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January 22nd, 2007
03:02 pm - In the news...
Technology May Give Blind A Touch Of Sight
Or as someone recently said, "You lick marvelous"
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January 4th, 2007
10:37 am - In the news...
Read and discuss: Treatment keeps girl child-sized
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December 13th, 2006
11:07 pm - Joke from mom
Will I live to be 90?
I recently picked a new primary care doctor. After two visits and exhaustive lab tests, he said I was doing "fairly well" for my age. A little concerned about that comment, I couldn't resist asking him, "Do you think I'll live to be 90?" Heasked, "Do you smoke tobacco, or drink beer or wine?" "Oh no," I replied. "I'm not doing drugs, either." Then he asked, "Do you eat rib-eye steaks and barbecued ribs?" I said, "No, my former doctor said that all red meat is very unhealthy!" "Do you spend a lot of time in the sun, like playing golf, sailing, hiking,
or bicycling?" "No, I don't," I said. He asked, "Do you gamble, drive fast cars, or have a lot of sex?" "No," I said. "I don't do any of those things." He looked at me and said, "Then, why do you give a shit how long you will live?"
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October 11th, 2006
01:47 pm - Getting rid of stuff
Does anyone know a good place to donate stuffed animals or lightly used games and puzzles?
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September 15th, 2006
11:48 am - Upcoming choir performance
On September 25 at 7:30 my church choir will be performing at our church for the Installation Service of the DC Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. While it's officially a Vesper's service, I wouldn't be surprised if nearly all of it is sung except for the AGO-specific ceremony bits.
Because I'm lazy, here's the anticipated song list taken directly from ( email from choir director )
And there will be refreshments afterwards.
While this event doesn't seem to be listed on any of the AGO sites, I'm pretty sure it's open to the public and free, if I learn otherwise, I'll post here.
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August 25th, 2006
10:32 am - Sangria
I have a craving for Sangria. Do you have a recipe or general plan for making it that you like?
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July 13th, 2006
11:42 am - In the news...
Silk 'could help repair nerves'
It's news like this that makes me regret not pursuing biomaterials as a career.
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July 10th, 2006
09:35 am - Brave Combo in NY and PA
Attn folks in New York State and Pittsburgh, Brave Combo, one of my favorite silly bands, is performing a bunch of times in your neck of the woods.
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June 27th, 2006
May 19th, 2006
10:19 am - PSA: HPV Vaccine Update
And FDA advisory committee has endorsed the drug and Merck has a more detailed announcement.
Here's hoping that science, not morality prevails and this drug gets approved, and even better, it or an improvement on it becomes one of those vaccines required of all people when they are babies. While it's the women who tend to die from this disease, it's very easily transmitted to them by infected, but asymptomatic men. And just like herpes, a condom isn't always enough prevention against HPV.
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May 16th, 2006
12:05 pm - Not bananas
Truck loses wieners
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May 9th, 2006
12:01 pm - Dancing fun in July
MS Fantasy Ball on July 15
It seems they are looking for drummers for middle eastern dancing. As I get more information about that, I'll post it here.
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January 9th, 2006
04:24 pm - House cleaning
Today I have removed from my friends list everyone who doesn't list me as a friend and who doesn't post enough public posts for there to be much point in me keeping them on the list.
If you've been removed and didn't want to be, comment here.
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January 3rd, 2006
04:52 pm - The 12th Night Hat
I started the new hat for me for 12th Night. It is going to be black cotton velvet (the most luxurious black velvet the store had) lined with silver metallic silk organza (silver metal, light grey silk) with fabric balls of the silk attached along the edges and the whole thing will be stitched with dark grey silk thread in 2 weights.
I have been taking pictures as I go and I plan on making an official photo essay describing the construction. But for now, I'm putting my notes here.
( Read more... )
( Attention sewing gurus, advice needed )
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September 12th, 2005
02:17 pm
The ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) engrish community has very little traffic and very few really good posts. But today's post about a flexible keyboard is quite amusing.
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August 22nd, 2005
10:23 am - In the news...
Kitten clones
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July 27th, 2005
04:13 pm - In the news
Japanese Android
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June 23rd, 2005
10:49 am
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/4119254.stm Could this be the beginning of the next schism in the catholic church?
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June 2nd, 2005
09:08 pm - Music Meme
This one's Svan's fault:
Your Taste in Music:
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| 80's Pop: Highest Influence | | 90's Alternative: Highest Influence | | 80's Alternative: High Influence | | 90's Pop: High Influence | | Classic Rock: High Influence | | Heavy Metal: High Influence | | Progressive Rock: High Influence | | 80's Rock: Medium Influence | | 90's Rock: Medium Influence | | Adult Alternative: Medium Influence | | Old School Hip Hop: Medium Influence | | Punk: Medium Influence | | Alternative Rock: Low Influence |
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11:44 am - For the knitters reading this
I'm ready for a new knitting project. I'd rather knit from my stash than buy stuff for a new project. Here's what I'd most like to use up:
- 3 50g skeins of cream-colored sport-dk weight alpaca
- 2 skeins of very fuzzy black mohair
- 2 or 4 skeins of some bulky silk stuff in 2 coordinating greyish colors
- 2 50g skeins of Noro Kojaku (black/grey with a rainbow thread twisted in)
Any suggestions for projects using these?
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