I'm A Sick Twisted Freak!

Today I was really excited to travel in to Pittsburgh for my first ever book signing.

Conservative radio talk show host, TV personality, and best selling author Glenn Beck, was in Pittsburgh to sign copies of his new book "An Incovenient Book". I would like to give you some quips and quotes, but there is probably some question and concern over copy right infringement if I were to do that. Just let me say that my son Adam (15 years old), was reading the book while we were waiting in line at the signing, and he was laughing out loud.

I am looking forward to settling down in Yakima, so I can order his monthly magazine Fusion, which sounds hilarious.

His radio show does a fake gameshow on Fridays during football season called "More-on Trivia", but pronounced as Moron Trivia. What happens is that they call up 7-11 type stores in cities with teams competing that weekend in the NFL. The premise is that the people working in these stores are not the brightest bulbs in the package. Each "contestant" is asked a series of current events questions, and the person with the most correct answers predicts the winner of their game that weekend. It is hilarious.

Glenn is also a convert and has a great story of the change in his life following his baptism.

Black Friday

924 cases completed.

It's beginning to look a lot like winter. The dark skies have rolled in over Pittsburgh, and the snow is falling. Lucky for me I got the Harley put into winter storage yesterday.

Today is the day that is traditionally known as Black Friday, the traditional start of the holiday ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping) shopping season. A few years ago a friend of mine talked me into going shopping the morning of Black Friday. In an attempt to lure in shoppers, many stores open early in the morning. Usually around 0500, but some even open at midnight. They tempt shoppers with big sales promotions of items which are usually in limited quantity. The one trip into the hell which is Black Friday that I attempted, was to purchase a paper shredder. Should have been simple enough. I lined up against the side of a Circuit City with about 100 other people. When the doors finally opened people from the parking lot flooded straight into the store, and left those of us who were stupid enough to stand in line right where we were. I have never been out shopping on Black Friday again.

I have 4 clinical days left in my "traditional" anesthesia education. With luck I might make 950 cases. I was hoping to have 1000 by graduation, but that won't be possible as we are making a trip out to Washington next week to look for a place to live. There is a lot to do between now and January. We still have to decide on a move date, and I have to pick a date to take my certifying exam.