<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com</title><link>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2008 bloodletting.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 21:02:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>the big DeeCee</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/the_big_deecee.htm</guid><link>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/the_big_deecee.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 16:25:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fbig%5Fdeecee</comments><dc:creator>doc Russia</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Well, D-6 and I returned from Washington, DC., andf it was overall a good trip. Unfortunately, we fundamentally lost the first day since our flight was cancelled. Only flight out of Detroit that day that got cancelled. This happened before when D-6 w]]></description></item><item><title>Old Haunts</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/old_haunts.htm</guid><link>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/old_haunts.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 14:22:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=old%5Fhaunts</comments><dc:creator>doc Russia</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Domestic-6 and I are about to catch a flight out of here. We are headed to Washington, DC. Yes, I know that a lot of people are going to be scratching their heads wondering why I would want to go there. The fact is that I have a secret. I was born in]]></description></item><item><title>Memeage</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/memeage.htm</guid><link>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/memeage.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:02:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=memeage</comments><dc:creator>doc Russia</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Since it seems to be circulating to the level at which I will indulge.I copy this from LawDog:1. Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more.2. Find page 123.3. Find the first five sentences.4. Post the next three sentences.5. Tag five people.I am]]></description></item><item><title>Musical experiment</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/musical_experiment.htm</guid><link>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/musical_experiment.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:03:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=musical%5Fexperiment</comments><dc:creator>doc Russia</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I am going to try something here. I saw this item in Lt G&#39;s website, and really liked it, so I decided to shamelessly tear that particular page out of his playbook and use it myself. So, if you would like ot hear some of the tunes I like to liste]]></description></item><item><title>the lie of multiculturalism</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/the_lie_of_multiculturalism.htm</guid><link>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/the_lie_of_multiculturalism.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:46:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Flie%5Fof%5Fmulticulturalism</comments><dc:creator>doc Russia</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[SO, I thought that I would vent, let people know that I am still alive, and remark upon some recent eventsSpecifically, I would like to address Barry Obama&#39;s recent remarks on people &quot;clinging to their guns&quot; when things aren&#39;t going]]></description></item><item><title>A well-regulated militia...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/a_wellregulated_militia.htm</guid><link>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/a_wellregulated_militia.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:49:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=a%5Fwellregulated%5Fmilitia</comments><dc:creator>doc Russia</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Had those four words been omitted from the bill of rights, there would be no gun control debate (probably). As is often lamented and preferentially interpereted, that clause in the second ammendment has caused no small amount of gnashing teeth and sc]]></description></item><item><title>Sam, MTV, books, bikes and boomsticks</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/sam_mtv_other_things.htm</guid><link>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/sam_mtv_other_things.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:42:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sam%5Fmtv%5Fother%5Fthings</comments><dc:creator>doc Russia</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[First, let me say that Sam is doing well and continues to improve. Thanks aain to everyone for your thoughts, words, and prayers.Second, while I was speaking with my good friend Moriarty today on the phone, discussing the Heller case in front of SCOT]]></description></item><item><title>Sam-u-rai</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/samurai.htm</guid><link>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/samurai.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:48:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=samurai</comments><dc:creator>doc Russia</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[When I first met my wife, we were both in college. We were both pre-med students at the University of Dallas. We had both gone there because we wanted to be close to our families, and it was a good school. Well, when we started dating, the time came]]></description></item><item><title>reliability and retirement</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/reliability_and_retirement.htm</guid><link>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/reliability_and_retirement.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=reliability%5Fand%5Fretirement</comments><dc:creator>doc Russia</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A couple of things I wanted to talk about.First is the retirment of Adm Fallon. I know that the journalists are sugestinng that the Bush administration is at fault for effectively firing the Admiral allegedly because he disagreed with the administrat]]></description></item><item><title>Ladies and Gentlemen, I&apos;d like your attention please....</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/ladies_and_gentlemen_id_like_your_attention_please.htm</guid><link>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/ladies_and_gentlemen_id_like_your_attention_please.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:43:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ladies%5Fand%5Fgentlemen%5Fid%5Flike%5Fyour%5Fattention%5Fplease</comments><dc:creator>doc Russia</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[...I want to introduce you to the newest member of the gun cabinet, and what is, by far, the crown jewel.Allow me to introduce....VERAShe is a 16&quot; midlength AR chambered in 6.5 Grendel, topped off with a nightforce scope, and a few other bells a]]></description></item><item><title>odds and ends</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/odds_and_ends.htm</guid><link>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/odds_and_ends.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:14:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=odds%5Fand%5Fends</comments><dc:creator>doc Russia</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[For those of you who did not check comments the fragrance that my wife is foisting on me, that I am appreciating is Mechant loupe. Along the same lines, and the thing which impelled me to post today is that I was reading about the .327 federal cartri]]></description></item><item><title>I&apos;m not a metrosexual, but.....</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/im_not_a_metrosexual_but.htm</guid><link>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/im_not_a_metrosexual_but.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 04:24:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=im%5Fnot%5Fa%5Fmetrosexual%5Fbut</comments><dc:creator>doc Russia</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My wife has been spending a lot of time recently perusing perfumes. It has become something of a hobby for her, recently. Now, in my world, perfume comes somewhere between the mating habits of the Rhodesian fruit fly and the current position of the m]]></description></item><item><title>Things you can do to hack off your emergency physician</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/things_you_can_do_to_hack_off_your_emergency_physician.htm</guid><link>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/things_you_can_do_to_hack_off_your_emergency_physician.