Archive | 2005

Used and Abused: The Story of my Graduate Career

December 22, 2005

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You make one flippant remark at a cocktail party about 30 minutes of common carotid occlusion producing global infarction in the striatum and globus pallidus and suddenly you’re being referenced in internationally distributed NeuroRx review articles! Such is life…

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Lindsor Makes Headlines!

December 21, 2005

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UCSB Expands 2002 Class Offerings By Alexis Adkins — ReporterPublished Wednesday June 26, 2002 In the second year of state-sponsored Summer Sessions, UCSB is seeing more students, more classes and a new program for incoming freshmen. Changes to this year’s Summer Sessions include 20 more courses from last year – totaling 650 – along with [...]

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Fantasy Football 2005-2006: The Retrospective Begins CORRECTED

December 20, 2005

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So apparently copy and pasting transcripts from random webpages doesn’t give you the most accurate account of what happened. I did a little “research” this afternoon and found us a few audio clips from Jim Mora’s famous “It Sucked” and “Diddly Poo” rants, as well as the world famous “Playoffs?” audio clip. Listen, enjoy, and [...]

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Fantasy Football 2005-2006: The Retrospective Begins

December 19, 2005

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* Marty! Quote of the Day: “All my guys did TERRIBLE. It was disgusting. It made me sick. I don’t even know what to do anymore.” This, after learning that his fantasy football team lost in the first round of the consolation tournament. Sort of reminds me of two of the three infamous Jim Mora [...]

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Merging Science and Athletics: The Carmichael Lab Chronicles Continue…

November 28, 2005

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While developing innovative neural repair strategies and advancing the field of neuroscience are the main goals in the Carmichael Lab, we also recognize that personal health and wellbeing is a key ingredient to academic success. For this reason, we have developed a series of physical challenges throughout the laboratory to improve personal fitness while still [...]

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The Greatest Icon in Film History

November 27, 2005

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Ashwini is not the only who sees celebrities in this town. I, too, have a nose for star power, though with a much less serendipitous twist than Ashwini. You see, I have recently begun attending the Creative Screenwriting Magazine’s free movie screening events, which are immediately followed by an interview with screenwriters, directors, producers, and [...]

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The Un-Greatest and Best Website in the World

November 26, 2005

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I received a very disturbing email from Dave L. last week and could barely muster enough strength to speak about the injustice he described. Apparently, some random website called “Tastes Like Chicken” (http://www.tlchicken.com/%29 has begun advertising themselves as “The Best Damn Website in the Universe”, a clear infringement of JohnOhab.com’s status as The Greatest and [...]

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Dave Low-E-O: The Live Journal Begins

November 25, 2005

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Dave L. has made a habit of keeping us entertained and enlightened–first inadvertently through his strange behavior during our more formative years, then through his UofA comic panel, B-Fish, and subsequently, his personal website. Now, in an obvious tribute to me, Dave has taken the next step and created his very own Live Journal. Following [...]

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Three Quotables

November 23, 2005

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John: What happened last night?Brian/Josh: That is an excellent question that, unfortunately, I cannot answer. “I want to play a game.” Marty: I was rated last night for the Chandler Tennis League.John: What was your rating?Marty: 4.0John: Is that like an A?Marty: No, I think its a B+.John: …Marty: Hey, I talked to Carl last night–that [...]

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Joe Knows Finances

November 22, 2005

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Just a quick glance at Joe Johnson’s statistics through nine games with the Atlanta Hawks: 18.7 PPG, 4 RPG, 4.6 APG, .439 FG%, 39.8 minutes, 62-20 team record And, now, a quick glance back at last year’s statistics with the Phoenix Suns: 17.1 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 3.5 APG, .461 FG%, 39.5 minutes, 0-9 team record [...]

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