StormKnight

Keep a friendly distance from me unless you want to get hit full on. My AT Field seems to be in full force, and shots are bouncing off me, hitting other people, and causing collateral romance.

...

eh...

Granted! However, upon wake-up from the transformation you find yourself surrounded by rabid, hungry dogs. I wish I had some interest from like minded woman.

Workout.

I should get ready soon.

LOVE?! What does LOVE have to do with MARRIAGE?! --Londo Molari, Babylon 5, "The War Prayer"

And I thought I was depressing in my writing. *tosses Joey a bottle of 18-year old single malt scotch*

I thought it was him crying for joy that there was no wasted food. I don't have many things I consider mortal sins, but wast of food is one of them. I was thinking of going back in a week or two just to try the hot dishes.

I suppose we can't stop the jokes from percolating, and we just have to let them filter through. *runs*

Don't do that. This is a hard quest. It makes the combined quests Final Fantasy, Ultima, and the current quest game de jour seem as easy as breathing. *** I would like to be a gentleman and not have the response displayed across the board with potential embarrassment issues. A PM of interest would be fine. *looks around the empty room*

*looks at the love radar, hears the sweeps sound as it rotates* Still no contact.

*looks around innocently*

Just got mine this morning. The H1N1 vaccine is made exactly like the annual flu shot. The difference is that while annual covers several strains, H1N1 covers only H1N1. The story of the flu vaccine is a year long thing. A group of virologists and epidemiologists (people who study trends and factors in disease in populations,) travel to Asia/China and study the most likely virus strains (if memory serves, 3-6 due to production issues,) to cause problems (most virulent, most wide spread, etc.) The strains are isolated, and run through the flu vaccine development protocol. The production and approval of the annual vaccine takes most of the time of the spring and summer, to be ready just in time for winter. Why Asia/China? It is where most of the flus start, and they run around the world slowly during the rest of the year (remember, it can be airborne as well.) Why not more strains? I think it is production issues. The choice is to make a lot vaccine for a few viruses, or a little vaccine against most viruses. So it serves most of the people, most of the time. Why annual? The flu viruses are stable in humans, i.e. they don't mutate. Once the virus enters either a swine (hence, swine flu,) or bird (bird flu,) the virus mutates and changes surface protein configuration that antibodies need to bind onto to work. Any change renders antibodies useless, and congratulations, you have the flu de jour. The reason for the H1N1 vaccine is that it was isolated when it hit in April, not the beginning of the year. Since the virus is the same that caused 1918 Influenza pandemic (same strain, different surface makeup,) people rushed to get it done in time for winter. This can be considered an addendum to the annual flu vaccine, since the virus wasn't found to cause problems until April. WebMD article of risks/benefits of flu vaccine. Cochrane review of influenza treatments and vaccination. Click on the links to the right of the various topics to get the consensus. The non-medicalese summary is at the bottom of each page. For those who haven't seen me post about this before, the Cochrane Collaboration Review Library is a independent group of people (MDs and PhDs,) that take medical research articles and treatment guidelines and subject them to review based on design, statistical analysis, and results (basically dissecting the research.) The studies that aren't well designed or lack the statistics to support treatments are discarded. The studies that withstand the Review as good evidence are then used for evidence-based medicine treatment guidelines (i.e. "Our best studies and evidence indicate this works well for this,") versus empirical/paternal medicine (i.e "Take this because I said so.") I tend to consider the Review as the Watchmen of clinical medical research, trying to keep questionable treatments in check as medicine continues to evolve. Wiki on the Cochrane Collaboration, with principles and goals. Cochrane Collaboration home page.

Lunch.

Hello, this is Voayger 1. We have more pictures to send out to you...

Hmm. So I am sitting at 1175 after lunch on a normal day. Well, more workout, ho!

Kind of there...

The next day, the next week, the next month, the next year, the next 500 years; until we get it right. Is that too much to ask?

If you don't mind me adding a rule; "non-natural (i.e. synthetic,) women for a date don't count."

Yes, please.

People Love That You Are Responsible and Dependable You're the type of person who can make decisions easily, and you don't mind leading or directing people. It's likely that you're friends look to you to figure out what to do when you get together. It may feel like a burden, but take it as a complement. Your friends also know that they can turn to in times of crisis or deep trouble. You can help out in an effective manor. Your pals may complain every now and then that you're a little too responsible, especially when you want to call it a night early. In the end, though, they appreciate that they can count on you. What Do People Love About You? Blogthings: Quizzes and Tests and Memes, Oh My!

Could someone send these folks a copy of The Andromeda Strain?!?! Translated in French?! Outbreak? 28 Days After? Hell, even the Resident Evil series?! I hate eager beaver microbiologists.

Like the team leader for the Voyager Imaging Team at the Saturn encounter.