Friday Night Rum Buzz. Ask me anything.

Two shots of vodka to get the party started, (and to finish off the bottle ) and now Tiger’s Milk; rum, brandy, half-and-half, and sugar, with a sprinkling of nutmeg.

Hope everyone is looking forward to a great weekend.

I love you all…

Trump supporters? Me again. How's this: Same charges, same judge, same jury, same verdict.

But it's Hillary Clinton. What say you now?

Yeah... ...that's what I thought...

To any lurking Trump supporters: Quit crying. You got what you wanted.

Hillary Clinton didn’t get to be President. Hillary Clinton will never be President. She took the loss so hard, she retired from public life.

That was what you wanted. You wanted it so bad, you voted for a sleazy real estate salesman who never saw a law he didn’t want to break. A squalid, unsavory scofflaw who squandered an inherited fortune, and has lived on borrowed money ever since.

You knew what you were voting for. You knew what you were getting. You encouraged his crass, boorish behavior, and he delivered.

How could you not think there would be a price to pay?

You got what you wanted. Hillary Clinton will never be President. Take that win and shut the fuck up.

On the third night of a three-day weekend, enjoying a Havana Sidecar.

Rum, Cointreau, and lemon juice. So, pretty much just a rung above sailors’ grog to prevent scurvy.

Happy Sunday, everyone.

Out of idle curiosity, I just took a sample online U.S. citizenship test.

50 questions. Scored 100%. Ridiculously easy test. I don't think that it necessarily would be for a new immigrant American. But you hear all the time about these right-wing armchair patriots who are unable to pass the standard citizenship test. And more than ever, I feel justified in my contempt for them. I'll take an immigrant American any day over some flag-flailing, chest-thumping, rah-rah meathead from Squalor Holler or someplace who can't pass a criminally easy citizenship test.

I'm a little annoyed with one of the front desk guys at my new clinic.

He was briefing one of my colleagues on a patient who had come in for evaluation. I didn't hear the beginning of the briefing, having just come in from finishing up with a patient of my own. But the receptionist told my colleague "Be prepared. It smells pretty bad in there."

I thought maybe the patient was coming in for a wound evaluation or dressing change.

My colleague asked me to switch with her because the patient stated he felt more comfortable with a male provider. I went into the exam room, and it turned out he was a homeless person. I barely noticed any smell at all. I know I'm more used to visiting with homeless people than the staff at my new clinic. But I was really offended that the receptionist made a big deal out of how my patient smelled. He's a human being! He didn't deserve that!

I realize that not everyone views the homeless the way I do, or loves them the way I have grown to. But the receptionist is a medical professional. He should have been more compassionate.

Enjoying a Beachcomber tonight. Never made one before. It's nice.

Rum, cherry brandy, Cointreau, grenadine, and lime juice. Very tropical.

Not the most sophisticated cocktail in the world. But pleasant to drink. And shouldn't that be the standard by which we judge a cocktail?

Hope everyone is enjoying a nice three-day weekend...

Friday Night Vodka Buzz. Ask me anything.

After a spectacularly busy day in clinic, I’m enjoying a Vesper; James Bond’s contribution to cocktail culture. Vodka, gin, Lillet Blanc, shaken, not stirred.

Criminally understaffed urgent care clinic today. Two providers having to wrangle forty-three patients. Somehow, we did it.

Looking forward to a relaxing three day weekend.

I love you all…

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe..."

How would you complete this soliloquy in order to tell people the things you’ve done in life?

Me: “I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. The full moon over the Arabian desert. The Aurora Borealis in northern Alberta. I watched lightning storms on the Caribbean west of Jamaica…”

Your turn…

No Friday Night Buzz Thread tomorrow night.