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THIS Is Why I Secretly Wish I Was a Brit....

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Published 29 May 2009 3:28 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: blogging
Ding Ding Ding...

We have a winner! Kerro over at Kerro's Korner guessed my ringtone and therefore receives a $10 iTunes card from yours truly. Yes. Even after my gift card rant . I'm not made of stone. For the record, I hate customized ring tones. I've made...

Published 29 May 2009 3:58 AM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: blogging
Listen Kid....

I'm trying to have a good week here. It's my birthday week and all--I'm trying to go all fluff on my blog. So when I hear that you tried to set a fire to your 84-year-old-neighbor's house? Well--that sorta puts a damper on my mood. ->...

Published 28 May 2009 4:27 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: blogging, children, in the field, mental health
It's My Birthday Week. All Fluff All The Time.

What's my ringtone? I still have no winner. Come on all you lurkers out there! I know you want to play! Guess my ringtone and I'll send you a $10 iTunes card. Yes, you have to send you your address, but you can email it to me privately. For those...

Published 27 May 2009 2:24 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: blogging, life
Sleep Woes

Working on-call overnight completely jacks with my sleep patterns. It does not matter what time the phone rings. It doesn't matter how long I'm on the phone. It doesn't matter if I actually have to leave the house or not. Ringing phone = Quadruple...

Published 26 May 2009 11:29 AM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: the job
Post Secret Yesterday

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Published 25 May 2009 11:00 AM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: post secret, suicide, teens
How the Little Guy Gets Screwed: Episode VI

My bank account got hacked recently. To the tune of $1800. Yes, that's right. Eighteen hundred dollars . And this is how the bastards did it: They stole my PIN number. Those four magic digits that are supposed to keep my card safe--they had access...

Published 21 May 2009 4:26 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: How the little guy gets screwed, life, policy
Damn Canine

Remember this one I wrote last week? Well, there's more to the story. She wasn't suicidal in the least and I stand by that. But she sorta did get mad at her husband in the early evening hours and threaten to kill herself if he left with the dog...

Published 19 May 2009 3:26 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: in the field, law enforcement, medical professionals, paperwork, social workers, suicide
Drama Comes A-Courtin'

So not long ago I assessed a young man who had the ubiquitous laundry list of issues that the people we see tend to have. He was in foster care for ten years of his life. Numerous placements. Numerous hospitalizations. Considering that he had been in...

Published 18 May 2009 2:10 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: in the field, law enforcement, mental health, suicide
Oh, Hi, Grim!

I've been to two funerals in the past two months. Two men in their golden years who had children and grandchildren and the will to keep on living. Until their bodies acted against them, that is, and sickness ravaged their mortality away. Both men...

Published 16 May 2009 3:01 AM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: life, suicide, the job
But....But....Why?

We all hear the stories, right? Those terrible, awful stories from the people we see. Those stories that assault our psyche. The stories that we think are gone but in reality, they're not. They hang around like a pesky mold. You think you've cleansed...

Published 13 May 2009 11:05 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: mental health, suicide
Delusional Thinking: An Illustration

I cover more than one hospital. In fact, I cover three of them. (You know how every once-in-a-while I'll tell give you a heads up about foreshadowing? This is one of those times.) Most of the time, the primary on-call person is able to juggle the...

Published 12 May 2009 5:43 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: in the field, medical professionals, the job
Dude? I'm Not Your Babe, 'K?

Not long ago another mental health social worker called our hospital looking for a bed for someone he had in his own hospital. This happens all the time--it's part of the gig. We talk to each other regularly when our own places are full and we need...

Published 11 May 2009 4:31 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: in the field, the job
Round and Round We Go

Let me just say this right off the bat: I cannot parent your children over the phone. Whew. Glad that I got that off my chest. Onward. Last night I spoke with a woman not once but twice in the course of an hour--at length both times. I also spoke with...

Published 7 May 2009 4:59 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: domestic issues, law enforcement, teens
Health is Fleeting

Or so it seems. Perhaps I have a bit of a skewed view on this because I work in hospitals. But when I meet a lovely woman not much older than me who use to have a life and now she leads a mere shadow of one? Well, I'm lead to believe our health, just...

Published 5 May 2009 1:47 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: illness and disease, mental health
Sitting in a training. Beyond the opening remarks, the trainer says that he like for participants to be "engaged" in the process. Me, to my neighbor under my breath: if he say we're getting in small groups I'm walking out.... The Trainer...

Published 1 May 2009 7:15 PM by Trench Warfare

May 2009 - Trench Warfare

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THIS Is Why I Secretly Wish I Was a Brit....

Ding Ding Ding...

Listen Kid....

It's My Birthday Week. All Fluff All The Time.

Sleep Woes

Post Secret Yesterday

How the Little Guy Gets Screwed: Episode VI

Damn Canine

Drama Comes A-Courtin'

Oh, Hi, Grim!

But....But....Why?

Delusional Thinking: An Illustration

Dude? I'm Not Your Babe, 'K?

Round and Round We Go

Health is Fleeting