game plan for the rest of my day?
warm shower, then turn on my lullaby and just
let go. i feel like i ca say amen to that. and i will amen.
angel boy out
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Saturday, November 29, 2008
During the Batman R.I.P. storyline, accusations are levied against Thomas Wayne. Claims arise that Martha's parents, always unconvinced about Thomas' intentions, hired a detective to prowl around his life. Much later a man claiming to be the detective returns, giving Commissioner Gordon a dossier in which Thomas Wayne is described as living a dual life: a respected and honest doctor in public, a drunk and abusive husband in private, indulging in orgies and drugs, and addicting Martha herself to heroin to get their marriage going, thus becoming able to embezzle her part of the Kane household. The hired detective then formulates a new theory about Thomas' death: when Thomas discovered that his wife, becoming accustomed to a life of excesses, betrayed him with his butler, no more certain about Bruce Wayne's real parentage, and willing to get revenge over his wife and further hide the secret of his dual life, he used an hired gun to kill her and fake his own death in front of the little Bruce. Gordon dismisses the final theories, and keeps the dossier private. While speaking to Alfred Pennyworth, Dr. Simon Hurt claims to be Thomas Wayne, even wearing the original Batman costume worn by Thomas Wayne, and accuses Alfred of fathering Bruce, although Alfred dismisses Dr. Hurt's purported identity. In the final issue of Batman R.I.P., Dr Hurt still claims to be Thomas Wayne, the black glove, but Batman refutes Hurt's identity, identifying Hurt as Mangrove Pierce, who has been behind the missing piece of every crime Batman has ever investigated. As he escapes in a helicopter, Hurt tries to blackmail Batman into serving him by threatening to release pictures and documents showing his parents and Alfred to be perverts and criminals to the worldwide media, but Batman rejects this offer, instead jumping onto the helicopter, bringing it down in an explosion, with neither Hurt or Batman being seen for at least six months after the crash.
Friday, November 28, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
word?
We feel for the President-Elect, as we assume most of you will.
According to new reports, the soon-to-be President will likely surrender his beloved BlackBerry before stepping into the White House.
In addition to concerns about e-mail security, he apparently faces the Presidential Records Act, which puts his correspondence (ALL of it! Profesh AND personal!!) in the official record and ultimately up for public review.
Barack has proven to be like many of us, BlackBerry (literally) attached to his side to keep constant tabs of what's going on at work and with family/friends.
Can you imagine life without your BlackBerry, iPhone, or SideKick?
Unimagineable, huh?!
According to new reports, the soon-to-be President will likely surrender his beloved BlackBerry before stepping into the White House.
In addition to concerns about e-mail security, he apparently faces the Presidential Records Act, which puts his correspondence (ALL of it! Profesh AND personal!!) in the official record and ultimately up for public review.
Barack has proven to be like many of us, BlackBerry (literally) attached to his side to keep constant tabs of what's going on at work and with family/friends.
Can you imagine life without your BlackBerry, iPhone, or SideKick?
Unimagineable, huh?!
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
amazing
BERLIN - An American man who suffered from AIDS appears to have been cured of the disease 20 months after receiving a targeted bone marrow transplant normally used to fight leukemia, his doctors said.
While researchers — and the doctors themselves — caution that the case might be no more than a fluke, others say it may inspire a greater interest in gene therapy to fight the disease that claims 2 million lives each year. The virus has infected 33 million people worldwide.
Dr. Gero Huetter said Wedneday his 42-year-old patient, an American living in Berlin who was not identified, had been infected with the AIDS virus for more than a decade. But 20 months after undergoing a transplant of genetically selected bone marrow, he no longer shows signs of carrying the virus.
"We waited every day for a bad reading," Huetter said.
It has not come. Researchers at Berlin's Charite hospital and medical school say tests on his bone marrow, blood and other organ tissues have all been clean.
However, Dr. Andrew Badley, director of the HIV and immunology research lab at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., said those tests have probably not been extensive enough.
"A lot more scrutiny from a lot of different biological samples would be required to say it's not present," Badley said.
This isn't the first time marrow transplants have been attempted for treating AIDS or HIV infection. In 1999, an article in the journal Medical Hypotheses reviewed the results of 32 attempts reported between 1982 and 1996. In two cases, HIV was apparently eradicated, the review reported.
