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| Mental Cabbages and a Good Tune |
| [Guest post by Socrates In the really quite likely event that you're left wondering what this is all about, see this discussion thread ] Bristol Michael made me do it Well him and Mental urging me on And indeed attempting to usurp the directorR (more) |
| Energy-Generating Soccer Ball |
| From Bloomberg BusinessWeek: 'Kicking a sOccket soccer ball for 15 minutes produces enough power to light an LED bulb for three hours ' just plug the lamp into its socket The developers, four friends from Harvard, have drummed up $40,000 (more) |
| The Obesity Crisis Continues |
| If nurses and the public are not yet convinced it is time to take action to combat obesity, the latest report posted online by the Trust for America's Health and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is another sobering wake up call The timely report 'F as (more) |
| Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (broken-heart syndrome) in differential diagnosis |
| Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (also called stress induced cardiomyopathy, apical ballooning, or broken heart syndrome) was first described in Japan 20 years ago It is typically precipitated by acute emotional stress, hence the names 'stress cardiomyopath (more) |
| A slow day, or: Online Dating In Four Words: |
| The horror! The horror!Kiva and I were in the unit yesterday Both patients had gone off to have obscure tests of one sort or another done, and things were slow She asked how my love life was 'Dismal ''Have you thought about finding a man here at wo (more) |
| No time, sore shoulder, but good news! |
| The Zoater's bloodwork came back normal The only thing weird was an elevated level of monocytes which, Dr Google reminds me, peak eight to fourteen days after inflammation or infection sets in (or something like that) The vet sounded surprised: 'It (more) |
| Taking The Opportunity To Change |
| In every moment of our life we have the opportunity to improve No need to wait to do so, if we decide what we want and begin to act we can create new opportunities to create change in our lives The change is not always seen as an opportunity but r (more) |
| U.S. Interstate Highway System in the style of H.C. Beck's London Undergrou |
| Created by Cameron Booth, who wrote, 'Drawing my cues from the original and best metro diagram, H C Beck's wonderful London Underground, I have rendered the Interstate system in a much simpler form I have made the 'major' highways (those divisible (more) |
| 'Because every country is the best at something' |
| 'Roll over the image [the one on the site, booboo] to see the countries ' Reminds me of new age psychobabble in preschool [via Milena] (more) |
| Failure... |
| So I cracked under the pressure of some good sales But I shopped less this month than usual, and I am recommitting for the next five days to do NO unnecessary spending I am a work in progress (more) |
| Twitter Doctors |
| The headline over the story that came in from Shawn Zehnder Lea read, ''Twitter Doctors' Lists Medical Kings of Social Media ' Silly me, I got all excited, certain I was about to read all about how I'd been anointed without (more) |
| Photo of the Week |
| flickr photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } flickr yourcomment { } flickr frame { text align: left; padding: 3px; } flickr caption { font size: 0 8em; margin top: 0px; } Turkish Hat Lilly, originally uploaded by ComicNurse (more) |
| Garden (Egg) Chair |
| A 1968 design by Peter Ghyczy, it's become a classic Seating height: 31cm Open: 84 x 74 x 98cm Closed: 84 x 74 x 45cm 'Every egg is numbered and has a certificate of authenticity ' Because you sure don't want (more) |
| Foot Massage Ball |
| 'Cause sometimes them dogz just won't stop barking From the website: ••••••••••••••••••••••••• • Use hot or cold tap water to adjust the precision machined metal alloy ball's temperature to your li (more) |
| Morph Picasso Notepad |
| 'The sides of the pad are printed with a cool design and the binding of the pad is made of a special moldable material that lets you turn the notepad into a desktop work of art ' $25 98 [via boxbank+] (more) |
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