Special celebratory drinking thread, here in the Lounge, Friday evening, August 24th!

Friday Night Vodka-Buzz. Ask me anything.

Whew! End of a crazy week. Dedicate DU Loungers will know what I mean. Time to chill...

Meeting is over. It was worse than I thought.

The pharmaceutical rep showed up on time, but my MA supervisor was fifteen minutes late. So he wasn't there when she hugged me. And, I'm not kidding, she asked me: "Do you work out? You're a hardbody!" I thought they only did that in the movies.

As a matter of fact, I do work out. The men in my family run to fat pretty quickly if we don't exercise a lot. But still...

We got through the meeting okay. The MA supervisor showed up finally, and I'm thinking: "Dude, I totally needed you as a chaperone here! You let me down!"

She has an iPhone message alert that sounds like a telegraph. I remarked: "You get telegrams? Old school!" She laughed, patted my wrist, and said: "You're funny! I should hang out with you more often!"

...oh shit!...

Well, our Hepatitis C patients will be able to get good, safe, effective treatment without having to go to a gastroenterologist. But if there are any more meetings before launching the program, I'm going to need a whip and a chair. Or a good 'Incredibles'-style force field...

Just had a rather startling visit with a pharmaceutical rep. She laid it on pretty thick.

She and I have visited before. And she's not the typical sales rep who drops brochures, shills her product, and then bounces. She is working very closely with primary care providers to help us get switched over from referring patients to gastroenterology for treatment of Hep C, to treatment at the primary care level. So she's got some game

Anyway, she breezed in, and instead of shaking my hand, took my hand from my side and held it for a while, squeezing it now and then. I'm wearing a lavender shirt with matching paisley tie under my lab coat. She remarked: "Oh my God, you look wonderful!" and ran her other hand all over my chest and tugged at my tie.

We got caught up on our transition to clinical Hep C treatment, then she left, saying: "I'll call you!"

I'm a little non-plussed about this, as you may imagine. She's certainly very attractive; like Nana Visitor from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Why the sudden use of the heavy artillery? She's knows I'm on for the program...

Weird...

There's a gorgeous sunset happening in the Pacific Northwest. The sun is bright orange

against a curtain of gray clouds. I'm not able to post a pic of it. Just take my word for it...

For comparison, check out the final scene of John Boorman's Excalibur...

Finally, some much-needed rain in the "perpetually rainy" Pacific Northwest.

The deluge outside my window is Heavenly to listen to. The cool temperature in the middle of a blistering summer is like a kind of respite.

I won't miss the hot weather when it's gone for good...

Friday Night Wine-Buzz. Ask me anything.

Hey! The log-in page advertisement today was for Koch Brothers Industries!

Could someone please get rid of that and send me "Sexy Mature Ladies Want YOU!" again?

Last night: vodka. Tonight: bourbon on the rocks.

Just filled out my primary election mail-in ballot.

Mrs. Aristus and I voted for every Democrat in the race. I read the voters pamphlet very carefully to make sure I wasn't voting for a Republican in Democrat's clothing. In a local race, there are a Republican, a Democrat, and an Independent. I nixed the -R-, of course, then read about the Independent. I got halfway through when I saw that he's a Mormon. I thought: "Nope", and filled in the bubble next to the Democrat.

I'll drop off the ballots on Monday morning. Two drops in the Blue Tsunami!...