Ahrg. Day long. Had to write code. Test. Am braindead.
Mal: Then I call it a win. What's the problem? Inara: Should I start with the part where you're stranded in the middle of nowhere, or the part where you have no clothes?
'Trash'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
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.
sarameg - Aug 27, 2008 1:42:04 pm PDT #5717 of 10003
billytea - Aug 27, 2008 1:59:55 pm PDT #5718 of 10003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I can't believe I'm whitefonting cheese. But it is gross.
That cheese appears in Cracked's 6 Most Terrifying Foods! [link]
Hil R. - Aug 27, 2008 2:26:39 pm PDT #5719 of 10003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Ah. They don't do that anymore, do they?
When my grandmother was sick, about seven years ago, the doctor told my mom and dad that my grandmother had cancer, but also that they couldn't get her a bed in the oncology ward until morning (she was in the ER at the time), and so they should just tell her that the doctors needed to run more tests and she needed to wait. My parents were kind of uncomfortable with that, but they agreed to it. Then, about an hour later, some other doctor who'd never met her before told her she had cancer.
Sheryl - Aug 27, 2008 2:40:24 pm PDT #5720 of 10003
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Sleepy, as usual.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 27, 2008 2:54:44 pm PDT #5721 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I believe that HIPAA prohibits talking to the family unless there is some sort of health care proxy, but almost every doctor visit asks you to fill out the health care proxy. I know it prohibits us from sending an email reminder of appointments for a travel health clinic without express written permission from the patient.
I should know better since I actually have to take a test on this every year, but I don't work in patient care, although I am technically an employee of a medical center.
EDIT: anecdotally, my grandma's doctor would not talk to anyone except her, even when she ran away claiming my mother was trying to poison her and that my mother had already killed my uncle (who was alive and well).
Jesse - Aug 27, 2008 3:38:35 pm PDT #5722 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In random news, if you enjoyed the Olympics and/or enjoy Go Fug Yourself, you should enjoy this post/
quester - Aug 27, 2008 4:04:25 pm PDT #5723 of 10003
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Bill Clinton's up.
brenda m - Aug 27, 2008 4:06:29 pm PDT #5724 of 10003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Clinton's starting now, if you're interested. (Contra MSNBC, which said he was coming on at 10 Eastern.)
amych - Aug 27, 2008 4:09:09 pm PDT #5725 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Go Bill!
(Also, he's got a missed calling in standup.)
Jesse - Aug 27, 2008 4:09:46 pm PDT #5726 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I accidentally caught Bill! I miss him.