Paper or Plastic?

I went to see a specialist, a chiropractor, about my increasingly painful shin splints. He did a quick check of my legs and proceeded with a treatment called the Graston Technique. Apparently, I have shin splints caused by a sort of fibrosis in my leg tissues. (Does it sound like I know what I'm talking about?) The treatment didn't feel especially pleasant but afterwards I did feel like he made a difference. I'll be seeing him 2-3 times per week and won't be able to train for the run for a couple weeks at least. I'll just devote more time to swimming and spinning, and continue to run in the pool. I told Julie that I was hesitant to mention any past issues for fear of him seeing dollar signs when he looked at me!

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Some random thoughts...

What ever happened to free speech? If someone wants to say something stupid and insensitive it's their right to do so. Criticize them? Absolutely. Call them on it? You bet. Should he be silenced? No. It's all about free speech. Am I wrong here?

I'm enjoying the new Snow Patrol song - "You're All I Have". Also heard a song on the radio this weekend that we haven't heard in quite a while - "Take Your Time (Do It Right) Part 1" by The S.O.S. Band, circa 1980. Fun song.

Do you know what your blood type is?

Pet peeve: not knowing how to correctly bag groceries. Rarely these days does a bagger know that the soap does NOT go in the same bag as the meat and that the Clorox doesn't go in the same bag as the fruit. We might bag groceries at a local grocery store as a fundraiser and I'm actually looking forward to it as a chance to work this frustration out of my system. I know, quite sad.

Honestly, why is Chipotle so darn addicting?

If I was ever going to be in a band I'd want to be in a fun cover band. A band with a great rhythm section and horns. Oh, and tight harmonies. That would be cool. I'd also think it would be great to own my own radio station. You know, instead of Jack-FM it would be Pat-FM. I seem to remember a contest that MTV had back in the 80's where you could win your own radio station. I thought that was a cool prize.

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Sound Effects:
Ben Burtt, a talented USC college student, recorded most of the sounds needed for Star Wars. Some of his secrets:
- Chewbacca's voice was created from a combination of walrus, badger, sea lion, three different bears, and bear cub recordings. After mixing the sounds together, Burtt changed the pitch and slowed them down to "match" a Wookie photo Lucas had sent him.
- The light sabers were a combination of humming film projectors and static from Burtt's TV set.
- The Jaws spoke a mixture of sped-up Swahili and Zulu dialects.
- R2-D2's "voice" was Burtt's own voice combined with sounds of bending pipes and metal scraping around in dry ice.

-From Uncle John's Legendary Lost Bathroom Reader