Waking Up Costs

The OTHER London Car Bomb

Clark Venable — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 18:35:02 GMT

Surveillance camera's in London have captured video of what looks to be another car bomb attempt near central London. This one used a Volkswagen rather than a Mercedes.

Seen Emoticons? How About Assicons!

Clark Venable — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:33:43 GMT

I received this in an e-mail today (if the word 'ass' offends you, don't continue reading):

"We all know those cute little computer symbols called "emoticons," where:
:) means a smile and :( is a frown.
Sometimes these are represented by :-) and :-(

Well, how about some "ASSICONS?"
Here goes:

(_!_) a regular ass
(__!__) a fat ass
(!) a tight ass
(_*_) a sore ass
{_!_} a swishy ass
(_o_) an ass that's been around
(_x_) kiss my ass
(_X_) leave my ass alone
(_zzz_) a tired ass
(_E=mc2_) a smart ass
(_$_) Money coming out of his ass
(_?_) Dumb ass

Air Force Anesthesia: Ether and Pentothal?

Clark Venable — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 01:34:12 GMT

The U.S. Air Force physician recruitment web site has a web page for anesthesiologists which claims I can "administer such anesthetics as ether, sodium pentathol and nitrous oxide while maintaining life support of patients under your care."

Since ether hasn't been used in decades and few practicing anesthesiologists know how to administer it, that would explain why I'd have to "maintain life support of patients under [my] care." Seriously, doesn't anybody read this stuff before they post it on their site? There's not a single fact on that page to help me decide whether I'd like to learn more or 'contact an Air Force Advisor today.'

Our Time Is Up

Clark Venable — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 14:42:26 GMT

Would you treat patients any different if you knew you only had six weeks to live? The iTunes Music Store has an Oscar-nominated short film titled Our Time Is Up (requires iTunes). If you're a therapist or psychiatrist, it's worth the $1.99 price ten times over.

Music Not To Play in the OR

Clark Venable — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 13:04:18 GMT

A Chance To Cut is a Chance to Cure points to a cartoon or music that may not be right for the operating room.

It reminded me of a post at my first blog (which I'm reposting below):

A colleague pointed out to me that there are certain songs one should probably not play, or at least not while the patient is awake. What follows is his list of songs not to play while the patient is awake (with iTunes Music Store links where possible):