I love You Tube, for bringing this 1984 clip to the masses. HOLY SHIT WHAT ARE THEY WEARING:

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I am not going to go into the short bohemian life of New Zealand-born early 20th century author Katherine Mansfield here, you can find her on wikipedia. However I have been really enjoying female authors lately that deal with the dark side of motherhood and domestic life. Not that I don't love every second of being Madeleine's mom. I do, but there ( Read more... )

A colleague pointed this out to me today, it is a blog about J&J's launch of the "new" atypical antipsychotic Invega, which is really just a bioactive metabolite of their tried and true and nearly genericized Risperdal. AKA it is an evergreening strategy, a patent-extension strategy, a gimmick that most doctors with half a brain see right through ( Read more... )

I was able to keep my position at the company I was working for in Boston when moving to Toronto. I still am given a full-time work load, similar difficulties of projects, and I even got a raise, which was good. I call people on the phone and "attend" conference call meetings through outlook and web ex. I told my boss as they are doing the schedule ( Read more... )

i am so very bad at livejournaling. here is a little tiny picture of my little tiny daughter. well not so tiny. today was her first day of being in the toddler room. she was so tired when we got home that i had to deal with the leftovers. and i was on my own tonight so it was a bit of a mess. i am going to take a bath and watch heroes now. 

I have been reading a lot of wikipedia articles about various theories in quantum physics. I nearly failed physics in undergrad, it kept me from graduating summa cum laude. Anyways, if you understand what this means, please let me know:

"The Casimir effect can be understood by the idea that the presence of conducting metals and dielectrics alter the ( Read more... )

I am trying to find a doctor. I called the Women's College Hospital today, because on their website it said you could only see a doctor if you agreed to submit yourself to the inexperienced hands of a medical resident from the University of Toronto. This for me was the most promising lead so far, unless I decide to slit my wrists or get pregnant or ( Read more... )