The human body is composed of nearly 100 trillion cells. Each is specialized in function, intricately organized into the complicated structures that make up the essence of who we are: the pulsing blood, the beating heart, the neuron-packed grey matter of our brains. And within each cell, another world: the organelles and enzymes which serve to ( Read more... )

At the stoplight
the belt on my car
--the one I took to be fixed yesterday--
begins to squeal again.

First a light
whiffle whifflebeneath the hum of the heater ( Read more... )

...but this one is important to me. As many of you know, I'm trying to raise money for a close friend who needs to get out of a bad situation. The story and fundraiser is here.

Additionally, for those of you who love therealljidol, because clauderainsrm is amazing, he is also offering, for anyone who donates with a variation under the name "Idol", he will count 50% of that ( Read more... )