Some Dudes

Paul Rudd. Is he not confoundingly attractive?! I think even heterosexual males must question their sexuality when they see him.

Barack Obama. I didn't see him on Leno, mostly because I think there is nothing funny or entertaining about Leno, so I didn't hear the Special Olympics comment. I really expected him to know better, so I am extremely let down. Yes, George Bush also made stupid comments by the cement-truckful, but he was George Bush. I am glad Obama apologized, but there is something that doesn't sit right with me still. Ugh. I just expected so much better.

The husbo relayed a story to me that I found very interesting. He heard it on NPR, so I won't listen to it, because I find listening to NPR one of the more painful things in life. The information could be good, but the delivery is so annoying. I don't even know how to put it into words. I think I could liken it to a muted trumpet on qualudes. Blahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Anyway, it was about some dude who found a way to help people with phantom limb pain. After they had lost the limb, nerve endings left behind would send missignals to the brain making them think that their limb was still there. In one case, the person felt that his hand was clenched so tight that his fingernails were digging into his palm. The doctor had him put a mirror down his center, so the arm he still had reflected as though his other arm were present. The doctor had him clench his hand then watch the reflection unclench. The action and accompanying visual tricked the brain and the patient felt some relief. Once the mirror was gone, it would return, so it's like a therapy thing that has to be practiced. Kind of like physical therapy, I guess. Neat.