Tuesdays with Ian

Because of the inherent pressure associated with posting on Tuesdays and therefore competing with well-known fount of wisdom and sage of life advice, Morrie, I was the only one in the apartment courageous, or perhaps foolish, enough to volunteer for this time slot.  Therefore, the focus of my Tuesday posts will likely be giving superfluous and, hopefully, largely useless and unsolicited advice about how everyone should live life.

Here's my first piece of advice:  Johnson, watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_oPC8O6Gnk&noredirect=1

Okay.  Now that that's over with, today I attended a Preview to Medicine seminar class.  Not specifically referring to the reason why, I was reminded again of the apparent inconsistency of the idea that some doctors are unhealthy.  And I don't mean unavoidable or genetically pre-determined conditions like cancer or type 1 diabetes, I mean things that you can do something about.  It seems almost absurd that anyone who claims to understand the inner-workings of a healthy human body would allow their own physical state to decay to a state no better than a poorly educated country bumpkin.  And probably even worse since, based on my stereotyped conception of the lifestyle of country bumpkins, they spend a majority of their time engaged in some kind of aerobic exercise other than thinking deeply about anything in particular.  The point is, I find it unjustifiable to not practice what you preach.  Consider, for example, the hypocrisy of an overweight doctor advising a patient to lose weight for their own physical welfare.  Inconceivable?  I wish it was.

In conclusion, that's pretty much all I have to say.  

BAI BAI!