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Okay, so Alito got confirmed. And it's likely that in the next decade or two, we'll see either states' laws become more restrict...

With a black guy. A *gay* black guy. A gay black Catholic clergyman.* In a wheelchair. No, that is not what I said. It's what I wish I...

I love my boyfiend. This is why: I called him an hour ago and said, "Look, I'm in a foul, foul mood that hasn't gone away since...

Cindy-Lou Who looked across the table at me just before report began. She widened her big brown eyes and said, "Y'know, this workin...

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My pal with ovarian cancer? Doesn't have cancer at all, thanks be to Frog. Turns out what she had is some sort of crazy rare benign grow...

(With apologies to Beloved Sister, who originated the title.) 0420: get up, get coffee, wonder again why I took a job that requires a forty-...

This is the time of year when, if you work in the typical hospital, the patients who come to you are either very sick or very weird. Sick, b...

I have had a hell of a day. Can you say retroperitoneal hematoma and bleeding out of a kidney? I knew you could. However, I am not yet so zo...

Beloved Sister sent me this email in response to the post below: I have decided that every female who is blood-related to me, however dista...

WARNING: boring girly stuff ahead. Nursey stuff later. Beloved Sister has actually set a date (well, she has to re-set it, because of the co...

Today I cooked puttanesca casserole (puttanesca sauce over ziti with tiny crumbles of good cheeses throughout) and blueberry muffins and som...

So I went to pick up The Cat at the vet today. The receptionist looked at me when I came in and said, "I'm here to ransom my cat...

I was having trouble sleeping. In lieu of slumber, I started making a list of things Santa apparently overlooked this year; I didn't fin...

Chef Boy and I got home this afternoon, and after I ate, I was so tired I went to bed and napped for a while. Christmas was lovely, unsullie...

A 2005 retrospective , done now because I expect to be too zonked from travelling on New Year's Eve to do it then, and because I'm a...

To the Best Boyfiend Ever (Chef Boy)... ...who took my antisocial, biting cat to the vet today to be kennelled for the Christmas holiday. Sh...

I ended up with the same nightmare-situation, I can't believe this is happening patient that I had over the weekend. Only with more tube...

I first had an inkling of trouble when the call bell rang and all we heard from the intercom was a scuffling noise. One of the physical ther...

I have now eaten five times and have not yorked (credit: Dr. V) once. I think tomorrow will be ducky. Just lovely. Tonight I actually ate ha...