Tradition Tuesday

Today's nostalgia is How Can the Labouring Man Find Time for Self Culture" by Martini Ranch, fronted by Bill Paxton (Yeah, *that* Bill Paxton, Weird Science and Aliens). The band sports some obvious influences (and personnel) from Devo and the B-52s, and not a little of the aesthetics of Talking Heads. This is another one that Larry is responsible for--it would not be surprising to hear this when passing by The Wrong Side of the Tracks, the house on fifth street we lived in while at college.

It would be easy to dismiss this as another vanity project, but I think that would be a mistake. It stands on the shoulders of its 'parents' and takes a step further, presenting the style but with its own stamp.

Bodyworks, numbers edition

Here are the latest numbers on me dealing with Chylomicronemia (that thing where my body, rather than digest fat, simply injects it directly into the bloodstream).

Total Cholesterol: 199
(200 is normal)
LDL Cholesterol: 85
(<100 is good for a diabetic patient, which I'm calling myself for now)
HDL Cholesterol: 42
(>40 is normal for males)
Triglycerides: 360
(151-399 is borderline high. It was around 3000 when I started treatment.)
Cholesterol/HDL ratio: 4.7
(4.0-6.7 is normal for males)
A1c: 6.7
(6.5-8 is good control for diabetes)