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In the past there were legends like:

“Scarface”, “Machine-gun”, Mugsy, “Sammy the Bull”, “King Blood”, etc.

However, Mexico had a gangster nicknamed: “The Barbie”

Ken was not available for comment….

Saw this story in AMNY today:

Queens man lives in bathroom to cut off tech addiction

Odd, but not as bad as say China where they have “tech addiction camps”.

Reminds me of a story one of my Rabbis once told our class about one of the great Torah scholars (I want to say of the Middle Ages–but I can’t remember exactly). The scholar was so focused on his Torah studies, that occasionally he would take himself into the bathroom to read and learn secular subjects–namely mathematics . (I think the individual was the Vilna Gaon?)

With the potential to spark a riot on the UWS and heavily Jewish enclaves:

A tax on sliced bagels

This is one of the ways the state wants to plug it’s budget hole….
(Note: unsliced bagels remain tax exempt)

Stupid Albany…..

Got two very strange emails from patients this evening….

They’ve left me shaking my head…

[With hyper-deference to privacy rules, I won't say any more]

Definitely a way to cap off a Monday…

This is definitely pushing things a little too far in my opinion:

Two dem candidates go on hunger strike–one gets enema

Of course this is all taking place in CA…figures…

All we had to bring to school was a few boxes of tissues (for each class no less) on top of all the other pencils, crayons, markers, rubber cement, glue etc.

We didn’t have to bring toilet paper…

And when I was your age…”four square” was also just a game we played on the playground. (Good times)

From yesterday, after agreeing to being a venipuncture volunteer:

From a girl feeling-up my forearms….

“ooh, you have such nice arms, can I stick a catheter in you?

Not quite sure how to respond to that one…

Bike agenda spins cities toward U.N. control, Maes warns

Still no solution however for the kamakaze NYC food delivery guys.

5-Foot Sand Shark Forces Closure of Seaside Beach

The shark was subsequently repulsed by the site of all the fake bake tans and hair products that it returned ot the water, instead of delivering Candygrams.

True, this is from the 9th Circuit court of appeals, but still…it’s too weird

Court: Chipotle restaurant violated disability law

Chipotle’s counters are too high? What about other places like Subway (or other sub shops)? Will this apply to them too?

Called to get a patient prior-authorization for a medication the physician prescribed. Standard routine. Went through fun with IVR system, and I ultimately get a human.

Do the routine identification verification thing and it turns out the patient’s insurance doesn’t cover the prescribed drug. I ask the CSR if an alternate medication would be covered, he says he can’t tell me but that I should contact the patient’s insurance.

Fair enough.

I ask the CSR, when I call the insurance, should I guide my call to the “Medical” option or the “Pharmacy” option?

The CSR proceeds to tell me that “In his personal experience, dealing with Major Medical Insurer is nothing but a headache. They have been unhelpful to him on a personal level”/

Alas, that failed to answer my inquiry, so I politely said thank you and hung up. I proceeded to call the insurer and get the pharmacy department, and we able to get the patient a suitable alternative medication. (With no hassle I may add).

SO thank you Mr. Random CSR at Major Medical Prior-Approval group…

Even when they aren’t patients of our office!

Got a call from the office this evening that an individual, who we’ll call Mr. Smith was calling about his appointment for this evening.

Problem is, Mr. Smith (a pseudonym) isn’t on the schedule.

So the technician in the office calls me, says Mr. Smith called about his appointment, isn’t on the schedule, but Mr. Smith had mentioned he was referred by Dr. Jones (also a pseudonym).

Dr. Jones happens to be a physician at “A Major Hospital” here in the city, so I tell the tech, that I think the patient is mistaken in the lab he’s calling–he probably meant to call “A Major Hospital’s” lab. Though Mr. Smith kept contending to the technician that he was calling Dr. Jones’ office (when he was really calling our office which has no relation).

I tell the tech that Mr. Smith must be mistaken, as this has occurred (albeit extremely rarely) during the day. The tech further explains that Mr. Smith also made reference to going to a location that’s on the opposite side of town from us (we only have one location).

Mt. Smith called the lab again, and soon after, the technician called me back. I’m not sure what they discussed, but the technician asked me for the phone number of “The Major Hospital’s” lab to give to Mr. Smith.
Thank goodness I knew where to look online to help the technician out.

Now hopefully there willl be no more calls from the lab this weekend!

So I noticed something weird today at the gym.

While working on my CGBP today, I found that I had a greater ROM in one arm relative to the other. Quite odd to say the least. (An aside: noticed an improvement in my overall arch ability for a change). I stopped the weight progression early as a result.

After my workout I looked at myself in the mirror, and perhaps I was seeing things, but one trap looked higher than another on me. Quite odd.

It’s off to hit the foam roller I go…

Young girl #1 to two other girls, looking at the prepared food case:
“ew…who eats Kinishes”

/Facepalm
//Not sure if the girls were Jewish…

Now men have the perfect excuse to avoid shopping… it could make them impotent

Airline Food Fails To Meet Health Standards

This sounds like it would’ve been ripped from the script of Seinfeld…yet it’s true.

Carb-counting New Yorkers demanding inside of bagels ‘scooped out’

If you’re so carb conscious…why eat a bagel in the first place? 99% of them are non-complex carbs anyway! And if you’re counting calories–the extra topping you put in the bagel will likely equal the calories you’ve had “scooped out”.

That aside–why get it scooped out? You’re not saving that many calories… Don’t they still make mini-bagels? Or why not eat half a bagel now and save half for later!
(Too much common sense, I know….)

Only in this City…

Was walking down our “hallway” at the office today, when one of the physicians from the research unit gave me a high-five–saluting me as “awesome vein man”

I guess that’s a complement and all–but the time he saw my veins it wasn’t even with a pump! Sad that despite everything else i do at the office which I’m recognized for, this is what my new claim to fame is (at least for the next day or so)

Today’s episode comes from US customs. Apparently an electronic item was being sent back to our company from a partner in Europe—I say “apparently” because I wasn’t involved in this at all–except for the fact that I’m the contact person on file with the courier.

Customs apparently wants to know the name/address of the manufacturer. Fair enough. (What Customs does with all this info is way beyond me–but that’s a conversation for a later date) SO after a bunch of emails to other people I find out what the device is and it’s manufacturer.

I go to the manufacturer’s website to get the address
Funny thing though–the manufacturer for some reason doesn’t put their full address on their website! I found that to be quite odd–wouldn’t a company want it’s mailing address listed?
[A quick Google search yielded the necessary info though]

I’ll follow up tomorrow and see where things stand…

Can’t say this story is too surprising (though very amusing)

Union Square May Need to Weed the Weed