April 19, 2016

Monday night I-don't-have-to-get-up-for-work-tomorrow wine buzz. Any night owls care to join me?

April 15, 2016

At long last! I'm on vacation! I haven't had more than a week off in a row in three years...

But now it's time for:

April 13, 2016

Saw 23 patients today. I swear, sometimes I think they're trying to kill me. Hold me...

Just chillin' out right now. Not going to have a drink or anything. Just try to relax...

April 10, 2016

"Good evening! My name is Xxx. I'll be taking care of you tonight."

I treated a patient a few weeks ago for a pretty severe skin infection on his leg. He got it from injecting heroin with what I expect was a contaminated needle. There was some pretty thick, nasty eschar on the wound, preventing it from healing. I debrided the wound, got a specimen for culture, and put him on a pretty strong antibiotic regimen.

He came in to the clinic the other day for a follow up, and his leg was healing nicely. He told me he was grateful, because now he could get back to work. He's a server at a local Applebee's. It occurred to me that one never really knows what's going on in the lives of the people who serve us in restaurants and are obliged to be cheerful, friendly, attentive, and efficient. I always tip well under all but the most egregiously bad service, and I hope everyone treats wait-staff like the human beings they are.

Some ancient graybeard philosopher once said: "Be kind. Everyone you meet is fighting a great battle."

April 9, 2016

Friday night wine-buzz: Yellow Tail Big Bold Red. Talk dirty to me.

No, just kidding; don't want your responses to get alerted...

I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to the weekend.

As our beloved crim son used to say: "It's wine o'clock!"

April 3, 2016

I've definitely had too much to drink: I'm surfing the Net, and thinking: "God, everything is so

BEAUTIFUL!...

April 3, 2016

Saturday night Belgian Ale-buzz. Anybody still up?

Two more weeks of clinic, then I'll get two weeks off.

Can't wait.

I haven't had more than a week off at a time in more than two years...

April 2, 2016

Saturday, April 2nd. The Weekend Edition of Wiliam Shakespeare's Thought for The Day:

"Thou disputes like an infant..."

Love's Labour's Lost, Act V, Scene 1, Line 63.

April 2, 2016

Friday night wine/Not Your Father's Root Beer buzz. Not buzzed enough to solicit risque comments.

But go ahead if the spirit moves you...

March 26, 2016

Saturday, March 26th. The Weekend Edition of William Shakespeare's Thought For The Day.

"Such inordinate and low desires,
Such poor, such bare, such lewd, such mean attempts,
Such barren pleasures, rude society,
As thou art match'd withal, and grafted to!"

Henry IV, Part I, Act III, Scene 2, Lines 12-15.