There it is folks....the new mark for sarcasm. I think it's a great idea....really. (Note no sarcmark at the end of that sentence.) I think it is a great way to interject sarcasm into a written sentence, because most have lost the understanding or 'gift' of sarcasm. Shall I give it a test run?.....ok.
I love my job
Life is a piece of cake
I love my wife.
School is interesting.
School is easy
Do you see how it works? Did you see how sarcasm is much better understood when a sarcmarc is used?....I think everyone should use this I think it is the government's job to force everyone to use this so we can all understand each other better I love the government
Too bad this isn't on Facebook yet.
If you are interested....here is a link to their website. They are offering it free for now. Even Apple supports it.....good for them, everyone needs a little sarcasm with their fruit.
Link: SarcMark
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
The amazing anatomy
In school I have to take a religion class....it's called Anatomy. If you have ever wondered if there is a God....there is, I know, I have seen his work, and you are carrying it around with you and using it at this very moment.
We are studying the bones in class right now, all 206 of them and each of their hundreds and hundreds of features. I have been studying them for a couple weeks and have a major test this week, but in studying them, the skull, the home for your brain, is one of the most spectacular feats in nature.
Here is a picture of the bottom of the skull:
(And yes I have to know all of these labeled things)
Take a look at it......study it for a moment.... (no really, scroll back up and just read through all the different labels)
Isn't that just amazing?!? Every single hole, every process, every protuberance every nook and cranny serves a purpose. There are tiny little holes that aren't even labeled on this diagram that little veins and muscles move through, the lymph system, the nervous system....all so you can smile, frown, think, turn your head, grow hair......amazing.
Anyone who blindly thinks this wasn't designed and created by a being higher than our own....is kidding themselves. This didn't happen because lightning struck the back of some fungus, this didn't happen because "nature" intended it to be such, it was planned, designed, and created by someone who wants us to experience what he experienced....for experience sake.
So enjoy your body, love your neighbor and go do something fun today.....cause I will be stuck in class.
We are studying the bones in class right now, all 206 of them and each of their hundreds and hundreds of features. I have been studying them for a couple weeks and have a major test this week, but in studying them, the skull, the home for your brain, is one of the most spectacular feats in nature.
Here is a picture of the bottom of the skull:
(And yes I have to know all of these labeled things)
Take a look at it......study it for a moment.... (no really, scroll back up and just read through all the different labels)
Isn't that just amazing?!? Every single hole, every process, every protuberance every nook and cranny serves a purpose. There are tiny little holes that aren't even labeled on this diagram that little veins and muscles move through, the lymph system, the nervous system....all so you can smile, frown, think, turn your head, grow hair......amazing.
Anyone who blindly thinks this wasn't designed and created by a being higher than our own....is kidding themselves. This didn't happen because lightning struck the back of some fungus, this didn't happen because "nature" intended it to be such, it was planned, designed, and created by someone who wants us to experience what he experienced....for experience sake.
So enjoy your body, love your neighbor and go do something fun today.....cause I will be stuck in class.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
The truly magical iPad
Yes folks...as many of you know know I have a new iPad. To commemorate the occasion I am writing this entire blog on the typing pad of my new favorite toy......ahem.....tool. I was considering buying a laptop for school....something I could keep all my assignments and stuff together? Most semi- decent laptops run around $600 so it was already in my budget for the school expenditures.....then along comes Apple with their new version of mobile computing......hazaah! I thought it *could* be a perfect fit for my needs.....small mobile, WI-FI....what else dies a guy need? I wasn't sold just yet.....I wanted to see it in person.
I was not so wound up about it that I went out and stood in line for one. I left that up to the die hards. I knew my boss at work had ordered one for his wife and told me he would bring it in. Monday morning came....I played with it for about 10 min before I knew it had to me mine. On lunch James and I drove down to the Gateway Apple Store and asked if they had any.....they did and I got one. This has been the best purchase I have made in a long time.
