The Best of 2012: Day 2-7
December 2 Restaurant moment. Share the best restaurant experience you had this year. Who was there? What made it amazing? What taste stands out in your mind?
For our wedding reception we decided to take the wedding party of 8 people to Craftsteak in Las Vegas NV, located in the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino: http://www.mgmgrand.com/restaurants/craftsteak-steak-house.aspx
Not only was the waitstaff incredible but Sous chef Smith came out to welcome us to the restaurant and congratulated us on our wedding. He also sent us a ton of extra food, including one of the most expensive items on the menu. I have never been treated so well in a restaurant.
December 3 Article. What's an article that you read that blew you away?
I've read a bunch of articles this year that have helped me with my work as a vet technician at the animal hospital. Just a few that I can remember were:
-The effects of smoke inhalation in cats and dogs. This became relevant with 2 cases I was a part of where we needed to care for 10 cats (5 at a time) who had been in house fires and suffered from burns as well as smoke inhlation. You never really think of houses as toxic until the neurological signs set it.
-A comparison of non-invasive blood pressure reading methods: We bought a lovely new surgivet machine but some of the people I work with refuse to believe it's accuracy (unless we are doing surgery, then it magically knows everything). This article proves that the machines are often more accurate at reporting systolic/diastolic pressure.
-The reassessment of Veterinary CPR: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/vec.2012.22.issue-s1/issuetoc
December 4 Book. What book - fiction or non - touched you? Where were you when you read it? Have you bought and given away multiple copies?
Bloodwork: A historical account of blood transfusions that began as early as the 1600's when it was acceptable to treat mental illness by transfusing people with animal blood (while not being sure if this would turn them into animals or not).
Desperate Passage: An account of what really happened to the Donner party.
The Martian Chronicles This is an obvious re-read for me but we lost Ray Bradbury this year. With the cutting of NASA's funding and the retiring of the space shuttles, this was a comforting read for me. I believe that with over population and or need to spread out a a species that our destiny is not to remain on Earth. This book is about a fictional colonization of Mars (at the expense of the Martian inhabitants) and the survival of the human race in the face of nuclear war. This was written almost 20 years before Apollo 11 landed on the moon. I hope that in the wake of this blow to NASA, that we will continue to dream about the stars, even if it must be from the pages of a book.
December 5 Night out. Did you have a night out with friends or a loved one that rocked your world?
Ryan and I had tickets to see Rammstein, one of our favorite bands. The last time they toured North America was in 1998. I also never knew this about Ryan, but he had never really been to a concert or a show or whatever the cool kids are calling it now a days.
As for the show, to quote Kruspe: "You have to understand that 99 per cent of the people don't understand the lyrics, so you have to come up with something to keep the drama in the show, we have to do something. We like to have a show; we like to play with fire. We do have a sense of humor. We do laugh about it; we have fun ... but we're not Spinal Tap. We take the music and the lyrics seriously."
We were entertained:
December 6 Workshop or conference. Was there a conference or workshop you attended that was especially beneficial? Where was it? What did you learn?
Sadly, I didn't go to a conference or workshop this year. One new thing that I learned and have been improving upon through an ipad app of all things is Ashtonga Yoga. The exercises have really helped me to recover from the back injury last February.
December 7 Blog find of the year. That gem of a blog you can't believe you didn't know about until this year.
http://www.regretsy.com/
Holy shit, the things that people try to sell on the internet.
For our wedding reception we decided to take the wedding party of 8 people to Craftsteak in Las Vegas NV, located in the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino: http://www.mgmgrand.com/restaurants/craftsteak-steak-house.aspx
Not only was the waitstaff incredible but Sous chef Smith came out to welcome us to the restaurant and congratulated us on our wedding. He also sent us a ton of extra food, including one of the most expensive items on the menu. I have never been treated so well in a restaurant.
December 3 Article. What's an article that you read that blew you away?
I've read a bunch of articles this year that have helped me with my work as a vet technician at the animal hospital. Just a few that I can remember were:
-The effects of smoke inhalation in cats and dogs. This became relevant with 2 cases I was a part of where we needed to care for 10 cats (5 at a time) who had been in house fires and suffered from burns as well as smoke inhlation. You never really think of houses as toxic until the neurological signs set it.
-A comparison of non-invasive blood pressure reading methods: We bought a lovely new surgivet machine but some of the people I work with refuse to believe it's accuracy (unless we are doing surgery, then it magically knows everything). This article proves that the machines are often more accurate at reporting systolic/diastolic pressure.
-The reassessment of Veterinary CPR: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/vec.2012.22.issue-s1/issuetoc
December 4 Book. What book - fiction or non - touched you? Where were you when you read it? Have you bought and given away multiple copies?
Bloodwork: A historical account of blood transfusions that began as early as the 1600's when it was acceptable to treat mental illness by transfusing people with animal blood (while not being sure if this would turn them into animals or not).
Desperate Passage: An account of what really happened to the Donner party.
The Martian Chronicles This is an obvious re-read for me but we lost Ray Bradbury this year. With the cutting of NASA's funding and the retiring of the space shuttles, this was a comforting read for me. I believe that with over population and or need to spread out a a species that our destiny is not to remain on Earth. This book is about a fictional colonization of Mars (at the expense of the Martian inhabitants) and the survival of the human race in the face of nuclear war. This was written almost 20 years before Apollo 11 landed on the moon. I hope that in the wake of this blow to NASA, that we will continue to dream about the stars, even if it must be from the pages of a book.
December 5 Night out. Did you have a night out with friends or a loved one that rocked your world?
Ryan and I had tickets to see Rammstein, one of our favorite bands. The last time they toured North America was in 1998. I also never knew this about Ryan, but he had never really been to a concert or a show or whatever the cool kids are calling it now a days.
As for the show, to quote Kruspe: "You have to understand that 99 per cent of the people don't understand the lyrics, so you have to come up with something to keep the drama in the show, we have to do something. We like to have a show; we like to play with fire. We do have a sense of humor. We do laugh about it; we have fun ... but we're not Spinal Tap. We take the music and the lyrics seriously."
We were entertained:
Click to viewDecember 6 Workshop or conference. Was there a conference or workshop you attended that was especially beneficial? Where was it? What did you learn?
Sadly, I didn't go to a conference or workshop this year. One new thing that I learned and have been improving upon through an ipad app of all things is Ashtonga Yoga. The exercises have really helped me to recover from the back injury last February.
December 7 Blog find of the year. That gem of a blog you can't believe you didn't know about until this year.
http://www.regretsy.com/
Holy shit, the things that people try to sell on the internet.