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And then this Bear, Pooh Bear, Winnie-the-Pooh, F.O.P. (Friend of Piglet's), R.C. (Rabbit's Companion), P.D. (Pole Discoverer), E.C. and T.F. (Eeyore's Comforter and Tail-finder)--in fact, Pooh himself--said something so clever that Christopher Robin could only look at him with mouth open and eyes staring, wondering if this was really the Bear of Very Little Brain whom he had know and loved so long.

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

take my blood, please!

I never have much success giving blood. I think I've been dismissed for marginal anemia (of the "you're not sick but you can't give blood" variety) two or three times in a row. But, I'm O negative, so I keep trying...
At a blood drive on Tuesday, I finally registered at 12.8 for iron (12 is the cutoff. i'm usually 11.7 or so). And yet - the Man got me down. I arrived on time for my 11:15 appointment, but I was still waiting to get to a gurney where I could wait to get stuck with a needle at 12:55. Since class was at 1:05, and my prof is a stickler for, well, everything (he starts exactly when the second hand hits 12), I had to go.
However, for my time, I got two free passes to the Bronx Zoo, expiring at the end of March. Since I am one person, and my usual outing-companion is away, any takers?

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"Bother!" said Pooh, as he opened it. "All that wet for nothing. What's that bit of paper doing?" He took it out and looked at it. "It's a Missage," he said to himself, "that's what it is. And that letter is a 'P,' and so is that, and so is that, and 'P' means 'Pooh,' so it's a very important Missage to me, and I can't read it. I must find Christopher Robin or Owl or Piglet, one of those Clever Readers who can read things, and they will tell me what this missage means. Only I can't swim. Bother!" Then he had an idea, and I think that for a Bear of Very Little Brain, it was a good idea. He said to himself: "If a bottle can float, then a jar can float, and if a jar floats, I can sit on the top of it, if it's a very big jar." ... "All boats have to have a name," he said, "so I shall call mine The Floating Bear." And with these words he dropped his boat into the water and jumped in after it. For a little while Pooh and The Floating Bear were uncertain as to which of them was meant to be on the top, but after trying one or two different positions, they settled down with The Floating Bear underneath and Pooh triumphantly astride it, paddling vigorously with his feet.

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Wednesday, February 28, 2007

take my blood, please!

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