Why I don't watch the news...

I just learned that living in Kansas City, I am much more likely to be murdered than die in a car accident. Oh the wonderful things you can learn by watching the news. :-/

Hey! Wanted to wish all my pharm friends (JVB, Danielle, JRedd, Keith, and Chris) good luck studying this week. We are almost done with our last science class EVER!

Only a couple more days left until freedom!

July 29th at 3:05pm can not come quick enough :)

Yum!

I was asked a very hard question the other day....name you favorite candy. So, encourage all readers of this post to leave a comment listing your favorite candy.

By the way, mine is Snickers, but I would have to say there are quite a few that come close: York Peppermint patty, non-parrels (little chocolates with white sprinkles on it), Sweet Tarts, grape Laffy Taffy, Hershey's with Almonds and I am sure I will think of several others later. :)

Thanks for all the comments. Interesting responses. Any new readers feel free to leave your answers as well.

Cute

I was eating lunch and studying today at Fazoli's. A couple of tables away a woman came with her two sons and told them to wait there while she ordered the food. The two boys sat across the table from each other. A couple minutes later I could tell they were getting into some type of fight, but I didn't think much of it. A few more minutes and their mom came back. She sat down next to one of the boys. The other started to complain and the two boys were fighting again. Then their mom says, "Now you know it is his turn to sit next to me. It is only fair. I sat by you the other day at McDonalds and I promise I will sit next to you tomorrow for lunch." I got the biggest smile on my face. They had been fighting the entire time about who got to sit by their mom!! :) How cute.

What I learned in clinic this week....

A 78- year- old blind patient of mine this week taught me this recipe:

Harvey Wallbanger:
Pour 2 ounces of vodka and 6 ounces of orange juice into a ice-filled highball glass. Stir briefly. Slowly pour 1/2 ounce of Galliano on top of the drink, so that is is floating on top. Enjoy.

Oh the joys of clinic!! Never thought taking a social history would turn into a lesson on the finer art of drinking cocktails!

Ever wonder about how they name those tropical storms?

Atlantic Names

2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Arlene Bret Cindy Dennis Emily Franklin Gert Harvey Irene Jose Katrina Lee Maria Nate Ophelia Philippe Rita Stan Tammy Vince Wilma	Alberto Beryl Chris Debby Ernesto Florence Gordon Helene Isaac Joyce Kirk Leslie Michael Nadine Oscar Patty Rafael Sandy Tony Valerie William	Andrea Barry Chantal Dean Erin Felix Gabrielle Humberto Ingrid Jerry Karen Lorenzo Melissa Noel Olga Pablo Rebekah Sebastien Tanya Van Wendy	Arthur Bertha Cristobal Dolly Edouard Fay Gustav Hanna Ike Josephine Kyle Laura Marco Nana Omar Paloma Rene Sally Teddy Vicky Wilfred	Ana Bill Claudette Danny Erika Fred Grace Henri Ida Joaquin Kate Larry Mindy Nicholas Odette Peter Rose Sam Teresa Victor Wanda	Alex Bonnie Colin Danielle Earl Fiona Gaston Hermine Igor Julia Karl Lisa Matthew Nicole Otto Paula Richard Shary Tomas Virginie Walter

Experience shows that the use of short, distinctive given names in written as well as spoken communications is quicker and less subject to error than the older more cumbersome latitude-longitude identification methods. These advantages are especially important in exchanging detailed storm information between hundreds of widely scattered stations, coastal bases, and ships at sea.

Since 1953, Atlantic tropical storms have been named from lists originated by the National Hurricane Center and now maintained and updated by an international committee of the World Meteorological Organization. The lists featured only women's names until 1979, when men's and women's names were alternated. Six lists are used in rotation. Thus, the 2004 list will be used again in 2010. Here is more information on the history of naming hurricanes.

The only time that there is a change in the list is if a storm is so deadly or costly that the future use of its name on a different storm would be inappropriate for reasons of sensitivity. If that occurs, then at an annual meeting by the WMO committee (called primarily to discuss many other issues) the offending name is stricken from the list and another name is selected to replace it.

Only three more weeks of Pharm and two more tests. We just finished our third test last week. I am greatly looking forward to being done! :) Our next exam is antimicrobial. The final exam is pysch drugs and pain meds. As much as the class sucks, it really makes me feel closer to being a doctor. I will finally know what all the meds my patients are on in clinic are and why they are on them. As far as my grade goes, I am doing quite well (for me at least). It is so nice not to be struggling for once.

ba-ba (the sad section)

On another note, I watched Hotel Rwanda last night. It really humbles you into how well off you have it. We complain when our neighbor's dog won't shut up when we trying to sleep...... and other places you have to worry about someone entering your home and killing you while you sleep. I wish more of the "West," could see this type of movie. I guess I was in the mood to be enlightened as well because my mom informed me yesterday a high school peer of mine had died in Iraq. Though I didn't know Anthony that well, I still had a couple classes with him and he was a funny kid and I am sure shall be missed greatly.

Had a great birthday yesterday!! I got several cute cards, but thought I would share one of them. It was from Nick.

Outide: A picture of George Bush with the message, "Happy Birthday from the President, Commander-in-Chief, and Leader of the Free World. "

Inside: (And you thought getting older was the only thing we had to worry about.)

:) Hope everyone has a great 4th of July weekend!