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As our two neighborhood docs have said, there really isn't a medically justifiable reason to circumcise a newborn. It's an aesthetic issue. So let's put the procedure in the correct category: it's a cosmetic surgery. Me: Like most boys born in England at the time, circumcised. Wish I wasn't.

Politics as usual . . . Pay to Play.

I haven't tried it, but John Basedow's Fitness Made Simple series has a couple videos that emphasize the use of a very limited set of free weights, especially dumbbells. A couple people in the fitness trainer program at the community college have seen them, and thought they were really pretty good.

Moving in the right direction again! :-) May-28-08: At 168.5 lbs, BMI of 25.6 May-21-08: At 170.0 lbs, BMI of 25.8 May-07-08: At 171.5 lbs, BMI of 26.1, Hips/Waist: 36-3/4"/34-1/2" (94%) Apr-02-08: At 171.5 lbs, BMI of 26.1 Mar-12-08: At 169.5 lbs, BMI of 25.8 Mar-05-08: At 170.0 lbs, BMI of...

I seem to be maintaining . . . not loosing or gaining. But as the weather improves here I'll get out on my bike and out hiking a lot more, and that'll help. May-21-08: At 170.0 lbs, BMI of 25.8 May-07-08: At 171.5 lbs, BMI of 26.1, Hips/Waist: 36-3/4"/34-1/2" (94%) Apr-02-08: At 171.5 lbs, BMI...

"One measure of a truly free society is the vigor with which it protects the liberties of its individual citizens. As technology has advanced in America, it has increasingly encroached on one of those liberties--what I term the right of personal privacy. Modern information systems, data banks...

Oops! That should have read CRX (A 2-place Honda Civic variant, not an SUV.)

Hybrid or something else . . . Replacing one of our two well-maintained and good-condition cars with a hybrid doesn't make economic, environmental, or even political sense right now. On the economic front, it just doesn't make sense to trade in a working vehicle on one that gets better gas...

I haven't been on ER for a while, but thought I'd update my Wednesday weigh ins. I wouldn't want you to think I'd given up! Life is keeping me very busy, so instead of working out five times a week, I'm working out just once or twice on top of my generally pretty active lifestyle. That's...

Apr-02-08: At 171.5 lbs, BMI of 26.1 Mar-12-08: At 169.5 lbs, BMI of 25.8 Mar-05-08: At 170.0 lbs, BMI of 25.8 Feb-27-08: At 170.5 lbs, BMI of 25.9 Feb-20-08: At 170.5 lbs, BMI of 25.9, Hips/Waist: 36-3/4"/34-1/4" (93%) Feb-13-08: At 172.0 lbs, BMI of 26.1 Feb-06-08: At 174.0 lbs, BMI of 26.5 :(...

Not as exposed. I can cruise my neighborhood and locate a dozen WiFi networks in ten minutes or less. Homeplug networks don't broadcast their presence and data thieves generally have softer targets they can tap into, and you can crack most "secured" wireless LANs using hacker tools like...

OK, so the Australian Institute of Public Affairs -- a conservative organization favoring free trade and relaxed regulation -- finds a scientist to present a paper. Isn't it amazing that the presentation was overwhelmingly anti-regulation and pro-free-trade? Like, gosh, I always go to a...

Of course we know nothing. If the Bush administration has its way, we'll stay ignorant, even if we have the right to know. The Bush admin. is fighting to keep documents that discuss the run up to war out of the archives, and claims to have irreparably deleted emails that should have been saved...

Thank you brave solders. Thank you defenders on the sea and in the air. And thank you to those who are called to be "One of the few, the Proud . . ." Thank you and I hope with all my heart that your next commander-in-chief will restore the qualities of integrity, honesty, and rational thought...