So Monday night I found myself at the ER, which would have been much scarier were it not for the entertainment that University Hospital provides.

While sitting in my partition, I saw someone walking around outside the curtain in a jumpsuit. First thought: must be a psych patient. So imagine my surprise when it turned out to be my doctor! No kidding, he had on a suit like the guys in Top Gun wore – like he was getting ready to fly a mission or jump out of a plane.

You know how sometimes there are things you really wish you would have said but they don’t occur to you until after the fact? Here’s a sampling of mine from Monday:

“Do you feel the need? The need for speed?”

“Any of you boys seen an aircraft carrier around here.”

“Getting ready to fly into the Danger Zone?”

And my personal favorite, “Wassup Maverick?”