of listening to someone clear their sinuses is enough to make a crazy person just a hair nuttier :p

As it begins to reach nearly tragicomic proportions, I think I shall begin keeping a record of the amount of sleep I've been getting. Sunday - went to bed around 6:30am and woke up Monday morning at 5am. Maybe 30 more minutes of sleep on Monday. Tuesday - home at 8am, in bed by 8:45am. Took at least 30 to 45 minutes to get to sleep (unsure of ( Read more... )

JD Salinger apparently has passed on. :(

*Post note* Apparently Sarjenka74 and I sat Shiva for him on Thursday and Friday. Who knew?

I hate work right now. I hate my schedule, the patients need strangling, the doctors are pompous asses, and I can't remember if I'm coming or going half the time because I am not sleeping right anymore ( Read more... )

At least with my dad, I was expecting it and it was kind of a relief. Coming home as I do every night and finding Cleo dead is one of the worst things I have experienced. She was fine when I left this morning, fine 2 months ago when she had her yearly checkup, and dead stiff when I walked in the door tonight. More heartbreaking is watching Smoke ( Read more... )

Once more, the time of shots is upon me. This generally involves an hour round trip in the car during which Cleo will bemoan her fate and lose about two pounds of fur. She even broke off part of a tooth many years ago trying to chew her way out of the pet carrier. Foolishly, I tried exactly one time to take her to the vet without the carrier. ( Read more... )

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My father declared a week ago that he was done fighting and decided it was time to get on with dying. This is not, of course, a particularly funny situation. However, he has taken to asking "Am I dead yet?" when he wakes up and then expresses irritation to find that he is, in fact, still alive. All I can think of is Monty Python ( Read more... )

1. More than 98 percent of convicted felons are bread users ( Read more... )

Has anyone other than me noticed that McCain is clearly not running for President of the country but is instead seeking to replace Hefner? "Behold my virility, America, as I display for you my rich trophy wife and my MILF running mate. Now quit worrying about how old I am, as I've clearly still got the goods."