Monday's Missives

• It is 1720.33 on 07/02/2014 and I am literally dying for a cold Coke- an ice cold gallon size coooooold Coke. Omigosh that sounds good.
• An article about the NSA reminded me of a controversy I've been curious about for a long time- polygraph. It is a modern day form of witchcraft in that it isn't real- it only works as far as people believe in it and that bothers me. It embarrasses me for us.
• At a facility I worked in I tendered my resignation after being informed all the nurses would be required to take a polygraph. The short story is a demented patient was found to have drugs in her system for which she did not have an order. Again, the short story is the daughter to the patient had been slipping her the drug and when it wasn't giving the desired effect of bringing the patient back she felt guilty and demanded the urine test. The daughter showed her hand too much too early  though- freaking out over the patients behavior, demanding to know what was wrong with her and saying things like, This isn't her- she's on something! etc. We all knew what was going on and I said so in the letter that made its way up to the ivory tower.
• I didn't take the stupid test and I kept my job- in fact nobody took the stupid test.
  
• The stereo project is if not harder than I anticipated definitely more time consuming. An amazing thing: when part of it had me baffled I Emailed a tech at Crutchfield. He sent me back a picture of my sub with hand drawn blue and red lines detailing how the wiring for my specific application should look. I would have gotten it wrong swearing it was right and burned  up a 200 dollar piece of equipment.
• Last night (today is 06/30/2014) I dreamed very vivid and real feeling dreams about Decatur being blown away by tornadoes. I awoke to the sound of the roof turbine screaming and thought it was FG bawling.
• It only hit me as I read Voyage of the Beagle last night that Ecuador is Spanish for equator.
• A thing among ropers when I was a high school lad was to wear a belt that was 8-10 inches too long so the end would be hanging down over their crotch.

  

  When they hung Blackjack Ketchum it decapitated him.  His last words were,  Goodbye. Please dig my grave very deep.  Aright; Hurry up. Hal Ketchum is said to be a direct descendant.

Friday's Dispatch

Wolfman Jack in the glow in the dark indoor mini golf place in Weatherford. Don, take your daughter here- a good time will be had by all . It is on main right by the Tracto Supply.

• When considering a new sleeping bag go for down if you can afford it- you'll never go back. Also, consider stuff size: anything under 13 inches is pretty good- anything over 14 is getting hugenormous.
• If you choose down- you'll never turn around.
• Hey, the American Down Council just got a new slogan.
• You're welcome ADC.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  

  Red, welty areas from having my arms across my torso- I'm allergic to myself.

• What she said: If you don't wise up Kevin you are going to lose me and I'm the best thing you've ever had.
• What she said.
• What I should have said: The best thing I've had- yet.
• Ha. That would have gone over like a pregnant pole vaulter.
• B2P pens from Pilot are made from recycled water bottles and are great. They are a translucent blue to connote the water bottle heritage and that always gives me pause as I think it may come out blue- which I can't use at work.

  

  Monstrous snapping turtle- a killing machine

• My daughter is a drummer consequently everything is a drum to her.
• A Journey Around The World 1806 by Alexander Campbell- what I just finished reading.

• Poor wedding photographer.

Water Snake Some Awful Person Killed Sorry Can't Show You A Picture Of It Alive

A Sturdy Groin

is the linchpin of victory.

Stan Smith

Observations From My Recent Visit To A Medical Imaging Office

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• On the way in there was a construction worker sitting nearly under his truck to be in it's shade.
• The office I went to today (08/29/2014) had cookies, consequently my nursing buddies had cookies when I got back to the office.
• One elderly lady had obviously been directed by her doctor to present there to rule out pneumonia and/or COPD. I wanted to tell her, I can save you a lot of time and trouble- stop smoking, dummy.
• Smoke inhalation is the number one cause of death secondary to a fire- not something you should do for grins and giggles.
• Man, that other lady has some huge feet- holy smokes.
• There was  a parade of fat people who came wobbling in with bad knees worn out hips and sprained ankles from not being able to see the step they missed causing them to tumble down some stairs.
• My copay was exactly equal to what critics of our bloated and expensive medical care system say is the average total cost of the same procedure with the same equipment in other developed countries.
• There is a guy very clumsily playing buddy-buddy with daughter. I can't tell if he is socially retarded and doing what he thinks he is supposed to do and doesn't know how to pull it off or if he abuses her and and is trying too hard to cover up said abuse.  She alternates between looking slightly afraid and having a blunted affect.
• The technologist looked scruffy but man, he was a genuinely nice guy and I bet smarter than average in his field.
• My companies insurance was once upon a time self directed, meaning you had nice stuff other plans may not like, office visits that had very low copays deductibles for procedures that were reasonable and there was no referral needed to visit a specialist. Too many knuckleheads ruined that though- get a headache and a have burning when you urinate? Hey don't increase your water intake- go see a urologist and a neurologist!
• The technologist gave me a handful of earplugs when I told him I would keep the ones he issued me before the procedure.
• During the procedure a very  hot friendly acquaintance crossed my mind. She is losing her hair. That is one of the few things I could not abide and would work extra or do whatever it would take to help pay for her to have hair transplants were I with somebody with that problem.
• While I was out of the office a supervisor approved something that if one of us peons had done it she would have gone ballistic- not give the perpetrator a gentle verbal counsel and educate away from the behavior- she would have gone off. She would have screamed like a maniac with her fist raised over her head and after blowing a hole through the roof she would blasted off into earth's upper atmosphere, then by flying around the earth fast enough to make it reverse it's rotation she would have reversed time to make the event never even happen.

Wednesday's Digressions

This is the cop accused of abusing his power and raping women he stopped. He looks like he has extra chromosome or is defective by a couple or something. I'm just saying what you're thinking and you know it. So exhale your self righteous gasp of indignation.

• A billion plus people on this planet do not have access to consistently clean water. Thousands starve to death each day. We dump gallons of ice water over peoples heads (for what I'm not sure) and have contests to see who can eat the most food- and we wonder why they hate us...
• My new tent is on the way- I'm pumped. It is a Timberline SQ2. With the footprint you can do a light set and it weighs only 4 pounds but has room for 2+ and may last me literally the rest of my life. I ordered  some Nite Ize cam locks to tension the guy lines and reflective green paracord for said guy lines.
• It looks like a friend is going to buy my Casio Pro Tek watch paving the way for my purchase of a Garmin Tactix GPS watch.
• Yes, I am a gear junkie.
• My name is Kev and I'm a gear junkie
• Hi Kev!
• Doctors offices commonly charge a 10 dollar fee to refill a controlled substance prescription if there is not an associated office visit. It is easy to see why they do it. It takes time and their time is valuable. There could also be some potential dangers to this idea- as in when the physician realizes 10 bucks for 8 seconds worth of work and you don't have to deal with a whining patient ain't a bad gig.
• Carlsbad, Taos, Albuquerque, Carlsbad, Lincoln County and Lincoln Ntl Forest- some of the stops on my upcoming vacation.