Washington County Democrats - When Thinking Was In Fashion

Before they changed the kibble at coffee. "Oh. They ship that in from West Des Moines. We have no choice in the matter."

Pharmacy - Trust, Quality and Caring for Your Family

There is nothing that can replace the clear signal to the public that your dedication is to their families and that your God demands palpable quality in everything you say and everything you create.  Pure Deming. Pure Pirsig.  Products that one sells should be chosen for the value that one knows is present.

Services should be chosen with the client's needs at the forefront of all considerations.  If one cannot love introducing clients to something within which they can feel your commitment, don't venture there.  I worked with a female technician who experienced tremendous positive emotional upheaval in her life when her training to serve breast cancer patients collided with their real life stories.  She often spent much of her day in tears because of the pureness of her empathy.  She touched every life that was offered to her.  She had no thought of marketing.

Cost effectiveness evolves as one's reputation for honesty and emotional integrity grows.  It is not gleaned from catalogs or won in negotiations with wholesalers.  One's clients and the needs in their lives, all of them, are one's business.  The pursuit is always taxing, often emotionally wrenching and never without reward.

Quality matters.  It is proven over time and lasts a lifetime, as clients' children are born and their parents die, a caring, dedicated pharmacist should always be at the center of their lives.  Does our profession have the appropriate objectives in the 21st century?  It will, if you offer it your life and your heart.

Pharmacists were known for that once.  Shouldn't they be known for that now?

Rocket Board!

You have to watch this. I'd try it on a mile of mattresses but this guy has huevos!

Thank you, Gizmag.

Cara Valente-Compton Will Be In Your Tomorrow

Cara was viciously attacked yesterday by Independent Source PAC, run by private investigator Michael Corwin. A Super PAC created out of the Citizen's United decision! These scurrilous attacks were very personal, accusing Cara of being a Republican puppet. We had expected this campaign to get negative but we did not expect to what lengths our opponent and her supporters would go to stay in power. We definitely never expected that it would get this nasty and vicious, especially from a Super PAC that purports to be fighting against "conservative candidates", something that Cara is most definitely not! Anyone who knows Cara knows these allegations are baseless innuendos and downright falsehoods. Cara desperately needs your help, we know that assaults like these rarely come as one attack and will likely hit again and much harder, much more personal and much more vile than the last. We must counter this! We must have more walkers, more phone bankers and more money to send our own response to the district. In short, we need your help! These Karl Rove-style tactics can not stand. We cannot let a group benefiting from the Citizen's United case make the decisions in Democratic primaries just because they want to keep a long-time entrenched incumbent in office. My question: who is next? Are there other candidates that do not fit with Michael Corwin's "view" of the Democratic Party and his heavily funded Super PAC? Are we going to allow these decisions to be made by one man who has over 100 thousand dollars at his disposal? Do you want to live in a world where a few powerful PAC's make choices for the rest of us? Are we a part of the Democratic Party of New Mexico or the Democratic Party according to Independent Source PAC? Again, this is a call to arms. We need help. Please contact me or Cara with what you can do to help. Don't allow this brand of destructive politics to win out. Make a stand with Cara today!

But If I Were Dating!

Thank you, Tim!

Thai Red Curry & Coconut Milk Vegan Soup

Today's lunch was something I just kind of threw together. It was chilly outside and I was hungry for something quick yet satisfying.

Thank you, Melissa!

High Flight - This Concludes Our Broadcasting Day

I was trying to describe this engram to Melissa.  Here it is.

Tribute to Shelby - Simply Awesome

2011 Marching Band Competition - WHS performs at Waukee, IA.
Daughter Shelby was Captain of the color guard.  Hard work and dedication pays off for my star (bottom right end at timestamp 1:47).