Aristus
Aristus's JournalAt my old job, my office window looked out over the Safeway across the street.
The office where I'm working today at my new job, looks out over northwestern Tacoma. On a clear day, I've got a view of Mount Rainier.
I'm not in this office every day. But it's an improvement over my old one. 
Enjoying a Prince Edward tonight.
A nice, dry little cocktail to counter the sweetness of last night’s selection.
Whiskey, Lille Blanc, and Drambui. Just bought my first bottle of Drambui today, and I thought I’d take it for a test drive.
Hope everyone is having a great weekend.
Saw an open-carry shitbird at the grocery store today.
Open-carry assholes are a pretty rare sight around here, in the light-pink suburbs of blue Tacoma.
This fucknozzle ticked all the boxes; three hundred pounds on the hoof, tee shirt and cargo shorts, scraggly, gingery douchebeard, and a practiced scowl that indicated he was not looking for trouble, but likely hoping for it.
He had what looked like a Glock holstered to his hip. He undoubtedly thought it made him look like a latter-day Wyatt Earp. When all it did was make him look like a pathetic loser cosplaying a tough guy.
These festering, ambulatory lumps of defective human protoplasm are a plague on our nation.
Friday Night Brandy Buzz. Ask me anything.
Two shots of Suntori whiskey to get the party started. Now a Panama: brandy, white créme de cacao, and cream.
It’s basically a Brandy Alexander, but if you use white créme de cacao instead of brown, you can call it a Panama, and avoid the teasing.
Needed something sweet to celebrate the sweetness of not being with my old employer anymore.
Thank you for being here for me when I wasn’t able to be here for you.
I love you all…
Tomorrow in The Lounge: Friday Night Drinking Thread.
Topic to drink to: I no longer dread going to work.
Looking forward to the weekend.
I love you all…
I knew I was going to see some of my old colleagues at my new job. But it's even better!
These last three weeks have been hectic, stressful, and gratifying. I’m working at a much slower, more relaxed pace than at my old job.
Meeting up with a lot of my old colleagues, and providers with whom I worked when I was a Medical Assistant. It’s been such fun.
But I had an especially wonderful surprise in store. Back in the day, when I was a Medical Assistant, there was a guy who worked the front desk at one of the clinics I rotated through. He and I got along famously, and had a lot of fun on the job. He was a great guy.
I ran into him my second week at my new job. Just like me, he went to school to further his career. I became a Physician Assistant. But he went to Medical School! Graduated as a DO, which is a step above MD! I’m so proud of him. But not the least bit surprised by his success. I’m hoping I’ll get to work at his clinic every once in a while so we can catch up and work together again.
Anyway, while I miss my homeless patients, I’m much happier in my new work atmosphere.
Friday Night Vodka Buzz. Ask me anything.
A couple of shots to get the party started. Now I’m enjoying a Nutty Irishman: Irish Cream and Frangelico. End of my first week visiting with patients. I pretty much have the new electronic records system figured out.
The pace is less stressful, and nobody at the new clinic looks like they wish they were somewhere else.
I’m loving my new job. But I really hope some of my homeless patients come in to see me soon, because I sure do miss them.
I love you all. Got a new laptop, so I can start hanging out again more often.
Friday Night Bourbon Buzz. Ask me anything.
No mixed drink tonight. Just bourbon, neat, over chilled whiskey stones.
Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving.
I love you all…
Note to my beloved Loungers:
My traffic on DU is down a little right now. The laptop I’ve had for home use belonged to my old employer, and I turned it in last Friday. Also, I don’t access DU at my new job yet. One: I’m learning the new EHR system (vastly different from any other I’ve used before.) No time for idle net surfing. And two: the company monitors internet use at work. I don’t know if that applies to providers or not, but this early on, I’m not going to risk it.
Right now, I’m doing all my online navigating on my phone, which I don’t like very much. I was going to buy a laptop online, but Mrs. Aristus convinced me to wait until Black Friday, when I can get a good deal on one.
Anyway, I don’t imagine that anyone was on the edge of their seats waiting for my next post. 
But I’m just bringing everyone up to speed.
The re-boot of "Quantum Leap" needs to get some better writers.
In the most recent episode, the main character leaps into the body of a World War II veteran paratrooper. At one point, he discusses his service in the war by saying “I did four tours in Normandy!”
Anyone who has ever actually studied the war, however superficially, knows that ground forces didn’t do “tours” of duty back then. They were in the fight until they were killed, disabled, captured, or until the war was won. Air crew, like fighter pilots and bomber crews, did finite tours, so many missions, and then they could go home. But not ground forces.
The writer must be some young kid who thinks every war we ever fought was like Vietnam, Iraq, or Afghanistan; endless, pointless conflicts into which the same soldiers were rotated into and out of over and over until the war comes to a whimpering end. It must come as a surprise to learn that once, we fought wars for just reasons, with clear purpose, a clearly identifiable enemy, and a plan to effect a definitive victory.
Anyway, that piece of poorly researched writing leapt out at me. Thought I’d try to get it out of my system.
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