I have heard the critics.....they are stupid. They also work for that other computer company.. If you have the means I highly recommend picking one up. It has Pages (Apples non-idiot version of a word processor....the other competitor shall remain nameless) which is what I need to write papers, Internet to keep my teachers on their toes, calculator, flash card program, homework programs, scheduler, calendar and a bunch of apps that are really just for fun. It is tiny so it doesn't take up much room and it is always on so no boot time....just push a button and go.
Just like the apple guy says in the commercial.....it's truly 'magical'.
OK....to the people reading this and saying to themselves 'I don't get it'......to you I say.....trust me. It's worth getting.
Arguments
#1 - It doesn't do flash.
I say....so what? Flash isn't the only standard and probably won't be going forward.....even if it is, I am sure Apple has a back up plan....they always do. I have been crusing the web for over a week and it hasn't stopped me yet. There is some video that won't load from time to time.....didn't bug me. Plus the YouTube app got most any video I wanted anyhow.
#2 - I already have a laptop....why *should* I want this?
Seeing is believing my friend. Instead of booting up your laptop and sitting down...just grab this and go. much easier to browse the web and it is lightning fast and small enough to drop in your purse or backpack.....take that laptop.
#3 - But it is so expensive.....why would I want to pay so much for that?
Who are you kidding? It starts at $500 (which is the one I have) and it is roughly the cost of a high end iPod. I do concede that 16 Gig isn't very much space but for what I am doing with it......it's more than enough. I have dropped tons of music, pictures, apps, even video and not even filled a quarter of the space. Also true, it isn't my whole library...but do I really need my whole library with me on the go?.......I think not.
#4 - No USB port.
This one I agree with. I get the logic that as soon as you 'plug in' you are no longer mobile....however....they should have a put one on it.....ok....you got one.
#5 - No open source or multiple tasking.
HA!....thought you had me again but after yesterdays announcement about OS4 having that capability.....that one is solved.
In short.....get one....it is truly.....magical.
I was not so wound up about it that I went out and stood in line for one. I left that up to the die hards. I knew my boss at work had ordered one for his wife and told me he would bring it in. Monday morning came....I played with it for about 10 min before I knew it had to me mine. On lunch James and I drove down to the Gateway Apple Store and asked if they had any.....they did and I got one. This has been the best purchase I have made in a long time.
I have heard the critics.....they are stupid. They also work for that other computer company.. If you have the means I highly recommend picking one up. It has Pages (Apples non-idiot version of a word processor....the other competitor shall remain nameless) which is what I need to write papers, Internet to keep my teachers on their toes, calculator, flash card program, homework programs, scheduler, calendar and a bunch of apps that are really just for fun. It is tiny so it doesn't take up much room and it is always on so no boot time....just push a button and go.
Just like the apple guy says in the commercial.....it's truly 'magical'.
OK....to the people reading this and saying to themselves 'I don't get it'......to you I say.....trust me. It's worth getting.
Arguments
#1 - It doesn't do flash.
I say....so what? Flash isn't the only standard and probably won't be going forward.....even if it is, I am sure Apple has a back up plan....they always do. I have been crusing the web for over a week and it hasn't stopped me yet. There is some video that won't load from time to time.....didn't bug me. Plus the YouTube app got most any video I wanted anyhow.
#2 - I already have a laptop....why *should* I want this?
Seeing is believing my friend. Instead of booting up your laptop and sitting down...just grab this and go. much easier to browse the web and it is lightning fast and small enough to drop in your purse or backpack.....take that laptop.
#3 - But it is so expensive.....why would I want to pay so much for that?
Who are you kidding? It starts at $500 (which is the one I have) and it is roughly the cost of a high end iPod. I do concede that 16 Gig isn't very much space but for what I am doing with it......it's more than enough. I have dropped tons of music, pictures, apps, even video and not even filled a quarter of the space. Also true, it isn't my whole library...but do I really need my whole library with me on the go?.......I think not.
#4 - No USB port.
