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You can't handle the truth! 27 Aug 2013 | 04:45 am
Dr. Ali and I were talking about our recent (constant) staffing problems last night. I said I couldn't figure out why a unit with patients with things like GBS and big MCA strokes (one makes you not b...
A late-summer, end-of-summer treat: fried green tomatoes. 1 Aug 2013 | 10:52 pm
I did not learn to make these when I was growing up. As far as I can remember, my Sainted Mother, being more or less a Yankee, never fried a green tomato, let alone okra or the leftovers of grits that...
A surgeon walks into a neurocritical care unit. . . . 18 Jul 2013 | 04:25 am
Actually, he rolled in. On a stretcher. After a TIA. Transported by EMS from the airport. And it was, sadly, no joke. There are surgeons nobody hears about, even if they've been working in the same p...
Styling the bedroom? Ain't nobody got time for that! 26 Jun 2013 | 05:20 am
If you've been reading this blog for a while, you'll know that I've become addicted to renovation/decorating/house blogs. It's a shameful thing. It's a shameful thing because, to be honest, my addic...
Neophilia. 20 Jun 2013 | 04:53 am
Gracious. Has it been nearly a month? There's been a lot going on. ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER ONE: I have a new boss. Not only do I have a new boss, I have a *fantastic* new boss. The honeymoon period is ...
What's in *your* closet? 21 May 2013 | 08:33 pm
It's that time of year again, Minions. Those of you in Tornado Alley know what I'm talking about firsthand. Those of you not in the Alley know what I'm talking about thanks to the coverage of what hap...
So, this whole Angelina Jolie thing. . . 16 May 2013 | 09:54 pm
Y'all have heard she had her boobs removed because she carries a mutant BRCA gene, right? And that she's gonna have her ovaries taken out pretty soon, too, right? I cannot *believe* what folk been sa...
Saturday Night Sing-Along: 5 May 2013 | 06:28 am
"It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw" is the most gorgeous line in this song. Or maybe "I said, 'Be careful, his bow tie is really a camera.'" Still a favorite.
I had a post all worked out about how I'd lost all joy in my job. . . 3 May 2013 | 06:53 am
And then it got cold. Let's review the bidding: Yesterday, the high was 85*F. That's somewhere north of 29 degrees for you guys who are using a sane and sensible temperature scale. Last night, the l...
Hell of a time to show up, complications. Hell of a time. 23 Apr 2013 | 04:14 am
So, when I visited the lovely Nikki and her cronies up in Seattle (heeeeeyyyy!), I came down with a Horrible East-Coast Plague brought by the lovely Lara. Lara is Gwyneth Paltrow; don't let anybody te...
