Best Care In The World.

Most Qualified Personnel/Most Highly trained staff.

Top Men…..Top. Best in the world on this issue. Really.

“Breach of Protocol.”

So despite the best equipment and the best training, someone apparently made a mistake and contacted Ebola. I feel very sorry for her.

One might have thought that with all the resources available this could have been prevented…Of course, had  Mr. Duncan not come from Liberia without screening……..

And, of course, had the CDC not lost sight of it’s mission and spent the budget investigating domestic violence and workplace injuries and glowball warming and such, they might have been able to put together a cohesive, non PC response…

And all the tellers are wearing pink (very pink) scarves.

So I asked…”what is up with the pink scarves?”

“Breast cancer awareness” was the reply. “We are all doing our part”.

“Oh”  I replied “me too”

“What are YOU doing for Breast cancer”?

“I’m offering free exams”. I replied holding up both hands.

Dude behind me passed an entire Starbucks Vente latte through his left nostril. 

So a year or so ago, our Sears garage door opener died (after literally 40 years of service)….Since this is our primary means of entry and egress from the house (we seldom use the front door) we had to purchase a new one, and after a bit of research, we chose a Chamberlain opener that Home Depot had on sale. Battery backup (not that big of a deal, but hey, the price was right) and the ability to check on the status of the door and open or close it over the internet, using a smartfone (a bigger deal, as I tend to forget whether I closed the door or not and often turned around on the way to work to make sure).

We liked the feature, and used it often….then MC got a new phone and I found out that I had, foolishly, forgotten to write down the logon and password….and for some strange reason, the Chamberlain system failed to recognize my email in order to reset the password.

One call to the help desk was all it took. The woman there, using the caller ID feature, was able to identify me, and send me a new password via email….AND INSISTED THAT SHE STAY ON THE LINE WHILE I ENTERD IT and made sure that the new password worked…. Then called me today to make sure that I had had no issues entering the new password into MC’s new phone and that everything was working.

This is a lot better than I expected. I really expected to get “Peggy” from Indonesia with an accent that was hard to understand or Achmed from Pakistan or something…but I got a real American sounding person who was pleasant and easily understood….. Who followed up to make sure that I was happy and satisfied.

Now, I expect that this door opener will last a few years, but I also know that when I buy another one, I will certainly look at Chamberlain first.

At the polls.

Why do our court justices not see the fact that an ID is required to function in this society today….but accept the lie that the requirement of an ID to vote is somehow a burden?

HERE

No more “professional qualified immunity”.

Especially in cases like THIS. At last the courts are putting limits on behavior….

By the CDC:

Deputy who had contact with Dallas”Patient Zero” hospitalized with possible Ebola symptoms

Now, this is likely a false alarm. Then again, WHY WASN”T THE CDC paying attention to ANYONE who was in contact with patient zero–Mr Duncan (who, BTW, died earlier Wed AM). I mean, monitoring several times a day for fever and other symptoms….Why did he go to a “quick care” facility instead of a hospital? (And why, when he visited the partement of Duncan, wasn’t he given at least a mask and gloves?).

Again, this MIGHT (probably is) a false alarm. But again, this illustrates the casualness that the CDC and the Texas and Dallas Health departments are treating this.

(and BTW, despite the “best care in the world” Mr Duncan died….Think about that).

Seriously, if I were in the Dallas area, I’d be gettin worried about now. The whole handling of this entire incident seems like an opening storyline from a book like “The Stand” or a movie like “Outbreak“. (or How to Enable a Pandemic in 6 Easy Steps…)

But,as Tam points out, at this point the odds of you or I contracting Ebola are fairly small… But the more I learn about the response by the CDC (and others who SHOULD know better) the higher I think those chances get.

The Gray Man: Payback

An excellent story. A page turner. I was hard pressed to put the copy I had down (I was a beta reader for him as he is my friend).

If you haven’t read Vingettes, then you need to read that first.

This is a continuation of the story….and one that ends badly for those who screw with the family and friends of John Cronin. The details are there, of both rifle shooting and pistol shooting. The character development is excellent, and, for a while, you live his story.

I’d hate to be his enemy…

Read ’em both. You won’t be disappointed.

I am waiting for volume 3…..

Think a good thought for my brother. He has to do the right thing for an friend of 17 years today…..

He’s hurtin’.

Thanks

Except that I have my priorities totally screwed up, and I did the adult thing and did pre-winter chores all weekend.

So total rounds downrange—zero.

I am feeling the lack.