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ANYONE KNOW THIS BITCH?
We found this sweet dog on Sunday. She only had a rabies tag and it was from a vet clinic in Missouri(!). They are working on searching through the records but are taking their sweet time. Can y'all put the word out? Seems crazy but if a Missouri dog can end up in Texas, who knows where her people really are? She was found near Fincher and ( Read more... ) -
I'VE COME A LONG WAY, BABY
I'm reorganizing my stuff-I know it never happens, but believe that it is happening now. In one of the strata that makes up my room, I came across a note that I wrote during my first internship. It was to my program coordinator. I wrote her to plead that she do something about the pest situation in the call room. I spent the night on call the ( Read more... ) -
(s)Whine Flu
It seems that H1N1 isn't as virulent and deadly as people initially posited. Thank goodness. Still, over 1000 people have hit the ER in the last three days with coughs and runny noses. They wanted to be checked out "just in case". Of the 600+ flu tests that were done, NONE were positive. My ER doctor friend looks very tired ( Read more... ) -
on being an adult
I'm stuck on jury duty today. My case assignment isn't until one, so I'm wandering aimlessly around downtown until then. I tried visiting the library as I had spent so muah of my childhood there, roaming the stacks ( Read more... ) -
SRSLY, PEOPLE, KNOCK IT OFF
this swine flu thing is getting totally out of hand. the school system in this area decided to shut down through may 11th. wtf.
people, let's get this straight. swine flu (H1N1) is just a fucking flu virus. true, we usually do not contract this particular strain, but it's the flu all the same.
there are less than 100 confirmed cases (91 so ( Read more... ) -
Philly
Going to Philadelphia tomorrow. Plan on spendin' the week getting my learn on at the ACP conference.
What should I do while I'm there besides eat cheesesteaks and no get mugged? I have no idea.
I have never been to Pennsylvania so much in my life, since I lived in Hershey. -
eh?
Texas Lawmaker suggests Asians change their names to make it easier for Americans to deal with. so okay, i've transliterated my name before, it's true. i did it because i wanted to get on about the business of communication, instead of wasting time explaining the nuances of vietnamese phonetics. the mind wobbles. she should be getting on about ( Read more... ) -
what to do? what to do?
so my aunt took a road trip to houston to meet the guru. the long and the short of it, he promised that he could cure her without surgery. this of course feeds into her baseline desire of not wanting surgery in general ( Read more... ) -
4 hours and counting
Mom has another round of imaging and perhaps a biopsy today. Really, this is a stalling action for the definitive action: surgery. This was the best compromise that I and her surgeons could come up with to bring her back to the table ( Read more... )
