No kidding

I’m probably going to hell for pointing this out. In the ABC report about a woman with a malfunctioned implanted defibrillator that almost killed her. On Dec. 17, 2007, [Bridget] Robb’s implanted defibrillator malfunctioned, shocking her heart a total of 31 times in the span of a few minutes… Medtronics, the company that makes the device used by Robb, told ABC News they sent certified letters to all the patients and their doctors. But Robb said she did not know her defibrillator had been recalled until she arrived at the hospital’s emergency room. “I had no idea,” Robb said, “I...
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Wall Tree

Here’s my first art purchase! Well, kind of. I won the art but paid for the frame. Heh. I won “Seventeen” from a contest on Raven’s blog a while back. It’s been sitting in my office since then, waiting to get custom framed. But then I talked to Raven and she said that Mike, her husband the artist, can do the custom framing too. They delivered the frame to my house. AND hung it for me. AND Raven also brought over the Tahitian Vanilla bath salt  I couldn’t get out of my head since the Brewery Art Walk and my...
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Single Girl Friday

Woke up feeling the blues and didn’t want to put on the happy, personal mask for the day, I stayed home and worked on designing web pages for work.  A combination of homesick, having talked to my dad last night and emailed with my brother this morning, feeling the odd sense of loss, and missing Brandon quite fiercely.  As it was proven, it was really good to be alone today. Ate leftover pasta for lunch on the couch, watching re-run of Firefly on Sci-Fi channel. Ran to Fresh & Easy to pick up single serving of rib eye steak, a...
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College Rules

I struggled to remember the 10 Golden Rules of college per the instruction of my awesome high school Physics teacher, Ed Cunningham. A few of them I had committed to memory as I managed to follow them for at least the first semester freshman year. You know, before the rest of your college life actually encroached on your studying. So, I wrote whatever I could remember down on a handful of note cards along with some that I just made up from experience. These cards and a copy of “The Alchemist” are on their way to Brandon’s niece Lauren in...
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