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[Solifuge]

Today was very ironic. Apparently I should be ingesting about four times the average human's intake of iron right now, and my primary source is a horrific fluid comprised of various liquefied herbs, spices, and nails. It tastes like nails.

Dude, seriously. Watermelon is a fantastic source of Iron. Spinach is good too. Substituting Spinach leaves for lettuce on sandwiches or in salads, or going through a bowl of cubed watermelon should do wonders for your iron intake.

Also, if you ingest too much at once (IE via supplements), your body has a hard time absorbing it all. You're better off increasing it over many meals than ingesting it all at once.

[Lord Shonus]

That's seriously true of any mineral. One of my grandmothers had massive calcium deposits from years of supplements.

[kaijyuu]

My parents are forcing requesting me to do a drawing. I'm in a beginner art class right now, and because I now know the basics of drawing they think I'm pretty good at it.

The sad part is they're asking me to draw on another piece of art, by a real artist. It's a stylized rendition of my nephew's name, who's turning 1 soon. I'm terrified of adding some embellishment to this thing because I'll most likely ruin it.

[Solifuge]

Well, state your apprehensions, and suggest that if they have their hearts set on it, you could try it when you felt more confident in your skills.

[Heron TSG]

Unfortunately I can't find much watermelon in these parts at this time of year, but I have been eating tons of spinach. It is spaced throughout the day pretty well.

Instead of the normal 11mg/day for men in my age bracket, I am currently at about 40-50. This is what I get for running nonstop for four years, I guess.

[Bauglir]

Red meat, prepared with something high in Vitamin C is likely to improve your uptake to an optimal level. I suggested heart because it's about as red as meat comes, although liver is better (but less palatable, IMO). Looks like the Vitamin C source should not be thoroughly cooked. Although, you're probably drinking something obnoxiously high in iron already, I'm just not sure how bioavailable it is (plant sources tend to be less effective, and some research elsewhere suggests it's easier to interfere with plant sources).

All of this is from like 10 minutes work with google and memories of classes, though, so trust any nutritionists before me, obviously. If the mixture you're drinking has been recommended to you by a professional it's all but certain to be more effective than anything I can come up with.

That's a lot of iron, by the way! I actually do hope you're taking care there (by which I mean, that all this is on doctor's orders or something and my suggestions are therefore actually completely redundant). Your body has basically no way of dealing with iron overdose. Probably something you've already been sure to take care for, though. Unless you are some kind of awesome mutant. Are you Magneto?

[Vector]

I think the guy sitting across from me on the bus ride home was beating off.

Oh, and I'm not going to be able to sleep for a long time, because MATH.  I'm so tired.

[Bdthemag]

I think the guy sitting across from me on the bus ride home was beating off.

Well, I guess thats one way to save an entire area of the bus to yourself...

[Vector]

I think the guy sitting across from me on the bus ride home was beating off.

Well, I guess thats one way to save an entire area of the bus to yourself...

Yup.


I'm really stressed.  I feel pretty ungood.

[Pnx]

I went to bed early because I was feeling tired. Fell asleep, then gradually realized I was no longer dreaming and just laying awake thinking with my eyes closed.
Kind of an odd way to wake up, and now sleep refuses to return to me. Le sigh.

Must be the full moon. A lot of my restless nights seem to happen on the full moon. On the upside I just watched a raccoon snuffle around the garden from vantage of my bedroom. He's kind of a cute li'l feller, I know people have said raccoons are dangerous, but this one seems sort of peaceful. I've seen it hanging around with the cat and while the cat was very curious, he just didn't seem to mind.

[ChairmanPoo]

Today was very ironic. Apparently I should be ingesting about four times the average human's intake of iron right now, and my primary source is a horrific fluid comprised of various liquefied herbs, spices, and nails. It tastes like nails.

Shouldn't you have been given supplements, then? Instead of horrible fluids, I mean

[Vattic]

I always had a generally positive view of people in general but for the last five years at work I keep hearing racist and sexist comments that are putting a strain on this.

Getting stupid paranoia at work over a perceived lack of work on my part. I always think I'm running late or letting everyone down but the bosses say I'm doing fine. I don't know what's wrong with me.

[Reudh]

no

[scriver]

I realised I had another two hours before I go. I still can't make my mind up. There is no smiley that is enough repressed angsty panic.

[RedKing]

Just noticed that Bohandas got slapped with a mute. Infinitely better than the banhammer, but still....


EDIT: Also, I'm struggling to keep my eyes open. I have got to start getting more than ~4 hours of sleep a night. Especially with the weather turning colder and wet, my base instinct is to curl into a ball and burrow down further under the covers.