I noticed a new blog out there today — you may recognize the poster’s name if you go there — called Trusted Medical Sites. The site aims to highlight medical information websites and rate them on ease of use and so forth.
A friend had mentioned to me recently that a family member was getting a breast augmentation, and did I know of any good informative websites. The absolute top site I have seen in this category — breast augmentation information and surgeon finder — is Breast Implants USA. They visited the site, contacted a doctor and now are good to go.
After their experiences, they say that they highly recommend the site, as well as sites like WebMD.
First, here is a fantastic video made from Obama’s 2002 speech against the war. I want to show this as a reminder of who this candidate really is, what he is truly capable of, and not what his main primary foe and crazy “conspiracy nut” emails would have you believe.
This is not a person who lacks experience or judgment, and I hope anyone who comes across the ridiculous emails purporting to be about him will delete those emails, will look past the blatant falsehoods and will see in this candidate someone who can elevate our public discourse above the current pollution and into clearer air.
And about those emails: if you believe any of them, do you really think, even for a moment, that a person who would represent any sort of threat to our government would get past all the government vetting, would be allowed to serve in our Senate and would receive the Secret Service protection he’s getting? The stories are ridiculous. Let them go.
If nothing else, I see in Obama an opportunity for a new direction in our public discourse, and I’d love for everyone to have the opportunity to vote about *that* rather than about what a former President is shouting or about imaginary nut-job ramblings (occasionally, these categories overlap).
Imagine if we really ended up with a choice between two good candidates later this year and had to choose not for the lesser of two evils but got to vote FOR somebody. (In this scenario, it’s Obama and McCain.) This time, if we can shut out the noise and distractions, we may actually have that opportunity.
OK, I’ve had contact lenses now for… let’s see… maybe 20 years? And I just want to note that even saying that sounds ridiculous. I can’t believe I’ve been doing anything for that long.
Well, there was that stretch of a few months when I was 21 that I decided to stop wearing contacts, and for my 22nd birthday Matt and I went out and I decided that maybe I should celebrate my birthday with “natural vision.”
This was a disaster. At one point, I was driving my car while Matt was navigating (since I couldn’t see). He would’ve driven except he’d had a couple of drinks before me, so the idea was that I would drive us to the Chukker. So he told me when to go faster, slow down, turn… except at one point, he thought I saw a row of parked cars. Having perfect vision, Matt didn’t comprehend just how bad my vision was. At the last second, he yelled and I pulled the wheel to the right, and we decided that this was perhaps the stupidest thing we’d ever done. He was sober in seconds!
So anyway, 20 years of contacts. I believe it is getting to be time to take care of this once and for all. My friend Simon just recently got the LASIK surgery, and I’ve been looking into it. There are a couple of surgeons I’ve looked at — Dr. Mark Schneider of Orange County and Dr. Robert Maloney of Los Angeles — and I’ve been keeping up with some blogs.
From the Eye Surgery USA blog, I learned:
LASIK is an acronym for Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis and is a procedure that permanently changes the shape of the cornea, the clear covering of the front of the eye, using an excimer laser. A knife, called a microkeratome, is used to cut a flap in the cornea. The flap is folded back revealing the stroma or the middle section of the cornea. Pulses from a computer-controlled laser cut a portion of the stroma and the flap of the cornea is replaced. There are other techniques related to LASIK, some that do not involve cutting.
Read the entire post here. Also on the blog are posts about Custom or Wavefront LASIK and links to testimonials and more. The site is really handy, and I say check it out, and let me know if you have any experience because I am looking for advice.
It has taken me a while to get to this place where I can accept that the Packers are not going to the Super Bowl. I mean, the story was perfect: Brett Favre leads the youngest team in the NFL to the mountain top, they beat the undefeated Patriots, the 1972 Dolphins smash open a bottle of Champagne on the forehead of Bubba Franks.
Sadly, not to be. Instead, it’s all up to the Giants to fulfill the dreams of the 1972 Dolphins, who are the only people who care about the 1972 Dolphins.
As usual, a good roundup can be found at the Fantasy Football site… actually, it’s not very good, but what else do you need to know? Isn’t the main point of this national holiday to sell HDTVs and boost the economy?
Wait — isn’t that the point of all holidays now?
In any case, this year I’m taking Bud Light over Bud by a safety.
OK, so I need to, for various reasons that will become apparent to any spambots reading this blog — you know who you are! — begin posting again and commenting on various sites. Thing is, there’s a lot to talk about, I’ll try to post once a day. If ever a post is actually about something personal, I’ll bring it up.
Of both varieties. First off, Matt Johnson and I will be starting a new soccer site — details to come on that one.
Secondly, OfficialFantasyFootballNews.com has a great new article for anyone looking to land a surprise pick or two. There may be some surprises this year out of Green Bay and their Big D and from a certain backup in Kansas City.