Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Why JB Why??????


This is DEFINITELY one of the worst decisions Jordan Brand has ever made! And I thought the 13 Fusions were bad!...

Saturday, September 5, 2009

How on earth did the Nylons & Vandals get so high on the list???



I can certainly appreciate the time it took Complex to make this list even if I don't agree with a lot of the selections. Also....I hate the fact that I have like none of these shoes except for the Dirty Denims and I painted over those to make my own customs a few months back!! lol Check out the full list here.

Friday, September 4, 2009

Popcorn Theatre: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner


"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" is a 1967 dramatic film starring Sidney Poitier, Spencer Tracy, and Katharine Hepburn. This groundbreaking story focuses on the taboo subject of interracial marriage in the late 60s which actually had JUST become legal in every state the year the movie was released. Do yourself a favor and check it out. Great dialogue. Great acting. And great message.

I feel like I'd date a girl who rocked a pair of these...

Thursday, September 3, 2009

This is truly incredible!


A Jacksonville researcher has developed a way of sewing up patients after hysterectomies that stands to reduce the risk of complications and simplify the tricky procedure for less-seasoned surgeons. Oh, and he's 14 years old. Feel free to read that again. Tony Hansberry II is a ninth-grader who, as it happens, will be presenting his findings today before an auditorium filled with doctors just like any of his board-certified - and decades older - colleagues would. He would say he was following in the footsteps of "Doogie Howser, M.D." - if he weren't too young to have heard of the television show. Instead, he says that his remarkable accomplishments are merely steps toward his ultimate goal of becoming a University of Florida-trained neurosurgeon. "I just want to help people and be respected, knowing that I can save lives," said Tony, the son of a registered nurse mom and an African Methodist Episcopal church pastor dad. To be sure, he had some help along the way, but, then again, most researchers do. The seeds of his project were planted last summer during his internship at the University of Florida's Center for Simulation Education and Safety Research, based at Shands Jacksonville. To understand why a teenager would be a hospital intern, it's important to know that Tony is a student down the street from Shands at Darnell-Cookman Middle/High School, a magnet school geared toward all things medical. (Students, for example, master suturing by the eighth grade.) At the simulation center, where medical residents and nurses practice on dummies, the normally shy student warmed up to the center's administrative director, Bruce Nappi. In turn, Nappi, a problem-solver with a Massachusetts Institute of Technology aeronautics degree, found someone willing to learn. One day, an obstetrics and gynecology professor asked the pair to help him figure out why no one was using a handy device that looks like a dipstick with clamps at the end, called an endo stitch, for sewing up hysterectomy patients. In other procedures, it proved its worth for its ability to grip pieces of thread and maneuverability. What Tony did next is so complicated that the professor who suggested the project has to resort to a metaphor to explain it: "Instead of buttoning your shirt side to side, what about doing it up and down?" Brent Seibel said. Here's the literal explanation: The problem was that the endo stitch couldn't clamp down properly to close the tube where the patient's uterus had been. Tony figured that by suturing the tube vertically instead of horizontally, it could be done. And he was right. Nappi said he came up with the idea but didn't tell Tony, letting him come to the conclusion himself. "It was truly independent that he figured it out," Nappi said, adding that a representative for the device's manufacturer told him that the endo stitch had never been used for that purpose. Tony's unpracticed hands were able to stitch three times faster with the endo stitch vs. the conventional needle driver. Further study may prove whether the same is true for more experienced surgeons, Seibel said. In addition to cutting surgical time, the technique may help surgeons who don't do many hysterectomies because it's easier to use the endo stitch, he added. Tony's presentation today is part of UF's medical education week, a time to spotlight teaching advancements, a hospital spokeswoman said. Tony often speaks in the highly technical, dispassionate language of doctors. In that respect, he's not the exception but the rule at Darnell-Cookman, said Angela TenBroeck, the school's medical lead teacher. But he has surged ahead of others when it comes to surgical skills. "I would put him up against a first-year med student," she said. "He's an outstanding young man, and I'm proud to have him representing us."
via jacksonville.com

How amazing is this game gonna be?!?!?!


I've been waiting for this game to be released for a minute because the first two games were ridiculous! Apparently scheduled to release in March of 2010. Just in time for my birthday.

Question of the Week

If she let you beat in the first week is it still possible that she could be "THE ONE?"