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:26:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=things%5Fyou%5Fcan%5Fdo%5Fto%5Fhack%5Foff%5Fyour%5Femergency%5Fphysician</comments><dc:creator>doc Russia</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Here is just a short compilation of things that seem to get on my nerves every shift, it seems.Not taking gum out of your mouth when I tell you to open wide so that I can see the back of your throat. The only reason I don&#39;t want to see you choke]]></description></item><item><title>The reputation I am getting</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/the_reputation_i_am_getting.htm</guid><link>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/the_reputation_i_am_getting.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:38:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Freputation%5Fi%5Fam%5Fgetting</comments><dc:creator>doc Russia</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My Residency program has a nice setup where you spend most of your time in a level I trauma center with a high acuity of medical patients to get that big-city ER feel, but you also rotate at a smaller affiliated hospital where you get more of the sma]]></description></item><item><title>Range report</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/range_report.htm</guid><link>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/range_report.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:52:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=range%5Freport</comments><dc:creator>doc Russia</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So, I got a chance to go to the range today, and boy, did I enjoy it. I actually wasn&#39;t just going for fun, but it was all fun. There were a few objectives I had in mind when I went out to the double action indoor range. First, I just wanted to r]]></description></item><item><title>Gun manufacturer shoots self in foot.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/gun_manufacturer_shoots_self_in_foot.htm</guid><link>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/gun_manufacturer_shoots_self_in_foot.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:49:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=gun%5Fmanufacturer%5Fshoots%5Fself%5Fin%5Ffoot</comments><dc:creator>doc Russia</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I have been putting together a 6.5 Grendel rfile over the past... oh ... year or so (and it is still not done). Recently, I had a little bit of buyers remorse since I had bought an Alexander Arms 16&quot; upper, and then found out later that Robinson]]></description></item><item><title>The drug-seeking patient</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/the_drugseeking_patient.htm</guid><link>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/the_drugseeking_patient.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:20:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fdrugseeking%5Fpatient</comments><dc:creator>doc Russia</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This is not a subject that I have talked about much before except in&nbsp;passing. It is one of the difficulties in working in emergency medicine. It is the drug-seeking patient. These are often some of the most infuriating and resource draining pati]]></description></item><item><title>Coming home</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/coming_home.htm</guid><link>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/coming_home.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 21:24:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=coming%5Fhome</comments><dc:creator>doc Russia</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The other day, I was at work, and I happened to have an excuse to check my eMail. I had received an eMail from my sister in the sandbox. She talked about coming home and her date of return. Then, unbidden and unwelcome, I could feel tears welling up]]></description></item><item><title>Happy thanksgiving, folks</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/happy_thanksgiving_folks.htm</guid><link>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/happy_thanksgiving_folks.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:27:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=happy%5Fthanksgiving%5Ffolks</comments><dc:creator>doc Russia</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I want to take a few moments to wish everyone well, and a happy thanksgiving.I am thankful for so many things. For my incredible wife. For my family. For my sister&#39;s looming return from the sandbox. For good friends that have enriched my life.Unf]]></description></item><item><title>Yeah, didn&apos;t see that one coming...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/yeah_didnt_see_that_one_coming.htm</guid><link>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/yeah_didnt_see_that_one_coming.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 02:09:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=yeah%5Fdidnt%5Fsee%5Fthat%5Fone%5Fcoming</comments><dc:creator>doc Russia</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I have to tip my hat to Grim and Cassandra&nbsp;for this one...&nbsp;Your Inner European is Russian! Mysterious and exotic.You&#39;ve got a great balance of danger and allure. Who&#39;s Your Inner European?&nbsp;Although this particular test was gear]]></description></item><item><title>Range day</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/range_day_1.htm</guid><link>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/range_day_1.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 06:40:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=range%5Fday%5F1</comments><dc:creator>doc Russia</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[On Sunday, I went out to the range. It was a very exciting day. I had been waiting for months for the 6.5 mm upper to arrive, and after it had, I put it all together.&nbsp; It was going to be the inaugural shooting of this rifle. Now, to be perfectly]]></description></item><item><title>232 years!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/232_years.htm</guid><link>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/232_years.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:40:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=232%5Fyears</comments><dc:creator>doc Russia</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Before I rush off to work, I just wanted to give a quick shout out to my fellow Marines, present and former, and wish everyone a happy 232nd BirthdaySEMPER FI!]]></description></item><item><title>Thank God that&apos;s over!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/thank_god_thats_over.htm</guid><link>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/thank_god_thats_over.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:03:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=thank%5Fgod%5Fthats%5Fover</comments><dc:creator>doc Russia</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Well, yesterday, I finally finished my stint in the Surgical ICU. I hated the whole experience, and there is nothing more that needs to be said, except that it is becoming more and more clear to me that surgery residents do not know as much as they t]]></description></item><item><title>Not so living the dream.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/not_so_living_the_dream.htm</guid><link>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/not_so_living_the_dream.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 02:55:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=not%5Fso%5Fliving%5Fthe%5Fdream</comments><dc:creator>doc Russia</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Yes, Iknow, I have been awfull quiet recently. Some of it due to lack of internet access, most of it due to the fact thqat I am now in the latter half of of an ICU double header whereby I spent last month in the mmedical ICU, and this month in the su]]></description></item><item><title>Livin&apos; the dream!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/livin_the_dream.htm</guid><link>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/livin_the_dream.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2007 01:16:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=livin%5Fthe%5Fdream</comments><dc:creator>doc Russia</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So, I recently had a really good day. I got up and went to work, same as usual. Rounded on patients, and got ready to see consults (I am in the ICU for the next month). Well, sure enough, we get a page for a consult, and go over to see it. It&#39;s a]]></description></item></channel></rss>