Octopus Jar

21Feb07

I learned something new today in conference. Takotsubo. The dreaded broken-heart syndrome. Otherwise known as octupus-jar. It’s when you get a heart attack from an emotionally stressful event even though your heart is normal.
As from Up to Date:
Stress-induced (takotsubo) cardiomyopathy
— Stress-induced cardiomyopathy, also called transient left ventricular (LV) [...]

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Healthy eater by day, junk foodie by night

19Feb07

ad of jessica alba and mcgriddles not available anymore….
In the past 4 days, i’ve eaten 4 sausage, egg, and cheese mcgriddles, 7 hash browns, 2 cheeseburgers, 3 chicken nuggets, 2 big macs, countless french fries, 3 bags of potato chips, a gallon of soda, 2 bottles of gatorade, 3 bottles of water, beef [...]

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Guess the Poet! or the Singer!

16Feb07

Guess the Poet

Okay, someone asked for Spanish and here it is… Three challenges to this one + 2 bonus questions.
1. Name of the song. (Easy)
2. Name of the singer. (moderately difficult) – one of my roommates from college described the singer as the ugliest person in [...]

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Valentine Poem

15Feb07

silently if,out of not knowable
night’s utmost nothing,wanders a little guess
(only which is this world)more my life does
not leap than with the mystery your smile
sings or if(spiraling as luminous
they climb oblivion)voices who are dreams,
less into heaven certainly earth swims
than each my deeper death becomes your kiss
losing through you what seemed myself,i find
selves unimaginably mine;beyond
sorrow’s own joys [...]

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An Inconvenient Truth

11Feb07

“A great goal is one that is beautiful and important…” So says one of my favorite footballers Eric Cantona. The same can be applied to movies. Some of the greatest movies in history had that mix of importance and artistry. For example, Schindler’s List, or, perhaps, Crash. But [...]

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The Smell of Honey

10Feb07

Poor Spock, Don’t ask me what possessed me to post this…

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Weird Video Celebrating the Heart

07Feb07

Hard ‘N Phirm –
For Valentine’s Day i guess…

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Evora of Cape Verde

05Feb07

Cesaria Evora – Sodade

One of my favorite singers. Don’t understand what she’s saying, but don’t have to to know she’s easy on the ears.

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