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How to shock a 21-year-old
Tell them about how, when you were young, you had a boyfriend who lived 45 minutes away. That was a long-distance call, so it was Very Expensive to talk on the phone. For that reason you only called one another on weekends, and during the week you wrote each other letters. On paper.
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I'm a grad student!
Last night we went to a release party for a viral video. How 2011! A friend of ours wrote a book to which the video is a companion piece.
Anyway, it's pretty funny. :-)
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The Social Network
Isn't the first movie filmed at Hopkins while I've been there, but apparently it's a good one for a change. (As opposed to, say, The Invasion. But the episode of The Wire was ok.)
Anyway, at 53 seconds in, I work in the building on the right.
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Great, now we have to worry about pig MRSA.
This week in Science, we learn that there has been pig to human transmission of a methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). While the pig MRSA hasn't been shown to be transmitted human-to-human yet, S. aureus is adept at horizontal gene transfers that can give it new capabilities.
From Pigs to People: The Emergence of a New Superbug -
Super Friendly
I noticed this box in my ersatz lactation room. I found the idea of the "friendly snorkel" too intriguing not to investigate. Alas, plain old canned air with a plain old red straw for the nozzle. What's so super friendly about that?
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Baby at One Month
Today Nate is a month old! It's almost impossible to believe ( Read more... ) -
Nate's Birth Story
On Thursday the 25th I was 40 weeks and six days pregnant. My weekly midwife appointment was scheduled for that morning. Everything was going well, but on Friday I was going to be officially "overdue". The midwife offered to strip my membranes to try to get something started, and I agreed. (I've heard many women find this painful, but it didn't ( Read more... ) -
Diaper 2.0
I hope to cloth diaper. This is no longer necessarily a matter of cloth rectangles and pins and rubber pants. Cloth diapers are technical now. You can get fitted diapers which are shaped like disposables and fasten with "velcro" (actually, hook and loop called Aplix or Touchtape) or snaps. You can even get all-in-one diapers that are like ( Read more... ) -
One month to D-Day
At some point indigo_rose99 made a comment that she saw a pregnant woman out in public, with a gapping shirt and, presumably, her belly hanging out. Yikes ( Read more... )
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