Recent Comments

1. about 15 hours ago on Pearls Before Swine

   I worked in the hospital where most of “Regarding Henry” was filmed- never did see the end product, even though several of my patients were extras.

2. about 15 hours ago on FoxTrot

   Paige’s finances must be desperate- ten bucks is ten bucks.

3. about 15 hours ago on FoxTrot

   Not if he still has to pay people to accept his services!

4. about 15 hours ago on Baby Blues

   There are so many bygone traditions that were actually helpful, it’s it’s hard to mourn the demise of cursive writing.

5. about 16 hours ago on Baby Blues

   No, one just learns to decipher by context. The only part of a physician’s handwriting that is generally completely illegible is the signature, and the prescriber’s name and DEA # is usually pre-printed on the prescription pad.

   If there’s any doubt about the prescription itself, (or on a patient’s order sheet in their hospital chart) the physician gets a call to clarify. If there are enough interrupting calls or delays in carrying out orders, physicians usually clean up their writing.

6. about 16 hours ago on Baby Blues

   To what end? It doesn’t seem like a skill worth the time and effort to learn in today’s world- like using a slide rule.

7. about 16 hours ago on Baby Blues

   Cursive handwriting was stricken from Common Core Curriculum in 2010. There aren’t many downsides to that.

8. about 16 hours ago on For Better or For Worse

   The quietest, most self-effacing nurse on our unit slapped a “Grinch” nametag on me. If it had been anyone else, I probably would have hit back, but since it was Donna, I ruefully laughed and apologized for my extreme grumpiness.

   The right messenger can make all the difference.

9. about 16 hours ago on For Better or For Worse

   Is that a good thing?

10. about 16 hours ago on Doonesbury
    How you feel about the classmates who are likely to attend and summer weather in Philadelphia?

    Whether or not you actually graduated is pretty irrelevant by your 50th reunion.