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December 06, 2005
Cam's Tree
My brother sent me a picture of "the tree [he] brought home from work for Breanne".
I must admit it is about 18-inches taller than the tree I have.
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December 04, 2005
Food for Thought
I figured during this exam period I would not only study but prepare for exams by feeding my brain. I have heard that flax and fish have omega fatty acids that will help my brain "learn". So I started my diet of canned tuna and flax seeds. However, after talking to Jon today, I was told that there is a lot of mercury in canned tuna... I am not sure but I doubt mercury is helpful in learning.
I quickly switched off my fad diet into a more balanced diet. Procrastinating allows me to do all the things I never have time to do, ie) cook, and clean. In the spirit of this I cleaned the bathroom, (sort of), and made a wonderful pot of chili. In the process I have somehow managed to get jalapeno pepper juice up my nose, (I am assuming this is from the chili not the bathroom). Either way, it burns...
For anyone interested the following table of food does and don'ts was found here. It is a site full of brain foods and tips. Dad take note there is a section near the bottom labelled NUTRITIP: Feeding Senior Brains.
The one thing that does confuse me with the table is I see that brewer's yeast is on the brain builders, but the alchol is on the brain drainers. I went out on Friday and drank about 4-beer, now where do I stand??
Posted by jmclean at 04:06 PM | Comments (2)
December 01, 2005
Guess what?!?!
Cleaning up the disk space on my digital camera I came upon this interesting shot...
I had totally forgotten that last time Jon was here he decided to investigate why the drain in the shower wasn't draining and essentially making a bath tub for his feet. When he unscrewed the drain this is what he found.
This is why I like Jon, he cleans the drain and not only takes pictures of it, but puts shampoo bottles beside the drain gunk for perspective. I suppose that is about a year worth of my hair.
Posted by jmclean at 04:00 PM | Comments (4)
Puking Slush
Here we go, snow in Victoria. Don't be fooled though, it is really just super wet slush falling from the sky.
The one thing I can say about it, it covers the backyard disaster zone up nicely. The landlady doesn't have to worry about the eyesores she has created this fall from all the unfinished projects. If the snow wasn't there you'd see the uprooting of our little garden, done with the promise of reseeding the area, the piles of leaves, the pile of bricks that were going to be laid into the ground, the rotten apples the little boys downstairs threw around, sigh....
Speaking of landlady, today I talked to her and she said in a some what callous tone, "Make sure you don't fall on the stairs and break your legs". Hmmm, I don't know quite what to make of this.
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