The castle has a roof, and no one has a clue…

  Well, that was pleasant/unpleasant. The castle needed a new roof, and it is fixed and makes the place look at least 500 years younger (it has made it less drafty, which needs to be fixed).  Memorial Day here was soggy and uneventful, even the hospital was quiet with a low census.  It is one …

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Burn, baby, burn…

  No, not a disco inferno, but it is that time of year when we all crawl out of our caves from the winter. If the sun isn’t already bright enough, our pasty white bodies in shorts and short sleeved shirts should be enough to blind you. “Don’t go out until you get a good …

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Sometimes you are where you are…

  “In a world full of assholes, you don’t have to compete,” I was told by my First Sergeant when I took over a tank section.  “You need to meet people where they are and address your response in that place and that moment.” We oft think of sergeants and senior sergeants (a First Sergeant …

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Depressed, do what the club kids do…

Well, not really but something used as an anesthetic and abused as a club drug is now in trials to be used as an antidepressant. My first thought is, "huh?" While I am a big fan of evidence-based medicine, the trials of "club drugs" makes me always skeptical. It's weird to think about how progressive …

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