Friday Night Vodka Buzz. Ask me anything.

[Aristus]

Two shots to get the party started. Now a Manhattan, my favorite cocktail. It’s my nickname, too. Given to me by the referral coordinator at my old job. Coolest nickname I’ve ever had.

Tonight’s variation is a Perfect Manhattan. A classic Manhattan has 3/4 of an ounce of sweet vermouth. A Perfect Manhattan has 1/2 an ounce each of sweet and dry vermouth.

Time to start the weekend.

I love you all…

[True Dough]

1. Do you have a bumper sticker with this message?

[Aristus]

2. No, but I need one.

I’m always telling my patients how bad fruit juice is for their health. I don’t tell them that I drink the fermented version.

[Ptah]

3. Do any of your patients ask for a drug they see advertised on the TV?

[Aristus]

5. Not all that often, now that I think of it.

And when they do, I can usually tell them “This medication works better, and is much less expensive, so your insurance will pay for it.”

[Chicagogrl1]

4. I like Negroni's

Trying to decide what to partake of this evening. What a week it has been.

[Aristus]

6. Something strong.

We’re all going to need it.

Here’s to surviving the next four years…

[surfered]

7. At least I've heard of a Manhattan. Question: should we get under our desks, put our heads between our legs, and kiss

our asses goodbye? Asking for a friend. Cheers🍷

[Aristus]

8. No.

There is no greater pleasure during the ascendancy of the smug rich bastards than outliving them.

Live on, my friend…

[surfered]

11. I'm working on it. 77 and still surfing.....unless the water temp gets too cold, which is currently 54 and it's tough.

[Aristus]

13. Go for it!

[niyad]

9. And we love you back.

How was your first full week on the new job?

[Aristus]

10. Easy.

My new employer uses the same electronic health records software as my old employer. I tested out of half the orientation classes for the software.

The remaining classes were easy. The schedule is clear: when your work is done, go home. So I’m easing in nicely. One more week, and I start seeing patients again.

[niyad]

12. So glad to hear this. You deserve the very best work situation!

[Aristus]

14. Got all my old office stuff moved in yesterday.

At my most recent employer, I didn’t have my own office, so my desk stuff just sat in a crate out in the garage for a year.

It’s nice to have my own place again.

Looking forward to settling into my old routine again. Going in early before the clinic opens. Enjoying the quiet, reviewing charts, looking over the day’s schedule, drinking coffee, surfing the net. The moments of Zen that keep a stressful occupation rewarding.

[niyad]

15. Oh my word!!! With all the BS you had to deal with, you didn't even have

your own office?? That place was even worse than I thought! (note to sellf: MORE pins in the poppets!!!)

[Aristus]

16. Well, even now, I'm sharing an office.

He’s an MD. He likes Star Wars and wears Jerry Garcia neckties. I own seven of my own, so we have those things in common.

Things are looking good…

[niyad]

17. Looking very good indeed.

[3catwoman3]

18. Which Star Wars movies does he like the best?

I only like the first 3 (episodes 4, 5 and 6).

During my first Air Force assignment, those of us working in the base pediatric clinic were allowed a little leeway in our uniforms because of working with kids - colored lab coats, pins on our lab coat lapels, posters in our exam rooms, and decorations on our stethoscopes.

I had a Star Trek science officer patch on the lapel of a blue lab coat. I'd purchased it at a fun little memorabilia shop in San Antonio aptly named Star Base 1. I was in a hospital elevator one time, and was asked what sort of military decoration it was. I explained it was not anything official, but was a Star Trek thing. I was then asked where I'd gotten it, and, without thinking how odd it was going to sound, replied "Star Base 1."

The quizzical look on the questioner's face was something to behold. They probably thought I should be on my way to the psych ward.

[Aristus]

19. I don't know.

We haven't really had a chance to talk yet. But he has Star Wars posters on the wall over his desk. He seems to like Boba Fett and Yoda the best among the characters.

I set up an image from "The Mandalorian" on my computer desktop. If he notices it, we'll probably end of having a discussion about SW.