http://junkii.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ The Flophouse en Vox Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:29:56 -0500 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/or-not.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rockr & Junkii) http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/or-not.html?_c=feed-rss http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/or-not.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:29:56 -0500 So it’s not a corneal ulcer. After more than an hour of waiting - time spent perusing my Vietnam travel book - I finally got in to see the eye specialist this morning. She took one look with her microscope and decided it wasn't an ulcer. She s... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/or-not.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521f785604a0123ddb95e36860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> health eye http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/corneal-ulcer.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rockr & Junkii) http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/corneal-ulcer.html?_c=feed-rss http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/corneal-ulcer.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:19:13 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://junkii.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22521f785604a00f30f58d5af0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c22521f785604a00f30f58d5af0001-50si" alt="My Eye" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> For the past two days I've felt like there's something in my right eye. But after long inspections in the mirror, I still couldn't find anything. But I knew that feeling. Last time I had it, it was worse. It felt like I had a grain of sand in my... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/corneal-ulcer.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521f785604a01240b73c27c860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> health eye http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/canada-named-fossil-of-the-day-again.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rockr & Junkii) http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/canada-named-fossil-of-the-day-again.html?_c=feed-rss http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/canada-named-fossil-of-the-day-again.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:04:24 -0500 News release from the Climate Action Network Canada: For Immediate Release November 3, 2009 (Barcelona, Spain): In the last round of United Nations climate change negotiations before the historic Copenhagen summit in December, Canada has been s... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/canada-named-fossil-of-the-day-again.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521f785604a0123f1772e33860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> canada climate climate change climate change; earth http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/wig-party-2009.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rockr & Junkii) http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/wig-party-2009.html?_c=feed-rss http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/wig-party-2009.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:24:15 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://junkii.vox.com/wigparty09/?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c22521f785604a0123ddcccc6c860c-50si" alt="WigParty09" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Saturday night we held our 4th Annual wig party - on Halloween night! This was the first time the party was actually on Halloween proper, and that had some interesting effects - some positive, some negative: Positive: The commitment to full cos... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/wig-party-2009.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521f785604a0123ddb7d449860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> friends wig wig party http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/wore-a-wig-to-work.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rockr & Junkii) http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/wore-a-wig-to-work.html?_c=feed-rss http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/wore-a-wig-to-work.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:17:38 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://junkii.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22521f785604a0123dddf1926860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c22521f785604a0123dddf1926860d-50si" alt="Pompadour" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I wore a wig to work today, to help get me into the spirit for tomorrow night's wig party. I wore Junkii's pompadour wig from last year (Well, I wasn't about to reveal this year's wig just yet, now was I?!)and got a few great laughs when I arrive... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/wore-a-wig-to-work.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521f785604a0123ddcb6db0860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> wig wig party http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/great-blue-heron.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rockr & Junkii) http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/great-blue-heron.html?_c=feed-rss http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/great-blue-heron.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:53:56 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://junkii.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22521f785604a0123f17451f9860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c22521f785604a0123f17451f9860f-50si" alt="Great Blue Heron" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Over the past few days walking to work, I've spied this little fellow sitting on the banks of the drained canal. She's all hunched up - and I can't blame her, the weather is getting cold - but it's a nice change from the usual seagulls, ducks an... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/great-blue-heron.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521f785604a0123ddde3809860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/signs-of-winter.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rockr & Junkii) http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/signs-of-winter.html?_c=feed-rss http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/signs-of-winter.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:50:57 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://junkii.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22521f785604a0123ddca8b17860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c22521f785604a0123ddca8b17860c-50si" alt="Drained!" /></a> <a href="http://junkii.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22521f785604a0123ddb59a96860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c22521f785604a0123ddb59a96860b-50si" alt="Harbingers" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Much as I want to bury my head in the sand and ignore the signs, they're all about me. The changing leaves are one of the more obvious signs - but you don't mind that so much cuz it's pretty. There's nothing pretty about the draining of the Ride... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/signs-of-winter.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521f785604a0123f17452df860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> winter weather rant winterlude http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/must-carry-kleenex.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rockr & Junkii) http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/must-carry-kleenex.html?_c=feed-rss http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/must-carry-kleenex.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:34:20 -0400 Why is it that I only sneeze when I'm about as far as possible form the nearest Kleenex? Like this morning, halfway through my walk to work, when I'm equidistant from the box of Kleenex in my office and the ones at home. I really must start carryi... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/must-carry-kleenex.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521f785604a0123f1745187860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> rant health http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/earworm-wednesday-35.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rockr & Junkii) http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/earworm-wednesday-35.html?_c=feed-rss http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/earworm-wednesday-35.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:08:56 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://junkii.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22521f785604a01240b70bac9860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c22521f785604a01240b70bac9860e-50si" alt="The Kids from Fame" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Okay, it's Tuesday at 11pm, and I have a serious case of earworm. And I have no idea where it came from. I'm convinced that there's part of my brain - locked off from the rest - that just houses melodies and lyrics. And every so often I get a ja... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/earworm-wednesday-35.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521f785604a0123ddde0b60860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> music earworm earworm wednesdays http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/and-now-for-some-good-news.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rockr & Junkii) http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/and-now-for-some-good-news.html?_c=feed-rss http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/and-now-for-some-good-news.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:02:26 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://junkii.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22521f785604a0123dddbbf87860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c22521f785604a0123dddbbf87860d-50si" alt="The Weigh In" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Weight Watchers works! Those of you who follow Junkii's weekly updates on Facebook already know he's lost 13 lbs in 5 weeks of dieting. Well, I'm holding my own too. I'm down about 12 lbs as of this morning's weigh-in. It's hard to tell exactly b... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://junkii.vox.com/library/post/and-now-for-some-good-news.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521f785604a0123dddbbf97860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> food diet fitness weight loss