described less confusingly
medispeak
Medispeak: Doctors, nurses chatting.
The ICU.
Anxiety, alarms, adrenaline.
OR
My previous job.
bifocals
Bifocals: Ben Franklin invented.
Flying a kite in a thunderstorm with a key dangling (apocryphally).
Insanely, ludicrously stupid.
eye candy
Eye candy: eleanorigby surely is.
The Beatles.
Eleanor Rigby by:
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Eleanor of Aquitaine: Richard Lionheart’s mom.
The Crusades.
Violent religious war.
Viagra.
Endorsed by Dole.
Pineapple
Tangy Hawaiian treat.
Raincoat
Sweet Tropical Fruit
nose bleed
Ok, so now I’m going to do raincoat and nosebleed together…
Raincoat and nosebleed: dry cleaner’s nightmare.
Aw, Elendil’s Heir–you made me blush! (and I thought you were a girl…oops!)
unexpected compliment
From Presidential candidate!
Systematized descrimination
Huh? 
Institutionalized racism etc.
psychopaths
Elendil’s Heir is a Democratic candidate, or at least joked about it pretty convincingly a while back.
Quite true, and I still am: My Presidential campaign - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board
And eleanorigby, if I were female, I’d be Elendil’s Heiress, wouldn’t I? 
Psychopaths: Nutjobs’ paved walkways.
Arkham Asylum.
The sad thing is last night as I got ready for bed, I suddenly sat up with thought: Elendil’s Heir was in my LOTR thread–stoopit Rigby!
Arkham Asylum: Graphic Nut House
Super Dog!
Super Dog!: Mine always were.
My handsome, sly black cat, Sal, on the occasion of his 14th (or is it 15th?) birthday.
Well, I don’t know Sal at all, so this is based on cats in general:
Staff felicitations acknowledged.
rhinovirus, because I’ve caught a cold, dammit.