Why CT scans are funny

They actually aren't but I use humor to cope with heavy stuff so get off my back.

Most of the time if you have a scheduled scan you go to a place where all
they do all day long is scan people.
I like to call these facilities "pokers r us" because that's what they do.

I know, I thought all that stuff was done in a hospital too but no.

So anyway, these places are a bit surreal.
I mean you have to remember most of the people here are facing some
pretty heavy sh*t so there is not a lot of smiling.

When you walk into the "waiting" room there are people drinking this oh so wonderful gelatinous liquid or sitting there with said gelatinous liquid shooting into them through an IV. There are nurses and techs running around checking on people and there is the ever present "Mr. Smith, you need to drink these last two glasses right away" call from "The Heavy" of the waiting room.

I like "The Heavy"
It's not that she's cruel she just has a certain "way" about her.
Things get done and they get done the right way......she makes sure of that.
What she lacks in bedside manner she makes up for in skill and knowledge.
You know that if someone suddenly keels over she will literally will the life back into them.
"you ain't gonna die on my watch motherfu*&er"

She's a bit cold, but it's strangely comforting to know she's there.

Once you choke down a gallon of gelatinous "sh*t" the heavy, or one of her minions directs you back to a changing stall.
It's very weird back here.
It's a clinical setting, everything is linoleum or stainless steel and it has that antiseptic smell, but the lighting
is a bit off.

In comparison to other clinic/hospitals.......it's downright dark.

They then shuffle you into an even darker room and put you on a movable table with a giant robotic machine hanging above it.
Yep.....this is officially terrifying.

I think this is where the alien prob story comes from. If I had more drugs in me, I could be convinced that this was an alien ship and I was about to be probed.
Who are we kidding....I AM about to be probed
It's kinda freaky.

And then the scan begins.
The table moves about, the crazy machine moves about and the Doctor (I think he's just a tech but I don't want to offend anybody) is staring at something out of my field of vision.

He suddenly stops and starts to focus on something.
The scary probe machine is not moving but it's making a strange zoom like noise
 "what!?" "what is it? what do you see?" "why did you stop?"
"is it bad?" "JESUS CHRIST MAN, SAY SOMETHING"
Of course this is all in my head and I am still lying quietly on the slab.

He then calls to a nurse or tech or minion to bring him something I have never heard of.
The minion puts a white cup with a bendy straw to my mouth and asks me to "drink this fast"
Now what I have not informed you is that this movable table is now in head down position.
In other words I am on my back, feet up head down and this joker wants me to drink some flavorless insanely carbonated drink while basically standing on my head.
The crap is coming out of my nose and I'm choking.
In a stern monotone voice, the Doctor/Tech says "no, no keep drinking, you've got to drink all of it, I need you to drink all of it"
Seriously, did everyone in this place miss bed side manner day at med school.

And just like that it's over.
"OK you can get changed. Your Doctor will call you with the results"

Wait, what.....so that's it.
Yes, dingbat that's it, get out.

No hug, no smoke, no nothing, just poke, poke, fizz, fizz and get the hell out.
Very unsatisfying.......and now we wait......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Why we should boycott boycotting

This is a great article and this is why I don't boycott.

Does that big box store with blue sign have a terrible wage and benefit system? 

YES

However, I know people who work there and I know that if the consumer numbers drop, my friends hours get cut. 

The big head honchos at said blue sign store don't get hurt by that, my friend and her children get hurt by that.

I understand the knee-jerk reaction to boycotting but it usually ends up hurting the most vulnerable in our society and does very little to stop the initial concern.

I get it, you want to help people, you want to help the planet but just think before you act. There are ways to make change without hurting the people and families who need those jobs the most.

And always remember, not everyone has the choice to "just get another job", that idea alone is a privilege. There are people out there who must work for a CEO who's ideas go against everything they believe in, but they have to feed their families, they have to keep a roof over their heads.  

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lynda-bekore/why-calls-for-boycotts-al_b_5302209.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false

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Content Director, Tarkenton Companies

Why Calls for Boycotts Always Hurt The Wrong People

Posted: 05/12/2014 10:53 am EDT Updated: 05/12/2014 10:59 am EDT

The legendary Beverly Hills Hotel has seen a surge in cancellations of bookings and denouncements on social media, as Hollywood celebrities, moguls and others declare a boycott against the home of the famed Polo Lounge and its sister luxury hotel, the Bel Air, run by the Dorchester Collection.

