I am going to get my eyes measured today for wavefront LASIK. I have wanted to do this for a while, but waited until the 3d technology was affordable ($2400). Surprisingly, the costs in Calgary were about the same for this kind of surgery. I guess the equipment costs take a while to recoup.
I’ve done my homework on my doc of course. He likes to travel and teach, always a good sign.
So if you see me wandering around today with pupils the size of dinner plates, don’t worry.
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The Sun is a great magazine. If you asked me if I would subscribe to a thin literary mag, I would have said ‘Put me on your do not call list’. Well, actually I would do that anyway, but the point is, I didn’t even know I would be interested in it.
This month there is an amazing interview with Daniel Ellsberg (Crusade Against The Abuse Of Presidential Power, From Nixon To Bush). They have a pdf link to some of the story here. I highly recommend it.
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Ah Monsanto, about time someone smacked you down: EPO revokes patent on Indian wheat
Interesting… The influence of sexual orientation on vowel production
Evidence of ‘jungle yeti’ found.
And to go with the above, Dinosaur tracks found in Swiss mountains
Seems that homeland security is freaking people out: The US Attorneys were informed that without a doubt an attack was going to be perpetrated in the US within the next 6 weeks, prior to the elections. Link.
Lastly, bitter irony: Iraqi nuke site looting after the war is putting materials back on the black market.