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I've been growing increasingly amazed in the last few months at how accessible media is. It's in fact a little frightening. Instantly, we now have access to thousands of streaming audio and video channels that we could not possibly absorb in a lifetime. A few of my concerns: 1.Media is cheapened by its accessibility. Whether or not you pay for music or movies in your life, think about the more subtle ways this is true. How many pictures on facebook can you process without pausing to see beauty? How many songs can you hear in a day without ever knowing what they even say or stand for? It frightens me that works of art that have taken hours and… Read More

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I paused for a split second while checking my patient's pulses in his feet - Metal handcuffs held his ankle to the bed. I'm not sure why I did a double take. It's the usual fare for prisoners who show up to the hospital. A guard in the room watching your every move, the orange jumpsuit, and  general fear / disgust of the patient by coworkers.

I wish I could just push 200 units of insulin and get rid of that bastard

Or, another nurse to a hospital security guard on patrol:

Nice tazer. I wish I could just go in there and taze the hell out of that.

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Don't even introduce yourself -… Read More

Well I'm back from a long sabbatical of the puncturing - mostly because I have been job searching and had to shut this down for a wee while. Have you seen what shows up under google or pipl.com under your name? Get ready for a surprise. The Great Fatigue and i meet again -  night shift and I become mutual friends for a little while longer.  So far it hasn't been bad, and I've got to see two deaths this week already that were pretty eye-opening (They have started calling me GR at work for Grim Reaper - hehe nervous laughter).… Read More