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Never again will I think that human relationships are complicated.

Symbion is a tiny animal about half a millimetre long, shaped like a bulbous tube with a ring of tiny hairs - cilia - at one end.  They live on the hairy mouthparts of Norway lobsters, with tens or even ( Read more... )

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I ran across a story the other day about an England EMS service that screwed up and was categorizing falls from a height of more than 6 feet not serious enough to warrant an emergency response (within 8 minutes).

So the initial read (admittedly from slashdot), made the ( Read more... )

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Hot damn.  (I know, lame username)

I’m going to try to use it as a log to keep people up to date with how the trip is going.   Also so that people know I’m still alive (or can come save me if something goes horribly wrong).  If you read “They put me in the trunk and are headed ( Read more... )

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Things that I noticed/learned in Brussels.

• It’s very easy to spend a lot of money on chocolate.
• Pretty girl chocolatiers will give you free chocolate if you flirt with them.
• They sell waffles everywhere.  Even in the subway.
• It’s entirely too easy to accidently ride the subway ( Read more... )

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Some minor Ted updates.  Or major if you want to think of it that way.

New interface, new version of Wordpress.  Added some recipes to the side menu.  Still trying to decide where to put the penguins in this one.  Let me know if you have ideas.

Don’t normally use this for life ( Read more... )

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So I just got my first ‘real’ christmas card.  From some friends of mine that got married last year.
I never thought I would be one of those people who gets 20-30 holiday cards and puts them on the mantle with ribbon.  My parents are those people.  Growing up, I would look ( Read more... )

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Don’t have a big slice of Baileys chocolate cake right before bed.

You have really messed up dreams.

Ugh.

My brain says no no, but my stomach says more more.

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Don’t go too fast.

Me thinks this is something that I need to take to heart.  A friend of mine recently reamed me out for going too fast and being too busy.  I can understand this I suppose, what with work, the Rescue Squad, and class… but I’ve got this need to always be doing ( Read more... )

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So John McCain is at it again.

“I just have to say in all candor that since this nation was founded primarily on Christian principles, personally, I prefer someone who has a grounding in my faith,” the GOP presidential hopeful told the Web site in an interview published ( Read more... )

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Truer words are rarely spoken.

A delegate is bound to represent the true local interest of his constituents - to state it in its true light to the whole body - but when each provincial interest is thus stated, every member should act for the aggregate interest of the whole ( Read more... )