The Doctor Will See You.....Later

I'm running very late today. I had to take "Daughter" to the doctor late this morning. She had complained of some lumps behind her ear, and being the hysterical parents we are, it was off to the clinic. It turned out not to be tumors, conjoined twins or an alien growing out of her head, which was disappointing to me, but just some swollen glands from an ear infection that was getting started. "Daughter" always gets nervous when she has to see the doctor. I'm not good at alleviating her nervousness, so I just come up with the most horrible scenarios for what might happen. This gets her nuts. When everything turns out fine, I can say "See it wasn't as bad as I told you it would be." I'm no Dr. Kildare, but my bed side manner works for me.

While we're talking about doctors, why is it that they never seem able to keep their appointments on time. We waited almost an hour today. I know that there are emergencies, but hey, I'm a busy guy. I've got a blog to write and I'm sure there's something else I need to do. Sitting in a waiting room full of snotty nosed kids with whooping cough isn't one of them. How 'bout this? Schedule your appointments a little further apart. That way if things go bad and you have to give a kid some monster injection, you've left a little buffer. The doctor won't be as harried either. I want a calm physician, not one racing from vomit in room one to strep throat in room four and cholera in room five.

I just finished a conference call. It was my first one, so I'm still woozy. I'm going to be on WGN again this Friday morning (June 2) from 2-5am. The management really liked the show that I did with Laura Hirsch a couple weeks ago, so they're having us back. I'd do a little jig now, but since only the dogs would see it, I'll pass. If you're up at that time, I hope you'll listen.

All right, that's it for today. My schedule is all messed up and I'm nothing if not a creature of habit. I've got to go get "Daughter's" prescription. I really wish it had been an alien growing out of her head. Just think of the great "Wrath of Kahn" posts I could have written. Oh well. Later...Brian