* Festive holiday paper...under my sandwich at Panera.  Nothing says "holiday cheer" quite like red pinecones.

* Ugg boots and leggings everywhere  [curls up into fetal position]

* Leggings on people who really shouldn't be wearing leggings.  (True, no one should be wearing leggings.  If I can take the time to zip up and snap my pants in the ( Read more... )

As I'm sure most of you know by now, I'm not a big fan of people in general.  Yes, I have my friends and there are sporadic moments in my life that do renew my faith in humanity.  For example, as I was walking into work recently, a doctor followed me into the building.  He introduced himself to me because he recognized me from the third floor lunch ( Read more... )

Sorry it's been a while, folks.  I know some of you read this to stay up on what's going on in my life (Hi, John!) and I've been trying to be better about posting, it just hasn't happened.

As per the usual, I've been busy with bell choir, visiting Michigan, visiting my folks, getting pissed off at the grocery store etc.  And just when I thought I' ( Read more... )

When I was going through The Great Ciprofloxacin Debacle of 2009, I lost ~5 lbs.  Most women would be happy about this, but, seeing that I weighed only ~127 lbs. to start with, I was a little freaked out.  At one point I whined to Meredith, "I feel like Amy Winehouse!  Do I look like Amy Winehouse?"  Thankfully, Meredith was used to my craziness by ( Read more... )

I was excited to read about some of the Nobel Prizes this week.  Not only was I thrilled to see that the chemistry prize was for some freaking sweet biochemistry, but, of the nine laureates given awards in chemistry, medicine, and physics, three of them are women.  That's huge.  And the woman who shares the chemistry prize is the first woman to be ( Read more... )

This has been a good week.  Why?  Oo, I feel a list coming on...

1.)  The UMCB handbell choirs are already rocking out hardcore. 
2.)  I have visitors in the forms of Heather, David, Danielle, and Aaron this weekend!  Yay!
3.)  The data I generated matched what my boss was going to put in his grant.  I'm awesome.
4.)  We got a patient sample today - ( Read more... )

http://citizenvox.org/2008/07/08/fdas-black-box-warning-on-cipro-is-not-enough/

I'm trying to decide if reading stuff like this is encouraging or discouraging.  I was simply trying to find out if ciprofloxacin has caused diabetes insipidus ( Read more... )

I'm still continuing to feel better.  I went to the doctor today for a "wellness visit" (that's Cleveland Clinic's fancy name for a physical) that I've had scheduled for at least a month.  Thankfully, I was able to tell my doctor that I'm doing well and can tell that I'm on the mend.  I told her I'm still having residual anxiety issues, but I can ( Read more... )

Wondering why I haven't posted in ages?  Read on...

I just read an article discussing the new health care plan.  It talked about doctors being put on salary to help reduce costs, among other things.

What interested me were the comments people posted about this article.  I won't even start on the woman who seems to think that "salary" means that you ( Read more... )

I realized that it was exactly a year ago today that I was offered my current job.  I remember dancing around my apartment like a dweeb, I literally couldn't do anything else all evening.  I'm pleased to say that that's still the way I feel about my job.  I don't know how many resumes he sifted through, but I'm very glad my boss found mine ( Read more... )