Wednesday's Digressions

I hate my childrens dog. Here, he jumps in my lap for a dose of hate- hatey, hate-hate. The word hate is a very strong word and I mean it in the purest, most refined sense in this case.

• "In this hole that is me, the dead are rolling over." Favorite line from my favorite Mudvayne song- Happy. Yes, you read the title correctly!
• And yes- I have a favorite Mudvayne song.
• I nearly cried on my case last night. As open as I normally try to be here, this time privacy issues aside- I simply can't repeat why: God so sad.
• "The things that die with our patients that live on in us."Something I said recently that made everyone say, "Whoa- that was good."
• Mood: not as bleak as these first few lines make it look! Actually motivated and hopeful.
• Nice compliment this morning after two nurses from my agency stopped by my patients room to meet me and then talked to our boss: " Pete and Christy said they stopped by and meet you last night- they said, you were funny!"
• Thank ya, thank ya very much.
• I don't like not being able to say where my children are at any given moment.
• Zacs motorcycle needs to be brought in after being on the charger for, oh say a week- it ought to be rarin to go.
• Kind of folksy- but Rarin To Go was the motto of my old Army unit.
• Again, the things that die and things that live on in us.
• There I go again.

California Dreamin'

The following are results of a poll conducted in California as part of a marketing plan to increase awareness of buying Californian products.



Surf's down: Only 24 percent of respondents report having gone surfing.

Those who live in Fresno (17 percent) and in Los Angeles (18 percent) are least likely to have tried it. If you want to find surfers, your best bet is to head to San Diego, where 36 percent of residents have hung 10 (or tried, anyway).

• Little mud-slinging: 21 percent of Californians have had a mud bath.

• Pining away: 63 percent of Californians surveyed have hugged a tree. And they're not ashamed.

• Udderly surprising: Nearly half (47 percent) of those surveyed said they had milked a cow. More than half -- 53 percent -- of those who live in Sacramento and Fresno had done so.•

Let your fingers do the playing: Most Californians (57 percent) have put black olives on their fingers as kids, and 28 percent have done so as adults. Central Valley residents play the fingertip-olive game most: 71 percent of Sacramento respondents reported doing so as kids, 42 percent as adults.

• All fired up: Nearly all -- 99 percent -- of residents have made or eaten barbecued meat or fish; 83 percent have barbecued or eaten barbecued fruit or vegetables.

• Some beluga, baby? More than half of Californians -- 57 percent -- have tried caviar. San Francisco residents are most likely to have nibbled on it (78 percent) while Fresno residents are the least likely to have tried it (41 percent).

• Pour it on: 70 percent of Californians have visited a winery. The whole state's gone "Sideways," it seems.

• Talking points: 71 percent of respondents have used the word "awesome" to describe something they've eaten; 67 percent of respondents have called someone "dude" on at least one occasion.

How well would you fit in the California peoplescape?

Monday's Missives

• In the Sundarbans region of West Bengal nearly 300 people a year are killed by tigers and no one knows why although they may have learned to hunt and eat humans after learning to raid fisherman's nets for fish. Most of those who end up on the tigers menu are honey gatherers. The tigers are so smart about stalking them they can swim up to a boat and take the last person on board so quietly they aren't heard and no one notices until they realise the person is gone and see a wet tiger dragging their buddy up on a river bank. The honey gatherers started putting a human faced mask on the back of the head on the last man in a column- this worked for a while then the tigers began ignoring this measure and happily drug the unfortunate man away- mask and all.



• Why mention this? I just think it is good to remember there are still places on this earth where humans are consumed with frightening regularity by animals. We can appreciate what we've got (for all the stress and heartburn we may have in the west- we are relatively unlikely to be eaten) and remember in the big picture scheme of things- we can still be dinner.



• I had to give up on the RL Polo boots I wore for probably 9 years and buy a new pair of Wolverines.



• Remember Wolverines from the movie Red Dawn and how they wrote it on the side of destroyed Russian tanks? I saw a burned out Russian made Iraqi tank southwest of Baghdad with Wolverines! spray painted down the side.



• America- what a country.



• Remember the first person who died from your school (after graduation)? Then the next...