This one I agree with. I get the logic that as soon as you 'plug in' you are no longer mobile....however....they should have a put one on it.....ok....you got one.
#5 - No open source or multiple tasking.
HA!....thought you had me again but after yesterdays announcement about OS4 having that capability.....that one is solved.
In short.....get one....it is truly.....magical.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
We have a name for our little boy
Catey and I have been through a whirlwind of decisions, what if's, emotions and heartbreak over the last week. We decided to break with tradition and let the name be known before the baby is born.
The name we have chosen for him is Samuel James Ball.
Samuel will never read this, but I would like to write this blog to him.
Samuel, your mother and I love you very much. I can't explain what that means because you will not understand until we meet you in a place where hands will work, arms will hold, minds can comprehend and eyes see and shed tears of joy. Your brothers and sisters want so badly for you to come home and grow up with them, play with them and learn life the way they have. Unfortunately you will not share those experiences in this life.
Oh how your mother and I wish to see your eyes behold the wonders of this world, the blue of the sky, the yellow and red of the warm, setting summer sun. Feel the rain on your face, play in the leaves of fall, show you the flowers as they bloom or watch you as you wander into snow for the first time. To be with you as you grow, walk, speak our names, call us when you are in need and wrap your little arms around us and kiss us goodnight or hear your first prayer.
We would love to hear you cross light-sabers in the backyard yelling and screaming playing Star Wars or Pirates with your brothers. We would give anything to hear your first laugh or console your tears as you learn to ride a bike for the first time. Your mother and I have shed many tears over the last few days, tears of sadness for these things which you won't see, experience or understand.
The pangs of this trial are seemingly too difficult to endure, and yet, strength comes from many sources, and touches us and tells us to move forward that these things we wish for you are not truly gone, but put on hold for another time....a time which seems so far away.
You have taught us so much about ourselves, what we believe, what we know, and about hope and faith I wish to thank you. I wish I could look in your eyes and express my gratitude for the lessons you are teaching us and that we are reluctantly learning. Nobody wants to learn lessons like these or understand the principles of faith behind them, however, I couldn't ask for a better teacher. Who knew a father could learn so much from a son. Even a son who will not speak, see or communicate except through raw spirit and emotion.
These lessons are difficult to bear but I am trying to be a good student. Please know we ache to hold you and simply let you know you have parents in this life who love you and only wish you had the opportunity to know them better.
Thank you Samuel.
-Dad
The name we have chosen for him is Samuel James Ball.
Samuel will never read this, but I would like to write this blog to him.
Samuel, your mother and I love you very much. I can't explain what that means because you will not understand until we meet you in a place where hands will work, arms will hold, minds can comprehend and eyes see and shed tears of joy. Your brothers and sisters want so badly for you to come home and grow up with them, play with them and learn life the way they have. Unfortunately you will not share those experiences in this life.
Oh how your mother and I wish to see your eyes behold the wonders of this world, the blue of the sky, the yellow and red of the warm, setting summer sun. Feel the rain on your face, play in the leaves of fall, show you the flowers as they bloom or watch you as you wander into snow for the first time. To be with you as you grow, walk, speak our names, call us when you are in need and wrap your little arms around us and kiss us goodnight or hear your first prayer.
We would love to hear you cross light-sabers in the backyard yelling and screaming playing Star Wars or Pirates with your brothers. We would give anything to hear your first laugh or console your tears as you learn to ride a bike for the first time. Your mother and I have shed many tears over the last few days, tears of sadness for these things which you won't see, experience or understand.
The pangs of this trial are seemingly too difficult to endure, and yet, strength comes from many sources, and touches us and tells us to move forward that these things we wish for you are not truly gone, but put on hold for another time....a time which seems so far away.
You have taught us so much about ourselves, what we believe, what we know, and about hope and faith I wish to thank you. I wish I could look in your eyes and express my gratitude for the lessons you are teaching us and that we are reluctantly learning. Nobody wants to learn lessons like these or understand the principles of faith behind them, however, I couldn't ask for a better teacher. Who knew a father could learn so much from a son. Even a son who will not speak, see or communicate except through raw spirit and emotion.
