Tag: blood
Needles that help save lives…
A few weeks ago I got my very first tattoo at Infinity here in Portland. Traci (the tattoo artist) and I had about three hours to get to know each […]
Trivia Time! Guess how long. . .
A few months ago, Robin boggled all your brains with a blood trivia blog that asked you to guess the number of red blood cells in the human body. The […]
New American Red Cross blood donor facebook page!
Oh, facebook! Now you really have everything I need. The Red Cross just gave me another reason to spend countless hours on facebook.com with the launch of the new American […]
“Thx for saving my life!”
Have you ever thought that you may one day need a blood transfusion? Have you ever thought about where–actually who– that blood might come from? You never know when you […]
Flickr Finds: Give Blood, Graffiti Style
What do you think? A new look for our Bloodmobile? Images courtesy of Black Metal!
The cuddliest red blood cell around
Speaking of educational gifts. . . I can’t stop giggling about all of the items for sale from GIANTmicrobes, a company that makes larger-than-life plush stuffed “animal” microbes. Examples of […]
Union Rose and Tiny’s
Union Rose is a great little boutique right next to Tiny’s coffee shop on MLK Blvd. We had a business meeting at Tiny’s the other day and we just had […]
Flickr Find: Vampires Need Your Blood
I was searching for something completely different when I came across this photo. Translation: Vampires need your blood. Become a donor. While this looks like a super cool Red Cross […]
Uh, why is my plasma green?
We all know that “being green” is pretty trendy right now. But your blood components actually being green? That’s kind of weird/cool/gross to think about… I never really thought about […]
A Bed of Blood Bags: Economic crisis forces Dracula out on the streets and in to a Red Cross storage fridge
Portland, Ore.—Count Vladimir von Dracula, the centuries-old Romanian nobleman who sustains his existence by feeding on the blood of the living, was found today asleep in a Red Cross blood […]