Aristus
Aristus's JournalFriday Night Vodka Buzz. Ask me anything.
Two shots to get the party started. Now a Grass Skirt. Gin, triple sec, pineapple juice, and grenadine.
I love you all…
The Washington State Fair, aka The Puyallup Fair, is going on right now.
Anyone ever heard the expression "He stayed too long at the fair"?
It's a euphemism for going crazy, or just adopting an indifferent outlook on life.
I kind of like it. It's humorous and at the same time, kind of poetic. Almost melancholy.
That's it. It was just on my mind.
In honor of the late, great Jimmy Buffett, hoisting a Margarita tonight.
In recognition of his lost shaker of salt, no salted rim. Join me in pouring one out for the laid-back musician, good-time guy, and staunch Democrat, Jimmy Buffett.
You will be missed, sir.
Godspeed…
Friday Night Vodka Buzz. No more call. Ask me anything.
Two shots to get the party started. Now a New Yorker; bourbon, lime juice, grenadine, sugar, and a twist of lemon. Yummy!
I’m so ready for a long weekend.
I love you all. And I was overwhelmed by all the good wishes everyone expressed on my previous thread.
I’m overwhelmed.
Aaaaaaand, I'm officially off-call. Possibly for the last time.
My new employer doesn't require P.A.'s to pull call. Finally, no more 3 a.m. calls from thoughtless insomniacs.
"Yeah, I just had some questions about COVID-19..."
"......AT THREE O' GOD-DAMNED CLOCK IN THE MORNING??? WHEN I'M TRYING TO GET SOME REST BEFORE ANOTHER HORRENDOUSLY BUSY DAY OF CLINIC???..."
Anyway, hopefully done with all that.
Party time in the Lounge tonight! Hope to see you there... 
People sometimes forget who else suffered on 9/11/2001.
I just visited with a regular patient of mine who is Muslim. She was born in Yemen and raised in Dearborn, Michigan, and now lives in the Northwest. Every year around this time, she begins to get very anxious, and to display symptoms characteristic of PTSD. She admitted to me that she underwent a traumatic event in the wake of the 9/11/2001 attacks, but wouldn't specify what it was.
She has never undergone trauma counseling, but seeing her anxious, crying, and terrified of the memories the yearly remembrances provoke nearly broke my heart. She's the sweetest, nicest woman in the world, and some thundering, toxic clods no doubt took 9/11 out on her because she wears the niqab. I swear I hate the human race sometimes.
Anyway, please spare a thought for our Muslim brothers and sisters this September. It's important to remember that nearly every other Muslim in the world rose up and denounced the attack and the attackers as un-Islamic.
Friday Night Rum Buzz. Ask me anything.
Two shots of vodka to get the party started. Now a Honolulu Lulu. Light and dark rum, Kahlua, Frangelico, lime juice, and simple syrup. Yummy.
Absolutely thrashed after a crazy, overscheduled day in clinic. Bright side: I visited with a lot of nice, wonderful patients who like and trust me, and remind me why I got into this in the first place.
I’m beat. Going to drink and relax a bit.
I love you all. More than you can ever know.
For all those right-wingers who want 'Civil War':
Your leaders are already surrendering in Atlanta again.
How many times do you want to do this?
A rant here because I can't rant anywhere else. Regarding the Star Wars Series "Ahsoka".
What drives me crazy? People spelling her name "Ashoka".
I can't fathom for a single moment why anyone would do that. the character of Ahsoka Tano debuted in the 2008 animated film "Star Wars: The Clone Wars", and became a regular in the TV animated series of the same name. She has also appeared in the animated series "Star Wars: Rebels" and also in the live action Disney Star Wars series "The Mandalorian" and "The Book Of Boba Fett".
In none of those screen appearances, at any time, has any character ever called her "Ashoka". In none of the official promotional materials has her name ever been spelled "Ashoka".
Why in the name of bleeding Jesus do people continue to insist on spelling her name "Ashoka"?
Fifteen years is a long time to continue to spell something incorrectly when the correct spelling is absolutely everywhere.
My clinical organization uses the EPIC medical software program. It just occurred to me:
When the system goes down, it's an EPIC failure! 
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