I gave blood this morning. Now I have an excuse to play Wii instead of exercising after work.
Why do organizations always try to shove their lousy t-shirts in my face? That's right, lousy. The blood drive t-shirts are lousy, the Relay for Life t-shirts are lousy, Greek Life t-shirts (save for Brent's) are lousy, any free t-shirt that doesn't have an inappropriate graphic is utterly lousy. Just give me my cookie and orange juice, and let me be one my way.
My pulse is 64 bpm, blood pressure 104/68, iron level ~16.5 (not sure what units they use, but apparently I'm about 4 above average), and my temp was ~96.5 degrees. Conclusion? I'm one chill mothafucka.
I learned today that tea and coffee contain compounds called tannins which interfere with the blood's absorption of iron. The blood takers recommended someone not drink any kind of tea or coffee one day prior to and one day after donating. And at work I started my day with a pleasant cup of tea, thinking that a healthy choice. Hm. The more you know.
A woman today was driving on the highway 15 mph under the speed limit. As I passed I noticed her brushing her teeth. Part of me, a rather small part of me wishes she was texting instead.
Gas near my apartment is $2.42. Jenny's mom saw gas in Cincinnati for $1.99. As overjoyed as I am to fill my tank for $15, I pretty much agree with Keacher on this.
Halfpenny, I'll let you know when I get Dr. Mario; but be aware that my efforts are currently devoted to Mario Kart and Mario Galaxy. And soon I'll have the next Mario Party in George's favorite series of video-drinking-games. This time requiring coordinated motions. I'll need to be sure to wear the wrist strap.
Now that I have a Wii I have to start adding "friends" to play against and to send messages. It's not enough that I have facebook friends, and real friends, but now I need Mario Kart friends. How many ways am I suppose to be friends with the SAME PEOPLE?
Fuck Halloween! This weekend is Daylight Saving Time. Jenny and I are going to celebrate with beer and ravioli, followed by a nine hour sleep.
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ReplyDelete1) I'm glad you liked my T-shirt.
2) Red wine also has tannins, which is what gives it its "dry" flavor.
3) You should've run that woman off the road. You'd STILL be a better driver than her.
4) Be sure to write your congressman about magnetic confinement fusion. I might be working with MIT's C-Mod tokamak next semester!
5) Mario Party makes for the best drinking games ever!
6) Sully was epic at the milk chug, but his deed was no Herculean feat like yours.
I just didn't want to write something incriminating on the web.
ReplyDeleteQ) The Alcator C-Mod? The most powerful tokamak in the world? How will you be working with it from Austin?
:) What was Sully's time?
No, fuck iron, it's the same stuff that lowers blood pressure and can prevent a heart attack. Tons of people get data from C-Mod; it's not like you have to be there to analyze the data, although I did get to tour it last year. The cool thing about using C-Mod data is that they actually use deuterium-tritium plasmas instead of just some punk-ass noble gas. His time must be around 4 minutes because that's how long the Facebook video is. If you haven't seen it yet, you need to; it's amazing. There were like 15 people!
ReplyDeleteMilk chug video has just been viewed (sitting next to Jenny, he he he) and I do say it is magnificent.
ReplyDeleteSweet! Using deuterium-tritium kicks the pants off noble gases any day of the week. Except on Sundays, hydrogen only exists at protium on the Sabbath.
Ohmygawdmyheadasplodedfromallthecrazyphysicstalk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111!!!11one
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