My dad seems to have worked very, very hard at making his computer run like it's on dial up.

I tried to plug my laptop into his cable, and NADA. Nothing. No dice.

WT Fucking F?

Reason number 12,657 to flee, yo. I just want to download a movie. I'm bored and need to do something to prevent me from screaming.

in an attempt to prepare for my first day back to work tomorrow. i think i'm going to bed early. wish me nyquil coma!

Allyson, can't you dl things on your Touch? does no one have wifi you can snag to use iTunes and buy a movie?

That article makes me feel kind of sick.

As it should. Maybe you should try a more posh accent next time?

No wifi as far as I've been able to wander, tiggy.

Seriously, I'm just...why???? I'm so miserable. I can't use up two weeks vacation time being miserable. I'll explode. This was dumb. Maybe I can go home on Sunday and then I'll have some quiet time to write and chill out.

differences in prescribing by race in both urban and rural hospitals

I heard a blurb about this on the news radio this evening (not NPR), and the summary included a couple of speculations as to why. Blah blah unconscious (or conscious) racism, blah blah lack of empathy, and then:

"Or it might be that white people just whine more when they're in pain."

I think it was meant sardonically, but really, I couldn't say.

That article makes me feel kind of sick.

What really surprises me is why wasn't this found out earlier? Couldn't a simple statistical analysis of ER treatments have revealed this years ago?

Allyson, I think you need to go to the library tomorrow to do research.

This is the town that closed down the library, Laura.

I'm at a shriftian level of cold rage at the whole sitch.

Eeeep! It was a good plan in theory. My family is used to me working on my computer all the time when I visit so they don't think anything of it. I'm sorry it's such a difficult visit.

Next town over! There's got to be somewhere.