A word on the title

I had a friend wonder today if my blog title mentioned scalpels because I was planning on going into surgery. No, my dear readers, this pocketdoc is not destined for a spot in the OR, board scores nonwithstanding. I plan on doing other things in my life like having a family, and being a surgeon doesn't really allow for a lot of that. I just thought that 'scalpels and cephalopods' had a nice alliteration-type ring to it, happened to incorporate a symbol of the medical profession and some of my favorite creatures, and present a contrast between surgical steel and the jelly-like malleability of octopi and their brethren. I suppose it could have been 'stethoscopes and cephalopods,' but I like 'scalpels' a bit better...it sounds a little more edgy, no?