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Aristus

Aristus's Journal
Aristus's Journal
July 16, 2016

Friday Night Wine-Buzz. Chianti. I should drink Beaujolais in honor of Nice.

But I don't have any.

The world completely sucks right now...

July 14, 2016

Shit. It has started. The other day, a patient brought a gun in to the clinic.

Waved it in the face of a colleague, and then demanded narcotic medication.

He was told to leave the weapon in his car, and he pulled the usual "I got my rights" horseshit.

Nobody got hurt this time...

Goddamn fucking gun owners...

July 9, 2016

No edition of William Shakespeare's Thought For The Day today.

I'm so outraged by the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philandro Castile, that the only images I felt compelled to use in my post were alarmingly graphic. As I prepared to press 'Post My Thread!', I realized that the images could be considered highly-disrespectful violence porn. I couldn't bring myself to go through with it.

I know we're all anguished about this, and the subsequent events in Dallas. And while deploring the murder of cops is a worthy reaction, I'm choosing to perpetuate the memory of Sterling and Castile. Will and I are taking a break this weekend. I hope we'll be back on track soon.

July 8, 2016

How Sweet The Sound...



Just trying to stay sane right now...
July 4, 2016

Fourth of July Buzz: Two...okay, LARGE (ahem) glasses of wine, and a couple of shots.



I'm going to need them in order to get through the neighborhood fireworks madness.

Why, oh why did I not ask for the 5th off from work?

July 2, 2016

Saturday, July 2nd. The Weekend Edition of William Shakespeare's Thought For The Day.



"What a wretched and peevish fellow is he,
to mope with his fat-brained followers
so far out of his knowledge!"

Henry V, Act III, Scene 7, Lines 133-135.

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Hometown: Puyallup, Washington
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About Aristus

I truly believe that we will all live in peace and brotherhood someday. And so that I don't lose my faith in humanity, I will live my life as if that day had already happened.
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