This is a repub of a 2008 Norm Rooker column. “You’re not dead?!” Just what is the correct response when this is the initial greeting from someone who knew you from back when? The occasion was the 2008 Fire-Rescue Med Conference in Las Vegas. I was attending the national roll […]
Norm Rooker
Intro from Hal: Norm Rooker’s been away from these pages for far too long. He’s back with this classic whitewater ride down the stream-of-consciousness. When Norm reminisces about his early days it primes my own memory machine. So, here’s one that many of my colleagues like to dredge up each […]
A couple of weekends ago I was driving across the New Mexico high desert and singing along with the Village People for all I was worth with a big ole grin on my face and joy in my heart. The reasons were many and involved both past and present. I […]
A couple of weekends ago I was driving across the New Mexico high desert and singing along with the Village People for all I was worth with a big ole grin on my face and joy in my heart. The reasons were many and involved both past and present. I […]
This was the key phrase that averted a minor catastrophe and put the best end to that was playing out to be one of those “you’ll never believe this” mini-dramas at two in the morning last fall, around a tree, in downtown Ouray, Colorado. My bride and I had been […]
It has been a long winter up here in the mountains of southwestern Colorado. 158% of normal snowfall and it’s still coming with another 12-16 inches predicted for tomorrow. I was talking to one of my neighbors this afternoon and he mentioned that he was ready for this winter to […]
I pushed Narcan the other day. The first time in over four years. Some of you may be thinking “So what.” or “Big deal.” Or even the more derisive “Big Whoop.”. However, having provided EMS for the southern half of Santa Clara County and the City of San Francisco for […]