Huetter's patient was under treatment at Charite for both AIDS and leukemia, which developed unrelated to HIV.
As Huetter — who is a hematologist, not an HIV specialist — prepared to treat the patient's leukemia with a bone marrow transplant, he recalled that some people carry a genetic mutation that seems to make them resistant to HIV infection. If the mutation, called Delta 32, is inherited from both parents, it prevents HIV from attaching itself to cells by blocking CCR5, a receptor that acts as a kind of gateway.
"I read it in 1996, coincidentally," Huetter told reporters at the medical school. "I remembered it and thought it might work."
Roughly one in 1,000 Europeans and Americans have inherited the mutation from both parents, and Huetter set out to find one such person among donors that matched the patient's marrow type. Out of a pool of 80 suitable donors, the 61st person tested carried the proper mutation.
Before the transplant, the patient endured powerful drugs and radiation to kill off his own infected bone marrow cells and disable his immune system — a treatment fatal to between 20 and 30 percent of recipients.
He was also taken off the potent drugs used to treat his AIDS. Huetter's team feared that the drugs might interfere with the new marrow cells' survival. They risked lowering his defenses in the hopes that the new, mutated cells would reject the virus on their own.
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infections Diseases in the U.S., said the procedure was too costly and too dangerous to employ as a firstline cure. But he said it could inspire researchers to pursue gene therapy as a means to block or suppress HIV.
"It helps prove the concept that if somehow you can block the expression of CCR5, maybe by gene therapy, you might be able to inhibit the ability of the virus to replicate," Fauci said.
David Roth, a professor of epidemiology and international public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said gene therapy as cheap and effective as current drug treatments is in very early stages of development.
"That's a long way down the line because there may be other negative things that go with that mutation that we don't know about."
Even for the patient in Berlin, the lack of a clear understanding of exactly why his AIDS has disappeared means his future is far from certain.
"The virus is wily," Huetter said. "There could always be a resurgence."
(This version CORRECTS spelling of doctor's name to Huetter throughout.)
While researchers — and the doctors themselves — caution that the case might be no more than a fluke, others say it may inspire a greater interest in gene therapy to fight the disease that claims 2 million lives each year. The virus has infected 33 million people worldwide.
Dr. Gero Huetter said Wedneday his 42-year-old patient, an American living in Berlin who was not identified, had been infected with the AIDS virus for more than a decade. But 20 months after undergoing a transplant of genetically selected bone marrow, he no longer shows signs of carrying the virus.
"We waited every day for a bad reading," Huetter said.
It has not come. Researchers at Berlin's Charite hospital and medical school say tests on his bone marrow, blood and other organ tissues have all been clean.
However, Dr. Andrew Badley, director of the HIV and immunology research lab at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., said those tests have probably not been extensive enough.
"A lot more scrutiny from a lot of different biological samples would be required to say it's not present," Badley said.
This isn't the first time marrow transplants have been attempted for treating AIDS or HIV infection. In 1999, an article in the journal Medical Hypotheses reviewed the results of 32 attempts reported between 1982 and 1996. In two cases, HIV was apparently eradicated, the review reported.
Huetter's patient was under treatment at Charite for both AIDS and leukemia, which developed unrelated to HIV.
As Huetter — who is a hematologist, not an HIV specialist — prepared to treat the patient's leukemia with a bone marrow transplant, he recalled that some people carry a genetic mutation that seems to make them resistant to HIV infection. If the mutation, called Delta 32, is inherited from both parents, it prevents HIV from attaching itself to cells by blocking CCR5, a receptor that acts as a kind of gateway.
"I read it in 1996, coincidentally," Huetter told reporters at the medical school. "I remembered it and thought it might work."
Roughly one in 1,000 Europeans and Americans have inherited the mutation from both parents, and Huetter set out to find one such person among donors that matched the patient's marrow type. Out of a pool of 80 suitable donors, the 61st person tested carried the proper mutation.
Before the transplant, the patient endured powerful drugs and radiation to kill off his own infected bone marrow cells and disable his immune system — a treatment fatal to between 20 and 30 percent of recipients.
