You know you’re a nerd when..

In our office it is customary to bring packed lunch, which you usually have to heat up in the microwave oven first before eating.  Naturally sometimes you have to queue up to use the microwave. So sometimes people share.
And each and every time I see this, I wonder: Does the food heat less if there’s [...]

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Geek, Nerd or Dork?

(thanks to John Deeth for the image)
I’ve seen these three terms used interchangeably, and while I’ve always known at the back of my mind that they have differences in meaning, only now did I go out of my way (read: Google) to find out exactly what they mean.
Well, not exactly.  As they are slang terms, [...]

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Why I’m Not A Surgeon

“Practicing medicine doesn’t lend itself to the making of friends. Maybe because life and mortality are in our faces all the time. Maybe because in staring down death everyday, we’re forced to know that life, every minute is borrowed time. And each person, we let ourselves care about is just one more loss somewhere down [...]

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Happiness

In 2003, we decided to have a diary of sorts — a small hard-bound notebook where we would write our letters to each other, and pass it between the two of us.  It’s a brilliant idea — a handy way of archiving letters and keeping memories.
* * * * *
Six years later, in a garden [...]

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Memories

When we are forgotten, we cease to exist.
- The Lady of the Lake, in Merlin (film)
Ever stopped and thought about how much you remember from your past?  Your elementary classmates? Your teachers?  What it felt like to be a kid? What it was like to change, age and grow up, not necessarily in that order?
Our [...]

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