Today I got yet another notice that I had not been hired at the Mayo Clinic. I know it's quite hard to get into and I've applied and been rejected before, but this rejection hit fairly hard because it came to my inbox exactly 24 hrs after the first interview. It's made me question my own abilities. I was feeling so-so about how I did...
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If I had to pick I'd go with The Damned, The Used, and The Exploited...
Since I'm on my own for Christmas (at least Christmas Eve) I decided to make myself a big bowl of homemade popcorn.
I used the following recipe from Alton Brown:
Though I did double the salt because when using the amount he said, there wasn't much salt no matter how I did it. I have found that putting the oil in before the kernels seems
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When this song first came out I really loved it (still do) but man I really loved it. So did my high school choir director, who's not much older than me. He considered having the choir perform the song so I remember writing out all the parts from this song just using my guitar... a lot of work but I enjoyed it... though in the...
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So here are my fuzzy pests, Gusgus (yes named after the mouse in Cinderella) on the right and Riley (tho we call him pretty much ever other name besides that one). I'd like to dress them up for Christmas, but they prefer to not wear clothes... smart cats, aren't they? We should all follow their lead!
So on Facebook I have my 'Dear 'insert thing here' statuses. Mayhaps I'll try them here.
Dear Alcohol,
You are so wonderful and delicious, and if people drink enough of you they might actually find me attractive. As wonderful as you are I have to wonder... why does they euphoric happy buzz you provide seem to last not too long on me. Also, on a...
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So this post was inspired by a conversation I had with a friend on the way to a movie. We got on the topic of pinups, which I love. Her opinion is that they're not good because all they do is sexualize women, because they're created 'for men'. I can see her point... to a point, but I can't fully agree with it.
Yes there's...
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