Low Dog on the Totem Pole

Click on the image to read Mark's amazing story.

Thanks to Randy Cassingham and ThisisTrue.com for posting the original.

Woman brought in by ambulance for vaginal bleeding to nurse trying to get a blood pressure throws her hands up in the air and says, "Whoa, wait, I don't need none of that, I'm just out of pads. Just give me some pads so I can go home."


Woman brought in by ambulance, "I don't need no doctor, I just want to see a social worker and the chaplain because I have a ($3.00) prescription I can't afford."

Nice that the emergency system provides those big white taxis.

Perhaps it's just that the payment  needs to come directly out of their pocket, Dr. Mann.  Then maybe those 311 people being canceled daily could get their surgeries.

Defeats the purpose, doesn't it?

In Pennsylvania a truck crashing into a room counts as a natural death?


A nose by any other name...
H/T Fark


Managing these symptoms is more than a matter of comfort. 

Lessons in Happiness



The outtakes are special

Bob Hope's Palm Springs home is for sale, see it along with a those of a few other real stars at the link

Price reduced!

How has your life changed in a year?

Always thought doing something like this would be interesting.  There was an old hotel in Long Beach I used to dream of turning into a home...

Eat for the winter light

Neat pics result from Tumblr tag #records

Christmas dinner in the nursing home??

Ode to a salad

The comments are interesting...

Godspeed, Lowell

Oh, I get it now. It's about becoming, not learning.

Embarrassing gym moments

The proper way to uncork champagne;




The Introverts Guide to Surviving Family Weddings

TV cartoonist creates new stuff 

Don't go read the description if you have a weak stomach

It's ok, Mom