Diverdowndoc

Facebook is the new crack

I've been on FB for about  a year now, but so many more people I know are on it that I started doing it again and have discovered the new crack.  This is but a sample- a video that implanted a semi-permanent ear-worm for me.  Enjoy.  Thanks, CrossGirl!

Exploding banana-head guy

At the risk of being a copy-cat, I just have to post this here, though I saw it on Dave Barry's blog first. 

Dave said it best:

"IF YOU SEE ONLY ONE VIDEO TODAY OF A GUY WHOSE HEAD IS COVERED WITH BANANAS CONTAINING FIRECRACKERS THAT HE LIGHTS ONE AT A TIME

...make it this one."

This was too weird to not post here as well.

It's the most wonderful time of the year

We spent our first Plus-mas (!) away from home this year.  Here at Universal Studios we have seen amazing CGI effects, 4-D Theaters, thrill rides, spent a lovely Christmas meal with my father and some of his friends, and the thing the kids like the best: the walkie-talkies I bought for the trip.  We probably could have stayed home and put a kid in the basement and another on the third floor and let them fuss at each other over the airwaves, but  Mr. diverdowndoc and I wouldn't have had the pleasue of telling them to stop.

Merry Plus-mas!

So we are headed on the never-ending pilgrimage to visit theme parks and relatives for the holidays.  After hours in the car, the first three of which I was able to sleep since I worked the night shift and we left Atlanta at 9:30am.  We have every electronic device known to man, yet we still end up talking to each other for the remaining 6 hours (can you imagine?).  Female Docling is on a continuous 8-track of annoying Christmas songs, particularly the 12 days of Christmas, which she tries in various Marylyn Manson voices. 
So Male Docling asked, " Why do they call it X-mas?"
Mr. Diverdowndoc replied, "Because Christ was crucified on a cross, which looks kind of like an 'X'"
Male Docling thought about this for a moment then commented, "Wouldn't that make it 'Plus-mas'?"
I think I'll start wishing people a Merry Plus-mas!

AC/DC

The doclings and I are at the AC/DC concert. Somehow it doesn't seem right that the flashy plastic devil horns have replaced lighters. The upside is that there were some guys yelling through a bullhorn on our way in that the doclings and I were going to burn in Hell. So there's hope.

Halloween in the Emergency Department

We were wearing the traditional black and orange because we were having our Haz-Mat disaster drill. My first two patients were high-school girls whose fathers were firefighters so they had been drafted into playing victims of a chemical plant fire. They were giggling while strapped to backboards. "What happened?" I asked. "I'm unresponsive," the first girl said. "Me too," piped her friend.
Trick or treat!

Hunt Clue - the musical

This was the hunt clue that included  a flying sheep.

Andy thetropichunt.com guy

The Marathon Hunt is over

This was apparently the longest in history and required multiple hints to solve. Whew!

Getting ready for the Hunt

We are in the green room waiting to start. We saw Dave and Tom already and they look particularly crafty. Maybe it was the bandit squirrel at breakfast.