Quote of the Day

Work and medicine have destroyed late week blogging. Nobody cares about work and for those who care about medicine it looks like I am only a good TB-test and EKG away from acceptance in the Ocrelizumab trial. I proved I was sick enough with an MRI and sufficient documented relapses. Then I proved I was well enough, scoring a 6.0 on the EDSS test. I once asked somebody if higher numbers were better or worse, and in a light-hearted moment, he confided in me that 0.0 means you're fine; ten means your dead. I'm always happy to do better than 10.0. Anyway, all that's left is to prove I don't have some non-MS problem that would make participation dangerous or cloud my results.

I don't like links without comments, but Kim Strassel, who first caught the SCHIP expansion as "Hillary Care on the Installment Plan" has an important piece today on how the government grab for nationalized health care is purposely coming faster than it can be opposed. Scary and true.

For a little fun on Friday, here's a great quote from the Car Lust Blog on the 69-73 Dodge Polara

The Polara name seems to be virtually unknown nowadays outside of Mopar enthusiast groups, but there was a time when Polaras were famous--or, perhaps, infamous--as huge, bellowing police cars. Most police cruisers fail to live up to the cachet promised by the "interceptor" name, but Polaras were normal police cars just like Dirty Harry was a normal policeman. Like Harry Callahan, the Polara stood for justice but not necessarily for fairness; it upheld the law in the most brutish, intimidating, and outrageously effective manner possible.

MoPar heads around here (you know who you are) will want to read the whole thing. I'm hearing the line from Blues Brothers: "It's got cop shocks, cop suspension, cop tires, a cop motor..."

Posted by John Kranz at January 30, 2009 7:51 PM