Today I...

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Oh, I'm such a dork, but I figure you guys would like to hear about this too!
At school today we had a special guest in our anatomy and physiology class who works at Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center. 
YES.
He came in and brought with him all his visuals and as a sat down scanning the tables of limbs (they looked so real-it looked like a legit butcher's SHOP!) but I didn't see what I was looking for, still I was so excited to learn about new innovative techniques that are used for people who have lost limbs. We learned about all the orgins and muscles and nerves involved with simple finger moments or plantar flexing one's foot.

Did you know if you have a below the elbow amputation they can make you hand with fingers that with open and close electrically, simply from getting impluses from your nerves because they are still there? Yes, it was very cool indeed.

AND THEN. ON THE TABLE. I SAW IT.
A HOOK.
SO, NATURALLY I WAS VERY DISTRACTED THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTION. 

SOME INTERSTING THING ABOUT HOOKS. EVEN WITH ALL THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TODAY MANY PEOPLE REALLY DO PREFER HOOKS FOR THEIR DAY TO DAY NEEDS BECAUSE THEY ARE SIMPLE AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT YOU'RE PICKING UP. IN FACT, THE PROSTESIS(?) SAID THAT MANY PEOPLE GET VERY SKILLED WITH HOOKS AND HAVE CONTESTS WHERE THE PICK UP A SINGLE ASH FROM AN ASH TRAY.

So, I wondered what Gen would think of that?