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Not awake
Somnolence – a state of near-sleep, a strong desire for sleep – is horrible. Sitting here barely able to function when all I want to do is lie down and close my heavy eyes to sleep.
In other news last night I ate Christmas pudding with ice-cream and it was lovely. If I still used Twitter I’d have posted that.
These two facts are not related.
Dismantling.
Testicular zap ‘may stop sperm’ BBC News
Well it would if you applied it at the right time. Totally spoil the mood it would.
Scary Santorum
“The answer is not what can we do to prevent deaths because of a lack of health insurance. There’s?—?I reject that number completely, that people die in America because of lack of health insurance,” Santorum said to a crowd of 100. Link
It’s bad enough that a Presidential candidate says that, it’s worse if he believes it and it’s truly amazing that many people in the USA actually believe that. Sorry – that’s “many people who have good health insurance and don’t really have a clue”. Santorum and Romney look very scary from here both for the USA and the rest of the world. George W Bush did enough damage with the “God told me it was the right thing to do” approach and both these guys fit that mould perfectly. Isn’t it strange that the USA condemns so many other countries and faiths for their fundamentalism yet they are way more extreme in their views. I firmly believe that the words ‘health’ and ‘making a profit’ should never be acquainted. I was there when the Tories brought in NHS Trusts and I saw the way budget cuts impacted our Learning Disability service. But to say what he did beggars belief.
Additionally: 10 things you didn’t know about Rick Santorum…
Listen to this.
Bone breaking
Once the skin was softened and the muscles were relaxed, the foot binder would curl the child’s toes down towards the sole of the foot as far as the bones would allow. The binder would then curl the toes farther than the bones would allow, snapping the toddler’s phalanges and forming a kind of twisted foot-fist. Damn Interesting
Read this.
Secular Humanism … is a secular philosophy that embraces human reason, ethics, and justice, and the search for human fulfillment. It specifically rejects religious dogma, supernaturalism, pseudoscience or superstition as the basis of morality and decision-making.
My new friend
Found in Tesco, £1.05 a tin. It tastes genuinely wonderful and I’ll be buying more though at that price it’s 4x the price of my usual caffeine loaded tipple. And not only does it taste fantastic (by far the best “energy” drink – and I’ve drank them all) it has a super juicy 46.5mg caffeine/100ml. That’s 50% higher than my usual caffeine loaded tipple. Love it.
A shoulder
I’ve probably mentioned my right shoulder before with pain / limited movement. Today I got the physio appt. Part of the exam was her – a much smaller lighter lady – telling me to push against her hands while my arms were in different positions. In most I was fine but with one my right arm had no strength at all. She pushed and my arm just went with her. Very odd. A couple of others there was weakness and discomfort but at least I could try and resist those. That plus prodding around the upper arm means I have a series of exercises to do several times a day and another appt in 3 weeks. She gave the green light to the splints I use for the wrist/hand which was good.