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Loving Annie — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:55:00 -0000

Good Thursday morning , AD !

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Christina — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:22:00 -0000

Outstanding work as usual, AD.< />I enjoyed every word.< />Except turd.

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Cinnkitty — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:10:00 -0000

Dude! Okay.. you must have been channeling my way becauase I swear I was doing pretty much the same thing with someone at work yesterday! Okay.. yours was medical and mine computer..but still...< />< />Rock on AD!! Keeping sending those "smack down" vibes my way. :)

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John — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:42:00 -0000

OK dude- I have to do this-< />I know you have more awards than SC and LA has Mediciad Patients but I have to pass on the Reflective Bloggers Award to you. Please see my site later this evening for details. You'll never really know how much you helped initally AD so enjoy it my friend!< />< />Should be up later this evening and definitely before nights end.< />< />John

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phlegmfatale — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:25:00 -0000

well done!

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Sarah — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:55:00 -0000

I think that I have it a little better when I teach. My bad students just fall asleep or wait until they're out of class, and *supposedly* out of my hearing to complain about how they didn't need that instruction. I try to be gracious when a few days later they come to me and ask me how to do the very task I was trying to teach. Management frowns on the slap upside the head approach!

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mielikki — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:19:00 -0000

A good one. Though I was a little unnerved, as TSM are my initials, in "real" life. . .

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Scoob — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:47:00 -0000

I knew I was in for a good one as soon as I read "medeival on the heifer". Bravo.

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Billy Sparks — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:13:00 -0000

I will admit when you are required to hear the same lecture for the 400th time it is boring but I try to keep my mouth shut because someone in the room might be on there first time. That is unless I really know the instructor at which point try to liven the class up with "interesting" answers.

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Jay G — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:46:00 -0000

idea for a blog post...

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Loving Annie — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:00:00 -0000

Very good, AD, very good. Put her in her place with exqusiite skill and scorn that cannot be complained about ! < />Ah yes, the joys of eliminating the bad turds without having once had to swear at them or lose one's temper !< />< />I promise if I ever take one of your clsses it'll be because I WANT to ! < />And I will pay homage to your wise instructor-dom with fresh baked goods and attentive gazes of humble adoration in your direction.< />< />p.s. I'm glad you enjoyed my blog post the other day ! Thank you for the nice comment !< />It was so much fun writing it -- and getting the re-awakeneed naughty side of me back out of the closet, that I've started an erotica blog... *bombshell news delivered and accompanied by very angelic innocent look*< />< />I'd love it if you came to visit !< />< />It's called 'Mhmmm Yes I Love That', and can be found at :< />http://www.yesilovethat.blo... < />< />Hope that are scheduled for a day or two off to catch up on your rest, one of the other instructors is back to help teach the class, you get to see KatyBeth, and that you have a good Tuesday !< />< />Genuinely,< />Loving Annie

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StarfuryZeta — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 07:57:00 -0000

I loved the technique. Sure beats bringing a clue-by-four to class.

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CrankyProf — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 07:21:00 -0000

I love it when you can boost antoher timid student's self-esteem, and get a sacker to admit that they weren't listening.< />< />Job well done!

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USS Ben USN (Ret) — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 04:43:00 -0000

What a turdzilla that snurse was!< />< />No offense to Godzilla, of course.< />< />Well done, btw! Glad she didn't clog up the toilet on the way out.

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Brendan — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:33:00 -0000

Great job AD. Unfortunately, I'm in a glass half-empty kind of mood. Ergo, I come to the conclusion that she'll find some other shmuck's class that she can skate through and get a certification that has no basis in actual learning. < />< />But it won't be on your license!

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Babs RN — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:11:00 -0000

Heh heh. Sweeeeeeet.

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Epijunky — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:54:00 -0000

As a somewhat timid type (at times, I'm working on it), I have to stand up and clap :)< />< />Now if you could use the Turd Technique on my I/C, I'd elevate you to Sainthood.< />< />Thanks for the great read!

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JeRRTep — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:39:00 -0000

OMFMind! after a very brutal 12 hrs on the floor running by very behind off catering to the whiny a** needs of all the crabby family members and my patients, I come home to hear pretty poopy news from my 14 y/o of her deadbeat daddy getting drunk last night and letting my 16 y/o unlicensed daughter drive his drunk a** home with my 14 y/o in the car as well, I needed that laugh!! and I mean you made me Laugh Hysterically!!!< />I'm sick, very sick of the Know-it-all's who time after time prove they know absolutely nothing!!!< />YOU ARE MY HERO OF THE EVENING!< />GO AD! you rock man!

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Divemedic — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:23:00 -0000

I would tell you that I ignore the videos and, you know, TEACH. < />< />I would tell you that nearly every student likes that better than video instruction.< />< />But that would require me to tell you that AHA doesn't approve. The would also make it necessary to point out that we don't do that, because AHA doesn't approve.< />< />I don't have to tell you that.< />< />It can be our secret.

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armed_and_christian — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:15:00 -0000

And this is the problem with becoming entrenched in your one specialized field of study: you not only become a know-it-all, legend-in-your-own-mind tool, but you forget how to deal with patients of other sorts who present with S/Sx different from what you are used to. < />< />Well done, AD. Since it'll be a while before we make it back down to Louisiana to visit my wife's family, why don't you come up to Indy and conduct a couple Audit & Review classes?

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Fyremandoug — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:02:00 -0000

Dude you are the Maestro, My EMT instructer one time told a student if they were going to act like a Turd just go out and lay in the grass with the rest of the fecal< />material

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born_yesterday — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:51:00 -0000

Good job AD. We've been missing you here though :)

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Hammer — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:56:00 -0000

Beautiful. Handled perfectly

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SpeakerTweaker — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:29:00 -0000

Oh. My. God.< />< />I've got a couple guys at work that I need to have handled in just such fashion.< />< />Ever think of taking up high-end audio/video instruction?< />< />Just a thought.< />< />< />< />tweaker

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kingmagic — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:19:00 -0000

Sounds like a "Close Encounter of the Turd Kind!"< />< />Devilish instructional techniques there AD.