These lessons are difficult to bear but I am trying to be a good student. Please know we ache to hold you and simply let you know you have parents in this life who love you and only wish you had the opportunity to know them better.
Thank you Samuel.
-Dad
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
I caught a Hobbit!
I can't leave bad news posts up for too long.....so I thought I would post something funny today. This story comes from my Mother-In-Law (MIL) who works at a call-center for UPS here in Utah. The lady that works next to her has an adult disabled son who lives on his own but has others (and his family) check in on him from time to time to make sure he is getting his things done. He is a HUGE fan of the Lord of the Rings series. (This is important information for later.)
Last week, this lady was getting phone calls from her son:
Son: Mom.....MOM!.....I caught a Hobbit....what do I do with him?
Mom: (Thinking her son is playing a game with her) Well, son, I think you should take care of him, be nice to him, talk to him and everything will be ok. I have to get back to work.
Son: ....um......ok {Click}
20-30 minutes later he calls back
Son: Mom, Mom, Mom......my Hobbit is getting angry....what do I do.
Mom: Ok son, just take care of him, feed him something, try to keep him happy.
Son: ...but Mom, he is getting really mad, I don't know what to do...
Mom: I will come by after work and see what we can do.....
Son: Ok....but hurry. {click}
Calls like this go on throughout the day until she is off work. She leaves and heads off to her son's house.
The next day when she gets to work, my MIL asks if her son was ok. The lady puts her hand to her mouth with a *gasp* and says "You'll never believe it..."
Apparently she left work and went to her sons house. She opened the door and her son was jumping up and down in the front room pointing at the closet door yelling "I caught a Hobbit! I caught a Hobbit!"
The closet was barricaded with all the furniture he had keeping the door closed. When she asked what was in the closet, she heard banging from inside the closet. She was now very concerned what he had trapped in the closet and started to remove the furniture so she could get the door open and when it opened, there stood a little person (Midget). Shocked she asked what the heck he was doing in there!
He was a Jehovah's Witness who was out spreading the word and when he knocked on the door, the Son invited him in and asked him to stand in the closet....(why he agreed I'll never know) when he did, the Son slammed the door closed and propped it closed with a nearby chair. The poor guy had left his cell in his car so he couldn't call anyone for help. He had been trapped in there for hours.
The lady then told my MIL she started to think about the phone calls...."My Hobbit is getting really angry...."
She apologized profusely and tried to explain the situation to no avail....I guess he wants to press charges against the son for wrongful imprisonment or kidnapping or something. I hope it gets thrown out because....WHO GOES INTO SOMEONE'S HOUSE AND STANDS IN A CLOSET?!? Seriously.
Whether the Lady was telling my MIL the truth or not......it's a pretty funny story.
....I needed a good laugh today.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Our 8 Ball...
Last Thursday Catey and I went in for our routine ultrasound at 18 weeks. We found out we are having a little boy, we also found out our little boy isn't coming to us the way we thought. After 7 perfect children our little number 8 isn't so perfect....physically anyway. He has a condition called hydrocephalus or more commonly known as 'water on the brain'. In most cases, with today's medicine, once the child is born, a shunt can be placed to drain the excess water and the child will lead a pretty normal life, however, this is not the case for us.
We scheduled another appointment for today (Monday) to have a specialist review our case, take another ultrasound and see what they found, and their ultrasound confirmed the previous diagnosis.
The doctors have been very blunt (gratefully) and let us know that our prognosis is very grave and that this is a case bordering on the severe. They were very clear to make sure we understood they were not (and would not) "fill us with any false hope that this baby would have any chance for a normal life".
