Strange and scary things

Aren't you just really creeped out by those Burger King commercials and the king's big, fat plastic head? Do you want to run out to (1) buy your breakfast from this guy or (2) mark his store with a big, fat X to warn others to stay away?

Does the song Hero that begins with a whispered "Let me be your hero" and continues with "Would you dance if I asked you to dance? Would you run and never look back Would you cry if you saw me crying Would you save my soul tonight?" remind you of a stalker movier, or am I the only one that finds it unsettling?

Is there something wrong with David Caruso's head? (star of CSI:Miami) It always looks to me like it's about to fall off his shoulders.

Would you ever buy fireworks from a guy called "Crazy Joe"?

Is this not the ugliest $50 candle holder you ever saw?

A glimpse into the good old days

I was pumping gas the other day at the local "service" station and noticed I got about 1 gallon of gas for $4. That just doesnt't seem right.

Why, it used to be I could get 4 gallons of gas for a dollar AND somebody else would pump it for me while I sat in the car AND watched him wash the windshield AND check the air, oil, and radiator AND then he would give me a gift just for stopping by.

Dang, I miss the good old days.

Nurses' Day

Did you remember that May 6th is Nurses' Day? That means we're starting Nurses' Week (May 6 - 12). Be sure to say "Hi" and "Great job" to your favorite nurse. If you can't find her (or him), say Hi to me! I was a soldier in the Bedpan Patrol for a couple of decades.

I was going to put a joke in here, but I couldn't find one that was funny so I decided to tell a true story. Then I remembered that nursing stories are only funny to other nurses. I found some cartoons that I thought were hilarous, but again - you had to have been there.

You don't need to know nursing to think these are funny - you only have to know me.

Visit www.nurstoon.com if you enjoyed these and want to see some true glimpses of my life as a nurse.

Come on in and sit a spell

Do you see the link to your left titled "Enjoy Indiana"? It still leads to the Indiana tourism site, but that slogan was retired last December. Someone found it too boring and non-descriptive. Hunh - nobody noticed that before?

If you click on the link, you'll be re-directed to VisitIndiana.com. At first, I thought that was the new slogan, though there isn't much difference (excitement wise) between "Enjoy Indiana" and "Visit Indiana".

The new slogan, which was announced in April, is actually "Restart your engines". Reportedly, that will create a buzz to attract tourists and their money to our fair state. Just in case Restart doesn't work out, I came up with some other catchphrases:

1. Visit Indiana - You'll Enjoy It!
2. Wander IN (I know that's similar to the ill-fated Wander Indiana, but I always liked that phrase and I loved the song, remember "hot dog people got it all down cold"?)
3. Race on IN
4. Speed - it's not just a town in Indiana. (Look it up - it's in Clark County)
5. From Amish to Nudists - we got something for everyone
6. wHoop it up in Indiana
7. Hoosier vacation destination now? (Think about it, say it outloud, it will come to you - eventually)
8. Spend your summer in Indiana - we've been saving daylight for you
9. Tornadoes love us and so will you!
10. There's more than 500 things to do in Indiana

(There's an article on Nuvo.net that indicates many Hoosiers thought the "restart your engines" slogan referred to restarting their cars after they hit a few potholes. Beware - there are several potholes around the Castleton mall big enough to actually swallow a Volkswagon Beetle or Mini-Cooper.)

SOB

While I was reading my blog the other day, I saw the caption "Now I can coast" under the title. It occurred to me that I wasn't coasting anymore.

The terrain of my life has shifted in the last few months and is on a definite incline. Hopefully, the view at the top will be worth the climb because I’m struggling to keep up. I’m a little SOB.

SOB is a medical acronym for Short of Breath. (I've had more than one patient take umbrage at seeing that description in a chart.) It seemed a fitting title for this entry, in more ways than one.

I'm old, I'm tired, I'm cranky. ---Me