Let’s just get this out of the way: I’m weird about hugging. I’m not the type to have anxiety attacks when someone invades my space, althou...

First impressions, outside the hospital, are predictable. Height, weight, color of skin, expression; handshake, attention span, first and l...

I genuinely wasn’t prepared for the popularity of this blog, or for some of the sequelae that followed it. I thought a few people might rea...

So, uh, I’ve been on hiatus. I’ve been working on a few chapters for a book proposal, and trying to get things pretty enough to be usef...

Late post! God, I hate working a huge raft of shifts in a row. Out of the last ten days I’ve worked eight, and tomorrow I go back for two m...

Okay, so, that week off was desperately needed. I hadn't realized, but I was writing a ridiculous amount of verbiage, and it turns out t...

I meant to post Friday, but I was so tired after that last shift that I fell asleep on the sofa and didn't wake up until 1030. Today is ...