Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Fall down log....

Well I guess since nobody else is writing any damn blogs, I shall. First I would like you to take the next 5 minutes and do a little project. Look at the title of my blog. Look at it! Get a piece of paper. OK. Now. Write down a list of 5 things that this blog could possibly be about. Once you have your list you may continue reading, and see that none of them were correct. If any were correct, please fax your list to 502-266-8819 and I will send you a picture of me.


Today we had a staff meeting at work. I work at a pharmacy, so we are constantly having staff meetings telling us what new paperwork Larry Feathers is making us fill out so we don't go to jail. This basically means that we are required to fill out a lot of forms for the government since we are paid by medicaid. I don't know if this paticular form was invented and implemented by Larry Feathers but we have to fill it out none the less. It is called the "fall down log".

If at any point a patient of ours mentions to us that they have fallen down, we have to write their name on a log. This log then has to be followed up on by a clinical person (Pharmacist or Nurse). I guess this means that they have to call the patient and make sure that they are not experiencing any problems due to the recent fall. I could maybe understand this if we worked in any other type of medical facility other than a pharmacy. Patients don't even come to our pharmacy. We are a home care pharmacy.

I have created some of my own logs that I believe are as important as the "fall down log".

1. The tripped and almost fell down but caught yourself right before log.
2. The ran over your foot with a lawn mower log
and
3. The multiple fall down log. For the faller who falls more than once a week. (Like my mom)

In all seriousness and to prevent the posting of a blog that is cuss word free. (Or as Tara would say "evil free")

This is all a bunch of bullshit. The time it takes trained clinical professionals to jump through such hoops as filling out a "fall down log" is less time that is devoted to actual patient care. The shortage of pharmacists and nurses in our country is pretty significant. We should really look at where our priorities are in this profession.

That is all.

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Travel

I just read that 38 million people are traveling today. holy crap! That got me a thinkin of an idea that I had a while back that you guys are sure to vocally disagree with. I think that one day a month, no semis should be allowed on the road. I was reminded of this today when this trucker almost clipped the front of my car. I think they should at least test this idea for a couple months. If the "coke" and "speed" trend for that month correlates, then we should make it a new tradition.

Thursday, November 09, 2006

The Election

I just wanted to go over a few of my ideas on the recent election. I have learned a lot of interesting things and also have a few opinions to share.

I am getting pretty sick of some dumbass democrats acting as if they just won the world series. Now I say this being a liberal myself. I think that a lot of people who deserved to stay in their positions just lost because people did the only thing they thought they could do, which was make a change. I heard a lot of Senators saying that people would come up to the and say "I like what your doing in Washington, but I just can't vote for you again." The difference between the world series and an election is that if you win the world series you are done. If you win an election, you are playing your first game tomorrow. I come from an area that is very engulfed in sports. The fans of whoever wins the U of L vs U of K game comes into work the next day rubbing it in the others face. This is what is going on with the a lot of democrats. In your face Republicans! Give me a break. Democrats are setting theirselves up for failure. The bottom line is that the issues that our Houses of government are facing right now are some of the toughest that have EVER existed. It would be a tall order for anyone. The people who were doing a good job (such as Anne Northrup) should have been re-elected. I hope that the Democrats can live up to all their gloating over winning. If they can't...Rush Limbaugh might be so excited that his head will explode.

Now...This being said...People are behaving this way because our President is a dumbass. A week before the election Mr. Bush says that Rumsfeld will be our Defense Secretary until Bush is out of office. As soon as the Democrats win the House and the Senate he resigns?? Good to see that the USA's intelligence is as good as ever. If the admin. did know that the Democrats were going to win....then why the FUCK would Bush say that a week ago? Then again....asking why Bush says something is a common question nowadays. People were feeling that they were not being heard! They did the only thing they can do besides write a letter (which has always felt like a big waste of time to me). They blindly "made a mass change".

The one thing I liked about Geroge Bush is that he stood his ground no matter what. Everytime he spoke, about Iraq at least, he never waivered. I guess he had...ummm...Resolve, yeah thats it. I think the lesson to take from this is that if you don't pay attention to the will of the people, shit is going to hit the fan. I just don't know if this new shit is going to smell any better than the old shit. I really hope it does but time will tell.

Thursday, November 02, 2006

Can you help out?

A few weeks ago I was house sitting for my mom while she was out of town. All of the sudden she calls me from Houston with an extreme emergency.

"Brad, I was thinking....Can you tear down that little section of fence that is in the front yard?"

"Sure."

"ok."

This little fence consisted of four horizontal fence boards held up by three fence posts. The entire fenced area created half of a 6 ft square. This square was clearly put up to accent the absolute worst part of the front yard. Since this was an emergency I decided to get right to work. I got right out there with an axe and a shovel and began knocking the badookie out of this fence. I was about half way done when a guy pulled up in a pick-up truck that looked sort of like this:


Except this guy had a hat on over his afro.

He said:

"Hey man, do you put stuff together?"

