"The Daily Dose"

As told by a wise man, Jack Handey of SNL fame…

Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis.

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: “Mankind”. Basically, it’s made up of two separate words - “mank” and “ind”. What do these words mean? It’s a mystery, and that’s why so is mankind.

It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.

I bet the main reason the police keep people away from a plane crash is they don’t want anybody walking in and lying down in the crash stuff, then, when somebody comes up, act like they just woke up and go, “What was THAT?!”

The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face.

Ambition is like a frog sitting on a Venus Flytrap. The flytrap can bite and bite, but it won’t bother the frog because it only has little tiny plant teeth. But some other stuff could happen and it could be like ambition.

I’d rather be rich than stupid.

If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave man, I guess I’m a coward.

When you go in for a job interview, I think a good thing to ask is if they ever press charges.

To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there’s no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other.

What is it that makes a complete stranger dive into an icy river to save a solid gold baby? Maybe we’ll never know.

We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can’t scoff at them personally, to their faces, and this is what annoys me.

Probably the earliest flyswatters were nothing more than some sort of striking surface attached to the end of a long stick.

I think someone should have had the decency to tell me the luncheon was free. To make someone run out with potato salad in his hand, pretending he’s throwing up, is not what I call hospitality.

To me, clowns aren’t funny. In fact, they’re kind of scary. I’ve wondered where this started and I think it goes back to the time I went to the circus, and a clown killed my dad.

Most people don’t realize that large pieces of coral, which have been painted brown and attached to the skull by common wood screws, can make a child look like a deer.

If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might if they screamed all the time for no good reason.

Better not take a dog on the space shuttle, because if he sticks his head out when you’re coming home his face might burn up.

You know what would make a good story? Something about a clown who make people happy, but inside he’s real sad. Also, he has severe diarrhea.

If you’re ever in a plane getting ready to take off, and you see another plane crash into something, just smile, because hey, there have never been back to back plane crashes.

Sometimes when I feel like killing someone, I do a little trick to calm myself down. I’ll go over to the person’s house and ring the doorbell. When the person comes to the door, I’m gone, but you know what I’ve left on the porch? A jack-o-lantern with a knife stuck in the side of its head with a note that says “You.” After that I usually feel a lot better, and no harm done.

If you ever fall off the Sears Tower, just go real limp, because maybe you’ll look like a dummy and people will try to catch you because, hey, free dummy.

On Saturday, June 21 2008 one of our best travelers on staff passed away unexpectedly during his sleep.  Tim Ishler was a great guy in general, and a remarkable Respiratory Therapist.  Every travel assignment that we placed him in resulted in nothing but praise and appreciation for sending such a professional to their facility. 

Tim’s professional reputation preceded him throughout the state of Montana and we have heard from many fellow travelers with words of condolences when they heard of his sudden death.

One of the most common things that people knew about Tim was that he was a fantastic musician.  He was a born natural and several employees in our office here can testify to how great he was to watch perform in person.  For crying out loud, the guy won “The Gong Show” when he was a teenager!

To say we will miss Tim is an understatement, but we can only feel lucky knowing that we got to know him, if only for a short time. Our prayers and thoughts are with Tim and his family and friends.

Our local newspaper did a great article on him and it can be found at this link - http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2008/06/27/news/local/news02.txt

This is our first official post to ”The Daily Dose”, our Healthcare Travel Professional Blog.  We will be continuing to update daily and post items from across the country that are meant to inform, entertain and begin discussions.  These postings may be original content to update our readers on new developments within our company, as well as articles or information from secondary parties, and we will of course give credit where credit is due on those postings. 

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Adam - www.medicalstaffers.com