Snowball Fights

"Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."
-Herodotus, Inscription, New York City Post Office, adapted from Herodotus Greek historian & traveler (484 BC - 430 BC)

"I wanna hang a map of the world in my house. Then I'm gonna put pins into all the locations that I've traveled to. But first, I'm gonna have to travel to the top two corners of the map so it won't fall down."
Mitch HedbergAmerican comedian (1968 - 2005)
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"There are fine things which you mean to do some day, under what you think will be more favorable circumstances. But the only time that is surely yours is the present, hence this is the time to speak the word of appreciation and sympathy, to do the generous deed, to forgive the fault of a thoughtless friend, to sacrifice self a little more for others. Today is the day in which to express your noblest qualities of mind and heart, to do at least one worthy thing which you have long postponed, and to use your God-given abilities for the enrichment of someone less fortunate. Today you can make your life - significant and worthwhile. The present is yours to do with as you will."
-Grenville Kleiser

"The falling drops at last will wear the stone."
-Lucretius Roman Epicurean poet, philosopher, & scientist (96 BC - 55 BC)

"The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball."
-Doug Larson

The roads were pretty icy today, but like the postmen in the quote, it did not stop us from the "swift completion of [our] appointed rounds. "

I am always amazed at the diversity of medical problems that come in through the ER. Imagine having a regular ER with its fractures and patients with chest pain, now add patients that have war injuries, then add post operative follow-up patients, then add pediatrics well-child visits, then add criminals and prisoners. Literally, anything could walk through the door at any minute. One gentleman was shoveling snow off the top of his roof and slipped and landed on his face and arm. He had a really good fracture.

A criminal was brought in that had pretty impressive injuries over his lower extremities possibly caused by a baton. A father brought in an 18 month-old girl that had not reached her walking milestone. A women that had just had a hysterectomy came in to get her stitches removed.

Upstairs I spoke with one of the prisoners that was hospitalized for chest pain. Her surprising spoke very good English. I have come to the conclusion that I would be a very poor judge because I tend to believe everything people tell me. Of course, everyone says that they are innocent and wrongly accused. I do not envy the judge that has to decide innocence or guilt. We had a long discussion about his heart condition. I was glad to see that he was getting appropriate care just like any other patient would have received. Once patients walk through the doors of a hospital there are no longer good guys or bad guys, only patients. Some of them just so happen to have handcuffs on.

For some reason there were a lot of spontaneous snowball fights today. I am not sure what it is about the snow over here but I am able to make the perfect snowball. I was walking with one of the contractors, engrossed in an important conversation, when all of the sudden, "Wham-o!" A snowball got me right in the face. It was pretty funny. I was able to deliver my revenge after dinner with a sneak attack of my own.

Thanks for reading.