My stupid CK level is up to 892 now, and my prednisone got increased a little bit back up to 7.5mg/d. Not too bad considering where I’ve been before but it really fries me. Besides, I know that the primary reason I went into this flare is as a result of the stress of finding out that my used-to-be-boyfriend was lying constantly to me. And I work in the same department as he does. A very small department. I told him I don’t want to be friends but can work with him, and he insists on trying to make small talk with me. Oh well, I should be glad he’s not sabotaging my career instead.

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An email received from Grace:

The Seven Dwarfs went to the Vatican, and got ushered in to see the Pope. Dopey led the pack. “Dopey, my son,” said the Pope, “what can I do for you?” Dopey asked, “Excuse me, Your Eminence, but are there any dwarf nuns in Rome?”

The Pope wrinkled his brow at the odd question, thought for a moment and answered, “No Dopey, there are no dwarf nuns in Rome.” In the background the dwarfs started giggling. Dopey turned around and gave them a fiery stare, silencing them.

Dopey turned back to the Pope. “Your Holiness, are there any dwarf nuns in all of Europe?” The Pope, puzzled again, answered, “No Dopey, there are no dwarf nuns in all of Europe.” This time, all the dwarfs burst into laughter. Once again, Dopey turned around and silenced them all with an angry stare.

Dopey turned back to the Pope and said, “Mr. Pope, are there ANY dwarf nuns in the whole world?” The Pope answered, “I’m sorry, my son, there are no dwarf nuns anywhere in the world.”

The other dwarfs collapsed into a heap, rolling and laughing, tears running down their cheeks as they began chanting: “Dopey screwed a penguin, Dopey screwed a penguin!”

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Original photo and credits here via Astronomy Picture of the Day.

A great article by Caltechgirl (Not exactly rocket science) on evolution and creationism.

Personally, I think that God engineered evolution, dinosaurs and the big bang. And how on earth are days measured in Genesis prior to the earth being formed? Since a day is one rotation of the earth, days being counted prior to the formation of the earth must be God-days, or something. Probably very long, eh?

Link to article above found via Accidental Verbosity.

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