Friday, January 06, 2006

Free education

My new internet-based addiction (in the mildest sense of the word) is Wikipedia. Hours of educational entertainment. Or just education. Yes, it is a bit sad, I know. But at least now I'm not addicted to blogs or MSN. (I think...)

One article which I found educational was the one on pharmacists, I think a lot of people (including me at one stage) don't actually know what pharmacists do. I've never really been able to explain it that well myself, maybe because I still don't actually know the definitive answer. But I think this article covers it pretty well. I definitely should have read something like this before I put pharmacy as my first preference *all those years ago*. Halfway through reading the list of "roles", I felt like crying. Don't ask why. The article on "pharmacy" is good too. And if you really want to know what pharmacokinetics is...

And on a different but related note, I think this Wiki article definitely has to be my favourite so far. Enough said.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh my, youve fallen into the abyss of time-consume-ment (yes my spelling is el dodge) that I used to experience!!!

Ahhh, those Wiki-sessions wouldnt be taken into stretches of hours if they didnt have so many darn links to so many other different and rather intriguing articles....

Hehe anyyyyyyways...see you on sunday!

Minerva said...

Yea, the roles of a pharmacist... long. But that's reality and it's tough. As one health professional says to another.

Don't cry, if you don't like it, get out while you can!

Hehe, the last link is much longer than I thought it'd be. lol the irony. ;)

Minerva said...

Do my survey pleeeeease.

Catie said...

yay the irony... i dont't know if i can be bothered to read it all... maybe i'll just put it off ;)

Ang said...

I like this one, although obviously it'd be funnier if we were guys.

Also, it's not actually wikipedia per se...

http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Girlfriend

Catie said...

i like that its in the category of 'childish misogynistic humour'