Veganism

Veganism is a cult of tree-huggers who have decided not to eat anything having to do with animals (sorry dad, but it's true!). No meat, no milk, no eggs, no butter, no dairy, nothing having to do with animals. How weird is that? I mean, it is probably the hardest type of non-meat-eating sort of thing to do. You try it, and I doubt that you will get through one meal as a vegan. Anyways, while I don't understand it, I have the highest respect for the hippies that do it. Go you, dad!


(and here comes June in just a little over an hour and a half! Yayayayayayay!!)

Movie of the Week

Stranger than Fiction is one of the only movies that Will Ferrel has been in that I actually like. Emma Thomson rocks my socks off so dang much that I'm barefoot.

See it! It is a movie that I thoroughly enjoyed!

IMDB

Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia

Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) is a very fast heart rate that happens. It doesn't happen all the time, and when someone is not experiencing a PSVT, their heart rate is normal. The "electrical current" in your hear is supposed to move in a cyclical way, but for people with PSVT's, it short circuits, so instead of making a full circuit it just goes back and forth, causing the heart rate to increase. When someone has PSVT's there are a few ways to treat it, you can take medication, just live with them and not do anything for them, or have invasive heart surgery. They are not fatal, and can be lived with fairly easily, though doing something about it, like taking medication or getting surgery, would make life easier.

Medical Encyclopedia

Musical Group of the Week

I know I've been posting a lot today, but this is my last one (probably)...

On The Rocks is a men's accapella choir from UofO that sings well-known songs. One of my favorite is their version of the song Insomiac (here's the video)



For more of On The Rocks, check out their website, or more videos on youtube:
For the Longest Time
Brown Eyed Girl
Superstitious
Lullaby

Or check out their sister group, Divisi, a women's accapella group from the UofO



On youtube:
Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing
Hide and Seek
Sunday Morning

Book of the Week

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde is my favorite book of all time. Actually, that book is the first in the Thursday Next series, which is my favorite series of books of all time. They follow the life of Thursday Next, (my favorite character of all time), a LiteraTec with the Special Operations Network, who gets asked to help capture a man named Acheron Hades (the third most evil man in the world). Through gunfire, car crashes, old boyfriends, death, and the most horrible crime of all: the theft of the original manuscript of Jane Eyre, Thursday and her partner Bowden try to get through everyday life as easily as possible.




The Eyre Affair (reviews)
Jasper Fforde's Website (totally worth visiting!)

Word of the Week

This week the word of the week is conundrum. Please use at least twice every day this week!

Toilet Aquarium

As I was looking for a picture from Flushed Away for my door decorations for Music in May, I found this instead...
















"If you would install the ‘Fishn’Flush’ on your toilet, your guests would probably have to examine the fish tank thoroughly before they flush. But don’t worry - the fishes are isolated from the flush water and won’t be flushed away. The removable toilet aquarium is yours for $399."

Toilet Aquarium

What will they think of next?
(oh wait, how about the Vader Project, an actual Raygun, the one can Mini-Fridge, or the Atari Candle?)