Scott, Stephanie, & Lily A'Hearn
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Last October, I was alarmed to discover that my cholesterol was off the charts. So I turned my diet upside down and have been taking an aggressive dosage of Lipitor since then, hoping for some better blood-work at my follow-up appointment late last month. I am very pleased to announce that the results are in and my cholesterol is down over 55% to 126! Yeah, you do the math.
Thanks to everyone who made the Christmas and New Year holidays so fun and memorable, and all our best to those who couldn’t be with us! Sadly, Stephanie and I have locked ourselves away for the foreseeable future, as Stephanie is now strumming her way to fame and glory as your next Guitar Hero, and I am vigilantly battling orcs and trolls in the latest game expansion for World of Warcraft. We’re quite a pair, I know. Back to work tomorrow!
Supposedly, it’s poor form to simply blog about a blog, but I can’t resist passing along this great find. Pet owners can be a sad, looney bunch.
I came across a fun 60 Minutes piece today called The “Millennials” Are Coming, a look at the generation of 20-somethings now hitting the workforce. All I can picture is Morley Safer waving his cane at those darn whipper snappers who are always walking on his lawn, but he does make some really good points. Although I, myself, am in the tech business, I come home and am surrounded by teachers; and one of the most resounding complaints I hear from them centers around the following:
“They were raised by doting parents who told them they are special, played in little leagues with no winners or losers, or all winners. They are laden with trophies just for participating [...]“
Let’s not be afraid to use the red pen once in a while and teach these brats about failure! What with their iPods and the MySpaces and all.
It’s so simple, so ingenious. Not like I’ve even had a jello shot in maybe ten years, but still.
Fate and irony must be big fans of scottahearn.com. No sooner did I post about the Hardee’s Country Breakfast Burrito than I go in for a routine physical and come back with a prescription for Lipitor. Thankfully I’m otherwise pretty healthy, so it’s a few small lifestyle changes and better living through chemistry to take some of the bacon-filled goodness out of my blood. At least I’m not the only one.