Over the past weekend, I have fasted and prayed, but every time I wanted to ask to have the baby be ok, it felt wrong. The only thing that felt appropriate was to fast and pray for my wife, her safety and piece of mind during this ordeal. The best example I can imagine that describes the of the pangs my heart, would be if you were to inflate a balloon in my chest to it's fullest then pop that balloon so that everything inside you collapses in on itself. It is sheer desperation, loss, void. There is no other feeling I have had like that......ever.
I have thought to ask God to remove this burden from our family, however, how does someone tell God what to do?
How do I get down on my knees to pray, and tell God what is best for me?
How do I tell him that I don't want a baby like this?
How do I (in good conscience) think to instruct him on the lessons he sees fit to teach me and my family?
Even Jesus Christ wanted his father to take his burden in the garden away, but then submitted to the will of his Father and simply asked for strength to endure.
I know this isn't what parents want.....certainly not what I would have asked for, however, I must remember that this life is a test.....a time to prepare to meet God....endure it well.
One of my favorite movies is the Muppets Christmas Carol (strange to think of that, I know) but in that rendition of Charles Dickens classic, Scrooge is shown a Christmas Future where the young Cratchit family is missing one of their own at the dinner table. Kermit (Bob Cratchit) notices the somber mood and says: "It's all right, children. Life is made up of meetings and partings. That is the way of it. I am sure that we shall never forget Tiny Tim, or this first parting that there was among us."
If that line didn't break my heart before, even thinking of it now sure does. If this baby makes it all the way to birth (which at this point is very uncertain) then it may only live a few minutes, hours or days. Maybe it will find the strength to live longer and be here a few years.....I don't know, only time will tell. Regardless of how long this son of mine is here, it is our opportunity to embrace him and give him the best possible experience while here on Earth.
Some may be focused on the burden that lies ahead, some may wallow in self-pity, Catey and I have talked and neither are the case for us. What hurts the most is hearing our kids play outside, and knowing that this sweet little boy will never have the opportunity to blast out of the door and go play with his brothers and sisters. He won't kick a soccer ball, shoot a basketball or ride a bike or skateboard with those most near and dear to him in this life......it's unfair and it hurts to unbelievable levels to think of one of your own not having those precious experiences while in this life.
We could kick and scream, break things, hurt things, hate God or blame someone or something for this, but where would that get us? Would it change anything......of course not. This is the hour when I need my God the most. I need my friends the most, I need my family, my children and my wife.....and I am grateful for all of them. We are blessed to live where we do where all of what we need is so near and dear to us.
I will end this post with one of my other favorite movie quotes: "Whenever God closes a door, somewhere he opens a window." I have always believed that, I guess it is his will that I learn it first hand.
We scheduled another appointment for today (Monday) to have a specialist review our case, take another ultrasound and see what they found, and their ultrasound confirmed the previous diagnosis.
The doctors have been very blunt (gratefully) and let us know that our prognosis is very grave and that this is a case bordering on the severe. They were very clear to make sure we understood they were not (and would not) "fill us with any false hope that this baby would have any chance for a normal life".
Over the past weekend, I have fasted and prayed, but every time I wanted to ask to have the baby be ok, it felt wrong. The only thing that felt appropriate was to fast and pray for my wife, her safety and piece of mind during this ordeal. The best example I can imagine that describes the of the pangs my heart, would be if you were to inflate a balloon in my chest to it's fullest then pop that balloon so that everything inside you collapses in on itself. It is sheer desperation, loss, void. There is no other feeling I have had like that......ever.
I have thought to ask God to remove this burden from our family, however, how does someone tell God what to do?
How do I get down on my knees to pray, and tell God what is best for me?
How do I tell him that I don't want a baby like this?
How do I (in good conscience) think to instruct him on the lessons he sees fit to teach me and my family?
Even Jesus Christ wanted his father to take his burden in the garden away, but then submitted to the will of his Father and simply asked for strength to endure.
I know this isn't what parents want.....certainly not what I would have asked for, however, I must remember that this life is a test.....a time to prepare to meet God....endure it well.
