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Jan. 9th, 2006
All American Alien Boy
Jan. 9th, 2006 09:24 pmOkay, I have just discovered the wonder that is Six Degrees of Wikipedia. Yes, you too can discover how many links there are between articles! It makes me giggle. (Going from "Go" to "Stop", for instance, was fun.)
ETA: Okay, my new favourite is "Violet" to "Dash".
ETA: Okay, my new favourite is "Violet" to "Dash".
Thin Ice of A New Day
Jan. 9th, 2006 11:33 pmI've been trying to give blood a bit more regularly for the last few months. As in, when I come in, I let them immediately make an appointment for me at the earliest possible date. (Nicole, who frequently fails the iron test, has pretty much given up, so I don't have to worry about bringing the kids along.)
I went this past Saturday. It happened to be the middle of some annual competition between Edmonton and Calgary, somehow associated with people who get to drive vehicles with sirens. I'm not really big into intercity rivalry, but I put my name on that list anyway.
Unfortunately, due to a "venepuncture malfunction", I didn't end up giving very much. I have a very good vein, oft-praised, in my left arm(my right is far inferior), and the puncture didn't hurt as much as usual, but somehow the blood just stopped flowing through the needle after a few seconds--just far enough that I couldn't try again, and I contaminated the whole bag, but probably not enough to be useful to anyone. She apologized all over the place, but somehow I can't help but be amused by the whole thing. I wanted to give, and I tried to give, but I was unable to give for reasons beyond my control.
So, I did get poked in the arm for nothing, and I gave up close to two hours out of my day, but I did get to read a bit, and I got to sing along with "The Way" while driving home, so it wasn't a total loss.
I went this past Saturday. It happened to be the middle of some annual competition between Edmonton and Calgary, somehow associated with people who get to drive vehicles with sirens. I'm not really big into intercity rivalry, but I put my name on that list anyway.
Unfortunately, due to a "venepuncture malfunction", I didn't end up giving very much. I have a very good vein, oft-praised, in my left arm(my right is far inferior), and the puncture didn't hurt as much as usual, but somehow the blood just stopped flowing through the needle after a few seconds--just far enough that I couldn't try again, and I contaminated the whole bag, but probably not enough to be useful to anyone. She apologized all over the place, but somehow I can't help but be amused by the whole thing. I wanted to give, and I tried to give, but I was unable to give for reasons beyond my control.
So, I did get poked in the arm for nothing, and I gave up close to two hours out of my day, but I did get to read a bit, and I got to sing along with "The Way" while driving home, so it wasn't a total loss.