I have been following their blogs for a few months now so I read these when they first published them. Have to say that it is compelling stuff and gives a very interesting insight.

Shame that Babs has decided to take a break from blogging.

You should try tea without the mammary secretions, it cuts down on shopping.

Mindblowing!

Wow, thankyou so much for sharing that

We are genuinely touched by the reaction that we've received regarding the collaboration.

I want to make clear, however, that this isn't an everyday occurance-- it's just one that occurs, and sticks with you. I think that this kind of thing, every day, would probably keep me from being able to stick it out even half as long as my father a 40 year Texas peace officer.

I suppose that I should have introduced myself.

I'm the North Texas police officer who wrote the first section of that collaboration. Welcome, and thanks for reading. Please feel free to peruse my archives-- sprinkled in and around my blog are a few "war stories."

For whatever reason, I find reading quality medical blogs to be a lot of fun. Perhaps y'all will feel similarly about mine, which might loosely be thought of as a "cop blog."

I remember in minute detail the jobs that have sent me home with a desparate and overwhelming need to hug my kids. To hold them tight and know that they are real.

I remember them.

That made me cry. I remember running home to hug my boy after losing a kid on paeds.

Likewise, thank you - and also you, DBA Dude.

--The Nurse

Tom, have you ever had to do that? Leave a person because there are others who have a better chance of survival, that is.

Luckily no, although I do often have to prioritise care. It's one of the good things about working in a big city.

You glossed over your Auto Battery Adventure.
Here's mine from 2001 as it appeared in TechTales.
(Stories from Computer Technicians and Support Persons.)
((When the stories were funny.))

When I need clock batteries for the Mac ( 4.5v.....3.6v...) I stop at the battery store on my way to work.
I parked in one of the two handycapped slots by accident, but it was before 9am....what were the odds that TWO people would come for wheelchair batteries in the five minutes it would take me to get Mac batteries? (Could this be the cause of what happened next? Naaaah!)
I buy the batteries (I keep one of each on hand all the time) and then get in my car. I turn the key and POP! It's dead Jim! %$#@! I'm late for an appointment and I have no money for car repairs! I open the hood (after pulling the brake release a couple of times) and see.....it's the battery! There probably shouldn't be a hole on the top of it.
The guy I bought the Mac batteries from takes a look, and replaces the battery while I wait. The car battery cost under $30, and installation was free.
What are the odds that my car battery would fail in the parking lot of the battery store?