Good for your heart... not for...

BU has a really nice HR department. They recently had a 'cardiac health' fair, and if you registered, they did a screening for you. BP, non-fasting cholesterol levels, BMI analysis... they have a very rough algorithm that will give you a number that is the "percent chance of you having a heart attack within 10 yrs." Of course, this isn't meant to scare anyone, since the BMI is just your weight over your height (I'm big-boned, dammit!), and the BP is after you ran and chased a bus down to get over to the student union.

I did all this, and it turns out my 'good' cholesterol is VERY low. My 'bad' is on the upper of 'normal'. I'm still total below 200 (ug/mL? units?), but the very low amount of HDLs certainly increases my chances for bad things. So, it's more exercise and better eating for me.

Shana brought home some vitamins she got at the pharmacy that are basically horse pills of fish oils and omega 6 and 3 fatty acids... good stuff for upping the HDL level. Turns out, you should certainly see how your stomach responds to these oils before you take them with food and then go to an hour lecture and then an office hour with five kids sitting in front of you.

Ten minutes into the office HOUR, the pain hit me. I did manage to NOT shit my pants for 45 minutes while discussing electron wave functions and how the resonance of those leads to light interacting with matter and you get absorption... but barely. And then I wrecked the 8th floor men's room. I work on the 10th floor, so no harm, no foul.

And now I feel like I need to go home and get our new Wii fit to weigh me so I can improve my Wii age.

What is this BS?

http://www.ajc.com/sports/uga/ole-miss-may-drop-184268.html

Reboot.

Ok, I've now signed up with the email I use most frequently, and also set up SMS posting from my spiffy new phone, which has a virtual keyboard that rocks my balls off every time I use it. Posts from the cell will, however, most likely be poorly spelled and lack proper punctuation. So pretty much the same as posts from my laptop. I'm lazy... you two know this.

Last weekend was very awesome, with Jack and elmo coming into town and staying with us. We did a brief stint at a Halloween party at Lark's house in Cambridge, where I saw a lot of Kappas (old and young), and realized that there are quite a few St.A in Boston... discussions were had regarding getting us all together without the need for tie and jacket, and without the 75 dollar cover fee like the St. Anthony Club of Boston's last shindig had. Pizza and beer was mentioned and duly noted.

Saturday morning was the Pet Halloween Costume get-together at the local bark park, and Luke went as Underdog. Pics forthcoming.

Breakfast with Edge Coble Sat. morning also, over omelets and taters. Fantastic.

That is all so far. I got lost trying a new way in to work this morning... that's about it. Oh, and election day has never made me feel more apathetic here. I feel very unpatriotic.

Health Care Reform

BTW guys, tis is an issue that will directly affect our lives for decades to come. I know I am more politically inclined than others in the viewing audience, but make sure you are informed as much as possible about this issue, no matter where you fall on the spectrum. As important of a decision as the Iraq war was (and a terrible decision that was), this could be equally important.

Goor article on Health Care from co-founder of Whole Foods

Mackey doesn't really offer any details to solutions (which I hate), but he summarizes the health problem (which I am guilty of) and the problem with the solution (which will bankrupt US I believe). I hold a similar opinion to his, that we need, need, need health care reform on costs (and pharmaceutical industry too, btw), but this system is not the solution. If the rotting corpse of Ronald Reagan tried to sell this program to me, it would stick just as badly, notwithstanding the stench of the aforementioned corpse.

Celebrity Jeopardy Returns!

Good publicity for the website

Shouldn't a heart doctor in the deep-gravy South be too busy for this stuff?

The Wolves will Set You Free.

You have to read these reviews. A friend posted this and I took it. Beautiful.

Interesting Article on Proposed Health Care Plan

Written from an doctor's point of view, but it makes some interesting points I think.

My concern is that the same will happen to pharmaceutical care, especially community pharmacy. I guess I find it interesting that the same subset of citizens who beg for organic food and no-hormone chicken, giving the assumption that they desire things to be more pure, fair, wholesome, good for the community, also beg for a health care system that could do the opposite.

I completely agree that health care must be reformed and effiency must be improved, but I don't feel like this plan, if what is written is in fact true, is the answer. What is the answer, I don't know that either. That is why I have stayed fairly quiet on the issue. I don't really like offering criticism and not offer an alternative. That seems cheap to me.

I do find it encouraging that the top 10 health care companies have pledged 10 trillion dollars in cost savings over the next 10 years. Definitely a good start.

Seriously,

Why does Nic hate us, Ryan?

The Blog is Coming Back!!!!

Talk about throwing **good** money at bad.

Tim Tebow: Douchebag

I was really put off when I tuned in to check the score of the BCS Championship game and saw that Tim Tebow had John and 3:16 painted under his eyes. I understand he's done this before with a passage from Phillippians.

I don't have a problem with a guy being Christian, and I know he's just trying to "spread the Word", but it just comes off as a little grandiose to me. Does he really think some hopeless sinner is going to see his eye paint, go look up the verse, and accept Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Savior? I don't think so. I guess that makes me a cynic.

Also, John 3:16 is SO overused. Didn't one of those WWF guys use it? I think if you want to be taken seriously as and not seem like a poser who only knows a handful of popular verses, you need to change it up.

The other main argument I have for his douchiness is that when they played the clip of him at the press conference following Florida's only defeat (which, the TV crew failed to mention, was to OLE MISS. Shocking.) he was wearing a black graphic T-Shirt. I couldn't make out what the design was at first, but then I saw that it was the Roman numeral 15.

Really? Is that shirt custom made? Do you also have polo shirts with XV embroidered where the horsey should be?

I don't like the guy. Bottom line. Nonetheless, go SEC.