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[Sofa King]

That's cool. I'll try that.

I was hoping to take a picture and send it to my friend's uncle who's a surgeon in Detroit.

Yeah, if you have friends and family who are medical experts and doctors, that helps too. Just don't go posting stuff on your facebook.

I wouldn't scare away half the chicks on my facebook.

Does it look anything compared to these?

[Slava]

I checked that chart SK.

Mine looks very very normal compared to those.

[Sofa King]

Anyone ever tried the Teriyaki mochi chicken pizza before? Well I can say I did for dinner tonight.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/strawberry-cone ... an-gabriel

It's different. If you like to try different things, this is definitely worth a shot. Yurm.

[iamworthy]

Anybody know any cool iphone apps?

[Sofa King]

Anybody know any cool iphone apps?

There's an iPhone tracker app. You can track anyone's cellphone as long as you know their full name and cell number. I added that to one of the artists at the studio the other day. He was tripping that some girl was able to track his ass down in Marina Del Rey one night.

[iamworthy]

Anybody know any cool iphone apps?

There's an iPhone tracker app. You can track anyone's cellphone as long as you know their full name and cell number. I added that to one of the artists at the studio the other day. He was tripping that some girl was able to track his ass down in Marina Del Rey one night.

Thanks Sofa!

[kobeaki]

whaddya do?

It's complicated.

Anyway, there were a lot of girls coming by the studio today. Imagine a lot of girls in tight skanky revealing clothes looking for the lead role on a music video. A lot of good choices to pick from today.

We got plenty of footage so we'll be digitizing the footage tonight.

OK, i am a tech and an ae, often at the same time...is it more complicated than that? are you an a&r mook or something?

[Sofa King]

whaddya do?

It's complicated.

Anyway, there were a lot of girls coming by the studio today. Imagine a lot of girls in tight skanky revealing clothes looking for the lead role on a music video. A lot of good choices to pick from today.

We got plenty of footage so we'll be digitizing the footage tonight.

OK, i am a tech and an ae, often at the same time...is it more complicated than that? are you an a&r mook or something?

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I just can't go into it right now. Like I said, it's complicated.

Music video shoot on Melrose went well and quick too. Only thing that went wrong was the catering company didn't show up.

[Sedition]

DD: Long time bro, I've been good. Life has been much better now that I'm finally back in LA and away from that horrible place called Boston. I'm not in private practice yet actually, I'm currently in a surgical "residency" training program. The hours have been rough (worked 110 last week, which is technically illegal by ACGME standards, but no one ever really blows the whistle because it makes us look like we're not team players). But hey, I can't complain, I'm back in my home town and near my family and friends again. =)

SK/DB: What's this studio talk about?? You working in the entertainment biz now? Sweet!

J-far: Yeah, that link you just showed there is what they call used to call the ABCD's of melanoma: Asymmetry, Border irregularity, Color variegation, Diameter >6mm. It's also now been updated to ABCDE to include E for "Evolution" meaning that the lesion is continuing to change in size, color, etc. over time). Those are signs that are SUGGESTIVE but NOT necessarily diagnostic that your skin lesion may be melanoma.

The only real way to know for sure is to take a biopsy of the lesion. Theres a few ways they can do that. If the doctor's suspicion is low, they can just do what they call a shave biopsy and take off the top layers of your mole and look at it under the microscope. The problem with a shave biopsy is that it wont tell you how DEEP the lesion goes into the skin (since you only took off the top layers). Thats why they only use it if your suspicion for malignant melanoma is LOW (it basically just confirms that yes it is malignant or no it is benign).

The other thing they can do is what they call a "punch" biopsy. That one is basically like a big needle that goes deep into the mole and soft tissue underneath it. It will not only tell you if the lesion is melanoma or not, but also if it is melanoma, how deep the melanoma invades. Keep in mind that depth of invasion is one of the most significant measures of how serious a melanoma is.

The sort of final option for biopsy is what they call excisional biopsy. That's what they do when suspicion for melanoma is high (based on the ABCDE's). In that case, they use a small elliptical incision to take out the suspicious lesion. Then they can look at it later under the microscope and find out if it is melanoma or not. The drawback of this is that it is the most invasive, and will leave you with a small scar. The benefit is that it is BOTH diagnostic AND in some cases therapeutic (because they can diagnose whether the lesion is cancerous by looking at it under the microscope, AND if it does turn out to be cancer, they've already excised it anyways).

So long story short, if you've had the mole for a very long time, and it doesn't look like melanoma based on the ABCDEs, its probably nothing more than a benign nevus. You're probably safe just watching it for now, and then going to the doctor if the mole ever starts to change (or "evolve" a.k.a. the E in the ACBDE's of melanoma). However, the only sure way to diagnose is through biopsy, and you can get that done usually by a Dermatologist. If you wanted to play it safe, I would just go to the dermatologist anyways and then let the doctor decide if they should biopsy it or just watch it for now (since they're the experts and they do nothing but look at moles pretty much all day).

Take care dude!

[Slava]

Thanks dude. Its has not evolved for as long as I can remember so thats a good sign.

Anyways my work status got approved today and I might be able to start working soon. Health insurance is a week or two away.

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can't go back to sleep after the earthquake.

[StarneyBinston]

Hey guys!

Quick question : do they make authentic jerseys in a smaller size than 40? 'Cause I can't find one, and this 40 is like waaaaaayyyyy too big for me... Like, ridiculously.

[Slava]

Check the Kids/Youth section?

[StarneyBinston]

Yep, they don't do authentic jerseys for kids.
Is it just because they are "authentic", so supposedly made to be worn by nba players that are obviously bigger/taller than regular human beings?

[TonyMontana]

So my brada's my birthday is this Sunday and my family is taking me and my girl out for a brunch in Crystal Cove and Im going to pop the question to my girl. I'll keep you guys posted. Wish me luck.

[Slava]

Good luck Tony!

[TonyMontana]

Good luck Tony!

Thanks Jay Jay.

[Danny Darko]

So my brada's my birthday is this Sunday and my family is taking me and my girl out for a brunch in Crystal Cove and Im going to pop the question to my girl. I'll keep you guys posted. Wish me luck.

Nice Tony you beat me to the punch. I hope it goes well. Is this the blond you met at a party?

I got the ring in the shot getting custom made right now, so I'm right behind ya.

[LLcoleJ]

So my brada's my birthday is this Sunday and my family is taking me and my girl out for a brunch in Crystal Cove and Im going to pop the question to my girl. I'll keep you guys posted. Wish me luck.

Congrats Mang, next up kiddos then the life force sucked out of you.

So my brada's my birthday is this Sunday and my family is taking me and my girl out for a brunch in Crystal Cove and Im going to pop the question to my girl. I'll keep you guys posted. Wish me luck.

Nice Tony you beat me to the punch. I hope it goes well. Is this the blond you met at a party?

I got the ring in the shot getting custom made right now, so I'm right behind ya.

early congrats, next up kiddos and the lif........er... anyway best of luck to both of you guys

[Slava]

so some girl wanted it pretty badly and i said no because she was basically on the rebound and i felt rather bad about it

mofo (Please Use More Appropriate Word) decision in hindsight she was smoking
sigh

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