Xander ,'Sleeper'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Do you pay these people to get drunk?
Sure. $8 an hour. But they have to do lots of tedious stuff while getting drunk, and worse, lots of tedious stuff while sobering-up. It's one of those things that seems like a great idea until you have been through it once.
There's a test I have to do once per year that involves a small amount of radioactive iodine. They make me take a pregnancy test before I can take the pill. Even when I had been celibate for a very long time. They just don't trust patients to tell the truth and they don't want to be sued later.
but it turns out not everyone can be trusted to know these things
And people also can't be trusted not to lie.
So we just use the pregnancy tests on everyone.
This is what they do in the HIV vaccine study I'm participating in also. With they other 2 studies I've done they ALSO asked about your between visit sexual activity, and associated birth control. Which would often prompt me to ask the study nurses, "Well, do you know anybody nice you can introduce me to?"
But they have to do lots of tedious stuff while getting drunk, and worse, lots of tedious stuff while sobering-up.
I've had evenings like that without getting paid.
I'm getting paid for doing tedious stuff RIGHT NOW!
And I'd prefer to be drunk while doing it.
What are they drinking, Rick? That could be the deal maker or breaker.
The coolest thing happened in the class I taught Wednesday. It was going really crappily, and no one was getting it.
"Do any of you trust this technique?"
blank/worried looks and shaken heads
So I'm thinking I'm the worst teacher ever (well, except for that one guy -- he's pretty bad).
"Okay, look. Don't forget to ean forward and keep your shoulders square, and ... toss in some blind faith. Because it really does work."
And then they all got it right.
I have no idea how teaching works, but it's nice when it does.
So how's about a Friday 5?
Favorite summer dessert?
Beach or pool?
Predictions on the overplayed song of summer '05?
What was your worst family summer vacation?
your best?
Favorite summer dessert?A sun-warmed peach, 10 minutes off the tree.
Beach or pool?Beach.
Predictions on the overplayed song of summer '05?"Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani. June 10 and it's already overplayed to hell and back.
What was your worst family summer vacation?Our trip to Boston. Mom and Dad alternated being physically ill with bickering. Also, they thought they could drive in Boston. They were so very wrong.
your best?Driving from MI to CA and back again in the summer of '76. I got to see the Grand Canyon, a tornado in Kansas, and redwood trees.
I don't think of summer desserts, but I do love margs in summer. I am always fantasizing about eating mexican outside at sunset while drinking margs.
What are they drinking, Rick? That could be the deal maker or breaker.
Usually vodka or pure alcohol in a mix that makes it hard to tell how strong the drinks are. It's not drinking for taste. It's drinking to get drunk.