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  • Bag with Green Stripe

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    What do you do with a single short strap of olive green strapping? It came off of an old, discarded “spider strap.” This is what I came up with. As with so many of my bags, they are one-of-a-kinds that can’t be reproduced.

  • Vomiting Bright Red Blood

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    Vomiting Blood A 22-year-old man came in saying he had been vomiting blood for several hours. He also had abdominal pain, felt weak and dizzy. He had never had anything like this happen to him before and had no significant past medical history. He looked uncomfortable and a little pale. His abdomen was tender, his…

  • Chocolate Chocolate Chip Shortbread Cookies

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    If you look through the many recipes on this blog, you might notice that dry, crumbly cookies are not well represented. I think it was the “chocolate-chocolate chip” part of the recipe title that caught my attention. Plus, I just wanted to try something new. Chocolatey and buttery. Good combination. Recipe By: Mercury News Yield:…

  • Tad Bag in Poland

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      Rafal, a good friend and nurse from the emergency department, sent me these pictures of him visiting his hometown of Krakow, Poland. I’m pretty sure that’s the furthest a Tad Bag has traveled and come back with a picture to show for it.

  • Pinworms

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    A young man came in about 3:00 in the morning worried he had overdosed on medicine for pinworms. He said he was standing in front of a convenience store when a passerby noticed him “itching my butt.” The other man told the patient he probably had pinworms. The other guy also said he just happened…

  • Shower Bag

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      I made this bag for my wife to take into the shower with her when we are camping somewhere like in a state park. It has pockets on the outside for shampoo, etc., and room insider for clothing and hair dryer. And it looks great.  

  • Loaded-Up Pretzel Cookies

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      Recipe By: Taste of Home Cookbook Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened 1 cup sugar 1 cup packed brown sugar 2 large eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2½ cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups miniature pretzels, broken 1½ cups sweetened shredded coconut 1½ cups milk…

  • Coffee Malteds

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      Recipe By: All over the Internet Ingredients: 3 cups all-purpose flour ½ cup unflavored malted milk powder 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 cup butter, at room temperature 1 cup sugar ½ cup packed light brown sugar 2 tablespoons ground coffee, preferably from espresso beans (or use instant or powdered coffee or espresso*) 1 teaspoon fine…

  • Taking a Dump at McDonalds

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    A middle-aged man with a black eye and scrape over his cheek sat on the gurney, obviously upset. He said he went into the local McDonalds to take a dump. Just as he was settling in to do his duty, a “crazy guy” he had never seen before broke into the stall hollering at him…

  • My “Cookie Bag”

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    For years, I have been taking cookies to the emergency department. Usually, they are stacked in gallon-sized Zip-Lock bags, carried in my Cookie Bag. The other day, when I came home from the hospital, I noticed that some of the seams were coming apart. I took it to my sewing room to mend it, like…