A week ago, I carved my pumpkin.  This year I tried that fancy whittling technique making Raven from the Teen Titans.  Came out nicely except you could barely see it in the dark.  Not enough open spaces. This is my pumpkin about three days ago.  It decomposed quickly.   I blame the Great Pumpkin variant of [...]

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The cerulean blue eye stared back at me through the shower streams as I slowly rocked back and forth.  The steaming bars of its aqua cage swung left, then right, but the eye did not blink.  Not that a wall-mounted shower cleanser should.  But nevertheless, it stared while I thought. I thought about this morning.  [...]

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Summer is officially over and the days are already getting cold here. Just two weeks ago, I clearly remember sitting in the driveway, feeling the breeze flowing over my skin strangely and perfectly.  Watching Amy and the kids biking around the cul-de-sac isle like a carousel.  My son, with his slightly oversized helmet and bicycle, [...]

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These two bug people (bacteria are called “bugs” by both microbiologists and physicians) are named after two types of similar bacteria: MSSA (Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus) and MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus).  Or Missa (the female) and Mersa (the male).  Mersa is a bit scarier because he is the resistant kind that cannot be treated with the [...]

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