So have you heard of the latest health care trend? It’s something called health travel, which is basically when someone elects to go to another country to have a medical procedure done — usually due to cost considerations. I’d heard of people doing this to take advantage of experimental treatments not offered in the U.S., [...]
No, I didn’t hit the stores today. I can’t stand crowds, and only do my Christmas shopping online now. But it’s still interesting to see what some of the hottest products are. Here’s a short list of stuff:
Nintendo DSi Bundle
Zhu Zhu Pets
Ugg Boots
Toshiba BDX2000 (Blu-Ray Player)
TomTom XL 325 SE
HP G60 507DX laptops
For the record, I [...]
Marian Hossa will make his debut with the Blackhawks tonight in San Jose!! Take a first-place team on a 7-game winning streak and add a 40-goal scorer. What do you get??? Hopefully some more dominating performances.
Marian. Hossa. ‘Nuff said!!!
I usually don’t care about these types of baseball awards, but I have to say that I was happy to hear that Joe Mauer of the Minnesota Twins was named the AL MVP. Mauer has been deserving of that award for several years now. In fact, I thought he should have won back in [...]
What a brutal week this was in terms of homework! School’s out all week next week for Thanksgiving, which means I’ll finally get some time off. But to make up for the lost week, my profs really piled on the work right before the break. Wow, I don’t think I’ve ever done as much reading, [...]
As you might know, I’m currently in an online Master’s degree program. The program is offered by a real bricks-and-mortar institution, one whose name is recognized all over the country — not necessarily based on academic excellence, but just because it’s a state school (Missouri).
Anyway, I can’t believe some of the perks that the on-campus [...]
Yesterday I read a blog post about the ugliest hockey players of the last decade or so (I didn’t think to bookmark the post at the time and now I can’t find it), which was quite amusing. I agreed with all of the choices, especially #3 on the list, Brent Sopel. He plays for [...]
Why are people up in arms about Obama bowing to the Japanese Emperor on his recent trip to Japan? I am usually the last person to defend the president, but in this case, I don’t see what the big deal is. He was in Japan, so who cares? If he did it while the [...]