“I think you're cute. Do you want to go out sometime?”

I did not know what to say to the patient, so I walked out of the room. Utterly flummoxed, I was standing in the hallway when a nurse commented, “Everything OK?”

“A patient just asked me for a date,” I said.

“You don't look very happy about that. Isn't she cute?”

“The patient is a guy.”

“Oh.”

I did not know what to say to the patient. I suppose the polite thing to do would have been for me to explain that I am heterosexual, but I was too bewildered at the time to think of that.

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Living in an organized home can reduce your stress level and save you time. One of the secrets of organization is to use slatwall and its accessories in as many rooms as you can, such as your garage, basement, office, shop, laundry, utility room, rec room, kid's playroom, gym, closets, pantry, shed, sunroom, poolroom, craft room, mudroom, or pole barn. Walls are more attractive when they are covered with slatwall instead of drywall, but the primary advantage of slatwall is that it makes it easy to organize things and keep them organized. Your storage needs will inevitably change in time. With most home organization systems, reconfiguring your shelves and other storage accessories is such a bother that most people try to make do with the existing setup—and that's where the chaos begins. With slatwall, moving an accessory takes only seconds.

This photograph illustrates how accessories attach to slatwall

For more photographs and information on slatwall organization systems, see www.garagescapes.com If you can use basic tools and are looking for a new job that pays well, check out their information on starting a GarageScapes business . Incidentally, being your own boss is one of the keys to minimizing the type of stress that is especially detrimental to your health. Yes, there are stresses associated with being a business owner or boss, but those “being in control” stresses are less damaging than the “being controlled” stresses that most others face. Perhaps that is one reason why the lifespan of executives is longer than average.