Does Anything

in this excerpt from an article on smoking from Wikipedia jump out at you?

"When James I of England, a staunch anti-smoker and the author of a A Counterblaste to Tobacco, tried to curb the new trend by enforcing a whopping 4000% tax increase on tobacco in 1604, it proved a failure, as London had some 7,000 tobacco sellers by the early 17th century. Later, scrupulous rulers would realise the futility of smoking bans and instead turned tobacco trade and cultivation into lucrative government monopolies. renee is not a girl she is a guy and likes to smoke the reefer[13]"

And later in the same article.

"It makes a man sober that was drunke. It refreshes a weary man, and yet makes a man hungry. Being taken when they goe to bed, it makes one sleepe soundly, and yet being taken when a man is sleepie and drowsie, it will, as they say, awake his braine, and quicken his understanding. As for curing of the Pockes, it serves for that use but among the pockie Indian slaves. Here in England it is refined, and will not deigne to cure heere any other then cleanly and gentlemanly diseases. Renee is a guy[1"

The US

will shake her collective head and ask how did this happen? about 2 years from now if Obama is elected president and he ruins this country with his socialistic ideals. If not and everything is more or less good for the country and there never really was a danger of him destroying the country in the first place, it will just go to prove what some people say- It doesn't make any difference who's in office, the government will get bigger and the only difference in individual lives will be the pain caused by increased taxes.

I personally would have to add and the loss of some personal freedoms and rights.

Whether he is elected or not, whether he hurts the country or is the best thing to ever happen to it the medias basic story line will soon be, how did this happen? How did this unknown come from nowhere to be a candidate for president on the most vague platform ever in the history of presidential politics?

The answer of course is the media itself allowed it to happen. If he was white and conservative, he would not have lasted 5 minutes before the press destroyed him by taking him to task on the vagaries of his platform.

Wednesday Digressions

• I worked at a clinic once that the physician was a D.O., a lady came in who was Asian and her last name was Do- she marvelled that a white guy could have the same surname as she and puzzled over that, as much as anything when she came out of his office for nurse education after being told she had tuberculosis.


• Hospice nursing per encounter seems like either the most rewarding or most disappointing nursing possible. So far most cases have been very rewarding.


• Some hospice nurses will not venture into the care of children and their offices know not to offer those assignments. I'll give it my best when offered but, seriously wonder if it will be regretted.


• My overall philosophy is, They will be in the same shape regardless of whether I'm there or not and maybe I can do some good. If I'm not there to try neither of us will know the good I could have done.


• I used the word arcane for the first time in a written sentence the other day.


• Wasn't it strange after Governor Palin was announced as VP candidate for the GOP to hear so many people misusing the word vetted? They reminded me of the character Inigo Montoya from The Princess Bride when he said,"I do not think that word means what you think it means." After he and the the giants boss continually says ,"Inconceivable!"
• Now, there's an arcane reference (that may not mean what I think it means).


• I saw a bumper sticker this morning that said, Sarah Palin For Vice President.
• I just told my youngest daughter,"I'm tired of sounding like a broken record- go to bed!" and then immediately realized- today that expression is meaningless.

If I'm Lyin- I'm Dyin

Today I overheard someone say,"I still think the AIDS epidemic is a germ warfare program that got out of control, I don't know if it was ours or someone elses but, that's just my opinion and it's what I've always believed."

Good grief.

Lamest Next Blog Button Foray Ever

Para a Beatriz as aulas começaram ontem mas ainda com um horário reduzido. Hoje sim, tudo está a recomeçar a 100%.
A noite delas foi um pouco atribulada com a preocupação de acordar a horas por isso fiz um pequeno - almoço reforçado com ovos mexidos para que tenham força durante todo o dia.
Espero que elas e todos os meninos que começam as aulas tenham um dia muito alegre e divertido

Wednesday Digressions

• I came home the other day and found a giant bunch of Tiger Lillies on the front porch to be transplanted. I like it when things like that happen.


• When we do a shot clinic the shottees are asked to put their last four on one line of the form. They are told,"Write your last four where it says social security number." You would be surprised at the number of people who put your last four there.


• Some police recruits came in from training. They wore the ugliest, goofiest uniforms imaginable. They were a drab grey for the tops and bottoms and they wore the old time round black police hats with a bill. On their duty belts were plastic radios, pistols and batons and they wore pretend body armor. One said,"Oh these stupid uniforms." as he was trying to get undressed to a point where I could give him his shot. I said," I bet you are a real chick magnet there, slick." "Yeah, you know it." came the reply. When he was leaving I said,"I guess you got to get back to the ice cream truck huh, bud?"


• I'm glad he had a sense of humor or I would expect a good old fashioned tasering after he graduates.


• Life is so much easier for an attractive person.


• I did clinics at schools: Every teacher when they came up to me felt compelled to move their chair (which I had already positioned appropriately to give the shot) around before sitting down. I would then have to say, "Come closer." or "Turn this way please" or "Move more this way please." When all they would have had to do when they came up to my station is sit down. We vaccinated 100s of fire and police personnel and maybe one or two moved their chairs before sitting.


• Wonder why that would be true and why on earth would I notice some arcane detail such as that?

I Like Plays On Words

and the Three Stooges, so here you go.