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snapd outside before work

Cooking some potato salad, listening to the latest Rahn Ramblings mix cd…. of which I”m the only recipient (because I haven’t sent them out yet… oops).

Up comes Tami’s song — “so you had a bad day” is one of the lyrics.

I did not have a bad day. Had one of the best days of my life yesterday.

I had a good day at work.

Walked the dog.

And then… I played the Bach concerto for oboe and violin with Jim. I didn’t think I could do it (but I never admitted that). Jim is also our music director, and he new I could do it. Thank you, Jim!

The orchestra sounded great! Thank you! Thank you everyone who said I did well!

My friends John and Jen and Jen’s date Zachary came. Thank you!

Of course Becka was there! Thank you! Afterwards JZB & I went to Jasmine 26. It’s a Thai restaurant that rocks — might be as good as Chez Thuy. Of course we had Jasmine tea.

And then today we slept late (and sneezed a lot — spring allergies are here), got fresh mango for breakfast, then walked the dog to the neighborhood Indian deli and got two fresh curries for lunch.

What a great start to a weekend!

(speaking of allergies — they didn’t bother me yesterday due to my theory that “you don’t sneeze while being chased by a bear”. Where “being chased by a bear” is anything that makes you excited. The stress hormones–cortizol, epinephrine and norepinephrine–suppress the immune system. Of course the next day, when the bear isn’t chasing you any more… well, you start sneezing again. That’s what sudephed is for!)

Catherine Peichel at the Fred Hutchinson cancer research center made an interesting discovery while studying the stickleback fish in Lake Washington. Over the last 40 years, the fish changed from a freshwater morphology, to a more marine one. This change is linked to a particular gene. She hypothesizes that pollution in the lake has selected for the marine allele, which causes the fish to have more bony armor and may help protect the fish from chemicals in the water.

Link: PDF and also a nice write up by the discovery channel.

Ok, I like this blog called Pharyngula.  The guy is totally outspoken, but I often agree with him.

Friday, March 7, 2008, 7 p.m.
Grace University Lutheran Church
324 Harvard Street SE

James Riccardo, conductor and director
Romeo & Juliet Overture Peter Tschaikowsky
Katherine on my Chest/ with you at your Grave Stanley Woolner
Symphony #1 in C minor, Op 68 Johannes Brahms

Reduced Parking available for event at Fairview-University Patient/Visitor Parking Ramp at Harvard and Delaware Street,SE

My Mom really wanted to see the filling — so here it is!

I noticed that my previous post used the word “Its” where I should have used “It’s”. Sigh. It is hard enough to keep up with all the one-off communications in life. Email messages. Instant messages. Who has time to craft grammatically correct sentences?

Well, I don’t try to be intentionally horrible about it, but blogging is one of those “conversational” formats that lends itself well to breaking the rules. Sentence fragments. Misspeelings. poor capitalization. Embrace chaos.

I used my handy USB microscope to check out my new cavity. It gets a filling on Monday, so I should be able to do a nifty before&after comparison.

Its in that crevice. The dentist said it probably wasn’t my fault, since a toothbrush bristle can’t reach into that space.

OMG. This is hilarious.

Look for the jammin’ EH & bass in the musical interludes at 1/2 and 15/16ths.