Patience

I pride myself on what I describe as ‘infinite patience’. Well, I used to. A while back, while I was in college, I had a couple of simultaneous jobs that required that infinite patience. First, I was a TA teaching Freshman Chemistry Lab. (and I was the only undergrad teaching the lab too, so I […]

Cheat Day

I’ve been doing things lately to make myself a bit more healthy. I’ve been eating much better. I especially have forced myself to eat nothing (or at least very little) from the gas station I work at. We make pizza and hot dogs and all the other carnival food that many Americans just consider ‘lunch’. […]

The Echo Chamber

You’ve all seen it. Or at least you’ve heard about it. Maybe you’re one of the folks who contribute to it. It’s the Echo Chamber. These days it’s mainly on television and the internet. If it’s happening on TV, it’s usually when the talking heads are screaming at each other or at imaginary opponents or ideas. […]

Some moments from yesterday

Moment 1 I was at work yesterday (yes another work story), and Boris the Soviet Love Hammer was there again, buying his 40s of Bud Light and a handful of scratch-off tickets and lotto tickets. It’s difficult to communicate with a person with a thick accent. It’s doubly difficult to do it when he’s drunk […]

Tired

Everyone has one of those periods of time where they just get exhausted. This is one of those times for me, and especially for Dr. TFred. I typically spend my Tuesday and Wednesday nights playing games on Google+ hangouts with my very good friends, and those hangout sessions are a time for me to get […]

Jimmy

My wife, Dr. TFred, works at a hospital as a surgery resident. In this hospital, there is a surgery resident lounge where the residents can do their paperwork, watch TV, relax on a couch, and have pretty much all their needs taken care of. This is all because of Jimmy. Jimmy is the caretaker of […]

The Wrong Trousers!

In most jobs, there is some kind of dress code or even a strict uniform. Mine is no exception. The uniform is: white button-up shirt, tie, khaki pants, name tag, shoes of some kind. Last night, I was expecting to be working alongside a particular coworker. This coworker was the same one I described in […]

GUEST POST – I knew a man of few words

[This post is written by my wonderful younger sister, Sarah. She is out on an adventure in the world, and she wanted to tell a story from where she works; a nursing home in Australia.] I knew a man of few words. Literally, very few words. He was able to speak 13 words and these […]

The Helpers

I want to crawl into a hole. I want to plug my ears and make it go away. What makes a person do this to other people? Are there more people out there like that? I’m talking about the bombing of the Boston Marathon. Peoples’ lives erased or changed forever. What’s the use in feeling […]

Regret and Worry

There are times when I get frustrated with people. Some of those times are when they tell me some moment in their lives that they regret. Or sometimes it’s when they tell me about an upcoming whatzit that they really are super worried about. When I hear them talk like that, I feel they are […]