Randomness: Article & Sick
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 Posted in Company News, Health | No Comments »All the best laid plans blow up. Especially when you get sick. For a week. Or two. That's my story. I'm going on week number two of being sick. This has to be the third or fourth time I've gotten sick ...
Don’t Give, Don’t Get: Israel’s Organ Donor Law
Monday, January 25th, 2010 Posted in Health, Society | 1 Comment »I heard a very fascinating report on NPR last week about a new organ donor law in Israel. In response to an extreme shortage of organ donors, Israel decided to take drastic action and enacted a law that seeks to ...
I Salute You, Mustache Men
Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Health, Style & Fashion | 1 Comment »Today is the last day of November, which means it's the end of the Movember charity drive, an event where men agreed to go clean-shaven and then grow mustaches for the month of November in order to raise money for ...
Taking Milo to the Doctor
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 Posted in Adoption, Children, Health | No Comments »Today we dropped Lexi off at a friend's house and took Milo to the University of Minnesota's Pediatric Clinic to see a Specialist in International Adoption. That means we took him to his first doctor in the U.S. We left the ...
Shave Your Head to Fight Cancer
Monday, March 10th, 2008 Posted in Health | 2 Comments »St. Baldrick's Foundation is a volunteer-driven fund raising program where people shave their heads to fight cancer. We're such an image-based culture that I love the idea of putting our image to work for a cause (I was going to ...
Given in to Sickness
Sunday, February 24th, 2008 Posted in Health | No Comments »I've been battling a sore throat and cough most of the week and by Friday I'd finally given in. Well, I had an important meeting Friday morning that I struggled through, but by Friday afternoon I collapsed in bed while ...
Minnesota Goes Smoke-Free on October 1, 2007
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007 Posted in Health, Society, Twin Cities | 2 Comments »The Minnesota Legislature passed a bill that will ban indoor smoking, including all bars and restaurants, effective October 1, 2007. It's about time. I think this is a simple public health issue. I just don't get these kind of complaints: "I ...
Nostalgia, Shelley & Cancer
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 Posted in Friends, Health | No Comments »I came across a blast from my past yesterday, this lovely photo from a fifth grade class trip. My dorkiness doesn't so much surprise me. I'm used to that. But it's the collective dorkiness that's impressive. At least in hindsight. While ...
Minnesota to Ban Smoking
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007 Posted in Health, Twin Cities | No Comments »I hope the state of Minnesota will soon be going smoke free. Ramsey County passed a smoking ban two years ago when St. Paul couldn't get one passed (thank you very much former Mayor Randy Kelly--I voted against you ...
Video Games Improve Eyesight
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007 Posted in Health, Technology | No Comments »A new study shows that playing action video games can actually improve your vision. Specifically the action games like first-person shooters help you better pick out objects (i.e., targeting the baddies in a dark room). Slow-moving games like Tetris don't ...
