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well, that's quite a bit in itself, doncha think?
really, I wish I knew where it came from, I can't even remember where I read it at

 

Sorry, Queenie. Hope you get better fast and the ducks and bunnies stop raining into your basement.

Anyone still awake?

 

I am now....been here at work about 1½ hours...

nice rant Queenie

/sucking up

 

Ray, congratulations on the victory! :happy088

JoAnna, I hope you get feeling better soon young lady, also hoping the rain and flooding stops and the cleanup isn't too hard on you.

Cal, come on back my friend. This place won't be the same without you. Dom and I will stop talking about rabbit stew for at least a week.

Morning Matt!

 

Hey Bill! Good morning ! :eatdrink013

 

Soon to be good night for me. Seems I missed a few things in here.

 

Oh, yeah...I forgot you're on nights....

yeah, the bunny went AWOL.....again

 

Morning everyone. Winding down from a long night at work, then it's off to bed to do it again tonight. Blah.

 

Last night was a pretty easy night, no complaints really. Get through tonight and I have 4 off.

 

Same here, Monday through Thursday off. I dig that part of the schedule.

 

Morning Corey. If the economy wasn't so lousy I should only have 3 off, but I do enjoy the time off. Lets me get things done around the house.

 

Good morning! I'm happy with my hours. I think if I wanted, I could get more hours, though I'd be bumping up against overtime with anything more (two 12 hour shifts and an 8 or 12 depending on who calls out). I get all the money I need to cover bills, pay for razors and stupid piddly crap. It's the closest I can come to being a complete lazy bum without actually being a complete lazy bum. And the bonus is the pretty nurses and medics I work with. Can't ask for too much more. :happy102

 

Thats right, I remember now, you work in an E.R. How goes the Swine Flu scare?

 

Thankfully, the general panic has passed since the piles of bodies filling the streets that the news promised never panned out and we're back to a pretty normal flow of patients. Of the massive amounts of people who poured in claiming to have flu like symptoms, none actually had Swine Flu. Just like Bird Flu, West Nile, and SARS, the reality of the situation was blown WAAAAAAAAYYYYY outta proportion and this panned out to be statistically insignificant. Color me surprised. Sometimes I wish people would just stop watching the news.

 

Sometimes I just wish the news would stop.

Whatever happened to just reporting the news? Eh, never mind, I'm trying to relax so I can get some good sleep. No need to get worked up. :mad:

 

I've got this theory that I've been passively observing that I will finally share (lucky you!):

Once upon a time this country was the pinnacle of awesome throughout the world. There wasn't any questioning it, just either a general acceptance or a begrudging understanding across the globe. Then in the '80s we started turning into p*ssies. We let the stupid stuff become more important. And now people wonder what happened to lead us to a politically correct, me centered, self absorbed general mess. I've found the answer. On November 7th, 1980, Steve McQueen died. When he passed, he took the metric assload of extreme cool with him to the grave. When he lived, there was no doubt in the world that he was the King of Cool. He was the living embodiment of what being cool was, and without him to set the example, things just fell apart. With that massive void, there was a rush to replace that power, but it fell short. It's why we had all those cool ass brain dead action movies with Schwarzenegger, Stallone, Van Damme, and Segal. There was no single person to fill the void, so they just shoveled in people who were of lesser quality. Don't get me wrong, I still watch 80's Schwarzenegger movies and love the hell out of them. Commando, Predator, Running Man, and Predator are the foundation of great frigging over the top fun, but it doesn't make up for the loss of McQueen. It's like trying to do a blood transfusion in a human with pigs blood. In theory, it might be a temporary fix, but in the long run, it's not a permanent deal. Where the news ties in to all this, to bring this all full circle, is that we collectively live in fear, and that's what people want now. They want to be afraid, and the news fills that void. If McQueen were still alive, people wouldn't take that sh*t.

So that's my theory. People are weak idiots because Steve McQueen died. And I'm dead serious.

 

+1.... it's way too easy to get all worked up listening to the news nowadays..... it's all sensationalism designed to NOT report the facts, but the networks' agenda, AND even more importantly - selling ad time.... more viewers = more $$$

 

No one is getting my money,,,,,,,,,,,,,unless they have shave goods for me in return