Google, Please

Once again, without violating HIPPA, I offer some helpful info. Google people. You can find out important stuff. For example a "patient" we saw the other night, made me suspicious about several things they said. They ended up refusing transport to a medical facility, but I had to say several times: "no. that's not what I said. I said..." "...okay, this police officer and my partner are witnesses, I said..." "... not..." So I googled that person today and lo and behold, they had filed legal things against police officers and paramedics in other Texas cities and other States.

In a related theme, please know your drug dealer. There is a difference between hydro and wet. A big difference. Enough to scare the user.
Also, if you do use, especially regularly, and the last time you used was "a long time ago, " one hour is not a long time ago.

I know if you are reading this, none of it applies to you, but you can pass it along.

Found One!

Well actually I found several. But here is one of the first pumpkins. Look to the left of the baby pumpkin. Can you see the nasty stuff lurking in the background? I put on disposable gloves and yanked that one and a few more.

What Smells Like a Salad Bar in a Massage Parlour?

Suzy's car, that's what. I was cleaning my car, so I just did them both. Feeling a lot better and a little more energetic, cloudy skies, cooler weather, a bare sprinkle instead of the expected downpour and see what can happen! Anticipating that Suz wouldn't appreciate chemicals, I used a vinegar and water mixture with a few drops of lavender oil. After the vinegar evaporates, it pretty much leaves the lavender scent... pretty much.

In spite of the heat and little rain, look how the pumpkin patch is coming along. I am sure it is because Suzy touched the seeds. Everything she touches turns green and thrives.

When is it good to NOT have a gallbladder?

When these little boogers have attacked you, it is good NOT to have a gallbladder. I can't or at least haven't yet proved that I contracted salmonella. According to several sites I checked, salmonella poisoning using goes away on its own, in fact, most people don't even know that is what they had. Some people can become carriers. The treatment is antibiotics and removal of the gallbladder. Apparently, the gallbladder is a nice cozy place for salmonella.

"This is going to sound a little funny..."

"...just pick it up about 6 or 7 inches, (trust me, I have given these instructions many times), and give it a good shake!" This is the technician at Dell giving me instructions on my printer. About a month after I purchased it, it started making a LOUD clacking noise when I turned it on. It was really difficult to get through to someone over the past few months, alsways being transferred and calls dropped and etc. It didn't fix it. Neither did unplugging it, restarting it or anything else they suggested. But, it's not a problem, right? It copies and scans and doesn't make noises when it does that, right? Right. Obviously, you people at Dell know this printer has this problem. I pointed this out and the fact that if they were driving a new car that suddenly started making a strange noise, they would keep driving it until it was FUBAR, right? You know the noise isn't supposed to be there and is a portent of the breakdown to come, so just send me a new printer.
Well they are, but it is "refurbished." In Dell lingo, reburbished doesn't mean used. It means technicians have opened the box and put the thing through it's paces (because they KNOW this one has problems?), in an attempt to make sure you get one with no problems. The new printer arrived. We'll see.