Tag Archives: health issues

no Florence Nightingale

Posted on January 5, 2011 by toby

Growing up, being sick was seen as a sort of moral failing—something you probably brought on yourself through poor hygiene, eating junk food, associating with lepers or some other stupidity. I remember at least one birthday desperately trying to conceal … Read More

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Hands make vision come to life.

Posted on July 7, 2010 by toby

Always my favorite body part, hands are a miracle of engineering. A series of segmented digits wired together by tendons and muscles, clothed in skin and armored by nails, they’re animated by electricity. Hands have painted, molded, harvested and built … Read More

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