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Bandit Healer
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1Fury, 82nd ABN vet. OEF VIII & X. DSS in Iraq. Firefighter/Paramedic. Ça ira, les aristocrates à la lanterne. #KillYourHeroes #MaximumEffort #IAFF
I was on the engine yesterday and we were dispatched to a medical with another station’s ambulance. I took over charting and documentation for the EMS crew and asked the Pt her date of birth.

“Well, I was born in ‘58, so I guess that would make me……6-7!”

The world is not entirely terrible.
December 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The opening montage TV promos of Scrooged are matched only in brilliance and parody by the fake trailers of Tropic Thunder.
December 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I’m trying to plan dinner to include my parents, who are watching my girls tonight, and my step-mom can’t do gluten and my dad isn’t a big cheese guy.

I’m genuinely at a loss because both are at odds with my normal Midwestern winter menu options.
December 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Saw something for the first time in the firehouse today:

A guy brings his own cast iron to cook with because he doesn’t like the seed oils used to season the station ones.

That’s…..something.
December 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Annual reminder, first on Bluesky, that Abby and Riley should have ended up together in Happiest Season.
December 2, 2025 at 2:17 AM
And now we’re educating the girls on a Christmas staple.
November 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I may not tell anyone I won the lottery but there will be signs.
November 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The likelihood of me skipping my workout tomorrow is increasing as this snow falls because it is a goddamn chore of cardio and strength training trying to shovel this shit.
November 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
We are showing our oldest daughter Home Alone for the first time and these nights are the best. I love getting to see the world again through her eyes.
November 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
There is a new Prep and Landing on Disney Plus if your kids are into that sort of thing.
November 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Well, I got four bites of my Thanksgiving meal before we got a call.
November 28, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I’m working today and we realized we were a bit short on supplies for dinner so we took the squad out to stock up. Descended upon the only convenience store in our district that was open and it was a madhouse. Pure hilariousness watching everybody trying to stock up but good moods all around.
November 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I was fired from job helping veterans find jobs in Iowa for moving a mini fridge away from a construction zone. My wife asked me what I was interested in doing and I said emergency management/services.
What’s the lore behind choosing your career path ?
November 23, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Finally signed up for my Fire Officer I course because apparently I hate myself and am a hypocrite.
November 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This is a mortar round disguised as H&I fire.

Next Dem President should set up a HIMARs on Fox, NewsMax, etc.
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It’s chili and cinnamon roll season, folks.

And not the small ones. The big honking ones with cream cheese frosting.

Like this beaut.
November 15, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I made scrambled eggs and wanted to try using Bourdain’s recipe. Put a twist on it and used crème fraiche instead of sour cream. Mixed the eggs in with sweet peppers, white bottoms of green onions, & bacon & then topped it with goat cheese & green onions.

And now I have a new way of making eggs.
November 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Giving my toddler tomato soup and grilled cheese may not have been the most prudent of things to do regarding cleanliness but she is sure enjoying the hip-hop and heavy metal dinner playlist.
November 13, 2025 at 11:43 PM
As a paramedic, when I take kids 18 and under to a hospital, I got to the pediatric section of the ER.

Pediatric.

Pedi.

The etymology doesn’t change because you are trying to spin.
November 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Just warms my cold little heart to hear that a former coworker, who had numerous harassment allegations against him, has been fired from his new job for being a dick and is now scrambling to find an FD and can’t because the word is out on how toxic he is.
November 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
These are not original thoughts. This is LTC Mike Steele conducting a 30 year crusade against special operations forces and relaxed grooming standards.
Hegseth: "We don't need to be a military of beardos anymore. Do you know how many troops claim to be Nordic Pagan? No, suddenly it's become this real fake religious affiliation inside the Pentagon where troops came to be Nordic Pagan so they can grow a beard and nobody challenges them on it."
November 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Softer than baby shit. One breeze off Lake Michigan and they bolt.

I guess pigs can fly.
Those of us who remember the Afghanistan War will recognize this as the Fighting Season having Ended
"Another source with direct knowledge said the number of Border Patrol agents currently operating in the Chicago area will go from 250 down to 100. But in March, that number could increase to 1,000 agents."

chicago.suntimes.com/public-safet... w/ @jonseidel.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Giving my oldest a little maritime history lesson.
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Swap out the Peters signage for hers.
This is a bad deal, and the old way of doing things is clearly not working.

We need new leaders in the Senate.
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A real minority leader would strip them of committee assignments or kick them out of the caucus all together.
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 AM