February 2011
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January 2011
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“All the things I said and did — I’m.. I’m so, so sorry. I know...”
– Tony Stark to Steve Rogers.
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Why be depressed when smiling can be so much more...
I realized something over the weekend - I crack up when I’m in immense physical pain. When my legs cramped up from snowboarding, I couldn’t stop laughing. But holy shit did it hurt, but damn it was funny. I forget why. When I hit my hand against the wall and it bleeds from wall climbing, I smile. Because it could always be worse. I laugh at my own stupidity. That can’t be normal,...
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Regina Spektor - Hero
I’m the hero of this...
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I've been so testy this week. Ugh.
I know exactly why, but I shouldn’t be [testy]. I’ve sometimes snapped at my friends (sorry peoples), there aren’t good excuses, and I’m better than this. I know I am. I can do this.
This isn’t a matter of wanting to put up a front, or even keeping things from my friends or people around me. It’s a matter of being able to get a handle on my emotions. Or trying...
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Give Peace A Chance.: What's Happening in Egypt... →
promotingpeace:
The basics: Egypt is a large, mostly Arab, mostly Muslim country. At around 80 million people, it has the largest population in the Middle East and the third-largest in Africa. Most of Egypt is in North Africa, although the part of the country that borders Israel, the Sinai peninsula, is in Asia. Its other neighbors are Sudan (to the South), Libya (to the West), and Saudi...
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Is John Boehner Crying? →
Just in case any of you were wondering, this site answers all your questions. Well, just one question, really.
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“”I haven’t had an erection in over a year. I’m old, my...”
– - my classmate’s 72 year-old patient today in preceptorship.
This is 4% adorable and 1,000,000% creepy.
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The House GOP's Plan to Redefine Rape →
rabbleprochoice:
corruptpolitics:
Rape is only really rape if it involves force. So says the new House Republican majority as it now moves to change abortion law.
For years, federal laws restricting the use of government funds to pay for abortions have included exemptions for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest. (Another exemption covers pregnancies that could endanger the life of the...
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BBC News - Can doctors snap into action in an... →
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Tying up loose ends
Sometimes in life we all need reminders that no matter what, our time is finite - there’s a limited time here. I cannot wait forever for loose ends to tie themselves up. Simultaneously, I cannot force certain situations. Time does heal, but when we find that time cut short, our hand is forced to speed up that healing process - to get things off our chest that we’ve wanted to....
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Why Have Abortion Rates Stopped Dropping? : Ms... →
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“[anosmia] happens far more in test questions than they do in real life.”
– -Clinical neuro prof when talking about possible effects of TBIs (traumatic brain injuries)
..good to know.
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Language, my dear! oh my virgin ears!
As future healthcare providers, we need to be able to delve into subject matters that make can make patients uncomfortable at first. It’s our responsibility to help put them at ease so that they feel safe to pass on that information so we can help them.
I just found out one of my classmates still has a hard time saying the word “vagina,” or any iteration of the word. She...
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“OK, today we’re continuing with viral GI infections, so once again...”
– Medical Microbrio professor, at the start of class.
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From Boehner's twitter feed: "LMAO - clean...
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“Destiny is not the path given to us…
but the path we choose for...”
– Megamind
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withyourdirtymouth:
Viva La Vida Cover || Lady...
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"An Honest Facebook Political Argument" by Chase... →
Related to my last post. Hah! Oh so true.
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The Top 10 Logical Fallacies in Everyday Arguments →
schofio:
Ad hominem
Tries to counter an argument by attacking the person, rather than addressing the argument itself.
Ad ignorantiam
States that a specific belief is true because we don’t know that it isn’t true.
Argument from authority
Argues that something is true because a respected individual (an individual with authority) says it is.
Correlation implies causation
Fairly...
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Black Diamond.
It’s one of those obstacles so steep where you can’t see the bottom - a second horizon to overcome. I’m so used to cautiously climbing up that I’ve forgotten how to freely let myself fall. The snow cries as it’s crunched beneath my board. My weight teeters from front to back as I prep for the inevitable. I feel the frozen earth doesn’t like being unevenly...
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Hard-headed failure.
Currently sore/in pain at:
my fingers
my back/vertebral column - probably twisted my back too much wiping out. How the hell do I get three different bruises? I must fall weirdly.
my wrists
my head. oh man my head. Thank you ibuprofen.
my butt
my neck
my knees
my shins
There’s nothing more fulfilling than learning something new and finding the time to becoming somewhat proficient...
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WatchBack and sore but ready to write… but first -
Bears Packers Pumpup! ARE YOU READY FOR THIS?
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Pantsless Progressive: Speaker Boehner, where are... →
pantslessprogressive:
Full applause to Eclectablog for compiling the following list.
So far in the 112th Congress, the Republicans haven’t introduced a single jobs bill. However, from the Republicans, as of today, we have at least:
16 bills to repeal all or parts of the Affordable Care Act
7 bills/resolutions to require a balanced federal budget
5 bills to repeal the estate tax (which...
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“Finally, I conveyed this message to the President: The US should lead by...”
– What I Told Obama About Beijing’s Human Rights Problem (via caraobrien)
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“The cynical answer is: because it distracts attention from the trade barriers...”
– Dambisa Moyo, international economist, on why the West continues to give aid to Africa, despite overwhelming evidence that foreign aid contributes to world hunger. (via statehate)
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DBATB
The thing about waiting for the right private moment is that you never know when it could come. In this case, it never came. Well.. it did. -ish. And I let it slip. I tried again in a less private moment, but nerves just made me ask in such a way that seemed far too open, and less what I actually meant. My high school chem honors teacher wrote on our tests all the time whenever some of us tried to...
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A Victim Treats His Mugger Right : NPR →
This reminds me of when I got mugged recently.
It wasn’t nearly as innocuous as this story. I was asking some homeless guy for directions in the city - how to get to a particular L stop (it was underground and in a building). He pointed me in the right direction and I was about to give him a couple of bucks from my wallet for his help and he probably needed it. When I started to get money...
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exhausted frustration
The below is me being annoyed and confused. and whiny.
Have I finally come to the realization (and accepted) that maybe I didn’t give you enough space? You said you wanted to remain friends when you broke up with me. Me, sacrificing what I had, and because I cared for you so much, respected your wishes and did what I could to return to being friends. I’ve outstretched my hand...
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“was in the OR for 11 hours after a 12 hour day. the take home message - treat...”
– one of my friend’s status updates.
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House passes repeal of health care law - On... →
That was to be expected what with the majority. Will this really open the discussion for single payer? In my opinion - probably not. For the entire day, single payer wasn’t even mentioned once. (Kucinich - what a man - spoke about it yesterday, so at least there’s that. But one mention out of many?) Even the public option was barely given lip service. What the heck is the alternatives?...
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“I’m my best enemy, my best adversary. Every day I defy him, Everyday I...”
– This keeps me running.
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It's a shitty feeling when you really want to say...
..and it was such a good time too. I need to do this in person.
I’m terrible on the phone.
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“There must be a word for complaining vociferously about a wrong being done to...”
– JON STEWART, taking Sarah Palin to task for complaining that some wrongfully politicized the Tucson massacre by linking her and her “bullseye” map to the shootings — before calling the shooter a “left-leaning criminal” — on The Daily Show.
Yep.
(via inothernews)