He was also taken off the potent drugs used to treat his AIDS. Huetter's team feared that the drugs might interfere with the new marrow cells' survival. They risked lowering his defenses in the hopes that the new, mutated cells would reject the virus on their own.
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infections Diseases in the U.S., said the procedure was too costly and too dangerous to employ as a firstline cure. But he said it could inspire researchers to pursue gene therapy as a means to block or suppress HIV.
"It helps prove the concept that if somehow you can block the expression of CCR5, maybe by gene therapy, you might be able to inhibit the ability of the virus to replicate," Fauci said.
David Roth, a professor of epidemiology and international public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said gene therapy as cheap and effective as current drug treatments is in very early stages of development.
"That's a long way down the line because there may be other negative things that go with that mutation that we don't know about."
Even for the patient in Berlin, the lack of a clear understanding of exactly why his AIDS has disappeared means his future is far from certain.
"The virus is wily," Huetter said. "There could always be a resurgence."
(This version CORRECTS spelling of doctor's name to Huetter throughout.)
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Monday, November 3, 2008
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Hello, your name is:
bryan
Who holds your heart at the moment?
i think that person knows
Are your parents over the age of 40?
father is
Is there anyone that you wish was out of your life?
no not really, no i cant say that i want someone out
When's the last time you fell or ran into something?
i cant really remember
Have you ever moved?
once yea
Are you listening to music right now?
was like a half hour ago, now watching csi in the
office
What song is it if so?
sliver and cold
Have you ever had a song written about you?
nope
If you could change your eye color what would it be?
i wouldnt change my eye color they sorta fit me, the big
man up stairs gave em to mee
What was the WORST thing that happened to you today?
um boredom?
When's the next time you'll see your best friend?
not for a short while, on monday i;ll see her
Is there something you would like to tell someone but can't?
maybe but it dosent have to do with me
On a scale of 1-10 how good is your life?
eh idk five or six? maybe at high seven but not offen, rarely. vary.
How many people outside of your family do you trust?
two.
What was the reason you last shouted at some one?
umm because i wanted them to come to my table?
Would you bang your neighbor?
sike.
Describe your relationship status?
single
Are you a bad influence?
id think not
Would you do anything for someone else?
depends who that somebody was
Besides this, what are you doing right now?
watching csi and thinkning
Who will be the first person you call tomorrow?
i kinda dont call people
Do you like to have long hair or short hair?
somewhere in between
Who was the last person you hung out with?
the manhunt people and before that jay and erka
If you could have one thing right now, no limitations, what would it be?
her
Would you rather be drunk or high?
neither really, hear they arent nice, if any drunk. never high, i dont do drugs
Barak Obama or John McCain?
obama
mcwrinkes is toooo old =)
Is it possible that you could be pregnant right now?
i would certainly hope not =p
If the year consisted of only one season, which would you choose?
autumn
Do you hate being alone?
yes
Is there a person that knows everything or mostly everything about you?
you know there is this one person.
Are you enemies with a former friend?
nopes
Do you still talk to the person you were dating 8 months ago?
yepps this morning i did
How did you and your number 1 become friends?
school and so much more
Where is your last ex?
with family *sigh8
Who was the last person in your bed besides you?
jen sat on it while striaghtening her hair
Do you currently have a hickey?
hahaha sike.
Did anyone see you kiss the last person you kissed?
no?
Do you drink tea?
sometimes yeah
What's a bad habit you have?
umm i have a few but i do them apart from one and other so im never doing
two at the same time
Are you addicted to anything that is not a recreational drug?
um maybe? beats me
What side of the bed do you sleep on?
middleish? idk you tell me
Do you miss any exs?
read my mind
Do you find the opposite sex confusing?
sorta?
