rickets

Yesterday was good. My boss took the afternoon off to go outlet shopping, so I took it off too and went birdwatching. I went out at dusk to see the woodcocks (no jokes) as well. They're these cool little game birds with comically long bills. They're pretty hard to see on the ground (camouflage) but this time of year they do these amazing courtship flights...
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So, the jury's back on the pictures of the inside of my skull. Essentially, a part of my sinuses, rather than being filled with air, contains soft tissue. This is causing two problems: 1)it's not allowing my sinus crap to drain through my nose, leaving it to trickle down my throat. This results in my constant drip and cough for as long as I can...
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Screw depression up the butt.

I'm tired of being tired. I've decided this is going to be a great week. I'm going to get a lot done.

I've also decided that this is going to be a great quarter. I'm going to finish doing experiments and start writing my thesis so I can get the hell out of here.

I think I need a mascot...
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I put up some new pictures. The first two are from my band's show the other night. That's me on guitar with Andy on bass and Matt on drums. You'd be hard-pressed to find a couple of guys that are better to work with than those guys.

The other pics I put up are of the inside of my head from a recent CT. I...
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Okay, so my band played this weekend for the first time in probably 9 months. It went really well. A lot of people showed up (at least by our standards). I felt very energetic, and my new hair product (a pomade cream) not only held up better during the show, but stung my eyes much less than gel does when I sweat.

Weather was great...
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Weird coincidences.

I took my amplifier and a guitar in for some repair work a couple of weeks ago. I called the shop today to arrange pickup information and found out that my friend Chris hangs our there all the time.

I've known Chris since 1st grade, but haven't been in touch with him for like 9 years. He saw my name on the amp...
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Really excited to report that my band (The Rules of Attraction) will be playing their first show in about 9 months on Saturday. We have some new songs that I'm really proud of, so I can't wait.

Busy week. Got home late last night after work/gym/groceries. Tonight I have Salsa and then band practice on Wednesday and Thursday night. Maybe Friday I can sleep, 'cause...
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What a busy, crappy week!

It's pretty scary right now. I'm defending my Ph.D. thesis, hopefully at the end of Summer/Beginning of Autumn and need to find a lab to do my Post-Doctoral fellowship in. I've never lived anywhere else but Chicago, but I know that I'm going to move away for a while to do my Post-Doc.

There are lots of options, so I...
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Finally figured out how to put up some pictures. Looking back it's kind of a weird mix.

Hope everybody's having a good day. I've got a lot of stress going on. On top of the day's experiments I have to write words for 5 songs that a band I'm in (The '84 Mariners) are going to record tomorrow.

Just came from an interesting seminar called "Addicted to love: a neurobiological perspective." There was a lot to with figuring out the neuroanotomical basis of the ejaculation reflex. The most interesting result had to do with addiction.

Essentially, drugs of abuse (cocaine, amphetamine, opiates) when administered repeatedly can sensitize the subject to future drug infusions. For example, an animal pre-exposed to amphetamine will have a...
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