Entries Tagged as ‘Uncategorized’

September 26, 2009

The Efficacy of the Flu Vaccine

August 18, 2009

The Best Healthcare Debate Tweet

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“I don’t care where you fall on the healthcare debate, yelling at Arlen Specter looks like fun.”
-Badbanana via Twitter

May 26, 2009

With or Without the Fireman’s Pole

I finished planting the garden today. The wind was so bad that it scattered tree debris all over the deck, the yard, the garden..everything. Nonetheless the plants needed to be planted so I forged ahead. Gnats were swarming my head and biting my neck and I was miserable. By the time I finished I had [...]

May 11, 2009

In addition to my calendar issues…

After participating in the city wide garage sale,  I immediately left town for a wedding in Minneapolis only to return home to celebrate Mother’s Day… it might be faster and easier to move than to try to clean up…makes me tired just looking at it.

May 10, 2009

Buying a New Calendar

I’ve decided to purchase a new calendar because my old one is booked solid through July, given my propensity to be reclusive I have no idea how this happened.

May 6, 2009

Vaccine Makers Enjoy Immunity

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I haven’t read this in its entirety, I don’t always agree with the Wall Street Journal but it was one of the few publications that recently covered the issue of vaccine injury and the liability limits of the pharmaceutical industry. There are also limits established by government when an “epidemic” [...]

March 25, 2009

Water Levels Rise

Photos of the Platte River were taken on March 24, 2009. The last 2 pictures were taken feet from my yard. The  submerged areas photographed were, in previous years, a dry river bed. I apologize for the poor quality, its was raining hard yesterday afternoon and traffic on the roads where these photos were taken [...]

March 25, 2009

Flood Update

By this morning the Platte River had risen considerably and the water has continued to seep into the basement at a rate of about 5 gallons every half hour. It was a very long night last night, and obviously,  I’m almost too  exhausted to type.
If the river continues to rise at the current rate, I [...]

March 4, 2009

On the Wrong Foot

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I woke up in the middle of the night last night and couldn’t go back to sleep, probably because I just had a nice long nap. By the time I did get back to sleep it was about 5 A.M, I didn’t wake up again until 10:30. The last time I slept until [...]

February 26, 2009

Link Found Between Alzheimer’s & Mad Cow Protein

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Link found between Alzheimer’s, mad cow protein

Bernadette Tansey, Chronicle Staff Writer
Thursday, February 26, 2009

(02-25) 19:56 PST — The latest in a recent flurry of clues on the workings of Alzheimer’s disease comes from Yale University researchers who found a link between the disorder and the prion protein, which can cause [...]