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Retinal pallor
My optometrist photographs my retinas and sends them off to an ophthalmologist as a part of a yearly check up. My last check up was in mid-April, and I got a call in May.
The ophthalmologist has asked me to come in for an appointment on July 23 - something to do with "retinal pallor" in the photo of my left eye.
Dr. Google, and the EyeWiki say ( Read more... ) -
Fashion and the Good Wife and, sadly, weather
Sometimes the Fug Girls drive me crazy with their lack of fashion history background, their disdain for anything adventurous and frankly ethnocentrist view of fashion. Also, they are pretty damned mean sometimes! But this post on the amazing Juliana Margulies has won me over yet again. Fans of The Good Wife will cheer for this run-on sentence:
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Yes, another post about food
FYI:
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Hey, Edmonites: Free potatoes!
From this week's Good Food Box newsletter:
Coming Event: The Great Potato Give AwayInterested in harvesting 50 lbs of FREE POTATOES? Join Edmonton Potato Growers and the Greater Edmonton Alliance at Norbest Farms ( Read more... ) -
Yer folk fest warnings
Since Calgary Folk Fest was just last weekend, I can give next weekend's Edmonton Folk Fest attendees a heads-up about these performers ( Read more... ) -
OMG, nerds, this is good news!
nlindq sent me this very exciting link:
Two will play HBO's 'Game'
Tom McCarthy has come aboard to direct HBO's fantasy pilot "Game of Thrones," on which the star of his first feature, "The Station Agent's" Peter Dinklage, has been tapped for a key role ( Read more... ) -
Flickr contest
I'm apparently an admin of the Edmonton group on Flickr and some of the more active users wanted a contest to choose the group icon. I put together a quick contest and need some more voters! If you're a member of the group, please go see the contest entries and vote for whichever ones you like. Yes, you can vote for more than one ( Read more... ) -
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Oh shit, my camera!
