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Friday, May 4, 2007

Speaking of Depressing…

Went to pick up my prescription yesterday.

Cash price was $133. My cost? $110.

I am really hoping that was just me needing to meet my deductible. Though things like this are why Michael and I live under our income level. As much as one doesn’t like spending $110 out of nowhere, at least we have the money.

Written by Michelle at 12:27 pm    

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Truth (and Google Bombing)

This is the truth.

Especially the bit about whiskey.

(for more information, see here.)

Written by Michelle at 12:10 pm    

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Thursday, May 3, 2007

Easily Amused

And today’s spam winner is:

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Mr. Watson! Come here! I need you!

Written by Michelle at 2:10 pm    

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Well Who Doesn’t?

Doctor: So do you ever have thoughts about hurting other people?
Me: I did mention that I do software support, didn’t it?

Written by Michelle at 11:32 am    

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Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Slices of Life

It was a people watching extravaganza this evening in Morgantown.

As I was walking to meet my co-workers for dinner we passed two intoxicated white trash guys having a yelling match in a parking lot off High Street (Townies: Daniel’s parking lot near where the “Steppin’ Out” mural used to be). I say intoxicated because not only was there a significant slurring of words, but the only coherent phrase I heard uttered (yelled) was, “I ain’t yer bitch!”

And to further the excitement, apparently soon after we turned the corner, fisticuffs broke out, and there may have been body parts slammed into a car. (One of the people we were meeting missed the yelling but caught the brawling.)

But still, to see an almost aggressively heterosexual guy yelling, “I ain’t yer bitch!” leads me to wonder what lead up to that argument.

Probably just drugs and alcohol. But still, one can imagine a fascinating (and sordid) story.

Written by Michelle at 10:05 pm    

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Gladiator Graveyard

A gladiator graveyard was discovered at Ephesus.

The Ephesus graves containing thousands of bones were found along with three gravestones, clearly depicting gladiators.

Two pathologists at the Medical University of Vienna – Professor Karl Grossschmidt and Professor Fabian Kanz – have spent much of the past five years painstakingly cataloguing and forensically analysing every single bone for age, injury and cause of death.

They found at least 67 individuals, nearly all aged 20 to 30.

What’s even more interesting is that they discovered signs of gladiators’ lives being taken (as opposed to death by combat) in two different ways: one evidence of death in the ring where “a kneeling man (had) a sword rammed through down his throat into the heart” and the other was death after a fight out of the ring because “a number of the skulls showed rectangular holes that could not have been made by any of the known gladiator weapons. Instead, they suggest the use of a heavy hammer…”‘One possible explanation, which is supported by a number of archaeologists, is that there must have been an assistant in the arena who basically gave the gladiator the coup de grace'”

I find it pretty fascinating how much sociological detail can be gleaned from a graveyard.

Written by Michelle at 12:03 pm    

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Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Random Health News

Stealth vegetables for kids. (Okay, I just love the phrase “stealth vegetables.)

And more on the totally unshocking news–drinking soda is associated with poor diet and increased BMI, while drinking milk is associated with a higher nutrient intake and lower BMI.

Mmmm…. chocolate milk.

Written by Michelle at 5:48 pm    

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Great Package Race

DHL won this years Great Package race. However, given the choice, I’ll stick with UPS, because I really like the UPS guys (and they’re almost always guys) who deliver loot to my house. They are usually grinning when I open the door after running to the door yelling “LOOT! LOOT! LOOT FOR ME!”

But the idea of a Great Package Race is pretty fascinating.

The race results are often mixed and entertaining. Two carriers once showed up at the exact same time to deliver their packages. One package was carried back-and-forth across the Atlantic nine times before delivery. Another was sent to Costa Rica instead of Croatia. And one carrier claimed that the destination country didn’t exist at all.

Written by Michelle at 5:35 pm    

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