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Thursday, April 22, 2010

A Brief Note from Diet Hell…

Thanks to all who commiserated and wished me success! Day One: It was medium-hellish. Walk the doggie. Feed the doggie. For myself? A pear (I’m allowed) and tea. For lunch - the soup – yuck. Pretty busy all day, a meeting and other stuff, try not to think too much about real food. Home again. Walk... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Wish Me Well – I’m Entering Hell…

I must enter a hell in order to escape – escape being torn by the sons of Satan for one of my deadly sins – the sin of gluttony. And I shall try to make good my escape by charging through those halls of perdition – the Diet Hell! For at least a week I shall mourn my morning latte, my croissant with... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 18, 2010

Going to Europe this Year? Take a Ship…

In fact, I may not go at all – I have no plans for getting caught up in another French Revolution… Icelandic Volcanoes – Disrupting Weather & History Since 1783 If past is prelude, then the volcanic eruption in Iceland whose plume of ash has grounded almost 300 [tens of thousands by now] flights... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 5, 2010

More Things You Didn’t Know About Viruses – Neither Did I…

1. Amoebas turn out to be great places to seek out new viruses. They like to swallow big things and so serve as a kind of mixing bowl where viruses and bacteria can swap genes. 2. Scratch the whole concept of “us versus them.” Half of all human DNA came from viruses which infected and embedded... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 3, 2010

Living with Jag…The Boy and the Pee Tree…

Even when he’s not around, he tends to affect my life in various ways. Among other things, he’s a creature of habit and has forced certain patterns onto the rhythms of my life that weren’t there before his arrival. There is that obligatory late afternoon/early evening walk, always lengthy, always... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 20, 2010

Six More Things You Didn’t Know About Viruses…

1. Virus comes from the Latin word for “poison” or “slimy liquid,” an apt description for the bug that causes the flu and the common cold. 2. In 1992 scientists tracking a pneumonia outbreak in England found a massive new kind of virus lurking within an amoeba inside a cooling tower. It was so large... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 19, 2010

Five Things You Didn’t Know About Viruses…

1. Viruses are not alive. They do not have cells, they cannot turn food into energy, and without a host they are just inert packets of chemicals. 2. Viruses are not exactly dead, either: They have genes, they reproduce, and they evolve through natural selection. 3. Scientists have been debating this... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

What Are Friends For? (A Repost)

I have some rather strange friends. Some of them are so crazy, you’d think they belonged to the realm of fiction… One of them sent me a desperate email recently. Hi, Jack, [he wrote] I don’t even now where to begin…You know I needed a new secretary. So the other day I hired one, and she’s absolutely... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 14, 2010

Separating my Siamese Twins: The Surgery was Successful…

They came into my life recently, not without adding to its complications. They appeared, if not exactly out of the blue, nonetheless rather suddenly and certainly unexpectedly. But what would be expected is that their appearance caused concern, and it did. In fact, even referring to them as ‘Siamese... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 5, 2010

Now We Know: ‘Rock-solid’ case: Asteroid killed the Dinosaurs

Scientists say the debate over cause of ancient catastrophe is settled By Leonard David Space Insider columnist Space.com updated 3:38 p.m. ET, Thurs., March. 4, 2010 THE WOODLANDS, Texas - Scientists have debated for two decades whether a giant space rock wiped out the dinosaurs or if some other... Sign in to see full entry.

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