The company is owned by the Sultan of Brunei, who recently announced that the country he rules would follow strict Sharia law regarding homosexuality and adultery, both punishable by death by stoning, as well as other crimes with harsh penalties. LGBT activists and advocates have called on Hollywood power-players, celebrities, moguls and the public to boycott the hotel, so as not to support the Sultan's repugnant announcement. Celebrities from Jay Leno to moguls like Richard Bransonhave organized protests or vowed not to solicit the hotels, and have called for public boycotts.

They're right to shout out about it. To Westerners, and even to many Muslims, the very strict interpretations of Sharia law such as stoning to death is abhorrent. If we've learned nothing else from the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, or the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians by the Turks, or the genocide of half a million Sudanese in Darfur, we've surely learned the fatal danger of remaining silent against something we find universally horrifying. And certainly as Americans and promulgators of democratic values and the basic tenets of free speech, you could even say we have a responsibility to speak up for those who cannot protest themselves.

Boycotting a hotel, however, is very different from protesting its owner. Who are you hurting when you cancel events, or urge your clients, your fans, or employees not to do business at the hotel? You're hurting the workers, who are American, not Brunei citizens, have no say in the laws of a foreign ruler, and are just trying to make a living. They are the most vulnerable to the strings that get pulled by those more powerful than they are, whether it's their boss, their company owners, or well-meaning activists who can effectively put them out of their jobs.

Understand, the Sultan of Brunei is worth in excess of 20 billion dollars. That's billion, with a "b." Whether the Beverly Hills Hotel or the Bel Air stay open or shut or lose a few million dollars is completely immaterial to him. But it is of vital, life-altering importance to its combined 1000+ employees, who stand to lose $8 million in lost wages, let alone their jobs.

More than 100 of its workers recently protested against the Beverly Hills City Council's resolution calling on the Sultan to sell the hotel. Their very livelihoods are at stake, and with a California unemployment rate of over 8%, most of them are not likely to bounce back. I'm not as worried about Jay Leno or Ellen DeGeneres being kicked out of their homes or not paying their medical bills.

Boycotts of mid-sized establishments like the Beverly Hills Hotel inevitably hurt the innocent, and it's a pretty safe bet that most of those 1,000 workers didn't even know who owned their hotel until last week, let alone what a Sultan of Brunei was. So why punish them?

The hundreds of housekeepers, cooks, bartenders, and valets just wanted jobs, and especially the tips that supplemented them. Taking away some hotel bookings from a man who thinks nothing of covering his Rolls Royce in 24 karat gold isn't going to hurt him, but it sure is going to hurt them, and many might not ever recover.

If the celebrities and activists really want to hurt the Sultan and not his American workers, they can do a lot better than placing a fatwah on a hotel that's run and managed thousands of miles away from its owner, by people who can't afford to miss a day's work for a rally.

Instead of boycotting an innocent hotel, why not send a message via your protests, not just to Brunei but to similar countries with excessive penalties for non-violent crimes? Use the power of your social media, write articles, appear on talk shows, and educate yourself and the rest of us about what's also going on places like Abu Dhabi or Dubai, so we can make informed decisions about where to plant our money.

These United Arab Emirate countries are the new playgrounds of many of these same celebrity protesters who profess horror at these countries' treatment of gays, but are home to quite a few expensive Hollywood productions, like Mission Impossible and Fast & Furious. Gays in the UAE face up to 10 years imprisonment among other punishments if "caught." Mention that to the Twitter followers of J-Lo, who gave a Dubai concert in March or Justin Timberlake, who will perform this very week in Abu Dhabi and May 23 in Dubai.

American hotel workers are not highly paid to begin with, and they deserve a lot better than a bunch of celebrity reactionaries preventing them from doing their jobs. The Sultan says he's not selling, and the City Council probably can't legally make him, since he hasn't broken any American laws. But if Virgin Group founder and billionaire Richard Branson, who vowed not to let any of his employees stay at a Dorchester hotel, wants to permanently hire away the current 1000+ Dorchester workers, then we've got an effective protest. Sir Richard, we await your reply.

John Taylor.........

I will heart your pasty, scrawny English a$$ until the end of time.

Its a great song

but........I don't think you can say BEATLES influence any louder.

Still an awesome song and I will continue to play it often........thank you BEATLES

Guys with fancy lady hair

I can think of at least a half a dozen guys that I am getting drunk and challenging to do this.........

http://www.thebolditalic.com/articles/3547-guys-with-fancy-lady-hair

Is it just me or is the dude modeling the "Brigitte Bardot" hotter with the fancy lady hair?
I'm a bit disturbed

How to get a bikini body.....

put a bikini on your body.............................oh right, fashion magazines are stupid

I have the greatest friends in the world.

My talented and oh so handsome friend DC is developing his fighting skills in..........Thailand!
He's already the Bahamian champ......so ambitious that one. ;)

He sent this today.

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