30 December 2011

DAY SIXTY

fulltime got a break when a wicked something or other kept me home. but this is the LAST POST OF THE YEAR barring some sort of work emergency tomorrow. first, think i posted this, but it's a great quote and i lurv it:

THERE IS A PLACE I visit, where no one else goes. The rocks are slippery and sharp, the drop to the dark sea below makes me dizzy. The sun never muscles its way through the gang of clouds that hover overhead shedding a mist that plasters my thin hair to my head, makes me turn up my collar. No, you can’t go with me, I don’t want a sandwich to take, thermos of hot chocolate, though your asking may keep me home.

chinese buffet up in heeerre. second year running that the year ended/began with chinese buffet, which i've just learned is the cure to an upset stomach, oddly enough. wicked something or other take that!! meat patty explode the stomach!! "If you ever find yourself in Beijing and have a hankering for "ornamental doornail-head shaped pan-fried meat-filled buns and quick-boiled/fried tripe", a list of restaurants selling them may be found here."

It makes me sad when people cite false science as real. Ok, old wives tales and fake spiritual paths may have some placebo effect (which is good enough that doctors do prescribe it, especially in children with adhd), but that doesn't make it real. In Turkey, that comes out as things that we Americans find highly ridiculous - cold weather causing kidney problems, a breeze leading to paralysis, and so on. Last night, I learned that, very sadly, Americans have it too. Sigh. Milk does not affect your snot, and I cannot believe that you would think that.
We conclude that no statistically significant overall association can be detected between milk and dairy product intake and symptoms of mucus production in healthy adults, either asymptomatic or symptomatic, with rhinovirus infection.


28 December 2011

DAY FIFTY NINE

illness has struck the city. everyone is ill. everyone. and i suspect that i have been the latest recipient of this illness. so full time may not be full time today when i go home to sleep.

i hate these people. how many people can complain about not getting an iPhone for Christmas, really?

Read about hapax legomenons, words that appear only once in a context or language. Aided by Zipf's law, there's a prediction for how often words will appear in a context. It's one of the bases for scholars to challenge authorship of works, along with a series of other tests.

Are you poor? Fuck you. The year of politics, in your uterus (and in the US).

26 December 2011

DAY FIFTY EIGHT: SHIT GETS REAL - AYURKI EDITION

Shit got real when the person who put up an ad to have people kvetch to her for money found my blog. A very, very long and detailed blog post later, she has suggested:

"maybe you've done enough layering in your own life of past pain that you don't know reality from false."

"Everything I do is a way of life,not just knowledge gained by books."

"Maybe you have lost some of your innocence?"

"Each person has their place in assisting in someone's healing. If you are not familiar with holistic healing (working with a person as a whole, physically, mentally, emotionally, through the practice of spiritual principles)why comment at all?"

"You can cause unnecessary trouble with your posting and I would appreciate if you left my name and AyurKi out of your writing and focus on why this has annoyed you so much."

"Not having a license or being a non-practitioner? I'm not even sure why you would write such a lie. "

I challenge you, AyurKi lady, to demonstrate any sort of license you have.

It appears that AyurKi -- a 'spiritual' practice developed as a way of life with knowledge most certainly *not* gained from books didn't appreciate my review of her Craigslist ad.

Since apparently my first ad and cynicism directed towards it was not direct enough, let's discuss AyurKi a little bit more.

I'll keep it short and sweet because fulltimedoesn'tsuckwhenyou'vegotalotofworktodo:

Holistic medicine doesn't work. BAM. I know this is based off knowledge from books, but sorry. Beyond any sort of placebo effect (again: term from books), it. does. not. work. Perhaps I HAVE lost the childish innocence that was thinking that medicine is magic and magical 'medicinal' practices can somehow work. Until then, I still invite anyone who'd like to pay me to listen to them complain take them out to coffee. My own brand of psychological help developed after years of experiences allowing me to empathize with a lot and sympathize with a lot more:

Please note that such therapies such as Ayurki therapy have been developed by a single, unlicensed, non-practitioner. I have developed my own therapy, entitled "bitch, don't take no crap; get out of an effed up sitatuation; ain't no reason to worry about no thang; and you don't really need to be friends to everyone." It is supplemented by the "if you have problems, that's one thing; if you have clinical psychological issues, go to an actual doctor", which has thus far been completely successful.


DAY FIFTY SEVEN

OWS... ish.

love it.

23 December 2011

DAY FIFTY SIX POST TWO

link roundup to get rid of some of the open tabs i've had for a while:

Australia gets drunk, wakes up in north Atlantic. Oldie but goodie.

This post is apparently supposed to be funny. I think it's depressing and yet another indictment of the war on drugs.

who is a jew? the wikipedia article.

THIS IS IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT YOU LOOK AT IT. I want to do some of those, especially knit-bombing (or crochet bombing as it may be).

As featured on Neysa's facebook, christwire. What will the gays do next? One MI mayor is not happy about the gays either. Except she calls them 'the queers'. Please note that this website is called "Towle Road". I wonder how many Towle's there are, and if Amanda Towle is related to him? Or the other Amanda Towle? The name Towle has weird associations with it.

DAY FIFTY SIX

Today I find myself compelled to bring your attention to an important issue plaguing not just the nation of America, but the entire globe.

Sexual predators. This page used to pay the Law and Order SVU theme song but it doesn't appear to any more.

These sexual predators are a sign of the weakening morality of our nation. It is time that we band together to prevent such crimes.

I was assigned to find all the easter eggs that Google had to offer.

While doing so, I got distracted by Doodles. In particular, I love this one! There's also a ton of other fun ones, from playable games and a Mr. Potato-head-style Thanksgiving Turkey to some fun ones about people who I've never heard about before. Did you know that Calder invented the mobile? I had no idea. I always thought of him as "that artist who makes things out of big orange metal bits."

Beach themed iGoogle lets you sight the Lock Ness Monster at 3.14 every morning.

Google calculator lets you calculate and convert distances into smoots.

Google is available in such languages as "Bork, bork, bork", Elmer Fudd, Leetspeak, Klingon, Pig Latin and Pirate.

Google calculator will tell you the answer to life, the univerese, and everything, as well as once in a blue moon and horns on a unicorn.

Press Control Y in Picasa for a teddy bears.

Google maps will tell you to swim, jet-ski or kayak across bodies of water.

Google Mail spam folder features, not an ad, but instead, a recipe for something with spam!

Google search these terms: Santa Claus, hanukkah, kwanzaa, let it snow.

There's more and more and more and more, but that's all for now!

22 December 2011

DAY FIFTY FIVE

I'm only going to post one post today, because you better read it.

Rhet/Comp Ryan Gosling.

JAMIETRONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!

This blog is also dedicated to a shoutout to my friend Jim, who really needs to visit Istanbul. DeLuca lived here for over 2 years before I moved here, and then we lived here together for a while, and then she left, and then I lived here for over 2 years, and then she came back, and now we're all in the same city. All, that is, except for Jim. Jim has yet to visit, despite spending a great deal of time in the middle east. COME HERE BEFORE WE DO ALASKAN CRUISE 2025!!! 2012!!!!!!!! ISTANBUL REUINION TOUR!!!!!!!