Happy Birthday VJ

There once was a man from Moose Jaw,
He liked his beer cold and his fish raw.
He found a good spouse,
and built a big house,
Let's hope he doesn't have problems with the law.

Happy Birthday VJ. We've been friends for over 30 years. Here's to another 30 (at least)!!

When's Your Birthday?

If you tell me your birthday, I'll write you a bad poem.

Happy Birthday Kerri

I wrote you a birthday poem:

There once was a girl from Saskatoon,
She would laugh and laugh like a loon.
But then she moved here,
And discovered some beer,
Now she parties all night and sleeps till noon!

Okay okay, she doesn't really drink beer and I doubt she sleeps till noon or parties all night. But she is a lot of fun to hang out with. Happy birthday!

I'm Walking the Plank

The other day I bought a DVD burner. I've held off on buying one because, really, what the hell am I going to burn onto a DVD that I can't burn onto a CD? I buy my movies because I like to have the orignal case (I like the way it looks on my bookshelf) and none of my CD players can read DVDs for music. Then again, I don't burn music anymore because of my iPod. Then I realized that I could burn TV shows and crap like that onto DVDs. So now I'm putting episodes of my legally aquired, high-definition TV series onto DVDs so I can watch them on my humongous TV instead of my itty bitty computer monitor. This is cheaper than buying a humongous computer monitor. Okay, I'm lying. My TV isn't humongous and my computer monitor isn't itty bitty. Is there anything else I can burn onto DVDs?

Grrr

Ignorant

Work is Fun

My boss sent out an email and I couldn't help but laugh at it.

"Hi everyone - as we discussed last week the open house is on May 26. Please ensure any extra items (i.e. blow up snowman, sand, pale and shovel, cob webs, safari hats, etc.) are tidied up for the day. After the open house - it's every man / woman for himself again. "

As you can tell, we have a lot of fun at work. In 2 weeks we're having a minigolf tournament in the office (ie, in the cubicle maze) as a fundraiser. We're setting up holes around the office so people can walk around and get to know everyone else (there's about 200 people in our office space).

The Advantages of Being a Male Nurse

On Friday night when I was working, I had a patient call in the middle of the night. When I got in the room she says she wants me to get "the girl nurse". Okay, fine by me. I went and got my friend Elaine to go in and see what she wanted. As it turns out, she was incontinent and needed her diaper changed. I wasn't there to see it, but apparently it was pretty gross. Generally speaking, you can't pick and choose your nurse. Whoever is there is who you get. Sorry, that's just the way it is. If you want to choose your own nurse, go hire a private nurse and go home. With this said, however, I hardly ever argue with my patients about this. Usually it means they needs something really personal done - like clean up a whole pile of shit - and I'm not one to fight for this job. I should apologize to my coworkers that I pull this on them but, hey, its not my fault some people think only women should be nurses.

Damn Me and My Big Mouth

I know its black text on a dark gray background, but my site meter is at the bottom of the archive list. If you can't read it, dude, get a better monitor. I'm just short of 4700 hits now. That means I need 5300 hits over the next 8 months. Crap, why did I have to set unrealistic goals and then shoot my mouth off about it. Check this out to see why I'm a loser.

Everybody Has a Story Part 8

Last night I picked up another shift at the hospital. I had a patient that was still relatively young (54 yrs old) with a broken hip. "54? That's pretty young for a broken hip," I thought. Reading into it a little more, I saw that the docs thought this too and did a few more tests. As it turns out, he had bone cancer. From what I hear, this form of cancer is one of the more painful ones. He had just found out from his doc earlier in the day and last night he didn't fall asleep until about 5am. Nice guy, too. When I see things like this, I just can't help but think, "Man, that really sucks."

Goals

My goal is to get 10,000 hits by the end of the year. I'm not going to visit my own site more often just to reach my goal, but I'll advertise it a little more. Starting now.


Visit my site!

Metro-man

Yesterday Celia and her friends had a spa night here. All the manicures, pedicures, waxing, and massaging got me thinking: maybe I should get some work done. Manicures and pedicures, I find, are a little... frivolous for me. Massages I'll pass on - they just don't do anything for me. I'm not going to wax anything but I was thinking about getting a facial. I'm very self-conscious about my skin. Its looking uneven and a little rough. If I get a facial once, will I always need/want one after? Can I do a one-time job or do I have to keep up with regular maintenance? I don't expect miracles or anything and I don't expect it permanently fix my face, but if it helps a little once, that's all I want. Next time they have a spa night, I'm getting down with that.

Follow-up Review

iPod. Generation 5 also known as the Video iPod. After having this for about a month, I thought I'd let you all know what I think about it. All comments are made using the iPod Mini as a point of reference. Navigating with the Video iPod is a little slower and the battery dies a little faster. Mind you, the battery issue isn't a big deal because I plug it in every 3 or 4 days. I use my iPod all day at work (when I'm at my desk) and 3 or 4 days is still pretty good as far as I'm concerned. Besides, its a tradeoff for the big, bright, colour screen. Navigation is a little slower but again, I just got used to it and now I barely notice. I don't need a perfect mp3 player, I just want one that I think looks nice and does what I want it to do. My beautiful black iPod gets an 8/10.

Mr. HandyMan

I helped Jeff put together his new barbeque. It wasn't so hard, just a lot of pieces to screw together. I really liked how the instructions would say, "if gas valve connection does not fit correctly, explosion may result." Well, that didn't sound so good but I think we got it right. Jeff and I decided that this summer we'd have a bbq. I'd invite everyone, but it's not my house. Oh what the hell, come anyway. Just bring beer, your own meat, and a little salad or something to share. I'll tell Jeff you're coming, but call when you're on your way...

Long Weekend

Happy Easter!

Theme Night

I haven't been to a club in a long time. Okay, it was just a month or two ago, so let me clarify. I haven't been to AuBar in a long time. I never thought this club was that great to begin with, but it was Denise's birthday and one of her friends was organizing the evening. For the most part, I had a good time but see, the thing is, when I'm at a club I like to people watch. I like to see how these drunk people are interacting with each other and the people around them. I like to laugh at how some loser dude buys drinks for a girl just so he can make out with a drunk chick later in the night. I like to shake my head at the guys that dance behind some girls without the girl knowing and pretend that he's dancing with her. I also like to watch the beautiful people come and go. The well-dressed, well-groomed, well-mannered people. Well, let me tell you something. Other than the group I was with, Saturday night at the AuBar is Ugly Night. Yes, I would almost go so far as to say fugly. If you were there and you're offended now, you should have either walked past me to prove me wrong or hid in the shadows a little better.