Another Doctor Gag Rule
Before I was a nurse, I was an Emergency Medical Technician, and later, the OSHA nurse in one of my jobs. One day I was working in the community, and asked to deal with a situation. A man who lived in a building thought he was exposed to some floor-stripping chemicals used in a renovation. [...]
Keep it Going– Support RIPTA
EcoRI reports on an effective citizen action to support public transit… What a difference a year makes. With RIPTA facing a projected $8 million budget shortfall in fiscal 2013, which would translate to about a 25 percent cut in services, schedules and routes without a more stable funding source, a group more than 60 residents [...]
Today in Trivia
I thought it was a principle of nature that a standard transmission is more fuel-efficient than an automatic, but David Sirota at Salon argues otherwise– ‘Is it Ethical to Drive Stick?’ I still think a standard is more fun. Not as cool as a motorcycle of course, but should get me a few points to [...]
Pawtuxet Village Farmers Market Opens Tomorrow
From Steve Stycos: PAWTUXET VILLAGE FARMERS MARKET OPENS SATURDAY The Pawtuxet Village Farmers Market opens Saturday May 12 for its year with the addition of a coffee vendor, a fisherman and a new bakery. In addition, returning farmers will have a variety of salad greens and spinach, plus plants. Our newest vendor is LeFavorite Bakery, [...]
Another Lethal Weapon
Cary Tennis on Salon.com has a reader looking for advice on what to do when mom won’t give up the keys… Now the issue at hand is getting Mom to give up her car. She has macular degeneration with very impaired vision, but apparently not crossing the line into legal blindness. But there’s no doubt [...]
While it Lasts
It’s 10:10am, I’m cooking what was in the fridge. Everything still works, just a couple of tiny flickers in the lights. I’ve still got hot water and the basement was pretty dry last time I looked. There’s a big branch down in my back yard but nothing was there to hit. In my neighbor’s parking [...]
They Dump, We Pay
I’m on the road today, taking a break at the Liberty Elm. Not much time, but I’ve been on the intertubes late at night when I’m too tired to write, and there’s a little item from the back pages of the ProJo that caught my eye, back on July 27. This is in my visiting [...]
Save RIPTA
For all my voting life I have been pulling the lever for transportation bonds that put big bucks into highways. I do it to authorize the pocket change for public transit included in the small print. Being both a car owner and bus rider I say it’s time to balance the funding and build up [...]
Air-Conditioned Hell
As I mentioned in a previous post on working as a motel maid, the shock of stepping from a hot concrete walkway into a stuffy, refrigerated room has put me off air-conditioning. The good side of that is that I have the windows open and fans bringing in outside air. The bad part is that [...]
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