Archive for October, 2009
Note to DaVita
Dear DaVita: You do not tell me I have a spot on the overnight shift, and, after I arrive on time and start dialyzing late due to your staff’s inefficiencies, tell me at 6AM after a typically unpleasant morning, that I need to hurry up and get moving because [Read More]
Interwebs collide
I’ll be quite honest. I had no intention of expanding promotion of my blog over Facebook this past weekend. I’ve always been very sensitive about disclosing my blog to people, because I have not been so sensitive about the contents that wind up in my blog. [Read More]
Fat four-month-old denied healthcare
But let’s let the marketplace work this out, because government screws up everything! [Read More]
Kataifi at XIOS
Photo from about.com. I decided to try a desert other than baklava at Apex’s wonderful Greek restaurant XIOS (ΧΙΩΣ). I tried the kataifi, which the menu describes as: “Shredded phyllo stuffed with walnuts, cinnamon, nutmeg topped with [Read More]
Who’s down with OPP
(Obama’s Peace Prize) You heard that Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize and thought WTF? Please watch the following, and then it all might make more sense. (11 minutes, but well worth it). [Read More]
Toastie’s Interests – Today vs. 5 yrs ago
I stumped upon this old LJ entry from August 2004 in which I reported what I had specified in the Interests section of my LiveJournal profile. I pretty much operate under the cyncical belief that I have no interests in 2009. I am paralyzed whenever someone asks me what my [Read More]
Speed sequel filming in Durham?
No? Then why was a DATA bus rumbling 50 MPH down Green Street @Onslow at 5:55PM today? (The speed limit in 25). I’m amazed that DATA hasn’t killed or seriously injured anyone lately. I need to get involved with Angry Neighbors with Paintball Guns. (In addition [Read More]
A hopeful sign
In three years, Herman really hasn’t gotten along with any dogs, let alone share a couch with two of them. Sure, there was plenty of drama, with lots of panting and whimpering and a little bit of rumbling. But that he could eventually sit fur to fur with one dog and [Read More]