One of my favorite movies is the Muppets Christmas Carol (strange to think of that, I know) but in that rendition of Charles Dickens classic, Scrooge is shown a Christmas Future where the young Cratchit family is missing one of their own at the dinner table. Kermit (Bob Cratchit) notices the somber mood and says: "It's all right, children. Life is made up of meetings and partings. That is the way of it. I am sure that we shall never forget Tiny Tim, or this first parting that there was among us."
If that line didn't break my heart before, even thinking of it now sure does. If this baby makes it all the way to birth (which at this point is very uncertain) then it may only live a few minutes, hours or days. Maybe it will find the strength to live longer and be here a few years.....I don't know, only time will tell. Regardless of how long this son of mine is here, it is our opportunity to embrace him and give him the best possible experience while here on Earth.
Some may be focused on the burden that lies ahead, some may wallow in self-pity, Catey and I have talked and neither are the case for us. What hurts the most is hearing our kids play outside, and knowing that this sweet little boy will never have the opportunity to blast out of the door and go play with his brothers and sisters. He won't kick a soccer ball, shoot a basketball or ride a bike or skateboard with those most near and dear to him in this life......it's unfair and it hurts to unbelievable levels to think of one of your own not having those precious experiences while in this life.
We could kick and scream, break things, hurt things, hate God or blame someone or something for this, but where would that get us? Would it change anything......of course not. This is the hour when I need my God the most. I need my friends the most, I need my family, my children and my wife.....and I am grateful for all of them. We are blessed to live where we do where all of what we need is so near and dear to us.
I will end this post with one of my other favorite movie quotes: "Whenever God closes a door, somewhere he opens a window." I have always believed that, I guess it is his will that I learn it first hand.
Friday, March 19, 2010
You look pale.....
Everyone knows to stay out of the sun right?
It will do permanent damage to your skin.
You will get skin cancer.
You will look aged beyond your years.
You'll for sure look like this:
Sorry for that picture......BTW....she's 28.
I'm kidding.....she's not 28....I don't know how old she is but I would run if that were coming my direction.....she resembles a zombie of sorts and I am not interested in meeting a zombie like that without my shotgun....
....but I digress.
I just don't buy it anymore. I did a little research on this a while back and it appears that the rate of skin cancer has skyrocketed. Let me throw some statistics at you....ready?
- More than half of all new cancers are skin cancers.
- More then 1.3 million new cases of skin cancer will be diagnosed in the United States in 2007, about 80 percent are basal cell carcinoma, 16 percent are squamous cell carcinoma and 4 percent are melanoma.
- In 2007, an estimated 10,000 people will die of skin cancer – 8,000 from melanoma and 2,000 from squamous cell carcinoma.
- In 2007, there will be about 53,000 new cases of melanoma – 30,000 men and 23,000 women. At current rates one in 71 Americans have a lifetime risk of developing melanoma.
- One person dies of melanoma every hour.
Disturbing right? OF COURSE IT IS....my gosh....those are horrifying stats for anyone.
Do you know when skin cancer took off and started spiking on every chart out there......late 60's. Ten years after Sunblock was mass produced with the government pounding it into us that sunblock was a necessity and everyone should start using it. First it was SPF8 then 15 then 20 then 40 or 50.
Interestingly the rate of skin cancer shadows the use of the skin care products?.......Interesting.
Did you know recent studies show we may be sunblocking (yes I used it as a verb....clever on my part I think) our way into Vitamin D deficiency which could lead to much larger problems than skin cancer?
Did you know that the government and the drug companies who produce sunblock made a secret pact with the devil to rape human existence for billions while killing themselves?
ok...I made that last one up, but seriously folks....I think we need to use the age old saying "Moderation in all things" to explain proper sun exposure.
The skin produces vitamin D.....it is built to help you (Vitamin D is a good thing). Stopping the largest organ in your body from doing what it is supposed to do just doesn't seem right. Please don't comment about your mom or dad or brothers cousins, former roommate who sat in a tanning bed and had skin cancer so bad they had to amputate his or her face......I don't want to hear it.
