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April 27, 2009
When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Kill Hookers... or Not
When life gives you lemons... or perhaps words that exist only in old versions of certain obsolete radiology texts written by your radiology professor... make lemonade! If this works for you, it is a great thing. Personally, the whole Pollyanna thing gets old. I like optimism, but I'm old enough now to have seen that rainbows don't end with pot of gold, they end at Jo-Ann Fabric... and I have proof.
Personally I'll take my chances against scurvy and drink my kool-aid. Stress relief comes in all forms. Some people choose to embrace the suckiness and push themselves harder (often burning out or developing mental health issues). Other people turn to drugs, alcohol, or self abuse. While I enjoy self abuse, crossfit gives me enough to get by. Drugs and alcohol have become entirely too expensive and tobacco kills you too damn fast. Still others seem to skate by without so much as a ripple in their fascade. These guys tend to kill hookers on craigslist when they finally crack.
What do I do? I bottle feed baby animals and cuddle small furry creatures. Yep.... I bet you won't find that in the DSM-IV. It has fewer fatal outcomes, you don't have to go on meds, and no dead hookers. Sometimes medical school sucks. Actually it sucks more than sometimes, but we can all survive if we just find the right coping mechanisms.
Feeding my baby bunny "Tula"
April 26, 2009
Fun at 4-H Shooting Sports
In brighter and happier news, Nick and I started shooting sports this week and he loves it. He actually did pretty well too. Nothing says father-son fun like guns! I am extremely impressed with their level of patience, professionalism, and knowledge. They have done an amazing job. I really think that if more kids got education like this, we would have near non-existent firearms related crime.
Douchebag Neighbors: The Saga Continues
At a quarter till one in the morning I happened to be awake preparing Bonnie the Baby Goat's bottle when the outside dogs go nuts. When they start barking I always head out to see what is going on. I expected some kind of strange critter bothering the animals or a prowler. For the second reason I always have a very large maglite and my Glock 21. What I found was quite surprising. My neighbor was out in the middle of his yard waving his arms and shining his flashlight at the outside kennel dogs. Immediately I yell "HEY!" He shuts the light off and takes off around the back of his house. The whole time I am thinking OMGWTF??? and I immediately call my wife. She's pretty pissed off by the whole deal (and rightfully so) and suggests I call the police. I have the greatest respect for our law enforcement and I HATE to bother them with any issues I may have. I called the non-emergency IMPD # and shortly thereafter three officers show up.
They were exceptionally friendly and professional. I apologised for bothering them in the middle of the night but I had no idea what else to do. The father douche communicates only by yelling and screaming at his child and has repeatedly oogled my wife when he thought nobody was looking. I don't think setting foot on his property would be a good idea and phone conversations would likely be recieved as well as attempts at communicating in person. They confronted my douchebag neighbor now to be known as "DBN" who lamented the woes of living next to us. DBN then said he would "drop it this time" and would pursue things through animal control and legal channels.
...BLINK...
...BLINK...
If I recall correctly, I was the one who called the police... hmmm... It looks like we will be getting yet another visit from animal control through them. Or, I guess I could say Mr. Anonymous... Maybe they will call CPS and the health department again! I wonder how much taxpayer money and public servant time they have wasted harassing us.
I should start a pool for people to bet on which agency will visit us next. Any takers???
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April 19, 2009
My 32nd Birthday Fun
Happy Birthday to me. Once again I have made it another year without dying. When you have my personality and live with my wife, that is saying a great deal. Here's a birthday weekend breakdown.
Friday: Slept in - did almost nothing. Went to Crossfit, was abused by Fran. Had birthday fun times, ate grilled food with German chocolate cake, and played Rock Band till 3 am.
Saturday: Went to the Terre Haute dog show to drop off a dog. (Don't ask) Visited Gander Mountain and picked up some ammo (what little they had). I spent some time with my family in Terre Haute. My grandmother apparently fell and broke her face. She did not get into a bar fight as it may appear. I feel terribly bad for the ground, she is exceptionally hard headed. Aside from that, good times were had. Afterward, Nick and I headed to our friends Karla and Phil's where Jesse and I assembled my AR15. I would not have been able to do it without him. Despite a nearly 45 minute search for a tiny piece of metal the size of a grain of rice (which I may have accidentally sent flying accross the room) and the now semi-permanent dent in my thumb, it went pretty well. Post-assembly, there was a great deal of shooting done.... and it was good. More grilled meat followed and was washed down with beer which led to resting.
Sunday: Good morning world! More R&R followed with breakfast in bed and the return to Indy. A nap in the afternoon was next on the schedule because of the strain of relaxing earlier. Fortunately, I was refreshed post-nap with tasty sushi with the family. With all the rest and fun to be had this weekend, soon life crept in and the painful sting of an ICM exam kicked in. With that, I must review endocrinology. Fun... woo...
April 15, 2009
PROTEST TODAY AT THE STATEHOUSE
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April 15th
& uphold the Constitution of
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NOW
OR we will replace every
Member of Congress starting in 2010!
Indiana State Capitol Building
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April 12, 2009
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OH NOES ITZ ZEE END! PIGFLUENZA!
I am officially taking a leave of absence from medical school. Since the WHO (not the band) raised the pandemic alert to 5 (one step from apocalypse), I just can't take the chance of infection. Since there are now 148 confirmed cases worldwide, it is only a matter of time before there are bodies in the streets. Oh sure, I could be afraid of little nuisances like tuberculosis that had a mere 13,299 cases in 2007 in the US, or the 44,084 new cases of HIV. Sure there are the oddball rarities like MRSA that infected 94,000 and killed 18,650 Americans in 2005 but that's not a big deal. Yeah, there were only like 131,934 cases of cholera in 2005 but only 12 were in the US. Even the sound of it "SWIIIIINE FLUUUUU" gives me shivers up my spine! Thank goodness they are trying to change the name to H1N1 because it is so unique, it makes me feel a lot more at ease.
Ok, now seriously...
It has a catchy name and it is getting a lot of hype, but it really doesn't have anything on Wombat Folliculitis or Mountain Goat Urethritis. When we shake the panic and hype from this case of mass distraction, maybe we'll realize that there are 3-5 million cases of severe influenza anually (worldwide) and between 250,000 and 500,000 of them die. Yes, that is from regular flu. Diseases happen. It sucks, but this is nothing new. Sometimes those diseases are absolutely devestating and there is a substantial number of deaths. Should we run around like our heads are on fire screaming that the end is neigh? No. Should we we throw $1.5 billion at it? It think it is questionable. Why? We already have a CDC that should be prepared for a real pandemic and we are are mobilizing funds for what? Vaccines and education? The last mass swine flu vaccination killed 25 people and gave 532 Guillain-Barre. Only 1 patient actually died of the virus. If we did develop a vaccine it would take about 9 months to grow in egg, and at least 16 weeks in tissue culture. By then, the buzzards would certainly be circling.
THE EDUCATION ANSWER:
Wash your hands
Keep your respiratory fluids off others
Wash your hands
Keep others respiratory fluids off of you
Wash your hands,
I would now like a cut of that $1.5 billion for supplies, firearms, and ammo (if you can find it) for when then the zombie pandemic happens. That folks, is the real threat. I'm off to clean guns.
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