THE BACK OF THE MEDIC

3 months down…

31 March 2009

Wow… We’ve gone through 3 months of this year all ready. It seems like it should still be January to me. Time is just FLYING by. I am still losing weight… not sure what I weigh, but the pants are looser and looser all the time. Had to go get a new duty belt today, [...]

Adventures in Light Rail Land

24 March 2009

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Today, as usual, I left work and took the light rail train to a station that I park my car at. Its about a 20 minute ride to my car. Most of the time, it is a rather boring trip. I usually read or listen to my MP3 player on the way to and from [...]

"Intelligent" Ads… Don’t always work

20 March 2009

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You’ve seen them lately. Ads on blogs, related to the information posted in the blog. Sometimes, they are article-by-article. So, you are reading about soda pop, and an ad for a leading soda company is there. Or sports news, and there is an ad for an electrolyte replacement product or energy bar. You get the [...]

Bored pockets

11 March 2009

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Got this Tweet today: lancearmstrong@@@@@@@D@d00 085Shortly afterward, I got this: lancearmstrongWhoops, sorry about the booty tweet. Yes, that is THE Lance Armstrong. I’ve done this to my friends without knowing it, until I get that “WTF?” message back. Most often, I call them without knowing it. Some have had to suffer while hearing my pants [...]

HCl + NaClO = Toxic Gas

9 March 2009

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Repeat After Me: “Mixing hydrochloric acid (aka pool chlorine) and bleach is B A D”.This will always result in a nasty chemical reaction that releases heat, and toxic vapors. Yep, it happens every day. Except this happened on the grounds of a major Denver-area hospital. Read the article here. Note: This hospital specializes (ironically enough) [...]