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You know you want to. The folks at Praetorian Group, for whom I write a regular column on EMS1, have just informed me that I’m a finalist in the 2014 Maggie Awards, for “Best Regularly Featured Web, eNewsletter or Digital Edition Column/Trade.” This is my fourth time as a Maggie finalist, and I won the award in 2012. Winners are ...

… they held their lighters aloft and swayed rhythmically. Men bought me beer, and women threw their panties on the stage. You know, the usual.* Just got back from the ESCAPe Conference in Pipestem, WV and the Ohio ITLS Emergency Care Conference in Columbus, OH. Had a great reception at both. This is the third time the folks at ESCAPe ...

As of 2:00 pm today, I am in debt for the next thirty years officially a homeowner. And now that the papers are signed and the deed is done, I would like to say this to my FHA mortgage underwriters: You can call go eat a big bowl of dicks. Thanks for making my Thanksgiving and Christmas a special hell, ...

On this day in 2006, I posted my very first entry on this blog. Seven years later, after roughly three million unique hits, four million page views (SiteMeter has been significantlyundercounting my hits ever since I switched platforms five years ago), and 2,045 blog posts, I'm still writing, and you're still reading. You people seriously rock. Thanks for making it ...

Headed to Mattoon, IL for a speaking engagement on Monday. The folks at Lake Land College and Sarah Bush Lincoln Hospital EMS are having me speak at their EMS banquet Monday night at 6:00 pm. And apparently, my host this weekend will be providing the Four B's: Boating, Beer, Burgers and Brats. Yeah, it's a tough life I live. CEU ...

For you Illinois EMS types (and anyone else), I'll be in Mattoon, IL to kick off EMS Week. I'll be giving a (hopefully) humorous and inspirational talk hosted by the nice folks at Lake Land College at 6:00 pm, May 20. Admission is free, and CEU credits will be awarded! Spread the word to your agencies, friends and colleagues! Be ...

Actually, it was yesterday. Six years ago yesterday, I put up my first post on this blog. Six years, 1,885 posts, two and a quarter million unique visitors, three and a half million page views, and countless new friends. Thanks for reading, y'all. You guys rock.  

Fussy Grandmother: “Now don’t you drop my grand-baby!” AD (winking at the child’s mother): “We do try to avoid such things, Ma’am. Too much paperwork involved.” FG (huffily) “Well, doesn’t that beat all! You’re more concerned with paperwork than taking care of my granddaughter!” AD: “Taking care of brave, pretty little girls like her is the easy part, Ma’am. It’s ...

Topped a cool two million unique visits sometime earlier today. That was months after I figured it would happen, but I finally got there. I need to post more often. Thanks to all my readers for making it fun, and here's to the next two million. May they get here sooner rather than later. More free ice cream coming soon.