I guess he assumed that since I was tearing down a fence, that I was some sort of Mr. fix it. I explained that I am generally pretty adept at putting stuff together. I then looked into the back of his truck and saw that he had a partially put together basketball goal back there. He told me that he wanted a little help putting the basketball goal all the way together. I say all the way because he had already put a lot of the pieces in all the wrong spots. He then starts to unload about 8-10 huge pieces and a Wal-Mart bag of 10 - 11 thousand little pieces out of the back of the truck. The entire time he is doing this I am trying to talk myself out of this ordeal. I explain that this kind of project could take me a complete day to accomplish. He just smiles and hands me a packet of directions. The first page looks similair to this:

(1) 1/2-13 × 12” Bolt

• (2) 1/2” Flat Washers (FW)

• (4) 1/2” Nylon Washers (NW)

• (1) 1/2” Lock Nut

• (3) 3/8-16 × 3/4” stainless

steel hex head bolts, nuts,

and washers

• (4) 3/8-16 × 3-1/2” Bolts

• (8) 3/8” Flat Washers (FW)

• (4) 3/8” Lock Nuts

• (1) Rim Gasket

• (2) Molded Backboard Pads

• (1) Extension Pad for 72” Bkbrd.

• (8) Self-tapping Screws

• (8) Screw Protectors

• (1) 1/2 oz. bottle touch-up paint

• (1) Arrow decal

• (1) 1/2-13 × 12” Bolt

• (2) 1/2” Flat Washers (FW)

• (4) 1/2” Nylon Washers (NW)

• (1) 1/2” Lock Nut

• (1) 1/2-13 × 8” Bolt

• (2) 1/2” Flat Washers (FW)

• (4) 1/2” Nylon Washers (NW)

• (1) 1/2” Lock Nut

• (4) 1/2-13 × 1-1/2” Bolts

• (8) 1/2” Flat Washers (FW)

• (10) 1/2” Nylon Washers (NW)

• (4) 1/2” Lock Nuts

• (2) Special 2” OD Nylon Washers -

Lower Arms to Backboard Tabs

Page 2

• (1) 1/2-13 × 9” Bolt

• (2) 1/2” Flat Washers (FW)

• (4) 1/2” Nylon Washers (NW)

• (1) 1/2” Lock Nut

• (1) 1/2-13 × 12” Bolt

• (2) 1/2” Flat Washers (FW)

• (4) 1/2” Nylon Washers (NW)

• (1) 1/2” Lock Nut

• (3) 3/8-16 × 3/4” stainless

steel hex head bolts, nuts,

and washers

• (4) 3/8-16 × 3-1/2” Bolts

• (8) 3/8” Flat Washers (FW)

• (4) 3/8” Lock Nuts

• (1) Rim Gasket

• (2) Molded Backboard Pads

• (1) Extension Pad for 72” Bkbrd.

• (8) Self-tapping Screws

• (8) Screw Protectors

• (1) 1/2 oz. bottle touch-up paint

• (1) Arrow decal

• (1) 1/2-13 × 12” Bolt

• (2) 1/2” Flat Washers (FW)

• (4) 1/2” Nylon Washers (NW)

• (1) 1/2” Lock Nut

• (1) 1/2-13 × 8” Bolt

• (2) 1/2” Flat Washers (FW)

• (4) 1/2” Nylon Washers (NW)

• (1) 1/2” Lock Nut

• (4) 1/2-13 × 1-1/2” Bolts

• (8) 1/2” Flat Washers (FW)

• (10) 1/2” Nylon Washers (NW)

• (4) 1/2” Lock Nuts

• (2) Special 2” OD Nylon Washers -

Lower Arms to Backboard Tabs

Page 2

• (1) 1/2-13 × 9” Bolt

• (2) 1/2” Flat Washers (FW)

• (4) 1/2” Nylon Washers (NW)

• (1) 1/2” Lock Nut


I stared at my new buddy with amazement in my face. First of all he already told me that he had bought this at the good will. So the first step would be to go through this list and see what parts are missing. My guess would be at least 15% of them. I then start to load everything back in his truck while he is looking through the booklet explaining which steps he "keeps getting stuck on." In the end I told the man that I could not help him at all with his project and that my involvement would surely produce an end result that looked nothing like a basketball goal.

I feel sorry for anyone else that he drove by that day that had any sort of tool in their hand.

Blog a Blog

I need to blog a new blog. I can't think of anything to write about.

Sometimes I laugh out loud at commercials. I saw this one commercial yesterday that was this guy doing a presentation for a TV show. He had his dad in there with him and his dad had on wings. The guys says "My show is about a fairy that sneaks into childrens rooms at night and steals all of their teeth." This part wasn't funny. At the end, the guy leans over to his dad and yells "Lets go dad, they're not buying it." At this point I started cracking up.

Lost is the best show ever made. I wish that everyone would get on the fucking bandwagon already. It is really impossible to watch unless you have followed all of the episodes. Everyone needs to rent the first and second seasons and watch them from beggining to end. Once this happens I will try and get you all the episodes they have shown so far from season three. I wish I could explain how good of a show it is once you are into it.

I don't care about women's kids who aren't in my family. There are a couple women at work who cannot get through an entire sentence without talking about their kids. This drives me fucking bonkers. I understand it is a big deal but please talk about something other than your kids for once in a goddamn while. Texas Tara, this does not go for you, I love hearing about the peanut.

Right now I am reading Conversations with God book three for about the 5th time and I am also reading "My Life" by Bill Clinton. I didn't realize that Bill Clinton came from such a weird childhood. I always assume that Presidents were brought up in two parent households, this was not the case with Clinton at all.

I am about to go to lunch with my buddy Bobby at work. Everyone please feel free to go to hell.
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