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  2. Moonlapse

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    A note from American Academia :disgust: :

     

    Podcasts are 'newer' technology, and universities are scrambling to get the servers up-to-date to handle more and more podcasts, as well as increasing their bandwidth for all the hits. It seems that this is a problem both for the small, liberal arts universities as well as the major research universities.

     

    So, that being said, it'll be interesting to see how this continues. I suspect that as distance education and similar concepts continue in popularity and growth, the more public and private podcasts will be available.

  6. Primus Pilus

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    Sex always works! *giggle*

     

    You might think about certain yoga classes (not necessarily pilates, but basic stretching/yoga); I know that with all of the commuting that I've been doing this semester, the increased tension in my shoulders and upper back, not to mention the lumbar area, have greatly been reduced thanks to a regular yoga routine. I do it at home, because the courses I want at my YMCA (gym) are offered at really odd times, but it might be something to look into.

     

    Another idea: oftentimes at gyms they have massage therapy, and if they have one called either Thai massage or stretch-massage, it might also work. Essentially, it's a type of massage that includes (and often features) stretching--as in, someone stretches you--to increase bloodflow and flexibility.

     

    Lastly...instead of a chiropractor, what about a good physical therapy center? They often have numerous exercises, stretches, and other goodies to help you out with skeletal-muscular issues. (And it's not just because I have a very critical eye towards chiropractic peoples.)

  8. docoflove1974

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    Yep...although I'm in what we consider to be 'Northern California' (really, the SF Bay Area is about central, but we just don't want to be lumped in with LA). And we know that earthquakes are commonplace, which is why we practice drills often.

     

    Here are two other things to chew on:

    1) Much of the area which are affected by quakes has mostly granite and clay, so it takes a decent sized shaker to get us noticing;

     

    2) Earthquake technology, from detecting them to the engineering to make structures and infrastructure stronger, has been a crucial area of research here for over 100 years. We have very strict building codes, and have had for about the same amount of time. Honestly, we're more protected from earthquakes than we are floods...simply because we're more likely to have a quake than inundation. We are about as prepared as anyone could be...another reason why we natives are not really worried. We know 'the big one' is coming, but there's not much we can do about it, save for be prepared.

  10. docoflove1974

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    Um...well, since the big Tsunami in Indonesia a few years back, any time there's an earthquake in the Pacific region, yes, we get notices about Tsunami Warnings/Watches.

     

    But, honestly, I don't think many people think about it much. Let me rephrase: us natives don't. Perhaps those who have moved here are bit more wary, but most of us native (I think) know that it's rare, and that if it happens, we'll get through. Personally, I never think about it...there is a large mountain range (well, for us they're hills, but I guess most would call them mountains), the Coastal Range, which runs down much of the Peninsula south of San Francisco and on down the state...that would protect most all of the major population from a tsunami. There would probably be reverberations in the bay, but again, I don't think that it'd be that bad. Perhaps it's just wishful thinking, too.

     

    Eh, yeah, it does shake your nerves a bit, true. But then you realize that nothing happened, that the infrastructure and buildings are all fine, and that it was on a faultline which isn't constructed to have big quakes...5.6 is about as big as the Calaveras line has. (BTW, 'calaveras' means 'skulls' in Spanish...how appropriate!) Yes, there's always the thought in the back of the head about the 'big one' coming, especially on the San Andreas or the Hayward faultlines...but once you realize that the tremors were brief, you know that it's a small one. In fact, if anything, perhaps this one took pressure off of the faultlines.

     

    I think what is bothering me most right now is that the news has to have a major story, and so they're playing it up. As I said, I live really close to the epicenter, in a shaky Victorian, and yet I didn't have one item fall off my shelves, no CDs fell off of my rather shaky CD towers...yet if you watch the news, there were plenty of incidents where stuff came flying off store shelves, particularly in San Jose (where I live). Dude, it couldn't have been that bad...if it wasn't for me, then how the hell could it have been for them???

     

    Anyway...killer waves, dude :disgust:

  12. docoflove1974

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    That's the odd part: no one else in my family has food allergies. Oh, my dad and I are allergic to seemingly every pollen there is, but I'm the only one with a food allergy. I had one doctor tell me that because of the lack of heredity, my allergy is considered 'mild'; this could change with my children. But we shall see!

     

    I know all too well about yellowjackets; in CA we have bees and yellowjackets, and in the Central Valley there are also wasps. In Austin I had all three, plus hornets!

  13. docoflove1974

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    Nope, no need for doctors...I've been living with this since a child. It's really no huge deal...by about 11pm I was fine. Well, sort of...I didn't want to eat anything still, and the thought of making out a grocery shopping list was not so wonderful. But as for the morning...I'm raring to go, as normal! (Besides, I only go to the doctors when I have to...your body knows...)

     

    My reactions as an adult are worse than as a child--as a child, I never used to get sick, and that didn't happen until my late teens. But they haven't gotten worse since...it's actually pretty straightforward. Crustaceans are evil, mollusks just make my stomach turn, and cephalopods aren't that bad...I just don't like them. Evidently it's pretty typical.

     

    But thanks for your concern, Neph...very cool of you.

  18. G-Manicus

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    This was an almost-perfect football weekend for me:

    --The Niners didn't lose (thank God for bye-weeks);

    --Our Boy Brady kicked the ever-living snot outta the Felons...er...Cowboys (I can't tell you how much I loved watching that game, and not just because Brady's my FF QB);

    BUT

    --Cal lost ()&*&%^(*&*(_&*%

     

    I'd also put in that UC Davis lost, too, but we're still the new kids on the division I-AA block, and we're still learning how to play football.

     

    Oh, and the neighbor who projects stuff on the house...and the other neighbor who figgered how to connect the cable...absolutely rock. They deserve parties and plaques in their honor.

  23. docoflove1974

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    Ooooooo Moon...you're evil lol

     

    GPM...well, today was a bit different. Because my brother was over earlier, and she got quite a bit of attention from what I hear, Bella was on the bed (which is near the door), waiting for me. She mewed at me through the door (there's a glass window...which I really must get covered), and was very good about staying on the bed while I came in. I'm trying to train her that she can't go near the screen; the front screen door doesn't close tight, and if she wanted to, she could go out...and that would be highly unhappy. But, still...I got more love that I have in a while!

     

    She's very happy so far...just a couple of jitters when I got under the bed and pulled out the last boxes of books (which are now all displayed!!!). Yikes, I really can't buy anymore books without selling some first...I'm pretty much out of book space!

  25. docoflove1974

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    Well, it's been over 48 hours...and she's done well. I brought her over at 7:30ish on Saturday night; by that time I had taken care of most all of the boxes. I had inadvertently created a 'hallway' under my bed (I've got quite a few boxes under there), and so it gives her a hiding place with a 'lookout' to the rest of the apartment. She spent much of Saturday night under there until I turned the lights off; at that point, she took a quick tour of the apartment (I had earlier shown her where her litter box was and her food/water bowl), and came up on the bed to sleep with me.

     

    Yesterday she had periods where she was under the bed and on top of it...some surveying. Last night for dinner I had a tuna salad, and suddenly someone was around! She was definitely more playful, and spent much of the evening on my bed, either sleeping or rolling around like normal ("Rub my belly! Aren't I cute?" mode).

     

    This morning, she followed me around the apartment, like normal. Today my brother's coming by to mount a small bookcase, and the landlord's coming by in the evening to finish off some work; we'll see how she does. But so far, so good! The only thing that she really doesn't like is the ceiling fan; typical, really, of cats. But she'll get used to it.

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