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THIS Is Why I Secretly Wish I Was a Brit....
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29 May 2009 3:28 PM
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Trench Warfare
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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...
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29 May 2009 3:58 AM
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Trench Warfare
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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. ->...
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28 May 2009 4:27 PM
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Trench Warfare
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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
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Trench Warfare
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blogging
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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
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Trench Warfare
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the job
Post Secret Yesterday
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25 May 2009 11:00 AM
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Trench Warfare
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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
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Trench Warfare
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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...
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19 May 2009 3:26 PM
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Trench Warfare
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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...
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18 May 2009 2:10 PM
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Trench Warfare
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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...
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16 May 2009 3:01 AM
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Trench Warfare
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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...
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13 May 2009 11:05 PM
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Trench Warfare
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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...
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12 May 2009 5:43 PM
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Trench Warfare
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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...
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11 May 2009 4:31 PM
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Trench Warfare
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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...
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7 May 2009 4:59 PM
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Trench Warfare
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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...
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5 May 2009 1:47 PM
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Trench Warfare
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illness and disease
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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...
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1 May 2009 7:15 PM
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Trench Warfare
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