I used to spend a lot of time traipsing through the woods in an effort to maintain some modicum of fitness and weight control.

As it stands, my efforts in those times were effective though I suffered a few encounters with ticks for my troubles. The resulted in my decision to utilize insect repellants with wild abandon and I became effective in their application such that I no longer encountered the little buggers.

I was one to apply deep woods products and I'm happy to say that I was always to detect a tick on my person prior to it becoming embedded in my skin. Must be due to my caring, sensitive nature.

May is National Lyme Disease Awareness Month. I've only seen a few cases of the infection but it is pretty horrific with the "bullseye" rash and those with the disease were children in my experience.

Lyme Diasease is an inflammatory disease which first presents as a rash, accompanied by headache, fever, and chills. Sequela include the possibility for arthritis and neurological as well as heart problems. These are caused by bacteria that are transmitted to people by ticks.

The affliction may be misdiagnosed, further complicating the problems associated with it. Ensure you have a medical provider who is competent before you allow them to treat you.

Incompetent medical providers are an issue in the United States of America where we graduate inadequate clinical expertise and call it qualified.

Boo CDC, Boo US healtcare system, Boo Lyme Disease. You might think a physician can't be a dullard. You'd be quite incorrect in that notion.

I once saw a chief resident deliver a 8 and half pound "kidney stone" because he believed a patient's story and admitted her without checking her pregnancy status.

Can I get a DUH ?
 

The Black Moon will occur on April 30th and be visible at 2:45 pm ET. It is set to peak shortly after at 4:41 p.m. ET and will last be seen at 6:37 pm ET as specified in the threads.

Note that these times are for live stream viewing since the phenomenon won't be visible in this part of the world.

I'd like to say my biological clock is running. However I cannot verify that this is so. In all my lack of grasp I feel my biological clock and it's effects are pretty much a waining past tense entity in my exstence.

Humans are said to have an internal biological clock which reacts to light and dark cycles as well as circadian rhythms and effect various preparations of metabolic and biofeed back mechanisms to prepare for various events indigenous to life and it's associated processes.

It is said that you may regulate your own biological clock with the utilization of routines for your body such as regular bedtimes and wake-up time, nutrition timed at regular intervals, and fewer periods of napping.
 

The phrase 'biological clock' may evoke images of birthing babes, but there’s a lot more to the biological clock itself than urges for procreation which allegedly arise at certain intervals in the lives of females.

Both men and women have biological clocks. In light of this April 28th is set aside as Biological Clock Day.

The biological clock affects behavior and mood on a daily basis.

They maintain the sleep-wake pattern which corresponds to the light and dark of a day on Earth.

In addition to circadian rhythm, the biological clock monitors light, temperature the environment factors to influence things like the level of alertness, those energy levels present, hunger, and and other motivational factors.

The balance of the biological clock is subject to upset by the technological influences of the day.

Your natural internal timing device regulate those cycles that make you who you are.

It interacts with the cellular systems of the body and nearly all tissues and organs have them.
 

I do a fair amount of design in my everyday blogging life.

There are graphics to create, sketches to lay out and color, and a variety of artsy fartsy mess that goes with it.

Today is World Design Day, aka International Design Day.

It is held each April 27 and the International Council of Design is celebrating how design has improved everyday life in local communities in conjunction with it.

I really am not qualified to discern if my stuff is "good design" or "meaningful design" but I know it is simply design and the merits thereof are left to others.

Whether it is impactful is up to the viewer. I do know I get a compliment here and there.

So whatever you do where ever you are design plays a part in various aspects of your activities whether you do it or not.

Happy World Design Day.
 

I have been a small time coin collector for a number of years now.

I have a 3 gallon jug with those coins I have amassed, and when I get a coin I want to keep I toss it in there with the rest of them.

Notable on US Coins is our motto "In God We Trust."

The heathen brigand president O'Bama and his first ladyboy Big Mike have stated publicly that the United States is no longer a Christian nation.

I say cart your ass back to Kenya where you belong, foreign negro.

Despite his lies we remain a Christian nation, as evidenced by the uprising in Christianity spurred by evil foreigner Obama and his ilk.

On April 22, 1864, Congress passed an act allowing for "In God We Trust" to begin appearing on U.S. coins.

It has been on the penny since 1909, the dime since 1916, and on all gold coins, silver dollars, half dollars, and quarter dollar coins since 1908.

It is also the official motto of the United States.

Since 1938 it has appeared on all coins.