January 2004

Failed policy

“It’s not right to make my son carry the burden of your dissatisfaction of the failed policies of this school”. That’s how my parent/teacher conference went today. Sound like fun? Oh, yea – – just a hoot, let me tell ya. They called a conference today because of some trouble that Ben got into yesterday.

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Today's Brrrr

It’s that “Feels Like” part that has icicles hanging off my nose! Damn that wind chill! I’ve caught up on my sleep, finally – I think. Boss gave me the day off work yesterday and I slept the day away – mostly. Between the day and night time, I got a total of 14 hours.

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Seriously tired

On-call again. I got roped into it at the last minute. Monday – I slept the entire day away because I was on call on Sunday and up all night. Tonight (this morning?) it’s 2:34am – and I’m up again. Tired and grumpy. Luckily, however – I’m not having to go out. I’m just sitting

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Blogger Idol – Freedom

Time for week two of Blogger Idol – this week’s theme is Freedom. For this weeks theme – – I offer up books on the topic of Freedom: Let Freedom Ring: Winning the War of Liberty over Liberalism Capitalism and Freedom War Stories: Operation Iraqi Freedom (With DVD) The Story of American Freedom Freedom: A

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Are You a Pharmacist?

More irritations from the night from hell on call. I called in an order for a patient to the local Walgreen’s pharmacy. We contract with them for after hours pharmacy supply. The order I received was: Ativan 0.5mg – 1mg every 4-6 hours as needed Easy enough, yes? The Pharmacist says “Which is it? 0.5mg

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Will pay for sleep

Let’s see…it’s 7:19 a.m. as I start writing this. I was on call for work Sunday, starting at 8am and I’m on call for another 41 minutes. I just walked in the door from a call that came in at 4:30 a.m. this morning from a patient who lives out in the middle of absolutely

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Ski Patrol

I would class myself as an intermediate skier. I can do the blacks and double diamonds without falling – – but without total control, yet. I joke a lot about spending a fair amount of time on my arse when I’m skiing – but the truth be told, I do ok. Couple that with being

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Handicapped

I ran into a unique situation that I’ve never run into before, in regards to my graphic design stuff. This morning I received a payment from someone who wanted to use one of my templates. All of my templates are free for use, unless you want them specially coded for use with one of the

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