May 25, 2004

goalie picks for the Stanley Cup finals

It's close, but I'm going to have to go with Kiprusoff over Khabibulin. Kipper is fresher at this point, both from regular season and time off.

Posted by lsefton at 12:20 PM

May 08, 2004

conference finals goalie matchups

Eastern: Tampa/Philadelphia: Tampa-- Khabibulin
Wester: SJ/Calgary: SJ--Nabokov

Previous round 2/4--I picked SJ and Calgary, but picked Toronto and Montreal. Belfour blew up before Philly had a chance to, and Tampa continues to amaze. Khabilbulin can now prove he's not a "goalie who will get you into the playoffs".

Posted by lsefton at 08:26 AM

May 07, 2004

Proof that everyone and anyone will do a cookbook

From my Powell's Books feed:


Can You Take the Heat?: The WWF is Cooking!
Jim Ross / Harpercollins @ Publishers
Hardcover / Used / $17.95
http://www.powells.com/rau?s=5&d=20040507&i=1-0060393785-2

Posted by lsefton at 07:06 AM

May 04, 2004

The waiting room

I've been in a bunch of different waiting rooms--from radiology (kids with owies), to ob/gyn (happy, tired pregnant women and their slightly dazed husbands), to immunology (lots of people who had turned a shade of parchment), but the group that was waiting in rheumatology was the most patently miserable and beaten down looking bunch I've seen.

I'll take my gumby joints, thanks.

Posted by lsefton at 08:04 PM

Back from rheumatology

So, I now have an official diagnosis of hypermobility syndrome. I hit all the points, and then some. The rheumatologist kept saying--"okay, try this", and then looking on as I "did that".

Apparently, most 46 year old women *can't* reach up behind their back and touch their neck.

So, off to Cardiology to get a base echo, surprisingly enough, off to the opthamologist to make sure that my eyes aren't having problems with the lenses shifting. That was one area that I didn't see much in the way of literature on.

The good news is that my aortic sounds are "nice and crisp", which indicate that the valves are in good shape. And if I get an echo every 2 years or so, the chances of a blow-out happening are pretty remote.

And I win a trip to genetics counselling. Not that at this ripe old age am I going to start a family, but to give out as much data as I can. I did a rotation in genetics counselling about 25 years back, so I know how important getting data can be.

Posted by lsefton at 07:04 PM