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Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:49:00 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2535500&cid=t_110734_134_f&fid=35157&url=http%3A%2F%2Fartsweet.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F06%2F27%2Fducks-cows-bikes-and-gender-roles%2F P’ito and I were reading on of our old favorites this morning – David Shannon’s Duck on a Bike – and as I read it, I started to get a queasy feeling in my stomach.  For those who are not familiar with the story, a duck (male) sees a bike, climbs on it, and rides around the farmyard, interacting with various animals as he goes.  When a bunch of kids come by on bikes and then leave them outside, the whole farmyard gets to join in, pedalling around with great glee and then putting the bikes back so that “no one knew that on that afternoon, there had been a cow, a sheep, a dog, a cat, a chicken, a goat, two pigs, a mouse, and a duck on a bike.” Seems harmless, no? But let’s look at the gender of the animals and the way they react to Duck riding the b... Artificially Sweetened blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2535500 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:47:36 +0100 2535500 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2052867&cid=t_110734_134_f&fid=35157&url=http%3A%2F%2Fartsweet.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F12%2F20%2Fread-kiddo-read-a-mother-talk-review%2F I promise you that if I ever send your kid a present, it won’t talk, beep, flash, shriek or otherwise induce seizures. It won’t randomly start chatting in the middle of the night (Did the cat step on it? Are the batteries dying? Or is it poltergeist?) causing you or your child or both of you to wake up in a cold sweat. So if I gave your child something with a battery in it? I hate you. Seriously, I usually give books to all the little ones in my life. Okay, and a few kid-powered toys, and art stuff, and pretend play stuff - and - but, really, usually books. This works great for kids I know well and kids who are near P’ito’s age. Not so great for my six year old nephew who I see twice a year and who doesn’t need another copy of Where the Wild Things Are.  And ... Artificially Sweetened blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2052867 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 05:04:44 +0100 2052867 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1147253&cid=t_110734_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F01%2F13%2Ftoo-much-stress-to-sleep%2F Anyone who has ever said that working full time and going to school is easy, must be as close to super-human as it gets. For the past two and a half years I’ve been doing it and every single day I ask myself why. Well, once I made it through the first semester I figured – “I might as well go ahead because I already paid for a semester”. Four semesters later when I took ‘internal uses of accounting’, I found out that after you pay for something it’s considered a ‘sunk cost’, so you shouldn’t base your decisions on what you’ve already paid for. But by then it was really too late; I put myself through so much misery already I just had to finish my masters for posterity sake. Well, I’m barreling down on my last semester here and also recovering from a serious medical... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1147253 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:13:30 +0100 1147253 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=777774&cid=t_110734_134_f&fid=35157&url=http%3A%2F%2Fartsweet.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F08%2F03%2Fthis-is-the-last-thing-im-going-to-say-about-diapers-for-at-least-a-week%2F Sometimes we use cloth.  I have gotten over my initial p(oop)tsd and am quite fond of the cloth now. Sometimes we use disposies.  Thanks for the offer, Sassy, but I think I will pass on sending them to Australia to be recycled…  I will however, send out a HUGE thank you to Shelli, Narda & Malka for sending P’ito a buttload (pun very much intended) of 7th generations. We are MOST grateful. Everyone makes the choice that is right for them.  And that is a-okay with me.  No diaper wars here, please. Oh, and I have a post that actually contains semi-coherent thoughts and some serious navel gazing up at Lesbian Family. And I put it up last night, and um, no one has commented on it yet, and now I am not-so-secretly worrying that I Am The Only One Who Feels This Way. And if ... Artificially Sweetened blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=777774 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:22:05 +0100 777774 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=761542&cid=t_110734_134_f&fid=35157&url=http%3A%2F%2Fartsweet.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F07%2F26%2Fbut-its-for-a-good-cause%2F I have sworn, up, down, and sideways, not to buy any more non-essential baby items. Bottles are essential. Formula is essential.  Diapers are very very essential. Adorable baby clothing is not essential, especially not with my mother on the loose. Why have I sworn this? Because we are now the owners of two houses, in two different cities, g-d help us. But that’s a subject worthy of its own post.  Although while I’m on this subject, I must send a HUGE thank you out to Miss Missed Conceptions, who accompanied Pili & Pepito to the close on house #2, 2.5 hours away, and entertained said boy while Pili signed our lives away. I hear that you are a champion baby wrangler, hon. But the makers of babyrounds are having a saaaale. And they’re donating every penny they receive ... Artificially Sweetened blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=761542 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:54:24 +0100 761542 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=747203&cid=t_110734_134_f&fid=35157&url=http%3A%2F%2Fartsweet.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F07%2F20%2Fhow-many-times-can-i-say-sears-in-one-post%2F Emailed to Sears.Com.  I am going to say SEARS SEARS SEARS as many times as possible in this post so that people who are searching for SEARS APPLIANCE REPAIR come across this instead! Dear Sears Appliance Repair:  Yesterday morning, I called Sears to schedule a repair visit for my fridge, which was not cooling. After turning down an extremely unpleasant hard sell to prepay for the repairs, I was assured that an appointment was available today, and a repairman would call me to schedule. By the time it was clear that no repairman was going to call or show up, it was too late for me to schedule an appt with another company and I had a fridge full of spoiled food. When I called Sears, I was told that “someone should have called me” to tell me that no one was coming, and that th... Artificially Sweetened blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=747203 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:53:27 +0100 747203 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=707853&cid=t_110734_134_f&fid=35157&url=http%3A%2F%2Fartsweet.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F07%2F01%2Fthe-room-formerly-known-as-our-guest-room%2F Is now looking more and more like a nursery. It’s got a bright red crib. We bought a car seat and had it installed (in the car). Then we bought a dresser, and had to uninstall the carseat to get the dresser in the backseat. Idli seems a little nervous. Bart is oblivious. One week until he’s back in our arms, for good, and everything changes. (Source: Artificially Sweetened) Artificially Sweetened blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=707853 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 04:19:45 +0100 707853 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=695337&cid=t_110734_134_f&fid=35157&url=http%3A%2F%2Fartsweet.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F06%2F25%2Fmy-brain-has-turned-to-mush%2F I’m sorry for the lack of updates… We’ve been running around frantically trying to get ready for the supposed arrival of a Real Live (and probably crawling) Baby in these parts. I spent the weekend painting over the world’s Most Hideous Wallpaper in the room formerly known as The Guest Room, much to the delight of Tía D., who frequently occupies said room, and has been trying to get us to paint it for four years now. Pili was out of town, and probably thought I had been running around auditioning for girls gone wild due to my utter inability to concoct some plausible story about what I was doing with myself all weekend long. Witness: BEFORE AFTER Do click through to flickr to appreciate the teal and pink splendor that was our guestroom. I picked out a light... Artificially Sweetened blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=695337 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 02:29:25 +0100 695337 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=530443&cid=t_110734_113_f&fid=34933&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpalmdoc.net%2F%3Fp%3D1238 Hi guys, long time no see. Although i havent post in a while (due to some time consuming medical activities) , i have always followed the site on a daily basis. Today I present you a program , BloodPressMgr, which lets you handle the serial blood pressure readings you might be taking of your patients. This is specially useful for example at the beggining of a hypertension therapy to regulate doses , or as a follow up to have a good register of the patients BP. There are several options , as to include footnotes on each BP , and the ability to see in graphs how the BP has been behaving.   Hope it serves you well , as it serves me every day. (Source: The Palmdoc Chronicles) The Palmdoc Chronicles blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=530443 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 02:28:03 +0100 530443