Browsing all posts in June, 2009.

Family

Today I was reminded about the importance of family – I went to the funeral of a man who was 91 years old when he died. We shared a birthday, which was always sort of neat.  I was good friends with his wife, who died at age 90 last year.  I met them both when [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-21

Nurse Jackie's going to have some challenges once the hospital puts in an automated medication dispenser! # Powered by Twitter Tools.

Alcohol Abuse by GIs Soars

There have been quite a few stories the last couple of days on the fact that the number of Army soldiers going into treatment programs for alcohol abuse has doubled since 2003.  This follows a report earlier this year on alarming increases in the number of suicides among soldiers.

Automated Medication Dispensers – Nurse Jackie Laments

I wrote a few days ago about the new HBO series Nurse Jackie  – a back pain-suffering nurse addicted to pain medication.  The little twist this week was the fact that the pharmacist she’s been having a little tryst with (making it easy to get her pain medication) has just informed her that the hospital [...]

You’ve Never Heard Anyone “Share” Like Tommy Gavin

The continuing sage of Tommy Gavin’s relapse on Rescue Me took a bizarre turn Tuesday – he got cornered by his sponsor into going to a meeting then “volunteered” to speak. He could have walked away, but instead decided to tell them all they were whiners – he could tell them a thing or two [...]