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Originally uploaded by dollye_plagge.
John Paul and his bride Tracy were married yesterday near College Station. Dollye has all the photo coverage up on her Flickr page.
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Stem cells could rebuild heart tissue
From NPR:
Heart muscle doesn’t regenerate when it’s damaged, one reason heart attacks are so debilitating. A dream of researchers is to build new heart muscle using transplanted cardiac stem cells. Scientists at the University of Washington have taken a potentially important step in that direction, using embryonic stem cells as their starting material.
Scientists haven’t made much progress obtaining cardiac stem cells that would make the heart cells they would like to see at work. So Charles Murry and his colleagues at the University of Washington have been using embryonic stem cells, which retain the potential to turn into any tissue type in the body.
Sunday evening
a. Left my laptop at the Civic Center – DOH. Will have to wait till 8 a.m. Monday to get it
b. Saw Aaron, Keri, Wilson and Solomon and found out Solomon likes my thumb
c. Enjoyed lunch at Panera Bread
d. Laurie bought some new Crocks
e. I bought some new shorts
f. We enjoyed Blizzards from Dairy Queen
g. Drove around a new neighborhood and found a frisbee golf course
h. Promised we’d return to the frisbee golf course
i. Returned home and regretted turning up the AC before we left for Cedar Hill
j. May need to bring a fan downstairs
k. Wondering what the rest of the evening may hold
l. Don’t tell Laurie but a snow cone sounds really good about now – either that or a tall pitcher of ICE COLD water
Reading books
From Moby and the AP:
“a recent ap/ipsos poll found 78% of liberals and moderates had read at least one book in the last year, whereas only 64% of conservatives had read at least one book in the last year.”
I wonder where moderates stand in the poll?
Weekend list
Just a random list of thoughts from the weekend thus far…
a. Sleeping in is good
b. Chick-Fil-A may be just as good
c. Hitting the pool when it’s 90+ degrees outside is also good
d. Enjoying dinner and games with family and friends is good
e. Getting to sleep an extra hour on Sunday morning because no one else is meeting you for breakfast is good
f. Setting up for church with only three people – not so good
g. Trying to make a YouTube video work for church – not so good
h. Using a video from Google Videos – better
i. Windows Movie Maker seems to always work when I’m in a pinch
j. Church starts in 36 minutes (or maybe 41 – depending on when we start the countdown)
k. Looking forward to visiting Aaron, Keri and friends this afternoon
l. Getting a Sunday afternoon sounds real good
Family and friends dinner
Tami, Brian and Jen
Originally uploaded by Jonathan D. Blundell.
Had the siblings/friends over for dinner tonight at Casa de Blundell. We had a great time. It was a random meal with everyone bringing some of their favorites.
The menu included spaghetti, taco soup, salad, Chick-Fil-A nuggets, a veggie tray, chips and dips and cookies.
Kathryn also went all the way to Russia and brought back some Russian chocolate and coffee (we haven’t opened the coffee yet).
To see all the photos, as well as a few older ones from this month click here.
We played some Boxers and Briefs, TV Scene It, & Apples to Apples before everyone headed home just before midnight.
49 minutes later, the dishes are done and Laurie and I are heading to bed. Good times.