Picture This

[shanmonster]

I just posted a bunch of photos, if you'd care to take a look. I've got everything from Skinny Puppy to nasturtiums and knives on there.

I also baked a gorgeous rhubarb pie this morning, but I don't have any photos of it yet. It's a beaut. I hope it tastes as good as it looks.

And now I'm going to grab some food before going to the hospital. My breathing sucks worse today than it did last night. Ugh.

But first, some links:

Pirate Ship Made of Hair: I think you'll like this one, elanya.

Baby simulators make students realize how much work infants can be: Like that exercise where you carry an egg everywhere with you, only ramped up a few notches.

Quackbuster causes too much flak for university: Grr. "Professor David Colquhoun FRS - one of the most eminent scientists in the UK - has been forced to remove his quackbusting blog from the UCL servers where it has lived for many years, after complaints from disgruntled alternative therapists."

The Only Time You Will See A Picture Of One Of My Patients: An EMT saves an unusual patient (and yes, everything turned out ok for the patient).

LOL Trek: I can't remember if I shared this with you before or not.

Ask a silly question: I wish I'd been there for this exchange (thanks, f00dave)!

911 operators did little to help dying woman in ER: So you get to the hospital and the doctors won't even check you out. If you call 911, no one will help you, because you're already at a hospital. Joy.

My visit will be better. I know it.

Comments

[andy-meister.livejournal.com]

First, the photos are awesome.

Second, although you did share LOLTrek before, it won't hurt to mention it again.

[real-bethy.livejournal.com]

I had a baby simulator in high school. It was the most annoying thing on the planet. I have never met a live baby that acted at all like the robot. It cried every hour and fed for one hour. That left me an average of ten minutes to do something other than hold the feeding key in the back of the doll. It was a long weekend when I had it, and I had no sleep for four days, bloody fingers from gripping the feeding key, and I actually discovered a way to punch the baby so that it would not register as an instance of abuse. I almost ripped out my fallopian tubes and used them for dental floss by the time I handed the robo-baby back.

[greyanna.livejournal.com]

I too had a baby sim. My mom was in charge of all sorts of media for ten school districts, so she had a shipment of those come in. Of course she brought one home for me to try. She let me turn it off about 2am in the morning since she wanted to sleep, but I had it with me for a long weekend. I also had to watch the miracle of life and other such instructional videos from ages 7-12. Thanks, mom. Sweet Pickles...

[firelie.livejournal.com]

Funny, I always thought your name was Shannon for some reason.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Nope. My parents very nearly named my sister Shannon, which would have been highly problematic, I suspect.