Turns out, I'm only sick in the head (probably)

Seems that it might be a rather icky staph infection and, although contagious, not easy to get. The Staph infection is usually found in hospitals but is becoming more and more prevalent outside the hospital and in the community.


It's called MRSA aka the superbug aka Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus. Something you'd rather not have, but generally not fatal. WebMD says this rather interesting bit of nothing...
"Community-associated MRSA infections usually affect the skin, causing pimples and boils in otherwise healthy people. Infected areas may be red, swollen, painful, and have pus or other drainage." (Full article on the SuperBug here)

There seems to be a forum for this MSRA disease

Maggots are useful ...

I might be infected

I might not be. Who knows. All I know is that I had to attend an emergency meeting today and in that meeting I learned that someone I know (maybe) might be sick, possibly very sick, maybe not sick at all. Whomever that someone is might be contagious, might not be, might be, but maybe not. Nobody will say.
What could it be?

Bubonic Plague?

Here are my top 10 guesses as to the disease du jour ...

10. Ebola Virus
9. Typhoid Fever
8. Leprosy
7. Japanese Encephalitis
6. Pott Disease
5. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
4. Smallpox
3. West Nile Encephalitis
2. African Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping Sickness)
1. Cholera

Anything Interesting today?

No Hits? Visit with the 2006 roy at the Mall on Thursday.

Ever see someone Disembowel a fish? Me either.
Got Beer? I do.

Pregnant? Don't know who the father is? Ask Jesus.

Do all of he stupid WWE Wrestlers still think Chris Benoit is still great? Hope not.

Who killed Vince McMahon? Nobody will ever know.

Is Pedro a dirty word? Doubt it.

What has 6 legs and infest the hair in the pubic area? Crabs.

What has 10 legs and lives in the sea? Crabs.

Which type of crabs taste better? I don't have any idea.

What can go wrong? Your legs could fall off.

Who farted? I think it was the dog. Might have been me though.

What a Boob!

Boobs come in all shapes and sizes.

This guy needed a Manzier and he needed to stop putting tatoos of the Dukes of Hazzard on himself.

I'll give you a $1 if you can name the 2 dudes on the right, and why does Daisy look so f'd up?

And, what's with all the brown spots?

More info on Fumarase deficiency

Fumarase Deficiency: Things I've learned...

Fumarase Deficient people...
... may not be able to convert Fumaric Acid into Malic Acid which can lead to lowered amounts of energy which can result in severe physical and mental disabilities.

... may have reduced Levels of consciousness (sedation/somnolence)

... may have Microcephaly (Small Head) and/or Micrencephaly (Small Brain)
(To the right is a picture of a woman from Pakistan with Micrencephaly)

... may suffer from seizures

... may have raised levels of Ammonia in their blood (Hyperammonaemia)

... may suffer from decreased muscle tone aka, hypotonia (from Medline Plus) (Photo right)

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Fumarate hydratase, or fumarase, is an enzymatic component of the tricarboxylic acid, or Krebs cycle. It catalyzes the conversion of fumarate to malate OMIM (John's Hopkins University).

Fumarase deficiency (<- You will have to figure out this part yourself.)

Interesting Photo from the collection at Syracuse University (that I can't post without paying a fee.

Naked Ladies

Shameless blog title, for shameless blog.


look here for a real cool picture of a naked lady.

I had to "Paint" the naughty parts

Don't scroll down if you are at work.

also, don't look down if you are opposed to boobies

also, don't scroll down if you don't want to see a perfectly good pair of boobies ruined.

Don't scroll down if you are offended by knockers with spray paint on them.

Still reading? You must really want to see boobies

Seriously, if you keep scrolling down, you will be trhrown in jail or fired, or divorced.

Last warning. Below the next few lines is a pair of boobies, close up (nipple-less, however)

2 more lines until a naked chest appears

BOOBIES BELOW!

FINAL WARNING!

Leave it to the BBC to explain the Fatah v. Hamas Mess

Rather than our Fair and Balanced friends telling us what to think, let's see what the real fair and balanced media has to say ...

BBC Link to Fatah & Hamas ... just the facts ma'am

Palestinian rivals: Fatah & Hamas
Two parties dominate Palestinian politics: Fatah which has been at the head of the Palestinian national movement since the 1950s, and the Islamist movement, Hamas, which won the parliamentary elections in January 2006.

One more class down, one more class to go...

I can't believe it! 1 final class to go to finish my degree.
I will soon be a MASTER of Information Systems.

I will soon be rich and famous.

I'm something and people like me.

I like boobies

I want to be nicknamed Boobie Evatt

Holy Smokes, Batman!

Comcast Sucks and steals money from it's customers.

I am fat and I need to lose weight.

I have a lot of boogers in my nostrils

Green Boogers are a sign of infection.

They could also mean that you smelled some green food coloring.

Orange boogers are a sign of blood (and/or you stuck an orange in your nose)

Red boogers mean that you have a nose bleed or you have been sniffing Cherry Kool-Aid powder

Bookman is a sign of a good janitor.

Reading is fundamental

RIF not WRIF rif does not equate to wrif.

ABE not WABE these aren't the same either.

Here is my hot A #1 stock tip of the year. Not guaranted to not miss or miss or even hit.

Buy GERN at $9.00 Sell at $55 in 10 months.

I own some and I have no clue or influence in the company. <-My Disclaimer

Don't go to the Flight Club

The flight club is not a place where flying people go to gather for talking about flying.
That's all I can tell you.
Plus beer is real expensive. I hate when beer is very expensive.

On a side note...
I met Bo Duke and Enos over the weekend. They were both actually nice and personable.

Anybody wanna see some General Lee flying Video?

Dukesfest 2007

We've returned from Nashville. I made it back alive and still had some (very little) cash left. I would have not had any, except we stayed out of the Nashville BYOB bars. More info and some actual event photos to follow.