Incredible...you've discovered a new structure on the roof of your patient's mouth! You've never seen anything like this strange growth, which distorts his speech, and...oh. It was just a popcorn kernel. Better send another email to the surgeon general. And give your client some toothpicks.

Your friends seem annoyed when you use visual aids to move a conversation along, and your roommate doesn’t seem interested in the sensible shopping system you devised. (What’s so hard about color-coding items by genre, and filling out a brief form for specific brand requests?) To cap it all off, you got thrown out of a restaurant after complimenting a yawning waitress on her uvula. Perhaps this clinical fellowship is getting to you a bit…

The first day of group therapy was a mixed bag. Your students did show interest in playing the bean bag word game. Unfortunately, they tweaked the rules into a sort of "therapist dodgeball." On the bright side, you found enough raw talent to start your own baseball team.

Guess who just got ASHA-certified? Now comes the job hunt. But you’re only interested in positions outside of the county…no way you’re staying here, after nodding off during a session and getting duct-taped to a chair by a freakishly intelligent 5-year old. If that wasn’t bad enough, your mentor sprained his back laughing, so both of you were incapacitated until the receptionist came back from lunch. Hmm, maybe you should start looking for a position out of state…

Two years ago, you were asked to coordinate a new state-funded initiative which provides early intervention screening for autism. Today, you’re on your way to a national conference to share your project with colleagues who want to expand the initiative into their area. Better start warming up your vocal cords!