Name 3 people who you talked to today?
david, kahtia, catalina
What were you doing at 8 am this morning?
sleeping
What were you doing 30 minutes ago?
music
What is your favorite board game?
thats a toughhie
What are you wearing right now?
south park shirt and gym shorts
What was the last thing you ate?
chicken
Have you bought any new clothing items this week?
nope
What's something funny that happened today?
when someone called me and when i said "who calls me bruh?" and
when i was IMing jen and i said g2g and she yelled bryan! you live in my house you cant say g2g =p
What's the last sporting event you watched?
football, gators vs bulldogs
If you could go anywhere in the world where would you go?
well theres three places, one is pittsburgh other is mexico, you guess the third
Who is the last person you sent a message on Myspace?
roy
Ever go camping?
not really? closest i did to that was with the mckays =)
really good memories there
Have you ever lost anything down a toilet?
nopes
Do you use smiley faces on the computer?
yepps
Are you someone's best friend?
i'd like to say yes, to two people
What are you doing tomorrow?
no clue
Where is your mom right now?
living room
Look to your left, what do you see?
fake flowers, sound stystem, lamp, chairs. and a huge window
What color is your watch?
dont have one
Do you have a dog?
pstt i wish
Any plans today?
not one, hung around all day =(
Where are you right now?
at the place i lay my head at night
Favorite pair of shoes you wear all the time?
dc's no laces
Is anyone jealous of you?
doubt it
What time is it?
7:53
Do you hate anyone right now?
eh, i say hate but just dislike
When was the last time you kissed someone?
havent had a kiss in over a month, i believe in someday tho
Do you use the word 'hello' daily?
not really
How many kids do you want to have?
at most three
How old will you be turning on your next birthday?
15
How did you get one of your scars?
one on my ankel, jen couldnt hold the stupid metal table up
bryan
Who holds your heart at the moment?
i think that person knows
Are your parents over the age of 40?
father is
Is there anyone that you wish was out of your life?
no not really, no i cant say that i want someone out
When's the last time you fell or ran into something?
i cant really remember
Have you ever moved?
once yea
Are you listening to music right now?
was like a half hour ago, now watching csi in the
office
What song is it if so?
sliver and cold
Have you ever had a song written about you?
nope
If you could change your eye color what would it be?
i wouldnt change my eye color they sorta fit me, the big
man up stairs gave em to mee
What was the WORST thing that happened to you today?
um boredom?
When's the next time you'll see your best friend?
not for a short while, on monday i;ll see her
Is there something you would like to tell someone but can't?
maybe but it dosent have to do with me
On a scale of 1-10 how good is your life?
eh idk five or six? maybe at high seven but not offen, rarely. vary.
How many people outside of your family do you trust?
two.
What was the reason you last shouted at some one?
umm because i wanted them to come to my table?
Would you bang your neighbor?
sike.
Describe your relationship status?
single
Are you a bad influence?
id think not
Would you do anything for someone else?
depends who that somebody was
Besides this, what are you doing right now?
watching csi and thinkning
Who will be the first person you call tomorrow?
i kinda dont call people
Do you like to have long hair or short hair?
somewhere in between
Who was the last person you hung out with?
the manhunt people and before that jay and erka
If you could have one thing right now, no limitations, what would it be?
her
Would you rather be drunk or high?
neither really, hear they arent nice, if any drunk. never high, i dont do drugs
Barak Obama or John McCain?
obama
mcwrinkes is toooo old =)
Is it possible that you could be pregnant right now?
i would certainly hope not =p
If the year consisted of only one season, which would you choose?
autumn
Do you hate being alone?
yes
Is there a person that knows everything or mostly everything about you?
you know there is this one person.
Are you enemies with a former friend?
nopes
Do you still talk to the person you were dating 8 months ago?
yepps this morning i did
How did you and your number 1 become friends?
school and so much more
Where is your last ex?
with family *sigh8
Who was the last person in your bed besides you?
jen sat on it while striaghtening her hair
Do you currently have a hickey?
hahaha sike.
Did anyone see you kiss the last person you kissed?
no?
Do you drink tea?
sometimes yeah
What's a bad habit you have?
umm i have a few but i do them apart from one and other so im never doing
two at the same time
Are you addicted to anything that is not a recreational drug?
um maybe? beats me
What side of the bed do you sleep on?
middleish? idk you tell me
Do you miss any exs?
read my mind
Do you find the opposite sex confusing?
sorta?
