For the week after Friday the 13th.

What the $%^%$#@ is wrong with everyone???
Believe it or not, I have been watching Imus in the morning for about three years on MSNBC. I'm not a fan of Don Imus, far from it, but what I like is the diversity of "talking heads" he has on the show. Right wing nuts and bleeding heart liberals; wishy-washy independents and know-it all libertarians. The fact that Imus made fun of all of them and called them names just seemed to be par for the course. Then, a few weeks ago, as I was listening, Imus and the gang were talking about the Rutgers/Tennessee basketball teams. I heard Imus spout those yucky words that I'm sure everyone is tired of hearing. It turned me around, I tell ya. I thought, wow that's unnecessary.

Unless you have been living in a hole, you pretty much know what happened. All kinds of people got upset. Imus started apologizing as if he raped the women, the media blew it up because otherwise they would have nothing to talk about over Easter weekend. Bigger than life people with manipulative histories called for boycotts and firings (first amendment rights by the way so Goddess bless ya). Next thing I know, poof, no more Imus.

What he said was just plain dumb. Stupid. And the fact he used them opens him up to ridicule. Should he be fired? I don't think so. The basketball team forgave him, after calling him foolish. Good enough for me.

I just wanted to remind everyone that all this happened right before the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's jump to Major League Baseball. Mr. Robinson became the first black American to play modern baseball. I'm sure he heard all kinds of nasty words. He obviously didn't let them hold him back.

It's been 60 years, and we are still dealing with this kind of bat crap. I think what Imus said was dumb, and I think the uproar was dumb. By the way, whenever I have to provide a checkmark for "race" on any offical form I always indicate "other".
If they want specifics I write in "Utopian". I could only wish.

Muscles 301
Now that all of you are over your "Brenda Hangover" (I'm having an auditory hallucination of a groovy Diana Ross song), I trust you are ready for Val. This week we will be testing over the muscles that move the humerus. Do you remember the cuff muscles? For this week's lesson, we will be going over the muscles that move the radius and ulna. We will find lots of info in these muscles' names. Too bad we need to know a little more than just that.

Path/Pharm 501
This week we will be testing on the Intro to pharmacology. After that get ready to get grossed out while learning about Integumentary Pathologies and the pharmacuticals involved the their treatment. Yum! Remember one of my favorite sayings, the gooey-er the better!