October 7th, 2008
posted in Nerdy Delights
I read this article in which a scientist claims that only 10% of the cells in our body are human. The rest are supposedly bacteria, fungi, and other wee colonizers, many of which live in some sort of [...] read the complete entry »
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October 6th, 2008
posted in General
What is it with women who hate their own vaginas?
Slate’s Torie Bosch wrote up a review of NuvaRing’s ad campaign (I personally find the commercial kind of creepy). In it, she says:
The ad’s smartest move is glossing over
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October 6th, 2008
posted in Fixing the Knee
This weekend, I was stumbling to the bathroom in the middle of the night, when I did something terrible to the big toe on my good leg. My guess is that I sprained it very badly or fractured it. [...] read the complete entry »
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September 30th, 2008
posted in Fixing the Knee
OK, my PT today was better. The exercises are still old hat to me. But I did get a massage (the extremely deep, painful kind that is the only kind of massage that I tolerate), which I needed, [...] read the complete entry »
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September 27th, 2008
posted in General
This morning, I dreamed that I was taking a nap on a huge bed in the middle of a mall-like space. It was a really big bed, clearly intended for public use. There were a few people way [...] read the complete entry »
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September 27th, 2008
posted in General
I think my therapist fucked up my knee when she forced it into hyperextension yesterday. I’m distinctly set back, and after making such good progress.
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