Name 3 people who you talked to today?
david, kahtia, catalina
What were you doing at 8 am this morning?
sleeping
What were you doing 30 minutes ago?
music
What is your favorite board game?
thats a toughhie
What are you wearing right now?
south park shirt and gym shorts
What was the last thing you ate?
chicken
Have you bought any new clothing items this week?
nope
What's something funny that happened today?
when someone called me and when i said "who calls me bruh?" and
when i was IMing jen and i said g2g and she yelled bryan! you live in my house you cant say g2g =p
What's the last sporting event you watched?
football, gators vs bulldogs
If you could go anywhere in the world where would you go?
well theres three places, one is pittsburgh other is mexico, you guess the third
Who is the last person you sent a message on Myspace?
roy
Ever go camping?
not really? closest i did to that was with the mckays =)
really good memories there
Have you ever lost anything down a toilet?
nopes
Do you use smiley faces on the computer?
yepps
Are you someone's best friend?
i'd like to say yes, to two people
What are you doing tomorrow?
no clue
Where is your mom right now?
living room
Look to your left, what do you see?
fake flowers, sound stystem, lamp, chairs. and a huge window
What color is your watch?
dont have one
Do you have a dog?
pstt i wish
Any plans today?
not one, hung around all day =(
Where are you right now?
at the place i lay my head at night
Favorite pair of shoes you wear all the time?
dc's no laces
Is anyone jealous of you?
doubt it
What time is it?
7:53
Do you hate anyone right now?
eh, i say hate but just dislike
When was the last time you kissed someone?
havent had a kiss in over a month, i believe in someday tho
Do you use the word 'hello' daily?
not really
How many kids do you want to have?
at most three
How old will you be turning on your next birthday?
15
How did you get one of your scars?
one on my ankel, jen couldnt hold the stupid metal table up
Must be sort of nice to
be adored and to have choice
always tho, even if it does seem
like a curse at times. if not always.
So i woke up at 9:13. want to take a
guess at the geek's sqaud's cars number?
yeah. thats it. i sighed and looked up.
that was last night before i left. laura is
sad. jason honestly dosent like her. it was
nice seeing dad again. Mom misses having me
around =) my hair still feels fake. want to
hit me for it? kays well im added more tunes
onto the brick. i dont have one once of hate
towards him anymore. its funny how that all
worked out. no,no,no, you can't think like
that dude. bad boy. kays well then um? the
crew had a bad halloween night. i wasnt the
kid in white this year. she says i wasnt last
year either. i have no idea what im gonna do
today. waste of gorgeous? ha im thinking maybe
too much of myself. no mall friday, she'd miss
me. yesterday i realized how they wouldnt ever
be like brought together without me. like it's
hard to explain but its like so....true. i feel
older. i think im like eight months older than
you catalina. only one person commented the pictures.
oh well. maybe in time, yeah hat sounds about right now.
i wonder what was the first thought of hers waking up.
you can guess on this one too. yeah it was her, always was
but i just dont say it. like when i told her i couldnt tell
her what i miss and i did. but she said my words like sounded
amazing *smiles*. i dazzle her sometimes. kays well imma go
umm count something or something =) bryan over and out <3
be adored and to have choice
always tho, even if it does seem
like a curse at times. if not always.
So i woke up at 9:13. want to take a
guess at the geek's sqaud's cars number?
yeah. thats it. i sighed and looked up.
that was last night before i left. laura is
sad. jason honestly dosent like her. it was
nice seeing dad again. Mom misses having me
around =) my hair still feels fake. want to
hit me for it? kays well im added more tunes
onto the brick. i dont have one once of hate
towards him anymore. its funny how that all
worked out. no,no,no, you can't think like
that dude. bad boy. kays well then um? the
crew had a bad halloween night. i wasnt the
kid in white this year. she says i wasnt last
year either. i have no idea what im gonna do
today. waste of gorgeous? ha im thinking maybe
too much of myself. no mall friday, she'd miss
me. yesterday i realized how they wouldnt ever
be like brought together without me. like it's
hard to explain but its like so....true. i feel
older. i think im like eight months older than
you catalina. only one person commented the pictures.
oh well. maybe in time, yeah hat sounds about right now.
i wonder what was the first thought of hers waking up.
you can guess on this one too. yeah it was her, always was
but i just dont say it. like when i told her i couldnt tell
her what i miss and i did. but she said my words like sounded
amazing *smiles*. i dazzle her sometimes. kays well imma go
umm count something or something =) bryan over and out <3
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