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13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Name: Mike
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA (A.K.A. The Best City In The World)
Hometown: Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA
DOB: 8 July 1977
Age: 34
Sex: I'm married, so not very often anymore.
Gender: OH! You meant THAT! I am biologically male and I identify as such.
Occupation: Physician (Pediatrics)
Favorite Food: Sushi
Favorite Colors: Red and Blue
Toys: Poi, Staff, Flags, Glowsticks, Contact Ball, Eating Torches
Hobbies other than the obvious: Cooking, camping, swimming, sailing, skiing, molecular biology, reading, traveling.
Education: B.S. Biological Sciences, Stanford University 2000
M.S. Biological Sciences, Stanford University 2001
M.D. University of Michigan, 2005
Favorite Book(s): The Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov
The Revelation Space series by Alastair Reynolds.
Favorite Movies: Baraka, Run Lola Run, The Fifth Element, Snatch, City of God, The Incredibles
Favorite TV shows: I don't really watch TV.
What I want to do when I grow up: At long last, I am DOING it! Yes, I am actually doing my dream job and I'M GETTING PAID WELL TO DO IT!!!
Fun fact: I have had to run from the police. While naked. Twice. And I got away both times.
Boring fact: A 7-day course of oral prednisone at 60mg/day increased esophageal gastric acid contact time in stable adult asthmatics.
Favorite Music Artists/Composers: Trance[]Control, Beethoven, Enigma, Bach, Airbase, Haydn, Astral Projection, Shpongle, Vivaldi, Juno Reactor, Bob Marley, Mozart, Handel.
Favorite beverage: Diet Dr. Pepper
Favorite Incense: Japanese cherry blossom
Number of strange categories I can come up with: infinite
Marmite/Vegemite/Nutella orientation: High Priest of the Holy Church of Nutella.
Ok, so that's me. Now you post something.
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-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
ever see the movie "killer clowns from outer space"? I think we should do a sequal - "sinister smileys from santa barbara"
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
What? Something bothering you?
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-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
I actually liked the first one...The wiggly eyebrows on the second are kinda creepy though...
940 posts
The second one was okay (wonky eyebrows are the best), but the first and third kinda scare me.
E pluribus unum, baby.
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
hehehe... I gots wonky eyebrows for ya baby!
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
they all scare me
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Wow, I managed to scare pounce. That's not easy to do, you know.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
**giggles**
shhh, don't let it get out! i have a reputation to uphold!
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
940 posts
Reaaaaally? ::waggles her eyebrows at vanize::
E pluribus unum, baby.
Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Yup..he can wiggle em good too...
133 posts
Location: montreal: bagel capital
I used to be able to do a wave with my eyebrows, but I never got to control it. This expression only manifested itself at moments of genuine confusion, so I never got to see it: I did get a few witnesses who all thought it was mighty amusing though.
And though all those smilies are somewhat... ummm inappropriate, we get the general feeling. Lïghtnïng, I am glad you so happy that you find no proper emoticons to express your feelings
there is no better way to say I love you than with the gift of a spatula!
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
I can raise either eyebrow independent of the other, I can voluntarily flare my nostrils, I can touch my nose with my tongue, I can curl my tongue into a "U," and I can voluntarily cross my eyes. I can even make it appear that I can move my eyes independently of each-other by crossing my eyes and then looking either right or left.
All of which are great tricks for a pediatrician to have up his sleeve.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
i can't raise one eyebrow but i pretend i can. but i can flare my nostrils, cross my eyes, quarter my tongue (bend it in half and make a U at the same time), and my amazing party trick is i can wiggle my eyes extremely rapidly. works wonders in staring contests!
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
940 posts
I can do the cloverleaf tongue thing... and raise my left eyebrow alone, or waggle both like Groucho Marx.. I can sometimes flare my nostrils on purpose and sometimes wiggle my ears... and I can make kids giggle with the [pull on earlobes, poke nose, tap under chin, and have tongue move accordingly] routine.
E pluribus unum, baby.
Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
I can't wiggle my eyebrows, but I can flare my nostrils willingly and touch my tongue to my nose. I can make the U shape, and I can turn it so that the top of my tongue becomes the bottom.
Vanize can do some amusing body tricks to keep the kidos entertained.
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
oh ya, and i've become quiet adept at doing fun things with my tongue bars
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
runs through with wishes of a merry christmas and a happy new year for lightning
133 posts
Location: montreal: bagel capital
Some people can't curl their tongue in a U
I used to think that the actual shape of the letter came from the shape of the tongue when it pronouces that letter... sort of like the shape of the lips when we pronounce O. But then again it was probably one of the silly theories of things that make sense to me only. I'm working on the nostril thing too, but I still have trouble isolating the muscles that make the nose twitch and the nostrils flare. there is no better way to say I love you than with the gift of a spatula!
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Aww, fanks, Spritie!
So...what fascinating things can Van do with his body?
Hey, pouncie, tell me, what does one with four tongue bars that you can't do with three?
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
oh it's so interesting to watch how i can twist the tongue bars in different directions
one would think a tongue couldn't move like that but i assure you it can. the more tongue bars, the more twists 
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
ZORT!
3,045 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
can anyone do the u shaped thing with their tongue and whistle with it?
"Here kitty kitty...." - Schroedinger.
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
i'm not very good at whistling in general
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
I can whistle both through my lips and by pushing my tongue up just behind my upper teeth. So neener.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
i always wanted to do that cool loud whistle thing when you put your fingers in your mouth. kinda like hailing a cab. ya i'm no good at that.
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
I know people who can do that without even using their fingers.
Lucky sots...
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
i know! that's so not fair!! no matter how much i try, i can't get it. same with the eyebrow thing. i sit for hours in front of a mirror trying to raise one eyebrow. just doesn't want to work. i used to walk around with my best friend (who can do it quite well) and whenever i had one of those one eyebrow raised moments, i'd just say "kari?" and she'd do it for me. we were quite a team.
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
Mand's Girl....and The Not So Shy One
2,723 posts
Location: Calgary, Alberta Canada
I can do the eyebrow thing.
The whistle thing? Not so good, though.
Solitude sometimes speaks to you, and you should listen.
14 posts
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
Give them acupuncture. It'll work. Honest.
- Asharat.
Those that say, dont know. Those that know, dont say.
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
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i know! that's so not fair!! no matter how much i try, i can't get it. same with the eyebrow thing. i sit for hours in front of a mirror trying to raise one eyebrow.
Um...
Pounce, sweetie?
Asking your professional opinion as a clinical psychologist...
If a patient of yours claimed to be spending hours in front of mirrors trying to raise an eyebrow...would you find that...maybe a bit...um...odd?
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
LMAO
um, yes i think i would have to commit them in a hospital immediately.
oh wait, crap.
ok i only used to do this. i've given up. i know i can't do it
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
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