At the Boar’s Nest, getting some whiskey to warm me up.
Monthly Archives: December 2013
Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 4:53 pm
Frak! A flat tire, and it’s 20 degrees out. I’m just going to walk home. Frak it!
Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 11:09 am
The “It’s not winter yet!” “trying to put on a happy face” face.
8½”
Normally I’m fine with getting 8½”. I mean, who isn’t? 😉
But this is crazy:
It started yesterday mid-morning. And it just now stopped around 1pm.
I had to venture into Bentonville to make sure both the studio and the salon heat were on and the waterlines were all okay. It’s going to be 1°F tonight.
The roads apparently haven’t been touched by AHTD. No scraping. No sanding. No deicing.
There weren’t many people out, aside from a few people who were driving their SUVs and trucks. Way to fast for the conditions. Which probably explains why so many were in ditches. They deserved it.
Oh, and the mail carrier was out too.
The snow does make for some beautiful scenery though.
And what’s worse: it’s still only autumn!
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Update: On the news tonight, Pea Ridge was reported as having the most precipitation received for the area. At 12″!
Until next time...
Bad Blood
I had to have some blood work done recently. Well, a little over a month ago on 10/25. I finally got the results back Tuesday. And they were a little startling in one aspect. At least startling in the sense of seeing something I wasn’t expecting.
Apparently my cholesterol isn’t that well off:
| Test Name | Result | Reference Range |
| Glucose (blood) | 89 | 60 – 115 mg/dL |
| Hemoglobin A1c | 5.9 | 3 – 6.1 % |
| Fructosamine | 1.7 | 1.2 – 2.1 mmol/L |
| BUN | 16 | 5 – 25 mg/dL |
| Creatinine (blood) | 1.4 | 0.5 – 1.5 mg/dL |
| Alkaline PHOS | 50 | 30 – 125 U/L |
| Total Bilirubin | 0.5 | 0.1 – 1.2 mg/dL |
| AST (SGOT) | 28 | 0 – 41 U/L |
| ALT (SGPT) | 32 | 0 – 45 U/L |
| GGT/GGTP | 30 | 2 – 65 U/L |
| Total Protein (bld) | 7.3 | 6 – 8.5 g/dL |
| Albumin (blood) | 4.9 | 3 – 5.5 g/dL |
| Globulin (blood) | 2.4 | 1 – 4.5 g/dL |
| Triglycerides (heart.org info) | 167 * | 10 – 150 mg/dL |
| Cholesterol | 204 | 175 – 280 mg/dL |
| HDL Cholesterol (heart.org info) | 37 | 35 – 80 mg/dL |
| LDL Cholesterol | 133 | 104 – 179 mg/dL |
| Cholesterol/HDL | 5.5 ** | 0 – 4.9 |
| LDL/HDL Ratio | 3.61 | 0.9 – 5.3 |
Damn.
Time to go see the doctor and learn about making some changes to myself, apparently.
That, or just ignore it and have a heart attack or a stroke eventually.
Until next time...
And so it begins…
It was in the sixties for the last few days, and then…
The weather services have been calling for it. Humans are being more stupid than normal. The store shelves have been emptied. Most businesses and schools in the area have closed already, many until Monday at the earliest.
It’s been lightly precipitating freezing rain and then sleeting in an alternating fashion since late last night. It’s sleeting now as I type this. I can see the few cars in the parking lot slowly developing an ice shell. The parking lot and the road in front of the studio have slowly changed color from asphalt black to sleet white. The drive home from the studio should be interesting.
While I don’t consider myself a “bear” in any respect, I’d definitely be all for finding a nice naturally warm cave somewhere to hibernate in for the next 4 months. That way I could skip the rest of the holiday season, and come out on the other end all skinny-like.
Until next time...