• wake-up call
  1)a telephone call made by a wake-up service
  2)anything that serves to arouse someone from apathy or inactivity

Friday's Dispatch

• "What else do you shave? Do you shave your legs?"- A recent text message I received.
• "Wasn't that uncomfortable?" Last text message I received in response to this text I sent out-" I had my underwear on backwards for 17 hours before I just noticed."
• Apparantly not too bad- it took me 17 hours to notice.
• The odd thing? As soon as I noticed, I couldn't go another second without turning them around.
• Hitler finds out Scott Brown wins!
• Had to leave my patient barely able to breathe this morning- rare for me, but nothing I did helped. Part of it was I upset the apple cart by repositioning and turning to change and bathe her, but her comfort was really fairly marginal the entire night. All I could say was,"Please help her- do something for her." to my relief as I left. If she still needs my care tonight I hope I can make it better.
• She was a patient whom I had when she was more intact and then was offered her case again later. After the first night I cared for her I was holding her hand saying goodbye she said," I enjoyed spending the night with you my love- come back."
• Did I mention she's 90 years old?
• When I came back last night there was nothing there- semi comatose/non responsive whatever you want to call it.
• The Cults Edie (Ciao Baby) is still one of my favorite songs and I love it more every time I rediscover it.
• I made a post from a funny comment in Cyrillic left by a Russian reader combined with translation by the genius hottie who graces this little blob occasionally- Mzchief. Oh, and set it to post January 1 2029. So stick around if you missed it the first time.
• There was a documentary called The James Dean Story made shortly after his death if you get the chance to see it- don't.
• Status: disheartened, disillusioned, disappointed, discomforted, discontent, dissatisfied, disconsolate.
• No, not disfigured- still got my pretty face so that's a start.

Wednesday's Digressions

• The man whose death has been a big deal both because of the suicide by cop aspect and the fact the was shot 43 times by the police has made the news for a lot of different reasons. What I noticed? He looked sad in the published picture- even though he was smiling.




• Greatest blog name ever: THE WIND IN YOUR VAGINA. I tentatively clicked on it- it was opened to invited members only.




• Maybe just as well.




• So few people work minimum wage jobs it tends to make me more supportive of the minimum wage in general and reasonable increases in particular. The small number and the fact that it really is hard to staff minimum wage jobs makes me suspect the people working them really do need the protection afforded by the law.




• This guy mentions the US bombing of Libya as related to Scottish release of the Lockerbie bomber. I had no idea US fighters shot down 14 MIG 23s in that mission.




• Quote from a letter to Phil Spectors lawyer regarding his new neighbors, "He said he is working with his attorneys “to get a better prison with people more like myself in it during the appeal process instead of all these lowlife scumbags, gangsters and Manson types....They’d kill you here for a 39-cent bag of soup!” ap


• The article also later referenced the 69 year old Spectors 29 year old wife which I initially read to mean his wife of 29 years and was about to be impressed.




• Then I got it and was real impressed!




• In previous lives I've been asked by 3 different women to marry them.




• A chest to pin it on.

Missives- The Special Tuesday Edition

My son: so much better than me- if he fails in life it's all my fault, if he succeeds it's not because of anything I did.

The Tarrant County courthouse on the Fort Worth Stock Show parade day 15 January 2010.

• Something you would not believe about me from the past if you met me now? I used to loooove to dip Copenhagen snuff.



• When I type from it always comes out form- making me wonder since it is so consistent- why can't I shake the habit?



• Movie Beyond Tomorrow 1940 looks great and is set for my nap movie before work tonight. "Melton, Chadwick and O'Brien, rich but lonely heads of an engineering firm, invite two young strangers to dinner on Christmas Eve. The two, James and Jean, fall in love and become friends with their three benefactors...until the latter are killed in a plane crash and come back to their old home as ghosts. In the coming months, true love encounters some rough spots; can ghostly O'Brien help the young folks?" IMDB



• What does it mean when a woman says,"OK, ask me anything you want to know about me- nothing is too personal!"
• A guy in a tool or uniform supply place type van met me on the road while I was taking my daughter to school this morning- I couldn't tell for sure which it was since I was trying to slow my car and pick a safer spot to put my car in the ditch to prevent a head on collision while he tried to hide the fact he was texting his girlfriend boyfriend? by holding his phone in his lap as he drifted over into my lane!
• Crazy, absolutely insane.

Twitteral Quotes

"One of us is puking, one has diarrhea, one has tension headaches and one has a sore throat and congestion. Playdate, anyone?


Parasites, Parasites, Parasites. Where else can you find such words as "diarrhea," "megacolon" and "frothy vaginal discharge" together?


Awesome … the lady behind me just coughed phlegm all over my jacket. Gross.


Forgot I ate lots of fresh beets the last 2 days, almost thought I had hemorrhoids. Happy Thanksgiving!


Check out these beautiful bowels" -actually referencing bowls on ebay



from PC World.com