It's not like anyone reads this thing anyway...

Is it the ultimate hubris to write your thoughts and about your day on the internet and expect anyone to even read it? Oddly enough, I enjoy going back and reading it but could easily do that in a journal. I've recently gotten sort of hooked on Facebook. I signed up a few years ago because I wanted to make sure Jeffrey wasn't doing anything that would get him into trouble online (he wasn't).

I'm tired and sore. I had to run through the airport like OJ (minus the knife) yesterday to catch the plane back from Atlanta. I was already late when they "randomly" pulled me out for further screening. I'm sure a short fat middle-aged redhead is dangerous. I was polite, friendly even because it didn't really slow me down too much. By now, they have quite the collection of my nekkid xray body as this is the third time I've had to go through that thing.

I spent the last week at a BPOC (Barcoding at the Point of Care) UnSUMMIT conference. It was a great but tiring learning experience. They crammed a lot into 3 days. I need all the knowledge I can get now that I am the lead for BCMA (BarCoded Medication Administration) for my organization. I have issues about doing a good job. If I'm going to do anything, I want to do it to the best of my ability and absolutely no screw ups. So, I"m learning as much as I can to plan for and prevent problems with this project.

Wish me luck!

So much news, so little time...

Funny, my last post was about the Swine Flu. Mike, Jeffrey and I all had it. I was off work for 12 days. Having had influenza before, I can say it wasn't as bad as last time. My fever never got above 101 and though I was miserable I didn't want someone to put me out of my misery. The best part was when Mike coughed his teeth out.

I was able to finish my final project while home sick. I now officially have a masters in health administration. If I ever say I want to go back to school again, I hope someone whack me over the head.

"Swine" flu

I cannot believe, well no I can believe, how many idiots are actually running countries in this world. I understand uneducated people avoid pork because of the title swine flu, but for a country like Egypt to start slaughtering pigs? Do they have a moron running their health system with no scientific background? There is just no excuse in today's world to allow oneself to be uneducated. There is so much information on the internet, both accurate and inaccurate. For God's sake do some research before you act like an 18th century person who still believed germs were "evil humours".

No more nude hiking in Switzerland

Bummer. I just saw an article in which nude hiking has been banned in Switzerland. There goes my chance to get road rash on my ass sliding down the alps.

Tea Parties

I've been meaning to write about the Tea Parties from Wednesday, April 15th; an apropos date to protest taxes. I would have loved to go but I was busy earning money to pay my taxes as well as other things such as mortgage, car payments and food. The absolute partisanship of both sides of the supposed press makes me nuts. I really do believe Fox went over the line from reporting on the tea parties to promoting them; but to give them credit, I think they were doing that to get ratings and it worked. The other major news outlets barely covered them or outright lied about the events, claiming hardly anyone showed up or that the tea parties were the brain child of the Repubclican Party and Fox News. The tea parties were about more than just taxes but rather what our government does with those taxes whether we agree or not. I don't believe we should bail out one company just because they are large but let every other smaller business fail. There should be no favoritism. And quite frankly, if I fail it is on me; why are others not allowed to fail?

Confickered

I work for an academic medical center. As might be expected university affiliated organization have a big target on their foreheads concerning worms and viruses. Of course, we also have a large workforce on the internet who can bring the damn thing in. Well, we got confickered. I don't think the worm itself is causing all the havoc but rather all the steps we have to take to avoid any damage. Access to the internet was shut off for a while, email was disrupted. It was a royal pain in the ass. When I left, my computer was doing a scan for the worm. I figure I can finish all the steps to protect my stuff on Monday.

Political Post

I had vowed never to write about politics because I hate it when people spout their political beliefs as if everyone who doesn't agree with them are idiots, racist, homophobic, bigoted, hate-mongers. However, I have become so afraid of what our government has been doing to us and is threatening to do to us in the future that I must warn you now. Politics may creep into this blog now and then. I cannot fathom why there are so many people who do not see Obama's power grabs for what they are. He scares me shitless. I've always paid attention to who was running the country but never before have I feared what our so-called leaders could do to effect my life personally. This new leadership could literally change my life and not for the better!

I must admit now that I am playing with my blog as a way to avoid writing my paper for school. But, I'm sure I will return to this vein of conversation later.