OF COURSE be careful in the sun....nobody wants a sunburn, and overexposure WILL do you harm. Just like too much alcohol kills your liver, staring at the sun will ruin your eyes and excessive eating will lead to overworking your heart and death. However, moderate sun exposure makes you look and feel healthy....studies show it....why would the Internet lie? Link
Get a tan....who wants to look like this:
I love Jim Gaffigan....he is funny.....he is pale.
Ask yourself, when was the last time you looked at someone and said: "Oh you look so healthy and pale....."
......never.
Since the sun is starting to come out for spring, get out there, enjoy the sun.......because you look pale.....
(***Note*** the Surgeon General does not endorse the opinions stated in this blog. The government also can neither confirm or deny any alleged agreement with certain unnamed drug companies or anyone by the name 'Lucifer', 'Satan' or 'The Devil'.)
It will do permanent damage to your skin.
You will get skin cancer.
You will look aged beyond your years.
You'll for sure look like this:
Sorry for that picture......BTW....she's 28.
I'm kidding.....she's not 28....I don't know how old she is but I would run if that were coming my direction.....she resembles a zombie of sorts and I am not interested in meeting a zombie like that without my shotgun....
....but I digress.
I just don't buy it anymore. I did a little research on this a while back and it appears that the rate of skin cancer has skyrocketed. Let me throw some statistics at you....ready?
- More than half of all new cancers are skin cancers.
- More then 1.3 million new cases of skin cancer will be diagnosed in the United States in 2007, about 80 percent are basal cell carcinoma, 16 percent are squamous cell carcinoma and 4 percent are melanoma.
- In 2007, an estimated 10,000 people will die of skin cancer – 8,000 from melanoma and 2,000 from squamous cell carcinoma.
- In 2007, there will be about 53,000 new cases of melanoma – 30,000 men and 23,000 women. At current rates one in 71 Americans have a lifetime risk of developing melanoma.
- One person dies of melanoma every hour.
Disturbing right? OF COURSE IT IS....my gosh....those are horrifying stats for anyone.
Do you know when skin cancer took off and started spiking on every chart out there......late 60's. Ten years after Sunblock was mass produced with the government pounding it into us that sunblock was a necessity and everyone should start using it. First it was SPF8 then 15 then 20 then 40 or 50.
Interestingly the rate of skin cancer shadows the use of the skin care products?.......Interesting.
Did you know recent studies show we may be sunblocking (yes I used it as a verb....clever on my part I think) our way into Vitamin D deficiency which could lead to much larger problems than skin cancer?
Did you know that the government and the drug companies who produce sunblock made a secret pact with the devil to rape human existence for billions while killing themselves?
ok...I made that last one up, but seriously folks....I think we need to use the age old saying "Moderation in all things" to explain proper sun exposure.
The skin produces vitamin D.....it is built to help you (Vitamin D is a good thing). Stopping the largest organ in your body from doing what it is supposed to do just doesn't seem right. Please don't comment about your mom or dad or brothers cousins, former roommate who sat in a tanning bed and had skin cancer so bad they had to amputate his or her face......I don't want to hear it.
OF COURSE be careful in the sun....nobody wants a sunburn, and overexposure WILL do you harm. Just like too much alcohol kills your liver, staring at the sun will ruin your eyes and excessive eating will lead to overworking your heart and death. However, moderate sun exposure makes you look and feel healthy....studies show it....why would the Internet lie? Link
Get a tan....who wants to look like this:
I love Jim Gaffigan....he is funny.....he is pale.
Ask yourself, when was the last time you looked at someone and said: "Oh you look so healthy and pale....."
......never.
Since the sun is starting to come out for spring, get out there, enjoy the sun.......because you look pale.....
(***Note*** the Surgeon General does not endorse the opinions stated in this blog. The government also can neither confirm or deny any alleged agreement with certain unnamed drug companies or anyone by the name 'Lucifer', 'Satan' or 'The Devil'.)
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