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If I have to have one more X-ray or CT exam, I'm going to glow in the dark. And rad techs work better in the dark. Although, you can't actually end up glowing in the dark, unless you're getting a nuc med or PET scan, except for those few milliseconds when the beam in on, but you only glow in the dark right then. This artwork does not actually glow in the dark.

MRI is the tunnel for lovers… of cramped noisy spaces that is. Yes, the MRI bore isn't the largest, and the machine is very noisy from changing the flows of current through the magnets. But at least we give you headphone with your choice of music that you can barely hear.

The Lord Ganesha, child of Parvati and Shiva, god of wealth and abundance, the remover of obstacles and protector of the faithful as depicted in this bronze from the Chola Dynasty, Southern India, c. 1070. The original artwork is from the Cleveland Museum of Art and used under open access, creative commons.

You're a strong and resilient essential worker, by necessity.

AI is ripping off artist's intellectual property. It's not actually artificial nor is it intelligent, it's just machine learning coupled with big data. Just say no to using it. Garbage in, garbage out, but this garbage, having passed through an expensive computer, becomes ennobled and none dare criticize it.

Tell them where you work. We work in the emergency department (formerly called the emergency room). Type art for those discriminating tastes. Strong and bold like we are. Doesn't matter if we're a doctor, nurse, paramedic, EMT, respiratory therapy, rad techs, pharmacy, phlebotomy, or any of the admin staff, it takes a special person to survive in the ED.

It's all triage, treatment, release, repeat in the emergency department. But in emergency, we're unstoppable. We're here because we're caring and committed. We're here because the team knows we're needed.

The patient is getting agitated and trying to rip out their trach or the IV you finally were able to get in them after trying both arms and hands? Give them another dash of the snow machine. Waking up before you've closed up?

Nobody really ever wants to have to go to the Emergency Department, but they're usually glad when they get there. We don't know why, we're nice people. We get it, though. The doctors, nurses, EMTs and everyone else is here to help when you have an emergency or trauma.

Because it takes a team and everybody has their part to play. From the EMT in the ambulance, to registration, to the nurses, doctors, paramedics, assistants, respiratory therapy, laboratory and even the environmental services people, they all contribute to your stay and well being. Not everyone who wears scrubs is a nurse or doctor, but we're all there to help you.

Don't accept any of those bogus radiology departments, insist on genuine, bonafide Radiology. The pros' choice in radiography, CT, Nuc Med, MRI, and ultrasound. Clinical correlation recommended.

The radiologist, the brain behind the eyes of medicine. Radiologist spend 13 years in higher education to prepare for their practice. That's a lot of time and money to just type "clinical correlation recommended" at the end of every reading.

Our society focuses on how we can be better, how much more we can be or do. Are we thin enough, smart enough, acceptable enough, or likable enough? Do we check off all the boxes that society demands? The world is wide and big, and your community is out there. Just remember to be yourself. You are enough as you are.

The Fast and the Fourier transform to create slice images for volumetric scanning in CT, MRI, and Ultrasound. The mathematical equation that makes it all work.

Be a part of the radiology CT (or CAT Scan) squad. For the fun, the thrills, see inside people by the slice. It's not just a job, it's a squad. For the radiological technologist in your life.

Look, can't you see I'm in my happy place? Why you got to harsh my mellow, man. I'm reading. Like a book. It could be a library, bookstore, bus, plane, work, my couch, wherever. I just need some quiet so I can concentrate on the words and the story.

Join the skeleton crew in radiology. We have cookies. They glow in the dark, although this shirt doesn't. The few, the proud, the lucky work here. Get in the car, we're getting images.

Aim to misbehave and commit genre. The literary world may sneer if you read or write genre, but don't let the bastards keep you down. Love what you love; sci fi, fantasy, horror, romance, fan fiction, comics, anything speculative in nature.

Even back in the stone age they knew Santa was real. So for this Christmas, show Santa some love and believe in him. And don't forget to leave out a carrot for the reindeer. Believe in St. Nick, and maybe he, the elves, and the reindeer might make an Xmas visit.

Jacob Marley (who was dead, to begin with, there is no doubt whatever about that) sends the spirits of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come (often called Christmas Future) to visit Ebenezer Scrooge on Christmas Eve to save his soul. A Victorian Dream Team of the consequences of one's actions. Most people only think there were 3 ghost in A Christmas Carol, but there were four. Hope you know them all.

Sure, there's the Winter Olympics, but we all would watch the Reindeer Games. And if you have games, you should have trophies. And I bet you'd be the gold medal winner every year.

Sure, you could let that pixie Santa-snitch hang out on your bookcases, or you could have someone who will help out around the house. The Tomte, or gnome, is a helper, a giver, and all around cuddly guy who will do chores and help keep everyone healthy and happy. Now why wouldn't you want them instead?

Because, seriously, who can keep track of all the celebrations from Thanksgiving to mid-January. There's just so many of them.

It's important to stay fly. Especially when you're almost 300 years old like this putto who was part of an altar piece made in the Joseph Matthias Götz workshop in the early 18th century. Image from the Cleveland Museum of Art, used under creative commons license.

Where else would you want to go, other than Cleveland. Come on in for the Lake, the pierogi, the flamingos, and of course, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Cleveland, it's your destination.

Yes, I wear scrubs for work, but I'm your doctor not a nurse. I'm the one who will actually be taking care of you and managing your healthcare.

Yes, I wear scrubs for work, but I'm not your nurse or doctor. I'm your Sonographer. I get the images so the nurses and doctors know how to help you.

Yes, I wear scrubs for work, but I'm not your nurse or doctor. I'm your Respiratory Therapist. I help you breath easier so the nurses and doctors have time to help you.

Yes, I wear scrubs for work, but I'm not your nurse or doctor. I'm your Lab Tech. I draw your blood and collect other specimens and run the tests so the nurses and doctors know how to help you.

Yes, I wear scrubs for work, but I'm not your nurse or doctor. I'm your Rad Tech. I take your x-rays so the nurses and doctors know how to help you.

An oak leaf ornament engraving by Master W with the Key in Flanders at about 1470. A wonderful twisting composition using oak leaves and a fantasy version stem. From the Cleveland Museum of Art, used under creative commons licensing. Colored by me.

One of my favorite pieces at the Cleveland Museum of Art, a large stained glass window from Louis Comfort Tiffany for Howell Hinds home. The house is no longer standing, but we have this gorgeous window to look at. Art used under creative commons license.

Rad Techs, powerful fun with radiation. We see you when you're broken, we take the radiographs to help you get well. In a doctor's office or in the hospital emergency room, we're there to help. We're not your nurse or your doctor, we're the Rad Tech.

It's a party. Well, it's not a real party if there isn't any dancing. So dance to the fiddle player who always gets paid in the end. Original image from The Cleveland Museum of Art Creative Commons, Dance of Death: Death the Strangler by Alfred Rethel, 1850, Woodcut, modified and colored (https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1939.620)

The best school where all the radiological technologists learn how to rad tech. A funny play on the professional name and a nod to the discovery of x-rays in 1895.

MRI Techs drive the big magnets. If it's only a 1.5T, 3T or even the elusive 7T, it's all about aligning the hydrogen atoms and making them dance. MRI Tech Magnet Operator T-Shirt. Funny MRI Tee Shirt. Magnetic Resonance Imagining, make those hydrogen atoms stand up and take notice as you operate the magnet. The perfect gift for any MRI Tech or student. Great idea for a birthday, Christmas, hospital or Radiology Department party.