The pleasant surprise of the week is the discovery that the pharmacist at the local university clinic is not a somewhat irritable but otherwise distinguished gent, but a drop dead gorgeous babe. I was there seeking some ibuprofen to numb the pain which was duly dispensed. "Any further questions" - quoth she, while yours truly is desperately trying ( Read more... )

Health care in this country is in serious need of help... Smitha, a friend and co-fly researcher has been in the ICU for the past couple of days, where she was referred as a potential appendicitis case. Appendicitis is not a trifling matter, you'd think she'd be seen post-haste, but no, she had to wait 4 hours to get into the ICU, and 2 hrs more to ( Read more... )