The governator said, “I’m really pumped up about this…” I’d go further into the quote, but do you really care. As we know from Pumping Iron, when Arnold is pumped, he is pumped.

I’m excited by this. I really hope it becomes a nationwide trend. It’s been a long time coming.

Today will be the A’s ninth annual Root Beer Float Day. A’s players and local celebrities will serve root beer floats from 10:35 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the West Side Club, with proceeds benefiting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Does it strike anyone as a little odd that they are going to be giving kids root beer and ice cream in an effort to aid with juvenile diabetes?

I suppose selling apples just doesn’t work as well.

The big news is that the United States government seems to be conceding a connection by compensating the family of a girl who has autism-like symptoms. The government officials deny that the money concedes that connection and says that it is “a very special situation.”

The article goes on to explain that the girl’s father is a neurologist. I imagine that make him more qualified to recognize the signs of autism in an 18-month girl. Her mother is also in the medical field – she’s a nurse. Lastly, the mother is trained as a lawyer. I wonder if the “very special situation” is the fact that these people are professionally able to link the autism to the vaccines AND be able to litigate it properly. The only thing that could be better is if the grandfather was the government official giving them the money.

Later in the article, they say that there is very little in the way of testing of vaccine-autism link. It doesn’t surprise me, I don’t know how you’d go about testing it. You certainly are not likely to have a control group of children who do not receive vaccines, right?

I share Wired’s view. It’s nothing new for people to associate with like people. I’m probably more likely to be an investment banker if I have investment banker friends. I’m more likely to be artistic if I have artistic friends. With weight, this seems even more likely to be since a lot of our social interaction has to do with eating.

So are you going to get rid of your friends as a weight loss measure? I think that’s a very extreme. Perhaps if you find that this study applies to you, you should have a contest to see who can lose the highest percentage of weight. If one friend does well, you should all benefit.

It’s a very wise plan. When I worked as a pharmacy technician in 1996-1998, I was completely floored at all the inefficiencies. I’m sure things have changed. However, at the time it shocked me that I could use e-mail college to chat with a friend, but doctors were faxing barely legible subscriptions to the pharmacy. The pharmacists would dispense the medication with little computer aid to check interactions. They then would send the medications up to the patients’ floor where another factor of human error, nurses was put into play. (Note: My fiancee is a pharmacist and my mom a nurse, so I love these people and they do important jobs. I just believe it’s possible to come up with a better system. In fact today there better systems are already in place.

With Andy Grove serious about entering the health field, there’s a chance that health care and technology will really advance. This is just another reason why Lazy Man and Money is an investor in both technology and health care sectors of the stock market.

I was partially right as it’s genetic related. However, I didn’t realize that it could be tested with an MRI. It seems like the biggest risk factor is breast density. If you know a female (and who doesn’t) it’s probably worth directing her to this story.

Maybe not. Usually when these central databases are created, you (a) don’t know anything about it or (b) don’t have the ability to control what’s in the database. Your credit report is one such example of the later database. If you want it updated, you have petition the reporting agency and it could take months for the problem to be resolved.

Six huge companies – Applied Materials, BP America, Cardinal Health, Intel, Pitney Bowes, Wal-Mart – have banded together to create this database. The organization is Dossia. They promise that you control the data and share only the details that you choose to. I applaud them for putting the power in the consumer’s hands for a change.

I believe people will pay a lot more than 20% to keep themselves healthy if that’s what it comes to. That’s one of the reasons why I’m going to try to be healthy now. It helps my quality of life in the future and my wallet. That’s double duty goodness.

It’s projected to cost $1-$2 a pill. The Lazy Man and Money side of wonders if I could save on Ebay like I did with razors. If I don’t have any luck there, I’ll have to look towards Walmart or Costco for good prices.