Neil Armstrong discovered that the moon was made of swiss cheese on this date, July 20, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty nine.
Tee-hee-hee! I just wrote sixty-nine!
Ahem! I was 7 back then, and wasn't aware of any other meanings for 69. But if I had been aware I probably would have giggled my pants off.
Anyway, I'm thinking of Mr. Armstrong's famous words: "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Since "man" in this usage is the same as "mankind" that statement is contradictory. And while I'm too muddle-headed in my advancing age to remember the details, I seem to recall that if you accept as true something which is obviously false then you can use that to prove any silly ol' statement you wish, including that the moon is made of swiss cheese.
And everyone knows that the moon is not made of swiss cheese.
It's string cheese.
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Palindromic Arthritis
What in the dickens is "palindromic arthritis"? Sounds like it should be the same forwards as backwards. I searched for palindromes with "hurt", "pain", "ow", "ouch", and so forth and didn't find anything appropriate. Oh, well.
Actually, palindromic arthritis is periodic or recurring arthritis symptoms. It's not a real disease, just a description of the symptoms. It is sometimes the earliest sign of rheumatoid arthritis. Or it can be the early sign of Whipple's disease.
No, Whipple's disease doesn't strike suddenly in the paper goods aisle at the grocery store. :-)
Palindromic arthritis can also be associated with Chrone's disease, Celiac's disease, and irritable bowel syndrome.
So why isn't my gastroenterologist more up to date with it?
Actually, palindromic arthritis is periodic or recurring arthritis symptoms. It's not a real disease, just a description of the symptoms. It is sometimes the earliest sign of rheumatoid arthritis. Or it can be the early sign of Whipple's disease.
No, Whipple's disease doesn't strike suddenly in the paper goods aisle at the grocery store. :-)
Palindromic arthritis can also be associated with Chrone's disease, Celiac's disease, and irritable bowel syndrome.
So why isn't my gastroenterologist more up to date with it?
Monday, July 18, 2005
Dino-mite!
After much talking and promising and reneging we -- I -- finally painted my 6-year-old's room.
Older bro' got his room painted before he was three, coinciding with the arrival of 2 of 2. The fact that there is no number 3 (and never has been a no. 3 planned) has probably been a big factor in us delaying this remodeling job. When you're about to ignore a child for several months you need to do something to distract him.
But Dos (as in numero dos) has been complaining about his boring white walls for quite a while and we could no longer put it off. Unfortunately, we also couldn't afford an overpriced "artist" to paint his room for him. So shorty got the short end of the stick and has to live with a paint job by his dad.
I don't think the expectations were high, so I was confident that I could exceed them. And I think I did! The finishing touch will be some dinosaur appliqués which cannot be appliquéd until the paint has been dry for 30 days. After that I'll post some pictures.
The theme of the room is dinosaurs. Like many young-uns, the squirt is into dinosaurs. So the bottom of each wall is made up of several layers of brown (as in geologic layers of dirt) with a few dinosaur fossils painted on. Above the dirt is sky to the ceiling, but there are hazy purple mountains in the distance and palm trees, ferns, and rocks in the foreground. A pteranadon is soaring through the sky and a volcano is erupting in one corner. Some glow in the dark stars on the ceiling complete the scene.
Everything is drawn free-hand -- no stencils. No, I am not an artist. But I think I did pretty well, though the texture on the wall was a challenge. You can judge when the pics are posted.
Older bro' got his room painted before he was three, coinciding with the arrival of 2 of 2. The fact that there is no number 3 (and never has been a no. 3 planned) has probably been a big factor in us delaying this remodeling job. When you're about to ignore a child for several months you need to do something to distract him.
But Dos (as in numero dos) has been complaining about his boring white walls for quite a while and we could no longer put it off. Unfortunately, we also couldn't afford an overpriced "artist" to paint his room for him. So shorty got the short end of the stick and has to live with a paint job by his dad.
I don't think the expectations were high, so I was confident that I could exceed them. And I think I did! The finishing touch will be some dinosaur appliqués which cannot be appliquéd until the paint has been dry for 30 days. After that I'll post some pictures.
The theme of the room is dinosaurs. Like many young-uns, the squirt is into dinosaurs. So the bottom of each wall is made up of several layers of brown (as in geologic layers of dirt) with a few dinosaur fossils painted on. Above the dirt is sky to the ceiling, but there are hazy purple mountains in the distance and palm trees, ferns, and rocks in the foreground. A pteranadon is soaring through the sky and a volcano is erupting in one corner. Some glow in the dark stars on the ceiling complete the scene.
Everything is drawn free-hand -- no stencils. No, I am not an artist. But I think I did pretty well, though the texture on the wall was a challenge. You can judge when the pics are posted.
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