I don't actually believe in the larger Theory of Chiropractic, but when my friend adjusted me a little, I felt fucking AWESOME afterward. I should see if he'll give me a deal of any kind, now that he has his own office...
Just call me the computer whisperer.
Willow ,'Lessons'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Apr 08, 2005 3:37:58 am PDT #4226 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
§ ita § - Apr 08, 2005 3:55:26 am PDT #4227 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've never had a chiropractor try to sell me on chiropractic -- it was here I learnt about it.
I'm not one of those people that gets instantaneous relief -- in fact, I despise the sensation of being adjusted.
But I can't deny it loosens things up a great deal afterwards.
If only I was keeping up with my exercises.
juliana - Apr 08, 2005 4:27:30 am PDT #4228 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I'm not one of those people that gets instantaneous relief -- in fact, I despise the sensation of being adjusted.
But I can't deny it loosens things up a great deal afterwards.
Me too. I have a hard time not going to the Eddie Izzard place as I'm being adjusted - "gonna crack yer bones! Crack yer bones!"
tommyrot - Apr 08, 2005 4:33:02 am PDT #4229 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Hmmm.... I was having problems with my interbunny yesterday (no google in the afternoon) and when I got home I discovered my home interbunny was completely dead - it wouldn't even respond to my pinging it. But this morning I discovered that it had come back to life.
I'm not sure how a zombie interbunny would act differently than a living-living one.
sarameg - Apr 08, 2005 5:12:43 am PDT #4230 of 10001
The pope's funeral made me sleep in late. No, really. NPR must have been broadcasting live at 6:30 am because it was all chaotic (or I was drifting in and out of sleep) and since it was all this religion stuff, I presumed it must be sunday, because on sunday Speaking of Faith comes on at 7 (it covers religious topics) and thus I didn't have to get up for work.
Nevermind I have to get up at 7 EVERY DAY.
Sigh.
7:30.
Cat should be just fine.
Sue - Apr 08, 2005 5:15:17 am PDT #4231 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Sara, I was dreaming about being in a diner, and suddenly the diner morphed into a funeral, and I woke up 20 minutes after my alarm went off and the CBC were broadcasting the Pope's funeral.
brenda m - Apr 08, 2005 5:16:25 am PDT #4232 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I'm not sure how a zombie interbunny would act differently than a living-living one.
Well, I guess you'll find out.
Nevermind I have to get up at 7 EVERY DAY.
Hee. Yesterday I was cursing this conversation for jinxing me - slept through the alarm, or more precisely, must have shut it off instead of getting up or even hitting snooze. Luckily, Lucy is a first-class pest when she decides to be, and got me up at 7:45.
sarameg - Apr 08, 2005 5:19:04 am PDT #4233 of 10001
Hah! I'm not the only victim.
It's funny, but usually when I hear the business report come on (10 minutes before the hour,) that's when I finally admit that yes, I really do have to get up. Unless, of course, I've gotten up already.
But there was no business report!
tommyrot - Apr 08, 2005 6:02:17 am PDT #4234 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Jessica - Apr 08, 2005 6:33:50 am PDT #4235 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Sony Invention Beams Sights, Sounds Into Brain
PlayStation maker Sony Corp (SNE.N). has been granted a patent for beaming sensory information directly into the brain.
The technique could one day be used to create videogames in which you can smell, taste, and touch, or to help people who are blind or deaf.
The U.S. patent, granted to Sony researcher Thomas Dawson, describes a technique for aiming ultrasonic pulses at specific areas of the brain to induce "sensory experiences" such as smells, sounds and images.
"The pulsed ultrasonic signal alters the neural timing in the cortex," the patent states. "No invasive surgery is needed to assist a person, such as a blind person, to view live and/or recorded images or hear sounds."
According to New Scientist magazine, the first to report on the patent, Sony's technique could be an improvement over an existing non-surgical method known as transcranial magnetic stimulation. This activates nerves using rapidly changing magnetic fields, but cannot be focused on small groups of brain cells.
Niels Birbaumer, a neuroscientist at the University of Tuebingen in Germany, told New Scientist he had looked at the Sony patent and "found it plausible." Birbaumer himself has developed a device that enables disabled people to communicate by reading their brain waves.
A Sony Electronics spokeswoman told the magazine that no experiments had been conducted, and that the patent "was based on an inspiration that this may someday be the direction that technology will take us."