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Nerdy Science Junk
http:www.wired.com./wiredscience/2010/05/photo-wise-telescope-captures-heart-nebula/
There's also a link at the bottom of the article with a much better image. All thanks go to Noel (of Urban fame), who was trying to cheer me up. With science! Yay! -
"You made things worse!" "Worse...or better?"
Well srping is finally getting around to getting here. The snow is gone from my yard, it's been raining the last few days, tulips are starting to poke up through the ground. And...I've developed a cough. WTF, I said to myself. So I told my mom about it and she was like yeah, because of the increased particulate matter in the air people with ( Read more... ) -
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if you're not reading Slate Magazine, for the love of all things holy, why not? i have an rss feed set up - to my work email! i couldn't stand to miss the pure comedy gold of the TV Club's take on Lost (Lost TV Club Theory No. 6: Fertility doctor + spinal surgeon = piano prodigy). or the Olympics Sap-O-Meter. or this little bit gleaned from an ( Read more... ) -
the saga continues. crap.
so, it snowed a lot last week. not like, east coast a lot, but enough so my team and i decided we were all going to work from home a day or two. wednesday, my stupid laptop, which for now is unstupid, discharged. while plugged into the charger. so, crap, i have to go into the office. i gear up to snowblow the driveway, and out i go. i got like two- ( Read more... ) -
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12 of my 15 and a half waking hours were spent at work today. i don't get paid enough for this shit. -
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I am still on the evil, vile nasal spray of disgustingness. I also found out why it tastes the way it does. It's astelin + splenda. FUCKING SPLENDA. They added the splenda "to make it taste better because people complained of the bad taste of astelin". Guess what guys? This isn't any better. I've been bumped down to once daily on the advair 250/50 ( Read more... ) -
Medical Update
Where we last left off, I had just seen the pulminologist, and was going for chest x-rays. I went back to Condell (the same place I'd had my thyroid ultrasound), and they were a heck of a lot faster then last time. Or maybe I got priority scheduling because I was coughing? I know I had to wear mask because I was coughing. I was sitting in the ( Read more... ) -
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the house is making lots of very loud gunshot type cracking sounds, on account of the incredible cold/albert clipper. not only can i not sleep, it makes me uneasy, since i don't remember this happening last winter ( Read more... ) -
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there was some other stuff here that, upon further refection, should probably wait for a different day. other than that carl reiner is right at this very moment on the tonight show. and there was some other stuff here also that, upon further reflection, should probably wait for a different day. also.
but carl reiner is ALWAYS awesome.
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