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Post by Lola m on Jan 12, 2010 21:27:10 GMT -5
And in fun news, we got to practice giving each other injections today. And I'm completely horrified by all the parasites, virsuses, bacteria, and fungi I've been learning about that are just waiting to inflict unspeakable horrors upon us all and there seems to be no way to prevent or treat them. Have ya covered prions yet? *remembers the eyes-wide chronic terror inflicted by the A&P instructor in the unit on prion diseases* Back in the day when I used to train claims processing, we used to talk about how nubie trainees tended to get "Merck Manual Syndrome" for the first few weeks. They'd read about all the diseases that exist and they'd start going "I have that! No, wait, I have that too! And that! OMG, I have everything eeeeeeee!" ;D
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Post by Spaced Out Looney on Jan 12, 2010 21:28:39 GMT -5
Hey, I just discovered that you can like or dislike commercials on hulu. I wonder if The Man would actually listen to me if I gave feedback.
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Post by Lola m on Jan 12, 2010 21:31:45 GMT -5
And in fun news, we got to practice giving each other injections today. And I'm completely horrified by all the parasites, virsuses, bacteria, and fungi I've been learning about that are just waiting to inflict unspeakable horrors upon us all and there seems to be no way to prevent or treat them. How did your injecting go?
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Post by Lola m on Jan 12, 2010 21:36:46 GMT -5
Sounds like y'all need a little pick-me-up. Investigators at a major research institute have discovered the heaviest element known to science. This startling new discovery has been tentatively named Administratium (Ad). The new element has no protons or electrons, thus having an atomic number of 0. It does, however, have 1 neutron, 125 assistant neutrons, 75 vice neutrons, and 111 assistant vice neutrons, for an atomic mass of 312. These 312 particles are held together by a force called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons. Since it has no electrons, Administratium is inert. However, it can be detected as it impedes every reaction with which it came into contact. According to the discoverers, a minute amount of Administratium causes one reaction to take over four days to complete when it would normally take less than a second. Administratium has a normal half-life of approximately three years; it does not decay, but instead undergoes a reorganization in which a portion of the assistant neutrons, viceneutrons, and assistant vice neutrons exchange places. In fact, an Administratium sample's mass will actually increase over time, since with each reorganization some of the morons inevitably become neutrons, forming new isotopes. This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to speculate that Administratium is formed whenever morons reach a certain concentration. This hypothetical quantity is referred to as the "Critical Morass".from here: www.ajokeaday.com/Clasificacion.asp?ID=78Migod! I work there! ;D
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Post by Spaced Out Looney on Jan 12, 2010 21:38:11 GMT -5
And in fun news, we got to practice giving each other injections today. And I'm completely horrified by all the parasites, virsuses, bacteria, and fungi I've been learning about that are just waiting to inflict unspeakable horrors upon us all and there seems to be no way to prevent or treat them. How did your injecting go? My partner said she didn't feel any pain, so I'm taking that as a good sign.
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Post by Lola m on Jan 12, 2010 21:43:53 GMT -5
How did your injecting go? My partner said she didn't feel any pain, so I'm taking that as a good sign. I'd say that's an excellent sign indeed!
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Post by Spaced Out Looney on Jan 12, 2010 21:52:09 GMT -5
Have ya covered prions yet? *remembers the eyes-wide chronic terror inflicted by the A&P instructor in the unit on prion diseases* Back in the day when I used to train claims processing, we used to talk about how nubie trainees tended to get "Merck Manual Syndrome" for the first few weeks. They'd read about all the diseases that exist and they'd start going "I have that! No, wait, I have that too! And that! OMG, I have everything eeeeeeee!" ;D One of my professors said that we'll all be wearing bubble suits by the end of the semester, and I see no reason not to believe him. Of course, there are also dangers to *not* exposing yourself to the various infectious agents, so really, it's a lose-lose situation.
