2005-04-22 - 10:57 a.m.
It's Earth Day - and I'm staying inside where the Earth can't get me.
Happy Earth Day. In deference to the dominant species on the planet, I will now tell what I learned in and out of class today: 1) The Radiology 3D Imaging Department has a sense of humour - I walked by their front office window where they keep samples of the 3D models they make. Someone had hung a "Got Milk?" sign on the spinal column model in the center. 2) Our office is lined with boxes of bike helmets - part of a drive to increase brain injury awareness, and everyone in the office will get one (and a whole bunch of kids will get one, too). This may not sound particularly exciting, but they're decorated to look like *brains*. I will finally have my very own external brain pack. 3) I can't sit through a day-long series of lectures without falling asleep, no matter how dynamic the speaker is - and let's face it, doctors aren't the most animated of lecturers. And now, the actual interesting bit of information I gleaned from a lecture that was mostly over my head: 4) If you're going to have a car accident, make sure you down a Starbucks Venti Mocha Latte beforehand - extra caffeine inhibits or fixes something-or-other in your brain chemicals that aids recovery from traumatic brain injury. Plus, it helps if you're female. The ultimate lesson of course, is don't get your head smacked around. I love science.
Dorsal - Ventral
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