I'm frustrated beyond belief and completely disinterested in having any sort of debate or conversation concerning the moral majority (a claim that is dubious at best) opinions concerning gay rights or, for that matter, any right wing nut job opinion regarding anything.  This includes my mother who, despite her view that marriage equality will lead to God taking away the sun, "but something ought to be done for you boys", but not marriage because that is something ordained by God  - after all the Bible says so.

Perhaps tomorrow I will wish to re-engage, but tonight, and let me put this succinctly so that there is absolutely no question as to exactly what I mean:

Fuck you.  

That is all.   

Obviously, I don't have the same pull as former VP Cheney because my house isn't pixelated out.  I wish they would have taken this in the Spring when everything is pretty, but then you wouldn't be able to see due to the trees.  Only handsome stalkers need look me up.  

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The poem "Muere Lentamente" (Dying Slowly) is attributed to Pablo Neruda.
—

You start dying slowly
if you do not travel,
if you do not read,
If you do not listen to the sounds of life,
If you do not appreciate yourself.

You start dying slowly
When you kill your self-esteem;
When you do not let others help you.

You start dying slowly
If you become a slave of your habits,
Walking everyday on the same paths…
If you do not change your routine,
If you do not wear different colours
Or you do not speak to those you don't know.

You start dying slowly
If you avoid to feel passion
And their turbulent emotions;
Those which make your eyes glisten
And your heart beat fast.

You start dying slowly
If you do not change your life when you are not satisfied with your job,
or with your love,
If you do not risk what is safe for the uncertain,
If you do not go after a dream,
If you do not allow yourself,
At least once in your lifetime,
To run away from sensible advice…

February is Heart Awareness Month and to recognize that, my place of employment is putting on a health fair this weekend.  In this clip, you can see a brief shot of me looking like a mongoloid reviewing some cholesterol data.  I had no idea I made faces at my monitor.  

Anyway, this would be a good time to have yourself evaluated.  Please consider making an appointment with your physician, attending a local health fair, or come on over to Missouri and we'll check you out for only $10.00.

p.s.  If you scroll down a bit to the Meet the Candidates link, you can read about my run for school board or visit this site for more information.

busy, busy, busy 

I have no particular theme for this entry.  No stories.  No insightful essay.  It's going to be more of a glorified 'tweet', I guess.  An update on what's going on around these here parts.

First and foremost, what everyone wants to hear about — the weather!  It's currently 1 degree F.  Yes.  ONE.  That's bad enough, but our stove pipe is blocked so we're running on electric heating right now and it's absolutely frigid.  I swear I saw my breath in the bathroom this morning. After nearly 8 inches of snow the other day, suffice it to say that I'm ready for Spring.

Speaking of snow, during the morning commute last week, when the roads were slick and snow covered, I saw a young woman driving (a bit too fast) and talking on her cell phone.  Honestly.  Don't you think that during a snow storm you might just want to have both hands on the wheel without any distractions?!?  I can only imagine what she was talking about.  "OMG, Becky, that top you bought at the mall last week is SO rad - I can't believe how much my car is skidding on this snow!  This is like, so not cool!"

I try not to judge, but come on already!

One other thing.  I've been interviewed in one of our online news sites concerning my run for a slot on the local school board.  You can read it here.  Elections are in the Spring.  We'll see what happens.  

Hope you all are doing well and staying warm.  I'm off to wrap my self up in a slanket.  

I think we need something to make us smile 'round here.  I present to you, my new obsession, Straight No Chaser:

Hat tip to Matterdays

We lost a member of the HADH family today.  Glenda’s car hit some black ice this morning on her way to work.  She slid sideways into a pick up.  Her injuries were pretty severe.  We tried to stabilize her for transport to the trauma center in Columbia (more than an hour away).  The medivac helicopter couldn’t fly because of severe weather, so we tried for over seven hours to deal with a level 4 (the highest) trauma in our emergency department.  All of our staff did everything that we could have done and then some. 

She died after receiving 8 units of blood, multiple treatment, CPR, lab work, imaging work, and heroic life saving attempts. 

I once worked at a level four trauma center and I can say that even with our limited resources, we did as good a job as I’ve ever seen before.

My thoughts and prayers are with her family tonight. 

It’s been a very long day. 

Long time no blog.  I know, I know.

Well, here's something that might be of interest to a few.  This link http://laboratorian.advanceweb.com/Default.aspx should lead to Advance Magazine for Laboratory Professionals where you can view a multimedia presentation about our new laboratory that I've been harping on for months.  Just click the picture, scroll down a bit, and it should take you to it.  I suggest that you manually click through the pictures as they load very slowly. 

Hope you all enjoy it.