My latest blood work is back, and I have new cholesterol numbers: Triglycerides: 121 HDL Cholesterol: 41 VLDL Cholesterol: 24 LDL Cholesterol: 57 Total Cholesterol: 122 Sweet! Total cholesterol is down from about 214, which is a pretty massive reduction (thanks to Lipitor).
I have too much paper. Between various old documents, bills, statements, and magazines there’s reams of paper cluttering up my life. While I’ve been shifting as much as possible to paperless solutions where possible, the paper still accumulates. That’s why I love my Fujitsu ScanSnap. It’s a little scanner that tames the paper piles. While [...]
Kim received a “free” fish tank from my buddy Rob last fall. In the past 5 months that single tank has magically expanded into 4 separate fish tanks: Kim’s 29 gallon Freshwater Hex My 3 gallon Freshwater Eclipse My 46 gallon (Empty) Bow-Front Kim’s 29 gallon Saltwater Reef BioCube Here’s a new page of pictures [...]
For years I’ve been looking for a good screw extractor. So far I’ve had the most success with these: Grabit Screw Removers. While working with several stripped screws (mostly small aluminum and light steel), it removed all but one when used as per directions. I don’t think I’d try removing a screw that has the [...]
a 38 year-old perpetual student, occasional photographer, and unabashed geek; living in Washington D.C.
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