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03/05/2012 16:54 #56173

The kettle's just boiled.
Category: eating in
You know your tea addiction has gone a bit far when:
  1. You put the kettle on and when it boils, you immediately refill and put it on again because you know you will finish the current cup before it finishes brewing the next one
  2. You distinctly remember having asked your archenemy in a nightmare if they would like a cup of oolong (poisoned) or a cup of cardamom tea (also poisoned, what did you think?)
  3. You bid on auctions for green tea from ebay.com's authentic chinese sellers because the blurry pixelated pic looked like that one tea you had once upon a time that you could never find in stores later.
  4. You lose the bid because someone sniped it at 4:00AM and you are bitter all day.
  5. You drink coffee and think, ugh this is vile. Only the whipped cream redeems this mess.
  6. You drink close to 27 16 oz cups of tea a day.
  7. You don't drink any regular water anymore, only tea
  8. You alternate between 7-8 different kinds of tea and have teas to match the hour and mood of the day.
  9. The promise of tea is enough to enable you to weather minuscule work storms
  10. You are known as the office tea pusher and have induced at least 5 other officemates to drink more tea than they ever did their entire lives.
  11. You buy a kettle exclusively for the office and it is used so much, it develops scales within a month.
  12. Your desktop is tea-themed
  13. Your recycling is 10% or more teabag wrappers.

SCOOOOOOORRRREEEEESSSS!
Any 5 and you are one.
Any 7? have you taken the teaddiction test lately?
Any 10? Hmm.. and how does that make you feel?
Any 12? Have you put the kettle on yet?

Any 13? Welcome to my world.

lilho - 03/06/12 19:10
I would gladly drink tea with you... Make an appearance march 21st-25.
tinypliny - 03/05/12 17:42
haha
metalpeter - 03/05/12 17:37
guessing you are 14 and a point for each cup of tea you took during the test..HA and you had 2 so ha......

02/25/2012 15:56 #56133

Broccoli and sprouts
Category: eating in
Finally, a balanced meal that took 1/2 hour after weeks of eating 3-4 minute meals.
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lilho - 03/04/12 10:54
looks good...

02/24/2012 21:02 #56128

Tarsem
Category: the odes
I used to hate that actress who is all teeth.. but not anymore. Tarsem has done it again. Made me want to actually see this movie.


metalpeter - 02/25/12 11:09
That looks great... Disney Is going to be Pissed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Someone is Changing the story they Made Famous and it isn't Them... WARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!! Well maybe they do have something to do with this... Well the old Disney would hate this... Think now that they own Pixar (yes many can make the claim all there movies are way better then disney Fair Tales).. They don't take them selves so seriously two examples are the Movie Enchanted.... That movie is great if you have never seen it.... And the Series (Not sure if they make it but it is on there net work and it is a different take on the Fairy Tales in real life relm)... Once upon a time... Or maybe it is all The Simpsons and Shrek bashing of Disney ?

There is another snow white movie that I haven't looked into yet called Snow White and the Huntsmen.......

02/24/2012 20:44 #56127

The cherry tree in 3D gory?
Category: the odes


Seriously, what?!

tinypliny - 02/26/12 21:50
I really want the soundtrack!!!!
paul - 02/26/12 16:22
That is so crazy but I kind of want to see it.
metalpeter - 02/25/12 11:00
WINNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kidding couple months back I saw a poster for this at the movies but it was tough finding stuff on line... About the movie if what I remember is correct this was a book and the person whom wrote it worked on the movie with Burton.... Now this could mean it is just like the book and just Burton's Visual style or it could mean it is all Burton and the Author is just there to make sure the facts in book stay the same... AKA the story doesn't change and keeps the heart of the book...?

02/24/2012 13:55 #56124

NSAIDS are not exactly good for you.
Category: science
I keep hearing about how NSAIDs are projected as the next big thing for preventing cancer in combination with other drugs/supplements. I find it odd that it conflicts so directly with my background information from medicine and actual medical practice.

It's fine and all that we are desperate to find cures for cancer but it's also time to stop and think about what we know from the clinics. Do I think that people should start taking low dose aspirins (an NSAID) willy nilly because it might, at some vague point in the future, reduce their chances of cancer? In all good faith, I cannot support this view.

NSAIDs are no friends of your gastric lining. Doctors have known this for ages. They have the potential to induce gastric lining damage. Late last year, a study threw some light on the prospective dangers of chronic NSAID use (yes, not even abuse. I said, regular use.)

See ::READ PDF::

The study has been running for several years and women in the study fill out questionnaires and mail it back at regular intervals. The researchers looked at spans of use and followed up on these women, including who ended up with cancer and who didn't. They found that women who reported taking more NSAIDs in their daily life over several years were more likely to be diagnosed with renal cancer.

Why doesn't this surprise me? All that we know about the "good effects" of NSAIDS come from cross-sectional studies that take a snapshot of a section of population at any given time, ask them what they are eating and what disease they have. They are poor representations of what happens to our bodies over a long time. NSAIDs, among several other drugs are metabolized through our livers and kidneys - two main excretory organ networks in vertebrate living systems. Thus, long term use are more likely to impact these organs.

So short term or acute doses could damage your gastric lining. Long term use impacts your kidneys and livers. Do we still want to push this "golden drug" beyond the very rare as-and-only-when-really-really-needed basis? I think it's short-sighted at best. Sometimes, it's important to make reality-checks with medicine. In this particular situation, I don't see any of that essential precautionary measure.
tinypliny - 02/24/12 17:13
Maybe you should try that and document the results just in case that is the next big thing to do to prevent cancer.
paul - 02/24/12 15:37
What if you crush and snort them or just shoot em up? Just kidding.