Pirates of the Caribbean 3

I declare this film to be... AWESOME!

That is all.

Print Goco rip-off

Lisa, Lydia, Brett and Heidie and I went to the Maker faire* this weekend and boy was it awesome. One of the demos we went to was how to use a Print Gocco. This handy personal use silk screening device can turn you into a one-man TV factory and Lisa and I are excited. The only problem is that Print Gocco's are hard to come by. Evidently, the only places where you can get them are Australia and England. There's a rumor that they will be selling more in the US this summer but I can't verify it.

Anyhow, I've decided that I'm going to look into making one for myself. I'm going to draft Brett since he's handy.

* The extra "e" in "faire" is for "extra good time"

Tube in my nose

Warning, the following comment is very gross.

The worst thing about having a tube in your nose (and down your throat) is that your esophagus keeps trying to pull it down into your stomach. Good thing they taped the end of the tube to my face.

Update: The tube is out. You know, I though I had prepared myself but it turns out that no - having a tube up your nose and down your throat for 24 hours is just a much more uncomfortable experience than you expect. There's not much to be said about it besides the observation that blowing your nose in that condition is really hard and messy.

Also, I'm not posting any pics because of my intense personal vanity.

Action Animal Adventure Team Squad 2!

This has been another Tom and Lisa production.

Blue Genes

I recently found out that I "dodged the bullet" genetically speaking. My mom has Thalassemia minor, a benign genetic disorder where a messed up copy of a gene messes up half your blood cells. It supposedly gives you heightened immunity to malaria since the smaller blood cells immediately die when infected, stopping the malaria from reproducing. This is the genetic equivalent to poisoning half the food in your refrigerator in order to stop would-be robbers. The main draw-back to this genetic condition is the possibility of getting together with another Thalassemia minor mate and having a child with two messed up Thalassemia gene variants giving it Thalassemia major, a horrible horrible disease.

Anyhow, my mom has it, my sister may have it, my dad might have had it, but I don't. have it. Hooray for science.