Archive for March2014
Coming To
Somebody in the media contacted me and wants to film a segment about the effects of Narcan. My recent OP/ED in The Providence Journal warned against widespread distribution of the drug, which in my opinion will serve to take the fear of overdosing away from those vulnerable to addiction and lead to more deaths than […]
Stealing Vicodin
http://www.newschannel9.com/news/top-stories/stories/sequatchie-county-ems-employee-arrested-allegedly-stealing-ingesting-hydrocodone-9718.shtml People drive drunk. The beat other people up. They shoplift, set their houses on fire, don’t pay their child support and even steal drugs. They download kiddie porn, embezzle, cheat, lie and even murder. They do it all the time. The prisons are full of people who have broken the law and were caught. […]
Understanding Boston
When we dream about fire, and fighting it, our packs are light, movement is easy, water is plentiful and the good guys win. Every time. In reality, movement is slow, and labored, our bodies feel like they weigh a million pounds and the water clock ticks incessantly in our heads. Being “in deep” isn’t a […]
Decree # 46
When I am King CONSIDERING: You are only as old as you feel. and BECAUSE: I feel like I’m one-hundred and fifty. and DUE TO: The fact that I have an insurmountable list of tasks to complete. and IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING My life expectancy of one-hundred and fifty years, minus forty-nine already lived leaves […]
Wicked Pissa Dog Show
Ben Pugh, the man behind Wicked Pissa Dog Show, a reality series focusing on Liam Murphy, one of the most charismatic people I have seen on TV in a long time introduced himself to me a few weeks ago through his other project, Uniform Stories, http://uniformstories.com/ (more on that later.) During a brief video interview […]
Narcan, Puzzles the Will
http://www.amazon.com/Michael-Morse/e/B001JRZ2Y2 Until St. Patrick’s Day is over, the Kindle version of Responding is on sale. $3.99 today, $4.99 tomorrow. Excerpt from the book Responding, by Michael Morse… Alone, in a dirty bathroom in an abandoned house, syringes everywhere, rat droppings, human waste, empty vodka bottles. Squatters found him. I’m surprised they called us. To […]
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The EMS
The problem is, whatever reminder the authorities will advise, there will always be somebody who will follow.
2019-06-12 13:15:40
Lighting things Up
Great article. I hope that those who are not familiar with the fire or EMS service can still feel the emotion of this heartwarming story. Those of us who are, certainly can, and those of us fortunate enough to know Lieutenant Blackwell feel it all the more. And, to rephrase my favorite line in this…
2019-05-08 02:39:24
Only Twenty
I spent 20 years In EMS in south jersey (Camden bridgeton then in Gloucester Twp. I currently had my career ended by a stroke from a disease called moyamoya that I was dx in 2010 I had a total of 8 strokes but this took my everything away from EMS I enjoyed and relate to…
2019-04-16 01:02:04
Chief Quetta, 10 Year Anniversary LODD
RIP, Chief. If Capt Morse liked you, you must have been good.
2019-01-13 10:20:46
The Last Christmas
Thank you Linda, I'll be stopping by your blog as the week progresses, what a nuthouse I run around the holiday!
2018-12-26 13:45:59
Now Available
Signed copies of Rescuing Providence and Rescue 1 Responding, my first two books in one new edition, from Post Hill Press. $16 - plus S&H (approx. $4)
