BOOK TOUR UPDATE

We had an excellent event tonight at Books and Books in Coral Gables. There was a great crowd, which included a major snake. Really. This thing was enormous, and Ridley and I had to try to read from our book while it slithered around on us, checking us out as if we were a human buffet. I will post photos of this when I get them and have changed my underwear.

Meanwhile, here's a CrapCam photo I took of Ridley in front of a drugstore that is observing Halloween by putting a huge inflatable Grim Reaper in the window. That's certainly what I want to see in my drugstore: a symbol of death.

UPDATE: I see Judi has already posted photos (below) of Ridley and me with the snake. The snake's name is George, and its handler, Tom, did not seem overly concerned that George was wrapping himself around us. In the second photo we are trying to not appear overly concerned about this while we gamely continue reading, but we are both thinking, quote, "Yikes."

UPDATE UPDATE: Here's some video from Andy The TropicHunt.com Guy.

Comments

[Jazzzz]

I was just blurking..Now have soon to be headache..

[Mot The Hoople]

I think the terminally ill and old & frail do not find a grim reaper amusing at all. I get a kind of perverse pleasure out of it though.

[Meanie the Blue]

Today on ComedyAnimalSciFiHistoryCentral: Do ghosts of ancient wolves inhabit the Dave Barry blog?

[diverdowndoc]

Mornin' all!! *Places out blog breakfast*

Glad you made it crossgirl!

We had a "doctor potatohead" at our old nurses station.

[blurk]

Nah, Meanie, just us still livin' ghouls, goblins, and, with 30 minutes left of a 12 hour mid-shift, zombies.

[diverdowndoc]

*snork at Meanie*

I'm with ya blurkie- got out last night about 11pm, gottta turn around and head back in about an hour.

I'd WAY rather go back to Miami and mooch off of Siouxie for a little longer.

[Meanie the Blue]

Hmmmm..... those look suspiciously like leftovers, ddd. How come the coffer carafe is nearly empty but the Blue Moon appears unopened? What's up with that?

(and ..... er, any ribs?)

blurk, overnight shifts are natural born killers. I know someone's gotta do them, but as someone who's got a nursing home in his not too distant future (as Annie is careful to remind me), I'm very pleased to be away from a job that used to require that.

And I can see the humor in having a grim reaper displayed at a nursing home, but if I were a patient there, I would hope that the nurses would correspondingly appreciate my humorous letters to their supervisors, owners, Congresspersons, Senators and newspaper editorial pages.

It's a funny thought, but actually carrying it out and leaving it up there is going just a bit too far. Doesn't sound like care to me.

[Annie Where-but-here]

When did I remind you of your age? Guess I forgot I did that. (ba-dum.)
If the grim reaper could be used as a punching bag by the old folks, that would be cool. Every time they see him, they'd know they've kicked his butt for one more day.

[daisymae]

Morning.

(munches blog donut, sips coffee)

cg -I have a headache, too. ddd - my sympathies for the long hours.

[daisymae]

Blue & Annie - I guess humor is in the eye of the beholder.

The news just announced that they are having 'firenaedos' in SoCal. I'm waiting to find out what those are.

[Mot The Hoople]

Hey, all I'm saying is that an image of a grim reaper is good therapy. Every time the patients see it they can say "not today sucker"

[diverdowndoc]

The blue moon is fresh for you, Meanie!

I did my monthly overnights last week. Some folks prefer them, and I don't mind too much, I just want them all in a row instead of broken into a few here and there. There was a bar near where I did residency that opened at 7am. We would go there every Monday morning and hang out and play darts. I didn't drink because I was driving alone, but plenty of others treated it like their Saturday night party and would even make a strip-club run after drinking.

[Annie Where-but-here]

daisymae - probably the tornadoes made of fire. When it gets going, the fire twists around itself like a tornado, swirling toward the sky. Basically creates its own weather. They're pretty scary looking. The noise is amazing, too.

[diverdowndoc]

Here ya go, meanie!

[crossgirl]

okay, clarification, maybe it's not exactly a grim reaper, but it is a scary death head ghoul type thing over the nurse station. it doesn't hold a sickle. This is in the alzheimers ward. Maybe it's wishful thinking for all involved. The sections that are for actual nursing and recovery and release are cheerfully decorated with scarecrow and pumpkins.

thanks ddd, i wondered where i'd left that last beer!

[estrogen centrale]

Good AM all,
No, Mr. Blog was not wearing blue... again. Perhaps a new trend.
Comments heard last evening:
Dave & Ridley took turns reading a passage. As George (the serpent) was slithering & hissing past Ridley's ear toward the Jolly Roger flag, Dave hands the microphone over to Ridley for his turn, who says as calmly as he can, "I didn't sign up for this."

Dave also made mention of holding Ridley's snake. As soon as he realized what he said & that there were 50 gazillion kids there, there was some major blushing, guffawing, & half-hearted back-pedaling.

[Punkin Poo]

Morning all!

I wish I were in range of the weirdness magnet So. FL!! You guys look like you were having sssssssso much fun!

I've probably mentioned the time my ex-brother-in-law drove home from FSU to Mass., and had no way to keep his boa constrictor warm on the long ride, so he wrapped it around his neck. He got pulled over for speeding in Georgia, but was immediately waved on!

[Meanie the Blue]

Ahhhhhhh. Thanks, Doc. That went down very well.

Wait .... was I supposed to open it first?

[queensbee]

do you realize that if you switch the letters around, coral gables can be coral bagels. a little tough on the teeth, but a nice color.

[Wench Lizzy]

I'm willing to bet that if they did a study, the grim reaper would cause people to buy far less drugs than a slutty school girl.

[DeskDiva]

*SNORK* @ queensbee

[Kathybear]

Wait, that's Ridley in the blue shirt! What's going on, Dave? (I'm surprised that I seem to be the only one to notice that - or maybe not - after all the Native American stuff, it's hard to even be able to read anymore)Mazel tov with further signings - keep Ridley out of your shirt drawer....