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It seems like it’s been an extremely long day today, and it’s not even over. I stayed up late last night doing nothing but watching bad TV. Clash of the Titans was on, and it’s such a horribly bad movie that I needed very much to watch it. Anyway,...

Twang

Sometimes when I go to the gym I just push myself that extra little bit that turns out to be too much. Today was one of those days. I was doing military press with dumbells at what I thought was the maximum I could lift. So, I added another 10 pounds. Halfway through...

Blood pressure

Well, Dad’s blood pressure is finally under control. Turns out all he needed was to take some water pills because he had too many fluids in his system. His blood pressure dropped from a really scary 150 over 60 to an extremely healthy 100 over 70. I guess all of...

Brain chemistry

On my way to work this morning I listened to an interesting interview about brain chemistry. Here are some points: – The brain records more details about bad memories than about good memories. Very bad memories can be “grooved” into our brains very...

Betta testing

Olya’s got me thinking about bettas as pets. It does sound appealing. They’re not as expensive as other fish, mainly because they only require a very small enclosure. Changing the water is probably not too difficult either, since there’s less of it....

Swimming swimming swimming

A number of factors collided, causing me to decide that I wanted to look at aquariums as a possible way to have pets. I did some research on the web about them, and discovered that there seems to be an enormous amount of work and money involved. Well, that...