I came across an article about a woman who suffers from hypergraphia - a compulsive need to write things down. She writes almost continuously - on her computer, on scraps of paper, on her skin or her work clothes (surgical scrubs, as she is a neurologist). She often comes up with her best ideas in the shower, so she keeps a waxed pencil there to write on the walls. The opposite disorder to writers' block. Fancy that. I wish I had invented this, so I could write a story about it. Apparently, the Unabomber was a sufferer, too.
I also came across an article about a Bausch&Lomb contact lense cleaner liquid causing fusarium keratitis, a fungal infection of the eye, which can lead to blindness (and has, in some cases around the US). The company has kept it nice and quiet, since I had to read what has got to be globally regarded as an obscure little Finnish-language newspaper to receive this information. As it happened, it was the very liquid – the latest and best with "moisture-loc" – I had been using. I threw away my lenses, the bottle of liquid, the lense case. The condition particularly presents in tropical conditions. Great. I am not that surprised, given how everything goes moldy in these climates, but I must admit I wasn't expecting my *eyes* to do that.
The heavens have opened again and it is pissing down in Hilo with a tropical ferosity, solid non-stop for the second day running. If you want to see real rain, click on my Hilo Webcam link. Usually, you will see the Pacific. Quite often, you will see a vertical sea with slots (Terry Pratchett quote? Can't remember. I don't read him.) On the other hand, it didn't rain once in December.
© 2006 Anna MR
3 comments:
goodness, my optician just sent out a letter warning about the fungal keratitis! if the B&L solution was manufactured in milan you're okay, but anything else should be chucked out . . .scary . . . although, i think the incidence has been v.low, but you just can't risk it . . . switch to alcon, opti-free express, i think it's better . . . i didn't expect to be advertising len solution today, i shouldn't really, they make so much money, why is it so damn expensive?!
Yup, right up there with tampons and other "luxury products"...(which of course also can cause nasty side effects)
I went to Wal-Mart and bought a bottle of other B&L stuff. Shoudn't have done, really, they should be boycotted I suppose. But I couldn't get in touch with my optician to ask for advice, and some solutions don't go with my new-fangled (but very comfortable!) Oasys lenses.
There now, we should both be expecting to have the sponsorshipmoney rolling in...
nice copyright! am just goin to bed & you still have the day unfolding, time zones are just bizarre ...
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