Saturday, August 05, 2006

Maybe I Could Use Some Of That Rozerem After All.....

It's 2 in the morning, and I'm listening to the 1812 Overture. If you have more than a passing familiarity with classical music or the Bad News Bears, you know the piece I'm talking about. It has some kick-ass cannons at the end. If I were to have one piece of advice for a modern day classical music composer, it would be, "more cannons." Click here to hear what I'm talking about.

It's 2 in the morning, and the question that won't leave my mind:

Does someone go out and tune the cannons before a concert?

Too much scotch.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is the first time I have read your blogs. They are awesome! I am a newly licensed pharmacist. I work retail (for Giant), and I feel myself burning out already.

massager2002 said...

This is so funny and it sounds like we have a problem in this country of a raging addiction to prescription drugs. I guess I should feel blessed and extremely lucky to be taking no daily meds for any health conditions. But you would have no jobs without the high output of meds that Doctors fill for their patients. In my humble opinion, most people could correct their health problems by following the blood type diet (www.dadamo.com) but that would mean having a strength of will and mind it seems most people don't have. It takes loads of work to not eat sugars or foods that disrupt the digestive system. Most people are addicted to quick fixes and hence your funny or tragic stories! Have a fun day at the pharmacy. It is too bad that rude people are making your lives miserable when your intention is the opposite, to makes theirs better!!

Anonymous said...

As a pharmacist who spent 3+ years in a military band almost 40 years ago, to pay for college, I feel that I'm uniquely qualified to answer the question you posed. No, the cannons are not tuned. But I must tell you it is a big rush to sit near those big cannons when they are used in the 1812 Overture! I practiced pharmacy in many retail settings, from small village, to large cities, for 30 years. I am now retired, and can certainly relate to your blogs. The practice of retail pharmacy had degraded so much over that period of time, and I am glad I was able to leave it, never to return.

Unknown said...

Ok, so I'm a bit late to the conversation, but here goes. First of all, I'm not a man but I might be dumbass's sister!! JK. But I do have a story too. So, I lost my insurance last year and this has been a learning curve. First of all, you have to price your drugs, and you WILL end up going to 3 different pharmacies for 7 different drugs. Why expect one pharmacy to be cheapest on all of your meds. And then you have to tell your dr's office you will no longer be getting refills 90 days at a time (mail order).

So.....then you go to the first pharmacy for the first 2 Rx's and the tell you.........that will be $749.50 (or whatever).......and you have a look of shock!! Then they tell you the Dr's office .........you guessed it, called in the 90 day supply. So you have to tell them you will not be able to give them $749 so they have to call the Dr's office to correct the error, which I thought they did LAST month, you know, when I had to wait......and they had to call the Dr. for a 30 day supply.....again.

I think with the complexity of the entire process and the number of parties involved.......and that dreadful learning curve.......we are all just screwed! And did I mention, I need those RIGHT NOW!! Please