Great article on Coenzyme Q10 and statin use

It is very important to take CoQ10 supplements if you are on statins.
I have been on statins for about 6 months now to treat high cholesterol (also throw in a CRP of 7.5 and my doc said “let’s get it in check now”). I started out at 20 mg of lovastatin (Mevacor) and had good [...]

Flag protocol for Memorial Day

In case you are interested:
Memorial Day in the United States is the last Monday of May, and the flag should be displayed at half-staff until noon and then raised to full-staff. Full staff shows that the nation lives, for the flag is the symbol of the living nation.
The flag, when flown at half-staff, should be first [...]

WHO – Phase 5 alert: Pandemic is imminent

Influenza A(H1N1) update from the WHO website as of 2009-04-30.:

In nature, influenza viruses circulate continuously among animals, especially birds. Even though such viruses might theoretically develop into pandemic viruses, in Phase 1 no viruses circulating among animals have been reported to cause infections in humans.

No mail delivery today due to a mere 6″ of snow

“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night …” has long been the U.S. Postal Service’s credo when it comes to delivering the mail. Today, the snow was too deep or something, because the lame ass-ed USPS did not come around. Must be nice.  *I* made it into the office; I don’t have [...]

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Ever see the movie “Pi” or “The Number 23?” My take on them is that they demonstrate a few of the possible ways in which we humans deal with synchronicity. Knowing coincidence is just that, I still find myself seeming to drill in on instances of the numbers in the sequence, “1-2-6.” It can be 1:26 [...]

Who will guard the guardians?

Today’s poll:  Your belief in the mission of government.
The question is put to Socrates, “Who will guard the guardians?” or, “Who will protect us against the protectors?” Plato’s answer to this is that they will guard themselves against themselves. We must tell the guardians a “noble lie.” The noble lie will inform them that they [...]

Nifty Google Maps integration site

So I was trying to use Google Maps to determine the distance I was walking around my business park, and while it was useful to get an estimate, it wasn’t as detailed as I wanted. Same goes for the odometer in my car – not (buzz word alert!) granular enough. I came across this site that allows you [...]

Didn’t think I’d se this again – gas under $3 in Portland

11/05/08: Update! Less than a month later:

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Here’s a screencap of a posting on the Portland, OR GasBuddy website. And in L.O. no less. Been up there a while, so I presume it’s legit… If you want to find and track gas prices in the area, go to www.portlandgasprices.com. They have sites available for [...]

Color crisis: how does blue become brown??

Lately I have been diving into color theory and its related topics. I first became interested in color as a grad student in Psychology while at OSU as a result of a physiological psych class I took. One of the topics it covered was the low-level functions of the fovea (the “cone” cells in our retina). [...]

The Internet’s Best Financial Calculators

It’s true! I have been using these calculatorsat Dinkytown.net (for free mind you) for at least 3 years now, and I have to say they are the best I’ve found out there. They keep updating the content to reflect changing tax laws, and it seems like new and better features are added on a regular [...]