I hate it when I have a Houseless Tuesday. But yesterday, I had so many House-like things happen, it kind of made up for it. I work at a newspaper, so true House-like things aren't that common! First off...

Last Friday, I noticed a coworker of mine had a real swollen face. He said he had gone to the doctor about it, and he was having some kind of serious allergic reaction. He put him on three different meds, antibiotics I think. He said it may take weeks before they take effect. Then yesterday I come in to work, and his face is covered in splotches! And swollen! And he's talking kinda slow. He said the doc told him that one of the meds had caused the reaction. Now he was in the process: take him off all the meds, wait till the splotches go away, then put him on the meds one at a time, to see which one was causing it! After that, they'll deal with the swelling. So very House-like! He's got it rough right now.

Then another coworker, a pressman who works in the back, came up front with a big cut on his thumb. He needed a band-aid. As he's putting the band-aid on, BOOM! Passed out. He's out about ten seconds till we shake him up, and he says he's... alright. Must have been seeing the blood, or kneeling down to get the band-aid then coming back up, whatever, that passed him out. So he goes to the back. A little while later someone goes to check on him, and he's sprawled out on the floor! Out again! They shake him up, and he says he's fine. Would not go to the doctor! Some people... For the rest of the day, whenever I saw him I yelled "Paging Doctor House!"

And finally, this was like a Clinic Patient. Sort of. This really old lady comes through the door. She announces that she has some really big news that MUST go in the newspaper. The news? She's having hip replacement surgery this weekend, and she has to tell all her friends! There's no way she can call them ALL, and the newspaper is the only way to tell them! It's NEWS! It was really sweet. My boss had to explain to her that it wasn't exactly news. Then she said she would pay for it! But he just couldn't take her money. I got to thinking about it later, and in a way, it really is news! How many people have to think it's important to make it news? Kind of like this blog! Okay, that was my Houseless, but rather House-like, day.