abandoned things
I have always loved abandoned things: stuffed animals dropped on rainy sidewalks, empty shopping carts, eyeglasses, the muffin nobody buys at the cafe. This is not some saintly impulse, though. I love the pangs in my chest, the aches in my calves and joints, the tears. I love these abandoned things because they hurt me.
"Epilepsy is the neglected stepchild among neurological diseases.Epilepsy causes more than 50,000 deaths a year — more than breast cancer."
“Epilepsy is the neglected stepchild among neurological diseases.Epilepsy causes more than 50,000 deaths a year — more than breast cancer.” From the article: Epilepsy is the neglected stepchild among neurological diseases. On a per-patient basis, it gets about 20 percent of the research money that Parkinson’s receives and about 50 percent of the Alzheimer’s total. … Read more
Karrie Goes Nuts
Want to see what I have been up to? Check out my blogs: Karrie Goes Nuts- my food blog, in which I go cuckoo for cashew cream and all things nutty Forensic Writer – my blog devoted to forensic science and writing alchemy West by Northwest – psychogeography SLC Enjoy!
Love Marks
Earlier, I posted about the “up & up” house brand at Target. For me, “up & up” is a “lovemark.” What is a lovemark? According to lovemark.com, “take a brand away, and people will find a replacement. Take a Lovemark away, and people will protest its absence … Put simply, Lovemarks inspire loyalty beyond reason.” … Read more
moving on up & up
I confess. I love the fat, colorful arrows on Target’s house-brand bandages, soaps, hand sanitizer, paper towels and even acetaminophen. Hell, I even love the design of the acetaminophen caplets: candy-glossy in red, white, and blue. They cheer me up when I pop one (even though I have to feel like serious crap before I … Read more
crafty
Last week on my Forensic Writer blog, I posted commentary about the public reaction to Brian David Mitchell – the man on trial for kidnapping Elizabeth Smart – having a seizure in court. Many SLC locals and online commenters flat-out accused him of faking. You might think this is due to the righteous (and rightful) … Read more
no human faces
Saturday, I noticed Facebook friends (and friends of friends) changing their profile pictures to cartoon characters. Several posted a status update reading: “Change your Facebook profile picture to a cartoon from your childhood and invite all your friends to do the same. Until next Monday there should be NO human faces on Facebook, but invasion of memories. … Read more
bicycle time machine
Muscle memory. Balancing the bicycle, straddling the seat, standing up to gain momentum on a hill, skidding to a stop, popping up the front wheel to clear the curb. Is it bone memory, too? Images forced out of metatarsals, patella, femur, phalanges. Water tower, recurring kidnap dream, man with green skin like the Incredible Hulk, dead … Read more
electric wires, audio tape, EEG
electric wires, audio tape, EEG For the past five years, forensic scientists in London have been recording frequency variations in electricity on the National Grid. It turns out that variations occur regularly, and they create a “unique signature of the electrical frequency” at any particular moment, according to “The… -from my Forensic Writer blog — … Read more
