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Saturday, June 2nd, 2007
10:43 pm	this weekend, i built a darkroom. hooray! ...now i need to set a date for my national board exam. boo! Current Mood: meh (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, October 8th, 2006
12:19 pm	Dear Dr. Microbiology Lab Instructor, thanks for heeding the advice in my previous letter. in our follow-up lab, i really appreciated the warning to not open the agar slants cultured with Tuberculosis. thanks for sparing my lungs, ~Ben --------------- Dear Class, thanks for understanding that i'm caught up and on the same level as you now having not taken these classes previously. although, just because i live with a few upperclassmen does not mean that i sit around and talk to them about every current lecture topic and upcoming exam. i still don't know what's going to be on the test... please stop asking. ~Ben P.S. when i'm wearing my "No, I will not fix your computer" t-shirt, please read it before asking me why the new laptop you bought through the school locks up when you run Windows Media Player. there's a reason you bought 4 years of tech-support... ask them, not me. Current Music: Damien Rice - BBC Four Sessions (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, October 5th, 2006
2:00 pm	Dear Dr. Microbiology Lab Instructor, I understand that the point of the gram-negative bacteria lab was to utilize the various tests to identify the unknown cultures presented, but you should really give us a heads up before we all handle Gonnorhea. even though i'm pretty good at following standard precautions, i really don't like the fact that i handled the media, recorded my results, and then followed the flow charts only to find out that the first unknown i handled was an STD. frankly, i just don't trust my fellow classmates' adherence to good aseptic procedures. i must've washed my hands at least a dozen random times throughout the rest of the day and was still a little afraid to scratch my nose. here's hoping it doesnt burn when i pee next week, ~Ben Current Mood: a little freaked out (Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 30th, 2006
7:30 pm	Andrew on the thickness of our required Periodontology textbook: "I mean, God fucking wrote the bible and it wasnt this thick! Some asshole had to write a book that big about my fucking gums?!" Current Mood: amused Current Music: Frank Zappa - Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? (Comment on this)
Thursday, June 29th, 2006
8:03 pm	yo, i copped a new whip after looking intently at the Mazda3, i spent a little more money than i should've and went with something a little less practical: 2006 4x4 Ford Ranger XLT Super-Cab (2-door) 4.0L single-overhead V6 Automatic Trans, A/C, cruise-control, class-III tow package yahoo! Current Mood: excited (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, May 22nd, 2006
11:23 pm	Dear Gmail, I appreciate your ability to pick out keywords in my emails and offer related links. but, seriously... don't you think links to spam recipes in the spam folder is stretching it just a little? ~Ben (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, May 8th, 2006
9:12 pm	From a transcript of a 1st year med school lecture on "Death, Loss and Grief": "Dr. Smith reads the following from Necessary Losses - "My youngest son is waiting to hear from college. He'll be leaving home. My mother, my sister, too many dear friends are dead. I'm taking calcium pills to save my middle-aged bones from osteoporosis. I'm living on lean cuisine in a last ditch effort to defeat my middle-aged spread. Although my husband and I have maintained our imperfect connection for twenty five rich, full years, the bombs of divorce and widowhood are falling all around us. We live with loss." This is from Judith Viorst who wrote a book called Necessary Losses. She also wrote children's books." (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
7:07 am	funny picture for the day: (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, April 21st, 2006
9:45 pm	look who's joining the UAB School of Dentistry next year: Miss Alabama USA (Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
1:31 pm	so, i'm now in the market for a car... any suggestions? (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, April 8th, 2006
10:33 am	Happy Crunchy Frito Man Day!! Current Mood: excited Current Music: Rehab - Drinkin Problem (Comment on this)
Monday, April 3rd, 2006
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Monday, March 27th, 2006
6:39 pm	yesterday, i chopped down a tree with an axe... pictures to come whenever i get the film developed. Current Mood: awesome Current Music: Matisyahu - Exaltation (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, January 4th, 2006
10:12 pm	in our neuroanatomy lecture about pain pathways: Current Music: The White Stripes - Hotel Y (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 13th, 2005
12:50 am	what i love about dating a medical student, #28: when she falls asleep on the couch from studying and you go to give her a pillow and blanket, then she wakes up to say "i'm sorry for giving you a prion disease." Current Mood: amused (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, October 6th, 2005
11:27 pm	today's class: "Female Reproductive System: Consists of: 2 ovaries 2 oviducts (fallopian tubes - conduct ova to uterus) 1 uterus (conducts sperm to oviducts) Cervix (opening of uterus into vagina) Vagina (recieves sperm) External genitalia (labial folds + clitoris + vulva) 2 Mammary glands (not really part of reproductive system)" hooray, boobies! (Comment on this)
Wednesday, September 14th, 2005
10:25 pm	i wanna fish the mekong river basin... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8404622/ (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 5th, 2005
11:39 am	okay, so i bit and have been playing City of Heroes... fun stuff. for those of you who play, let me know which server you're on, so we can hook up every now and again. (Comment on this)
Friday, June 3rd, 2005
1:41 pm	The latest Scorecard: Racquetball Racquet - 1 Ben's Face - 0 Club Doorman: "Next time wear tighter jeans..." Drunk Ben: "Next time go fuck yourself..." Club Doorman: "Excuse me?" Drunk Ben: "Go fuck yourself..." Club Doorman - 1 Tossed Drunk Ben - 0 Janky Car Shifter - 0 Ben's Ghetto Rigging Skills - 1 (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, April 21st, 2005
8:23 pm	"As the rectum fills with feces, the smooth muscle wall of the rectum contracts and the internal anal sphincter relaxes in the rectosphincteric reflex. Defecation will not occur at this time, however because the external anal sphincter (composed of striated muscle and under voluntary control) is still tonically contracted. However, once the rectum fills to 25% of its capacity, there is an urge to defecate. When it is appropriate, the external anal sphincter is relaxed voluntarily, the smooth muscle of the rectum contracts to create pressure, and feces are forced out through the anal canal. The intra-abdominal pressure created for defecation can be increased by a Valsalva maneuver (expiring against a closed glottis." ~Costanzo, Linda S. (2002) Physiology, Second Edition. (pp. 314-315). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Elsevier. i wonder... when *is* it appropriate, clinically? (3 Comments |Comment on this)