Justin Marlin

rescheduled

Tuesday was Pierre’s turn to cover the Brachy Therapy prostate cancer operation. He gathered his things: Radioactive Source Paperwork, Geiger Counter, Ion Chamber, Sodium Iodide Detector, Lead Pig for extra loose Brachy seeds, and of course the cart we used to haul it all down to the basement Operating Suites. The room nurse usually calledContinue reading “rescheduled”

Questions

McMurphree, I got a call from my wife’s sister in [redacted]. My wife took the kids down there for the week-end. I reiterated that I was not allowed to speak with my wife. Here’s what I learned from my sister in law: 1) the 5 yr old, not the injured 8 yr old, called 911 2)Continue reading “Questions”

Surrounded by Attorneys

My first defense attorney, McMurphree, suggested I get a couple of “good guy” letters for the Judge from friends and neighbors. It just so happened that many of my acquaintances were in the legal profession. I knew several lawyers, attorneys, and an elected Judge through my kids’ many activities. Both my boys were in hockey,Continue reading “Surrounded by Attorneys”

Electrical Storm Warning

On a rainy gray day after work, as I drove back to my motel, still a few days left on my no contact order of protection, my car died. I was going downhill, so it kept rolling, but I could tell I had no power. The radio went out, and the headlights flickered. The ACContinue reading “Electrical Storm Warning”

Workplace Encounters

I returned to work after court that morning. I’d had a busy week, and hadn’t talked much to my coworkers about my family and legal troubles, but after their initial surprise at the situation we began to talk a bit. Pierre, the ex-marine, asked me about my arrest. “Well,” I said, “when they first arrestedContinue reading “Workplace Encounters”

Arraignment Day

I had been arrested on a Sunday around 6 PM. About 11 PM that evening I went before the Penntown judge, the honorable William A. Judgeson, who entered a not guilty plea for me before I was sent to county jail for the night. Monday morning my boss and my next-door neighbor arrived simultaneously atContinue reading “Arraignment Day”

Anger Management

I hit the Yellow Pages again to find an Anger Management counselor, as instructed by my attorney. I picked one close to home so I wouldn’t be driving all over the various Roquefort suburbs as my case progressed. I found one close to my attorney’s office and made an appointment. I’ll call him Alfred Glasser.Continue reading “Anger Management”

MR RSO

Andy invited me to join a list server he’d started called “MR RSO” which stood for “Medical and Research Radiation Safety Officer.” My background was Nuke Power Radiation Safety, so this would help expose me to the ins and outs of the Medical and Research side of Rad Safety. There was another Rad Safety onlineContinue reading “MR RSO”

The Death Ray

Quincy Bernat was about a month away from retiring when I came to the U of Roquefort, and I was to take over some of his tasks, including a quarterly inventory of all radioactive sources. Today he was going to show me one of the hottest, most powerful sources we had, which was nicknamed TheContinue reading “The Death Ray”

the monthly wursht meeting

From: Marguerita Semolina To: WURSHT, The Weaks/U Roquefort Safety and Health Team Re: Pay Attention! Hey! Pay attention! This is about the monthly meeting. This month’s monthly meeting is cancelled. There will be no monthly meeting this month. The meeting is cancelled because Marcus Bacchus Clovenhooves is flying down to Mexico for the Day ofContinue reading “the monthly wursht meeting”