Respiratory Therapy 101: Just Keep Breathing

Content? We don’t need no stinking content! Also, I’m going to be away for a few days, so this will act as some nice filler.

With that in mind, here’s another meme. It’s 100 questions about things you have or have not done. You’re supposed to bold the answers you have done. I’ll tag EVERYBODY! Just leave a link to your copy of the meme in the comments. Ready set GO!

1. Started your own blog.

2. Slept under the stars. I enjoyed it.

3. Played in a band. I played trumpet in the high school band and spent a couple of summers at a jazz camp.

4. Visited Hawaii.

5. Watched a meteor shower.

6. Given more than you can afford to charity.

7. Been to Disneyland.

8. Climbed a mountain. Nothing like Everest, Denali, or Kilimanjaro but I’ve climbed a few smaller peaks.

9. Held a praying mantis. No. I have however had my head torn off and eaten after sex once or twice.

10. Sang a solo.

11. Bungee jumped.

12. Visited Paris.

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea. Only from dry land, but it is spectacular to see lightning on an angry sea.

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch. I’m counting baking as an art so I can say Yes.

15. Adopted a child.

16. Had food poisoning. Oh yes. I had violent food poisoning a few months ago…spent a good portion of my night face-first in the toilet, retching away. Thought I might actually need to go to the ER, but my goal is to avoid ever doing that again so I stayed home and let it pass. 

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty.

18. Grown your own vegetables.

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France.

20. Slept on an overnight train.

21. Had a pillow fight.

22. Hitch hiked. I’m trying to spend as little time as possible buried in shallow roadside graves.

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill.

24. Built a snow fort. I got to build some big ones when I was a kid…it was awesome.

25. Held a lamb.

26. Gone skinny dipping.

27. Run a Marathon. I’ll get there.

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice.

29. Seen a total eclipse.

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset. I used to watch the sun rise over the bay from the windows in one of the hospital towers when I worked nights in one of the hospitals in the Great North Woods. And I watched the sun rise over the rural townscape when I worked nights in Our lady of Perpetual Guilt waaay up North. And when I was a lad, I spent time at a Quaker summer camp, and every night for vespers we’d go sit silently in a field and watch the sunset. I enjoyed it.

31. Hit a home run. Hahahahaa…no.

32. Been on a cruise. Overnight to Nova Scotia.

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person.

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors. Sort of. I’m descended from drunken French Canadians, and I’ve been to (and been drunk in!) Quebec, but not for the purpose of visiting the birthplace of my ancestors. Given the family history I’m thinking they were distilled rather than born…

35. Seen an Amish community. No but I have driven past the Shaker villages in Maine.

36. Taught yourself a new language. I tried, but no.

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied. Briefly. Then I got married. You fill in the ending.

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person.

39. Gone rock (wall) climbing.

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David.

41. Sung karaoke.

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt. No, but I want to go out West and see Yellowstone.

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant. I’ve wanted to, but cash supplies have been low for the last few years.

44. Visited Africa. No…I’m sure it’s nice in some places but generally speaking I’m not a fan of plagues, war, famine, and generally being (through no real fault of their own) the center of world misfortune. I work with a number of Africans, and while they often have interesting stories of their homelands, one thing you don’t hear a lot from them is “I want to go home.”

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight. Once, in Maine. I’m not even romantic but I have to admit it was nice.

46. Been transported in an ambulance. Only as a student.

47. Had your portrait painted drawn. I got caricatured once!

48. Gone deep sea fishing.

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person.

50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling. I’ve snorkeled a little.

52. Kissed in the rain. No.

53. Played in the mud. No.

54. Gone to a drive-in theater. No.

55. Been in a movie. No.

56. Visited the Great Wall of China. No, but maybe if China opens up more I will be able to someday.

57. Started a business. No.

58. Taken a martial arts class. No.

59. Visited Russia. No. Could be fun.

60. Served at a soup kitchen.

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies. Boy Scout Popcorn…

62. Gone whale watching. Yes. For behemoths, they’re hard to spot.

63. Got flowers for no reason.

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma. I donated blood several times, but not lately.

65. Gone sky diving. No, but I would love to.

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp. No.

67. Bounced a check.

68. Flown in a helicopter.

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial.

71. Eaten Caviar. No

72. Pieced a quilt. No.

73. Stood in Times Square. No.

74. Toured the Everglades. No.

75. Been fired from a job. Not yet!

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London. No.

77. Broken a bone. I fractured my radial head a few years ago. It hurt. I can’t imagine how much big breaks hurt.

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle. No, and after seeing the many ways you can die on one, I’ll avoid it…he said after professing a desire to jump from a flying airplane.

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person. No, but the Wife has, and she liked it.

80. Published a book. No but I’ve been told to look into it.

81. Visited the Vatican. Do I get a hat?

82. Bought a brand new car. Yes…and I miss that car…

83. Walked in Jerusalem. No.

84. Had your picture in the newspaper. As part of a group.

85. Read the entire Bible. I’ve read good portions of it but not the entire thing.

86. Visited the White House.

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating. No.

88. Had chickenpox. I was six. It sucked.

89. Saved someone’s life. That’s a tricky question. I’ll say yes. I guess I’ve been part of a team that’s saved a life. I did spare one old lady the ventilator once by advocating for BiPAP instead of intubation, which I suspect saved her life…she’d have been hard to get off the vent.

90. Sat on a jury. No.

91. Met someone famous. Yes but I can’t answer specifics because of privacy laws.

92. Joined a book club. No.

93. Lost a loved one. Grandparents…

94. Had a baby. Not that I am aware of…

95. Seen the Alamo in person. Never been to Texas.

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake. No.

97. Been involved in a law suit. Not yet.

98. Owned a cell phone.

99. Been stung by a bee. Several at once…stepped into a flock of angry bees once…ow!

100. Read an entire book in one day. Several times.

Anybody who wants to play, feel free!