JumpStart by Robb Armstrong for August 03, 2014

There’s formal training and education and there’s experience.She has quite a bit of all of it.

Reminds me of an old joke.A patient is paying his doctor a visit, describing his symptoms, and mentions that he first consulted his pharmacist about the problem.The doctor huffs, “And what stupid, idiotic thing did he tell you to do?”The patient replies, “He told me to come see you.”

“Diet – it is what you eat. It must be long term not short term.”.As if saying, “I’ve been on this diet for three hours now and haven’t lost a pound,” doesn’t make perfect sense..digging deeper or maybe shallower, since we are no longer looking at the roots of the word, rather the common uses or definitions where they differ:.“1. what person or animal eats: the food that a person or animal usually consumes ".[so ice cream isn’t part of one’s diet if one only eats it every other day].“2. controlled intake of food: a controlled intake of food and drink designed for weight loss, for health or religious reasons, or to control or improve a medical condition a wheat-free diet " ,“3. regular intake of something: a continuous or daily experience of, or indulgence in, something other than food living on a diet of soap operas and game shows .[Oops, this one also includes indulgences but only for nonfood diets]

Oh, wait, you are talking about Marcy mentioning no “diets” for small children because they still need to grow. Note the quotation marks around the word, so she is using it in the vulgate, the common meaning of the word..So she’s saying don’t restrict the food intake for or of or to children to keep them skinny because it will result in stunted growth and ill health..Note from this, the way Marcy is using it does not require one to be as knowledgeable as thee or me to understand the meaning..WHATAWOMAN

This may be redundant but she may be overlooking the fact that it’s not too late to go back and get her Doctor’s degree

My college roomie was a Nursing major. She knew and still knows her stuff. Back then I would urge her to continue on to Med school, but she preferred nursing. 4 years ago she obtained her Doct o’ Nursing and I am very very proud of her. She is a Nurse Practicioner and knows just as much if not more than her MD collegues. Nurses Rock!!!

I wonder is she is wrapping up Joe’s Squeaky Toy Injury, mentioned yesterday, in the first panel.