Random non-pathology and only peripherally related to pathology thread

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deschutes said:
I completely agree. Which is why I was wondering why you would even suggest spicy tuna.
I was only talking about taste. There are no taste buds in the colon. Only pain receptors :laugh:

deschutes said:
Stop thief! You stole my "c"!

WA doesn't start with "c". You arranged that trio to suit yourself.
What do you expect? Scientists do this all the time. How do you think we get our grant money? We link all our projects with cancer to give it more relevance. Like this one grant application that I have in the works...it deals with studying pimples on rhino buttocks...but twist a few words around and now it becomes relevant to the study of gastric cancer in four-assed monkeys.
 
beary said:
Well, Andy and deschutes, this has been a blast, but I am off to bed. Hope you sleep well. I am sure we will all be on SDN tomorrow. 🙂
likewise...sleep well.
 
deschutes said:
I don't see how pimply rhinos can possibly be considered free from harm.
they're just pimples. plus, we feed them sushi to make them happy.
 
deschutes said:
That's it! I'm calling the SPCA on your show!

Even my computer is spluttering and choking in disbelief.
bring it, farty!

the spca? that's it?
 
deschutes said:
It's not my fight 🙄 I do humans. Bits of humans. Not animals.
ok and with that i bid you adieu. i decided to take a nap. peace out.
 
It's the banana! It was the banana.

It's also a nice sunny day. I have this incredible urge to haul my worldly possessions out into the front yard to increase sales.

Oops should have posted that in the Spring Cleaning thread, shouldn't I.
 
I just went out on the patio and it's nice and warm here as well. I think I will go for a run before going to work.
 
AndyMilonakis said:
I think I will go for a run before going to work.

Do you run? I totally cannot run at all. A year or two ago I went through this thing where I would jog for two minutes, walk for two, and then gradually increase the time I jogged. I finally, after tons of work, made it up to jogging one mile. Then I quit. 🙂 But seriously, I am the worst runner in the world. It KILLS my knees too. Whenever I do do cardio (rarely), I go to the gym and use an elliptical.
 
beary said:
Do you run? I totally cannot run at all. A year or two ago I went through this thing where I would jog for two minutes, walk for two, and then gradually increase the time I jogged. I finally, after tons of work, made it up to jogging one mile. Then I quit. 🙂 But seriously, I am the worst runner in the world. It KILLS my knees too. Whenever I do do cardio (rarely), I go to the gym and use an elliptical.
Not regularly nowadays. I don't like running for the sake of running. If I run, I would rather do so by playing sports. On that note, I used to "run" often during grad school when I played ultimate frisbee with club teams...we would have three 2-3 hour practices per week and then we would compete in tournaments. Medical school destroyed any semblance of exercise routine I had in my life.

I haven't ran in a few months and my knees and ankles hurt now. I figured since ultimate frisbee season starts this Friday, I would get used to running around this week. This is my last season of ultimate frisbee in Ann Arbor before I leave. I'll miss it quite a lot when I do.
 
I hate running. It's stultifying and mind numbing. I enjoy walking and bike riding but absolutely despise running/jogging.
 
I should start playing tennis again. There is this tennis court right behind my apartment that goes unused everyday. It's a nice court too.
 
AndyMilonakis said:
I should start playing tennis again. There is this tennis court right behind my apartment that goes unused everyday. It's a nice court too.

I like tennis. I used to be good and now I suck.
 
I'm curious - who do you think will hit 10,000 posts first? Me or you? Neither one of us would probably notice right away but it might be interesting to see.
 
yaah said:
I like tennis. I used to be good and now I suck.
I haven't played since high school. But I still have my racket...somewhere. I probably suck now too.

If you want to start gettin' your tennis skillz up and running again, give me a buzz.
 
yaah said:
I'm curious - who do you think will hit 10,000 posts first? Me or you? Neither one of us would probably notice right away but it might be interesting to see.
are you talking to me?
 
AndyMilonakis said:
I haven't played since high school. But I still have my racket...somewhere. I probably suck now too.

If you want to start gettin' your tennis skillz up and running again, give me a buzz.

I have to find my racket first. I am not even totally sure I brought it with me. And I know I don't have any (tennis) balls.

are you talking to me

I just looked. I think you're gaining on me.
 
yaah said:
I have to find my racket first. I am not even totally sure I brought it with me. And I know I don't have any (tennis) balls.
Buying tennis balls is the easy part. But without a racket, you're SOL.

yaah said:
I just looked. I think you're gaining on me.
I'll take your word for it. I don't keep track of these things.
 
AndyMilonakis said:
I'll take your word for it. I don't keep track of these things.

I got curious today so I looked. We are both passing people left and right on that list of "top posters."
 
yaah said:
I got curious today so I looked. We are both passing people left and right on that list of "top posters."
there's a list of top posters? is this a thing that only mods and smods have access to?
 
yaah said:
I wish you could organize it by # of posts per day because that would be a better gauge.
oh then clearly i would be the biggest loser on SDN.

let's stop talking about this.
 
I have to get my sleep schedule back in order. WTF am I doing here at lab at 5 frickin' 30 on a Sunday?
 
AndyMilonakis said:
I have to get my sleep schedule back in order. WTF am I doing here at lab at 5 frickin' 30 on a Sunday?

I was screwed up yesterday because I slept until 11 and then had to go to bed at 10, which didn't work.
 
yaah said:
I was screwed up yesterday because I slept until 11 and then had to go to bed at 10, which didn't work.
so you start vampire rounds tomorrow? fun fun happy joy joy. 🙄

when do you have to start your days on BB/TM?
 
AndyMilonakis said:
so you start vampire rounds tomorrow? fun fun happy joy joy. 🙄

when do you have to start your days on BB/TM?

I started on friday actually. We had a pheresis patient who had acute leukemia, WBC 91000, HCT 15%, and they wanted pheresis for fear of impending leukostasis. But they couldn't do anything because she was a Jehovah's witness and said she would rather die than risk going through pheresis and having to get blood to raise her hematocrit (because pheresis generally results in a loss of a bit of blood, and often requires a transfusion if your HCT starts out low). So they called again and asked if there were blood substitutes. Nope.

Oh yeah, and my days are about 8-5.
 
deschutes said:
Repeat after me: "we 😍 basic science"!
In fact, I 😍 basic science so much that I decided that I will intend to be here until midnight. Well, actually...I shall reassess the situation at 8:30 pm.
 
yaah said:
I don't recall you ever using the 😍 smilie before! 😛
It's actually the second time I used it. I really don't use it often though since I have a cold, black heart of a pathologist.
 
AndyMilonakis said:
It's actually the second time I used it. I really don't use it often though since I have a cold, black heart of a pathologist.

We are an evil, depressing species. 😎
 
yaah said:
I'm curious - who do you think will hit 10,000 posts first? Me or you? Neither one of us would probably notice right away but it might be interesting to see.

I am very close to 500 posts. 😎

I think today will be the day!!
 
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