Hello, 2025!
That compilation of numbers sounds futuristic to me, but alas, 2025 is the present. Here we are. Being born in 1980, I think the year 2025 sounds like Jetsons stuff. Maybe you fellow middle-agers (and older) can relate. We’re actually not far off from The Jetsons … self-driving cars are darting about, after all.
Self-driving cars! I still don’t think we’re making a big enough deal about this as a society. Cars are driving themselves, for crying out loud, but we act like it’s normal. And soon, it will be.
In any event, I hope this will be a good year for you personally, and for your practices. Here at EndoPro we’ll be unveiling some new changes, such as the reintroduction of the EndoNurse cartoon. Remember her? She was an adorable cartoon character who appeared in every issue of our precursor magazine, EndoNurse. She was often accompanied by her colleague, EndoTech, who I suspect was not just her colleague (wink, wink).
More mysterious was the presence of EndoNurse’s dog, Arf. I never understood what a dog was doing in an endoscopy facility. His presence didn’t exactly smack of proper infection-control protocol. I mean, Arf was probably licking all kinds of stuff. Granted, dog mouths are weirdly clean, but that’s only if you consider that it’s a dog’s mouth. The standards are low.
Like, where was the Joint Commission in this comic strip? But alas, I inherited the cartoon—I didn’t launch it—and it seemed mean to get rid of Arf. It’s not his fault that he doesn’t meet infection-prevention practices, and I didn’t want to sadden EndoNurse.
This year the cartoon EndoNurse will start making appearances, but I’m not sure if this will lead to reemergence of the actual comic strip. We shall see!
Another change is that we’ll also be using an “end mark,” which is a symbol or icon at the end of an article to signify the article is done. Also, our website is going to improve this year, so stay tuned for updates there.
I truly hope this will be a good year for you. Let’s all drive into 2025 with full gusto, but maybe not from a self-driving car (I’m not ready!)
