I'm at the age where I suddenly have dozens of pregnant friends, and I feel it is my duty to encourage them to eat dark chocolate.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080428/hl_nm/chocolate_pregnancy_dc

I occasionally encounter stuff in nursing school that makes me laugh.

http://paramedictv.ems1.com/Clip.aspx?key=18604E80AC653C3F

I don't really know how earthquakes work, but Gliggie started freaking out the night before the first one (I had no idea why at the time), and now she's freaking out again.

So, I guess what I'm saying is, if there's another earthquake coming shortly, you heard it from my turtle first. And if there isn't, well, she's a turtle - what'd you expect?

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I will be spending Valentines morning on the cardiac unit tending to other people's busted hearts.

I am slated to graduate from nursing school in May. This is, by far, the longest I've gone in an educational scenario without phoning it in. Definitely a lot of work, and definitely worth it.

I'm fairly certain that the fact these glasses give me a migraine and make everything all slanty lookin' like a cheap Picasso knock-off is a good indication that the prescription is incorrect.


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I used to live in this house


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