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Post by Lola m on Jan 12, 2010 22:04:30 GMT -5
**said to grade school aged child** "Don't ever smoke, Rose. Every time you smoke a cigarette, Santa Claus kills an elf." **both child and dad look at her like WTF?** "Helping or hurting? Because I can throw Jesus into the mix." [/Better Off Ted full-on gleeful barking laughter] Why oh why oh why are they taking this show away! Why! **stomps foot petulantly** [more BOT babble] Veridian Dynamics. Right and Wrong. It means something. We just don't know what.
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Post by Matthew on Jan 12, 2010 22:11:28 GMT -5
**said to grade school aged child** "Don't ever smoke, Rose. Every time you smoke a cigarette, Santa Claus kills an elf." **both child and dad look at her like WTF?** "Helping or hurting? Because I can throw Jesus into the mix." [/Better Off Ted full-on gleeful barking laughter] Why oh why oh why are they taking this show away! Why! **stomps foot petulantly** [more BOT babble] Veridian Dynamics. Right and Wrong. It means something. We just don't know what. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!
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Post by Shan on Jan 12, 2010 22:11:41 GMT -5
Have ya covered prions yet? *remembers the eyes-wide chronic terror inflicted by the A&P instructor in the unit on prion diseases* Back in the day when I used to train claims processing, we used to talk about how nubie trainees tended to get "Merck Manual Syndrome" for the first few weeks. They'd read about all the diseases that exist and they'd start going "I have that! No, wait, I have that too! And that! OMG, I have everything eeeeeeee!" ;D I work with a woman like that. She went to the doctor recently and said as how she had something like hypochondriocysticitisemia...and freaked out when her doctor hadn't ever heard of it. ;D
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Post by Shan on Jan 12, 2010 22:13:01 GMT -5
Hey, I just discovered that you can like or dislike commercials on hulu. I wonder if The Man would actually listen to me if I gave feedback. I dunno. I recently told Bath and Body Works they needed to dial back by at least half on their concentrated room spray because it makes me physically sick and they basically told me to pound sand. Good luck. ;D
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Post by Shan on Jan 12, 2010 22:16:43 GMT -5
Back in the day when I used to train claims processing, we used to talk about how nubie trainees tended to get "Merck Manual Syndrome" for the first few weeks. They'd read about all the diseases that exist and they'd start going "I have that! No, wait, I have that too! And that! OMG, I have everything eeeeeeee!" ;D One of my professors said that we'll all be wearing bubble suits by the end of the semester, and I see no reason not to believe him. Of course, there are also dangers to *not* exposing yourself to the various infectious agents, so really, it's a lose-lose situation. That's why I always felt like an excellent mom for letting my kids crawl around in the muck on the floor.
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Post by Shan on Jan 12, 2010 22:21:28 GMT -5
Oh, lovely! I didn't have a camera this morning to capture the frost all over everything...it was magical! OTOH, nothing is quite as magical as getting my water back on yesterday and I didn't take a picture of THAT....
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Post by Shan on Jan 12, 2010 22:24:06 GMT -5
Have ya covered prions yet? *remembers the eyes-wide chronic terror inflicted by the A&P instructor in the unit on prion diseases* Not yet. We're getting to those in a month or so. I studied them a bit in undergrad through. Seriously freaky. Be even freakier if you'd ever lived in the UK in the 1990s and eaten anything but leeks.
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Post by Shan on Jan 12, 2010 22:28:08 GMT -5
Have ya covered prions yet? *remembers the eyes-wide chronic terror inflicted by the A&P instructor in the unit on prion diseases* Not yet. We're getting to those in a month or so. I studied them a bit in undergrad through. Seriously freaky. Freaky anywhere pretty much. Especially when that Red Cross makes it freaky for those of us who lived for X period of time in the UK between 199X and whatever and won't let us donate blood because of the perceived risk of CJD, even if those who have been vegetarians since the 1970s (not me).
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