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Hookworms

dgreaser — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:22:26 +0000

I heard a story on OPB awhile back. It was about Jasper Lawrence, a man who discovered that people in third-world countries seldom suffer from allergies and auto-immune disorders, as compared to Americans. He traveled to West Africa and purposely infected himself with parasites…. hookworms. His allergies, once bad enough he couldn’t ride down the street without his eyes swelling shut, subsided.

The orginal story about Parasites aired on Radiolab in September 2009. Hear it here: http://www.radiolab.org/2009/sep/07/

An update to the story was posted in April 2010, after revisiting Jasper Lawrence. Here it here: http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2010/apr/02/an-update-on-hookworms/

Check out this story, as well as other “Acts” about the “enemy” on This American Life here: Enemy Camp

Columbian Cafe

dgreaser — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 18:50:21 +0000

Food: Breakfast Burrito and Bloody Mary

The Columbian Cafe is an awesome place for brunch!! It is a funky little spot with few seats and if you’re lucky, like I was today, you can be seated immediately! Yum!!!

Extreme mountain biking

dgreaser — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 18:04:23 +0000

DUDE MAN DUDE!!

SHUT THE FRONT DOOR!!

HOLY MOTHER TRUCKER!!!

Check out this YouTube video! Awesome biking, hilarious announcing!

Plans for the future?

dgreaser — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:56:31 +0000

Hey! I’m gonna be in town last weekend! We should have done something! -Liz Carriere (paraphrased from an email)

Ballsheimers

dgreaser — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:52:21 +0000

Ballsheimers: noun 1. a condition characterized by a stunt that rides the fine line between “hardcore” and “stupid,” with a subsequent lack of memory or recall of the event. (e.g., “You don’t remember bombing that sick run? What do you … Continue reading →

dgreaser — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 20:02:18 +0000

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. … Continue reading →

Chirality of Life

dgreaser — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:23:49 +0000

Life is left-handed, meaning proteins spiral toward the left. This is a really intriguing topic!

Benford’s Law

dgreaser — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:54:40 +0000

Benford’s Law is a mathematical equation that predicts numbers that occur in any sequence will start with a 1 (one) 30% of the time, and a 9 (nine) only 4% of the time!

Check it out!

That’s how people can audit and spot “cooked books” in audits, simply by noticing an inordinate number of values that start with 8 or 9!

Talon

dgreaser — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 05:21:47 +0000

Talon was my brother Mike’s dog. I had a special connection with Talon from the time we lived in Missouri, when him and Emily got her as a puppy. I loved her. We spent time on the rivers and in the mountains. The photo of her shows her personality. Just like all great dogs, we will miss her. Here is a photo tribute to the life of a wonderful, wonderful dog.

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Poison Peak Blowhole

dgreaser — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:13:10 +0000

Brian and I hit up this, the legendary Blowhole. more to come… testing