Ok, it happened a week ago, but...

This happened about a week ago, but I was busy (boss was out of town, and co-worker called out on me. Twice), and I still wanted to comment on it.

Jerry Sandusky was found guilty of 45 out of 48 counts against him. And while the jury was deliberating, his son came forward with further allegations. Penn State is probably going to get taken to the cleaners over this since civil lawsuits are much easier to win when there's a criminal conviction. But you can expect that when you try to cover it up.

Normally when a person is accused of something like this, I hold my tongue. They're only accused, and they have a right to a day in court (to this day, I'll hold the line that Michael Jackson was innocent because that's what the jury said). But in this case, they came back with a guilty verdict. He did it. Even with a minimum sentence, he'll probably spend the rest of his life locked up. In solitary. Some have said they hope his cellmate Bubba has certain issues that he can work out on him, but u call that cruel and unusual punishment. Why should Bubba, who's trying to turn his life around, have to spend any time at all with him. I'd say, out him in the general population, and let the other inmates handle the matter. Some people are probably calling for a (New Testament) Christian approach, and that is completely appropriate, too. Though I have no idea where one would find a millstone...

For the fourth time...

I'm now on Twitter again. My handle is @ogre1500. My three previous attempts all lasted about two hours. Together...

So for so good...

Everybody get a book!

And I think even LeVar Burton liked this version, too.

But the message is clear: get a book and read it…

So I went to the doctor last week….

I know I haven’t been posting as often as I used to. I mainly Facebook now, though I’ll still use this as my original soapbox in the Internet. With Facebook’s IPO royally tanking, and talk of Facebook’s eventual decline (a la MySpace), I may come back to this blog. I’m not abandoning it. I just may not be as active on it…

Having said that, I went to my doctor’s office last week. As a type I diabetic, every check-up comes with an A1C blood test. 10 years ago, when I was initially diagnosed, this test was done with a full blown blood draw (they did a finger-stick in the office to check my sugar at the time, too). Ususally, they also did a full work-up (ie cholesterol, liver, thryoid, etc), which is also how I was diagnosed 4 years ago with hypothyroidism (which runs in my mother’s family). Nowadays, they can do the A1C on a fingerstick, too. This was the first doctor’s visit in a while where I could get away with not getting bled. But I was told to lose weight….