had it first, and that all the best hip-hop artists are affiliated with Satan.

Q: Who is the guy in the picture?
A: He's from an ad for Camel cigarettes, one in a long-running campaign claiming that "More Doctors Smoke Camels than Any Other Cigarette". I have another such ad framed and hanging in my office.