What a difference a joke can make.
I was at my primary physician’s office early this morning, waiting to take my yearly physical. As I looked at the exam table, I could hear the words of Jerry Seinfeld bounce around my brain:
“They have that butcher paper pulled out over the table. Sometimes I bring a pickle and put it next to me on the table, in case the doctor wants to fold the whole thing up for a to-go order.”
Now, that’s a classic story.
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I’m wearing a wearable for the first time today.
I received my FitBit Charge earlier this week at a work event in Denver. I don’t know that I would have bought one, but I am excited to have the opportunity to try one out for free.
I was curious to see how many steps a New Yorker like myself — who walks everywhere on a normal day — would put in without going for an extra walk or run.
Today I was working at my office, which requires a walk back-and-forth to the subway, and a lot of desk work.
Looks like I should hit around 7,500 steps by bedtime. Not too shabby.
Let’s see what a weekend of running errands and goofing off in the neighborhood nets me. I think I can crush that 10,000 step goal.
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Tagged FitBit, Health, Humor, New York City, steps, technology, walking, wearable
I see these little hand sanitizer clip ons all over the place. Today it was the subway.
While I personally think hand sanitizer is ruining the planet, I am entertained by the fact it has earned a place on the outside of people’s bags.
Why not makeup? Or the lip balm that some folks are so addicted to? Or even better, candy or gum?
Purcell beat ’em to it. And we all have to look at it.
Gum would be better.
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Tagged cabdy, commentary, gum, hand sanitizer, Health, Humor, life, lip balm, Makeup, Purely, subway, transportation
A sincere thank you to Michael, the MRI technician at Lenox Hill Radiology, who was so patient with me today.
I have a history, recorded on this blog, of bad experiences with closed MRIs, and my claustrophobic fears seem to worsen with age.
Michael was extremely patient with this anxious, weepy woman who is far too old to be acting that way.
Many thanks, Michael.
Maybe I’ll outgrow this fear one day…like after I retire.
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Tagged claustrophobia, closed MRI, gratitude, Health, Humor, Lenox Hill Radiology, life, medicine, MRI, retirement, weepy
On Valentine’s Day, it seems rather redundant to blog about love…but to not mention it at all would be rather Scrooge-like.
So I send this online Valentine to Sir Alexander Fleming, who on this very day — Valentine’s Day, 1929 — introduced penicillin to the world.
Maybe Alexander was mooning over his love that day in the lab when he left a plate of staphylococcus bacteria uncovered. He later noticed that a mold — penicillium notatum — had fallen upon it and killed many of the bacteria.
Penicillin was born, and future scientists would develop it into the medicinal form used to treat many serious diseases, like syphilis and the ever icky staph infection.
Isn’t that romantic.
Although I am personally allergic to penicillin, I still think Alexander deserves some recognition on his anniversary. If he hadn’t made such an important discovery in the field of medicine, a lot of folks wouldn’t be able to celebrate in a such a big way tonight…iffin you know what I mean.
Nudge nudge. Wink wink.
Originally posted on February 14, 2011.
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Tagged allergies, bacteria, Health, history, Humor, infections, lab, love, medicine, mold, nudge nudge wink wink, penicillin, romance, science, Sir Alexander Fleming, Valentine's Day
An arm and a leg
I just spent three days at the Billie Jean King Tennis Center, my 10th consecutive year among the sport’s best and brightest at the US Open.
Although I’m tired from the trip, I returned home with all my limbs intact.
Unfortunately, many of the top players in the men’s draw can’t say the same thing.
In all my years faithfully watching professional tennis, I have never seen so many walkovers and retirements. And the fact that they predominate in the men’s tour makes me question the best-of-five format.
The ladies play best-of-three in all tournaments, whereas the men play best-of-five in all majors and many masters classics. The sport continues to become more physically demanding, and over the course of the year, these long matches can really takes their toll.
I love watching tennis; I hate watching men in tears as they are forced to withdraw due to injury.
The USTA pays men and women equally as they should — why not require them to play the same amount of tennis?
Who knows…it might lengthen some tennis careers and will definitely make the current tournaments more competitive.
Just one fan’s point of view…
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