1. Potholes the size of Oklahoma.

2. Road construction ditches.

3. Confusing lane markers.

4. Backed up traffic.

5. Engine lights.

6. Other cars’ high beams.

7. Maniac drivers.

8. Mattresses.

9. Bouncing tools.

10. Plastic bags.

Now here are ten useful tips of advice from a personal injury lawyer to follow if you have been in an accident. You can also...

1. Go shopping for new clothes.

2. Go shopping for a new motorcycle.

3. See if there’s any money left on the credit card.

4. Have a pizza.

5. Trade in the motorcycle or what’s left of it on something with air bags.

6. Get drunk.

7. Be a better person if you come out of this okay.

8. Explain to mom this wasn’t your fault.

9. Cancel the bike trip up the...

1. Show how environmentally astute they are.

2. Blame the opposing national party for the state of the roads.

3. Blame it on the previous administration.

4. Try to generate fear instead of hope.

5. Blame the economic downturn.

6. Blame wall street.

7. Blame the liberal media.

8. Make a non-denial denial.

9. Refer the matter to one’s advisers.

10. Study the...

1. This just isn’t my day.

2. Hope your day is going better than mine.

3. I think I’m catching a cold.

4. I heard about you.

5. I saw your accident on the news. The police were talking about you.

6. Did you have to come in just when I was going out for dinner?

7. Do you have a quarter?

8. Don’t worry, what I have isn’t contagious.

9. Your condition though,...

1. You announce that you are the chief of staff and that you want a raise.

2. You tell the nurse you think you are about to give birth to dogs.

3. You think the food in the cafeteria is the best you’ve ever eaten.

4. You think hair nets are beautiful.

5. You wonder why nurses don’t bowl in the hallways.

6. You start talking to the heart monitor.

7. You decide to be a rock when you get...

1. BMX racing with that bad back.

2. Skiing on that bad leg.

3. Mountain climbing with that neck injury.

4. Snowboarding with that knee pain.

5. Motocross racing with that wrist sprain.

6. Snowmobile racing with back pain.

7. Sled dog racing with a migraine.

8. Running on two bad knees.

9. Rock climbing with a fractured hand.

10. Avoiding going to see a doctor for that...

1. Asking if you would like seconds on the tofu at lunch.

2. Telling you that the hospital is going bankrupt.

3. Asking if you have any suggestions of a good doctor to do the surgery.

4. Telling you that the cable TV has stopped working because the hospital forgot to pay the bill.

5. Asking if you know how to fix the heart monitor in your room.

6. Asking if you mind sharing your room with six people.

7....

1. Tried to read a map and drive.

2. Tried to program the navigation device and drive.

3. Been looking in a shop window when the light turned green and they took off.

4. Not seen the crowd of pedestrians start to cross the street.

5. Not realized there was a school zone ahead.

6. Not realized a concert had just let out.

7. Not known how late it was.

8. Not realized how sleepy they...

1. You know, I could really go for a nurse like you.

2. Have you ever given thought to being a private nurse?

3. Wow, let me guess what outfit you’ll be wearing for Halloween.

4. Let’s go trick or treating together.

5. I just love this time we spend together.

6. You really have beautiful eyes.

7. Is that your natural hair color?

8. You have the warmest hands.

9. Be gentle...

It is estimated that in any given week four out of every five U.S. adults will use prescription medicines, over-the-counter (OTC) drugs or dietary supplements and nearly one-third of adults will take five or more different medications. A 2006 study by the Institute of Medicine reported that at least 1.5 million Americans are sickened, injured or killed each year by errors in prescribing, dispensing and taking medications.

Not surprisingly, the Institute of...