Scientific Ink

Category: Ann Arbor

  • Mind-eraser

    Sometimes my body, especially my left knee, which I injured in college playing rugby, feels as if someone took me apart at the joints and put me back together wrong, twisted. Sometimes a massage therapist puts me back together perfectly. And sometimes a massage sends me to another planet.

    I had one of those mind-eraser massages tonight, the kind where I’m out cold on the table, and when it ends I have to work to recall how to use my body to get up and dress, and when conversation is even more of a strain than usual, and when I’m glad I’ve pre-written the check so I don’t have to remember how to use a pen or how to spell my name, and when it takes some extra concentration to walk out of the room and to find my way home. When I feel absolutely still and quiet and gentle and I want to make the stillness last.

    Kelly Clark – Two Hands for Massage
    Ann Arbor, MI 48103
    tel: 734.623.8551

  • Stadium near Trader Joe’s is the center of Ann Arbor Dentistry

    Ok, ok, the sample size is 6. But 3 of the recommended dentists within walking distance of downtown Ann Arbor or on a bus line all fall in the same spot on this map. The lower right “pin” in the map is actually 3 pins. You’ll notice Google maps gave it a “thicker”/”deeper” shadow.

    Hmmm. Because all 3 dentists have the exact same street address–Sandra Embree 2340 Stadium, Tammy Trullard 2340 Stadium, and Maryann Griffith 2340 Stadium, it appears to be impossible to get their tacks to “resolve” into 3 no matter how much I zoom in! It also looks like the last one I added is the only one that is clickable here. If you click “view larger map” at the bottom, you’ll see all 6 on maps.google.com.

    Yes, this post is really me just fooling with putting a map in my blog.


    View Larger Map

  • Have no car = need new dentist?

    So, this whole “not having a car thing” is rippling into other things. The current struggle is whether to change dentists. I have been going to Enspire Dental, formerly Farah & Associates, for several years now. Well, they’re out on Liberty and not on a bus line, so I pretty much can’t get to them without renting a car or riding my bike or begging a ride. Seems like it might be simpler to move to a more local dentist. Must be some in/around downtown Ann Arbor. Anyone got a recommendation?

  • Old West Side Write Up

    For interested and distant friends and family, here is the write-up on our house for the Old West Side Homes Tour. This story appeared in the September Old West Side News.

    The write-up gets my current profession wrong even after I corrected them, but otherwise it is a nice summary. Probably not a good idea to forward this to Dave’s grandparents…

    Old West Side News Write-Up