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Cardiohypertrophy can mean lowered stroke volume and low output. It depends on the kind of hypertrophy, and the elasticity of the heart muscle. Some athletes have hypertrophic hearts (which literally means “bigger sized”) that are very efficient and have above average outputs. I, on the other hand, missed out on getting hypertrophy as a sequella…

Nothing says “Spring” more than the sounds of a world freshly waking up. Birds are starting to sing songs to which the birdie lyrics go something like: “This is my territory. I’ve posted the No Trespassing signs. Go find your own plot of land.” Neighbors are starting up lawnmowers in a still-too-early attempt to outdo…

Warrior Princess’ eye looks worse today. That may not mean much, but she’s not eating, hardly drinking, and looking for the darkest spots in the room to hide in. It might still be post-surgical stress and depression, but last night she was at least accepting tuna juice; today she walks away from it and any…

Dogs come when they’re called; cats take a message and get back to you later. — Mary Bly My kite arrived in the mail today! Kite (with fanny pack), string, spool … all tucked away safely in the trunk of my car. Now I stare out my office window at the absolutely still, hot morning…

Last night a spring on the garage door snapped, as did the eye hook it was attached to. The garage door fell and missed The Prof’s new car by inches. This morning I ran to Sears and Home Despot to get a new garage door opener, new springs and eye hooks for the garage door,…

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see. – My Shadow, Robert Louis Stevenson I sit on the sofa, and she’s on my lap. I sit at the computer, and he’s in the window sling. I sit…