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A month or two ago, I was at the grocery store waiting in line for the restroom. In the handicap stall was a woman (whom I shall call the Unwashed)... talking on her cell phone. I waited for quite some time, and about twelve minutes later, the Unwashed said, "Hold on, I have to flush." She preceded to flush, and exited the stall and carried on her conversation. She did not, however wash her hands. :O :O :O I later observed the Unwashed browsing through produce. The very same produce that I buy… Continue

(i'm beginning to notice that my blogs have a recurring medical theme. hmm....)



anyhow, focusing on the subject, there's this wonderful mental state (for lack of a better term) called synesthesia. it's basically when two or more sensory receptors in the brain overlap. a fair amount of the population apparently is born with it and does not even know it. someone with this typically sees colors and shapes within their field of view (but it doesn't obstruct their view) when they read… Continue

I have always been somewhat upset by the fact that 12am precedes 1 am, and 12pm precedes 1pm. I simply don't see why we must begin our counting of the PM or AM with twelve! Why, we don't begin counting how many toes we have with twelve! Honestly, it would be utterly ridiculous if I were to one day overhear someone ticking off their fingers saying, "Twelfth, I will purhase a nice bottle of champagne to accompany my dinner of roast lamb, first, I will bleach my socks, and second, I will walk the… Continue

Dictionary.com defines "orthorexia" as "an obsession with eating only 'healthy' food. Now, I ask of you: does there seem to be anything wrong with that? I am by far not an expert on this topic, and I recently learned about it. But just from what I've read, the basics of it are as follows: Orthorexia is an eating disorder, often mistaken for anorexia, characterized by obsession with checking food labels, eating raw foods, and feeling "pure" because of this. I was intrigued by this, so,… Continue