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I started my new job eight days ago. It is an entirely sedentary desk job where I punch keys and click buttons all day. Here is a short list of work-related injuries I have sustained so far:

• Blister, right foot, last Monday. (Cause: new shoes.)
• Strained calf muscle, right leg, last Monday. (Cause: trying to keep pressure off aforementioned blister.)
• Black eye, left, last Tuesday. (Cause: excessive reading from a large screen with a 60hz refresh rate. Since corrected.)
• Blister, left foot, yesterday. (Cause: new shoes.)
• Bruised ribs, right side, today. (Cause: crunched in a tackle playing soccer on lunch break.)

Joseph | 29 Jun 2004