Physical Therapy Begins

My first day of PT was Wednesday. I could barely bend my knee without it feeling like my kneecap was going to pop out again - even with the help of the Percoset. But, I made a little progress and on Friday I could bend it a little more. It feels like it will be a decade before I'm up and running around again!

Tallest Dog in the World

Sweet legs!

Great Burger!

Wow! I had a great cheeseburger at lunch today and made sure to tell TZL all about it. He was so jealous that he cried like a little girl. Burger Joint, you rock! And, because I just have to hobble down to visit you, you rock even more!!

Awesome Picture of Our Galaxy

From the Astronomy Picture of the Day Website...

Fighting at 2AM

It's always so great to be awakened at 2AM by two drunk guys punching each other out on the street. Sadly, it happened again last night and it took about 5-10 min of this yelling before the 2 cop cars showed up and arrested these jabronis. Thanks a lot drunk idiots!! You are so smart!

Story on the Redwoods in National Geographic

I read this fascinating profile on the Redwood forest in CA in the October 2009 issue of National Geographic. This pull out photo was one of the most amazing as you can see a number of people interspersed throughout the span of the tree. Awesome! It was also fascinating to find out the composition of the upper (oldest) branches is not just wood, but many other things as well living up there - salamanders, murrelets, canopy soil, chipmunks, hemlocks, etc.

Full story here...

Love Our New Coasters!

And we're ready to use them for the Vikings-Lions game next week! Thanks, Mom!

Just Another Lazy Day

All is calm so far today!

Acriflavine for Cancer?

This study out of Johns Hopkins identifies another potential use for Acriflavine as a cancer agent. This drug was developed back in the 1930's as a treatment for gonorrhea. These researchers found that this small molecule inhibits the dimerization of HIF-1 and stops blood vessel growth. Very cool!

Good Drink!

This cartoon reminded me of DA last night! After hosting my first baby shower in the clubhouse, we ordered a bunch of pizza and had some folks over to watch the Chad Dawson-Glen Johnson II fight. The first fight ended with a TKO in the 3rd but the main fight was pretty boring. Dawson won almost every round as he was just faster and Johnson looked his age.

Fear The Bone Eater!!

Another great Syfy movie production! The title of the movie refers to an American Indian demon that rises from the dead and terrorizes people in a small town. Thankfully, this movie didn't make it into theaters so more people wouldn't think that American Indians like to kill people and eat their bone marrow. No idea why it doesn't head out to a bigger city since it's so hungry. It also has these 5 bones dangling from its waist making it look like it has 5 appendages. Weird! The tagline for the movies is "There will be no leftovers!" Geez! Which reminds me - it's lunchtime. Honey, pass the bone marrow!

Reign of the Gargoyles

How do people get $$ to make movies like the one I just watched?!?

A Real Day of Hope

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Today, Obama promised to work more closely with the American Indian community!! Alright! I hope he follows through!

Read more at:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/05/obama-to-native-americans_n_346966.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/06/opinion/06fri3.html?th&emc=th

American Indian Film Fest Starts Today!

This weeklong festival has lots of short and feature length films that show at the Palace of Fine Arts and the Embarcadero theaters. KL and I went to the awards ceremony last year and had a great time! I hope to make it to a couple of the shows this weekend or next week.

How to Open a Wine Bottle With a Shoe

If you don't have a corkscrew, but still have a shoe on!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s89FqNpXO4&feature=player_embedded

Drug Transporter-Metabolism Alliance

This recent review by Les Benet is very nice as it traces the history of transporters and gives us some things to consider in our in vivo metabolism/PK studies. A must read!

Meatloaf

I think the meatloaf dinner dinner I made last night would have made my mom pretty proud. I even threw in some garlic mashed red potatoes (skins on!) and sauteed carrots for good measure. Lots of ketchup too!

Movies and Shows This Week

We also saw the Guy Ritchie film Rock n Rolla that had a gross druggie at the center of the story - so it was hard to cheer for him. Overall, the film was good. Also, saw The Times of Harvey Milk that had lots of old footage of him and I liked it a lot. Alexander with Colin Farrell, Land of the Lost with Will Ferrell, and GI Joe Rise of the Cobra were terrible. Dexter continues to rock! I can't wait for the end of Trinity! And the new V just started - I think MH wet his pants he was so excited. Geek alert!

The Grizzly Man

I watched the documentary of Timothy Treadwell (aka The Grizzly Man) by Werner Herzog last night. This guy spent 13 summers living up close and personal with Grizzly Bears in Alaska and ultimately was killed by one of them. The way the guy talked reminded me of a surfer (a little annoying at times) and he was crazy like one for trying to live with these wild animals. But, he sure seemed genuine in his love for them. I've always liked Werner Herzog films and he did a nice job of putting this documentary together with participation from Treadwell's family.

Evolution Program

I watched this very interesting program on Evolution last night based on the archaeological digs and findings of Lucy and even older pre-human fossils in East and West Africa. I thought for only a 60 min program it was very well done and from what I've read on the subject, pretty accurate. It even had a little hominid character that reminded me of EH!