i went to ECMC today to get my travel shots for china. after shelling out $400 for both me and my daughter, i was poked three times; once for tetanus, once for hepatitis A, and once for typhoid.
luckily, my insurance will reimburse me for this expense. unfortunately my mother's will not.
i had an interview today with the New England Research Institutes for a field interviewer position. this position would require me o travel throughout new york state and interview 192 physicians for a racial/ethnic disparities in diabetes, study.
the interview went well, it seemed that i was doing most of the interviewing and it was probably the most informal interview i've had. they said they will definitely be in touch late next week or early following week (because of the holiday) for a second interview. i hope that they will offer me some serious money. i can't imagine that they would offer anything below 35K but i would like something closer to 45K. with my luck they'll be dishing out 25K.
i would like to tell all of you about our crazy weekend but i've left that up to
(e:ladycroft) hopefully she'll post soon with pictoral evidence of our drunken stupidity and scary stalking behavior.
I'm surprised it hasn't allready happenend to you. Knowing wich ones you can eat is a verry good idea. Also you may want to wear gloves just to be on the safe side. I heard this kid tell a story about going to pick shrooms (to get high not to eat) and he forgot gloves as wound up passing out in a field for 2 or 3 days. I don't really belive it but it still might be a good idea. That Yellow one looks really nice.
so which ones ARE edible? just in case i'm stranded in a mushroom laden forest one day. don't laugh, you ALL know it could happen to me!
'some are edible some are not.'
How can you tell the difference?
There is an old Latvian custom that, upon returning from mushroom picking, the oldest person in the household tries them first. The reason being: they're probably the next to go anyway.
Latvians have a weird sense of humor.
- Z
haha and here I thought you were shroomin! Those are great pics. i had a mushroom mysteriously grown in one of my house plants.