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A new resident arrived today. He showed up during group time when "Tony" was talking about the poodle he had when he was a boy. Again.
Sheryl Anne started to introduce the new guy, but before she could, he did it himself.
"Hey, folks! I'm Pat O'Brien."
"Hi, Pat O'Brien," a few of us answered back.
"We encourage residents to avoid using last names," Sheryl Anne told him.
"Hey, folks!" Pat O'Brien said. "Coming up next: Find out what famous entertainment show host has checked himself out of the limelight and into rehab."
We all sat there quietly for a moment while Pat O'Brien smiled at us.
"Well, I wonder who it could be?" "Debbie" asked.
"I think it's him," "Tony" said, pointing to Pat O'Brien.
"Oh," Debbie answered.
We were quiet again.
"Hey, folks!" Pat O'Brien said. "Coming up after the break: See which Hollywood 'Insider' now find himself inside a drug rehabilitation center."
"Yep, it's definitely him," "Tony" said. "I've seen him on television before.
"Oh, I think I have, too," "Debbie" said.
And then Pat O'Brien buried his face in his hands and cried.
Played checkers with Pat O'Brien this morning. He's an intense competitor. Beat me four times in a row. I'm pretty good at checkers. It's rare that I get beaten. So I asked him what his secret was.
"I pretend you are Mark McGrath," he said.
"Oh," I said.
"You ever play in any competitive checkers tournaments?" I asked.
No answer.
"You prefer checkers over chess?" I asked him.
No answer. Instead he just sat there staring at me like he wanted to kick box.
"You still pretending I'm Mark McGrath?"
"Yes," he answered.
Then Pat O'Brien buried his face in his hands and cried.
At lunch today Pat O'Brien leaned over and asked me, "What's the deal with the fox in the wheelchair?" He meant "Flo."
I told him that she was heroin addict.
"She's got it going on!" he told me.
I didn't answer. But he did have a point. Despite having Lou Gehrig's disease, and being a heroin addict, and having a really annoying monkey assistant, I think "Flo" is indeed a remarkable person.
"You mind if I try to get some of that?" Pat O'Brien asked me.
"No," I said.
"Excellent," he said. "She is so fucking HOT."
And then Pat O'Brien buried his face in his hands and cried.