Going over some quotes with Will Shakespeare. Ask us anything.

[Aristus]

Oh, and booze. We're drinking booze ...

[Incitatus]

1. Do you believe Doctors Without Borders to be a good trustworthy charity.

They're my #1 choice.

[Aristus]

2. Yes.

Without question.

[In_The_Wind]

3. It's nice to see that you survived today.

How did you manage that without throttling someone ?

[Aristus]

5. By knowing that you were in the world, somewhere...

[In_The_Wind]

8. That's so sweet.

Do you remember that chocolate experiment we discussed a month ago? Well, I tried it today.

[Aristus]

9. How did it go?

PM me the details if you need to...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. You and Will.........drinking BOOZE???

What has the world come to?

[Aristus]

6. I know, right?

"Pegeen, lass! Oceans of love, angel mine!"

He's happy to see you, I think...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. It does rather look that way...

He certainly has a way with words...

[Aristus]

10. Certainly when you're around...

[Aristus]

11. Okay, I'm pretty plowed now...

Will is apologizing to the rest of the bar for me...

"Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth..."

Whew! Porter packs quite a kick!

I had a couple of shots of Ouzo, and a shot of vodka to help it along...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Help WHAT along???

You can be quite eloquent under these circumstances...

[Aristus]

13. Just a nice buzz, that's all, CalPeg.

In case you haven't figured it out by now, I'm an affectionate drunk.

Not creepy, clingy drunk; the kind where apologies circulate at every subsequent family gathering. Just the cute kind... (I hope...)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. Oh yea, I have noticed...

You are indeed an affectionate drunk!



Enjoy your buzz!

[Aristus]

15. Thanks.

I need a good buzz...

Rotten day at work...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. I'm sorry you had a rotten day at work...

I'm more than willing to lend a sympathetic ear if you want to talk...

[Aristus]

17. Oh, it's not that big a deal.

I got called on the carpet for not doing a physical for a patient.

So many factors...

1. He was a new patient. How can any provider do a full physical on a brand new patient? Without an establishing visit? Without reviewing prior records? Without enough time (I was allotted 15 minutes.)

2. He complained to management, who told me to do a full-up physical in the allotted 15 minutes.

3. He had previously undiagnosed high blood pressure, and refused a further workup to assess his cardiovascular risks.

4. He was 73, and had never had a screening colonoscopy. When I recommended a fecal occult blood test, prior to a screening procedure, he declined, saying he didn't need one.

5. SO: if he wasn't going to follow sound medical advice, why the hell did he walk in the door in the first place? Huh? If he was going to demand a physical exam, a logical person would assume he would follow the medical advice from any findings derived therefrom...


Anyway, I'm pissed because I got reprimanded for being a good medical provider...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. I think you did the best you could, given his intransigence.

I mean, why did he come in, if he had already decided to not follow your suggestions?

He must have had mixed feelings about everything.

You did your best.

[pinboy3niner]

18. Porter, ouzo and vodka? I don't think that's what Will meant by "elements so mixed in him"

His life was gentle; and the elements
So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up,
And say to all the world, THIS WAS A MAN!

--from Julius Caesar

[Aristus]

20. And all he had to do to earn such an accolade was stab a guy to death...

"And you Brutus? My child?"

[struggle4progress]

21. Does he regret never writing a play about Dealy Plaza?