"Cancer Survivors and poor health behaviour" written by Tinypliny on estrip.org

03/30/12 01:11 - ID#56299

Cancer Survivors and poor health behaviour

In a study published last month, researchers who asked cancer survivors about their health behaviour found that survivors indulged in poorer/riskier behaviours than people who have never been diagnosed with cancer:

From:

A total of 18,510 had detailed history on health behaviors and previous cancer history. Overall 2713 (14.7%) reported a previous cancer history. We found statistically significant results indicating that cancer survivors were less likely than those with no cancer history to:
report their overall health as â€œexcellentâ€ (13.6% vs. 21.5%), ...

Was that a trick question?! You said you have had a diagnoses of cancer. Would you say your overall health is "excellent"?

to engage in moderate or strenuous exercise (56.5% vs. 63.3%), and to use complementary and alternative medicine (57.4% vs. 60.2%).

Wonder whether the analyses stratified people with a recent vs. distant diagnoses of cancer... need to look at the tables. Maybe the survivors were physically unable to exercise so much or maybe were on standard medication that could have had interactions with random alternative medicines had they chosen to take them. Maybe they were advised not to take OTC medicine.

Conversely, cancer survivors were more likely to be current smokers (6.3% vs. 5.5%), rate their overall health as â€œpoorâ€ (15.8% vs. 9.1%), and to report more weight gain over time. Among cancer survivors, differences also emerged by the type of primary cancer. For example, cervical cancer survivors (n = 370) were most likely to report being current smokers (15.7%) and regular alcohol users (71.7%) compared with other survivors. Ovarian (n = 185) and uterine (n = 262) cancer survivors most frequently reported being obese (41% and 34.4%, respectively). Cervical cancer survivors reported the largest weight gain (4.9 lbs at 5 y and 13.4 lbs at 10 y).

The study totally begs these questions:

Do people who are diagnosed with cancer always have poorer behaviours to start with?
Do cancer survivors indulge in poorer behaviours because they are fatalist?
Or do they just feel like they have poorer behaviours just because they got diagnosed with cancer and answer in that vein on the administered questionnaires ie. a kind of survivor bias?
Or did they feel obliged to assign blame for their diagnoses on past and present behaviours?
Or maybe the non-cancer survivors in this study didn't really feel the need to spill on their current health behaviours in so much detail as the survivors?

Who knows.

Do you remember what you ate last Monday through Friday - in detail, morning, afternoon, evening? Do you remember how you generally ate in the past decade? If you are not tracking your periods for some specific reason (or maybe have an android period-tracking application to record days and symptoms for fun), how accurately do you remember the date your last period ended? Do you remember the brands and compositions of the hormone pills you took 20 years back?

Sometimes I wonder if our questionnaires are eliciting anything useful. Or if we should trust them so much. It would be nicer to have more objective ways of tracking health behaviours and milestones.

metalpeter writes at 07:21:25 03/30/12 - Comment #68100: Does Paul mean bigger boobs....HA.....

Now I don't know enough about the science but would having something implanted be another risk that would have to be factored in based on how ones body would react to it.....?

tinypliny writes at 06:59:09 03/30/12 - Comment #68099: But yeah, implants for research would be awesome and address at least some level of guesswork and poor quality data collection.

tinypliny writes at 06:58:07 03/30/12 - Comment #68098: Or more precise analyses of body fluids/secretions including but not limited to poop, mucus and the like.

paul writes at 06:41:21 03/30/12 - Comment #68095: I say implants that track everything.

metalpeter writes at 05:59:19 03/30/12 - Comment #68093: Sounds like something Spock might say....

tinypliny writes at 05:50:44 03/30/12 - Comment #68091: Precisely. A chicken and egg situation. Heavily correlational with a a fair warning against any assumptions of causation.

I am not sure science is anything but truth, arranged logically. (as someone once said... ).

metalpeter writes at 05:40:59 03/30/12 - Comment #68090: I did take science in school but wasn't good at the lab stuff... But that being said now I know a lot more....
1. I assume all women since it is breast cancer
2. All getting mammograms..

So what this tells me is that you all ready have people who are taking care of themselves at least.... But overall health we can't really judge since we don't know.....

I would think the next study would be to then go and get women who aren't being screened.... But I still think that the results would be what I think are the same.... That in most cases no idea with a percentage.... That people with cancer would be unhealthier then people who haven't had it or don't know they have it.... Since things like smoking cause it or can lead to it.... In terms of a study one (if my memory is correct) can't say it causes it only that there is a correlation ?

Wanted to say more but lost my thought sorry

tinypliny writes at 05:20:05 03/30/12 - Comment #68086: heh, yes, I was being a bit sarcastic when I pointed out that first question. In my mind, if I were a cancer survivor, I would really find that question quite ludicrous just because cancer has such a looming uncertainty about when it might return or metastasize. If they really meant to ask "Are you feeling excellent TODAY?" then that question means nothing at all. If it were "Have you been feeling excellent over some longer time period?" the expecting cancer survivors to given equivalent answers to those who have never had cancer (and look for statistical significance, no less!) is a very big stretch.

tinypliny writes at 05:13:50 03/30/12 - Comment #68085: The buzzword for your other two observations: Gene-environment interactions. Let's say you need both elements to progress towards cancer. In that study the inherent assumption is that the interaction is a) possible b) that most of their cases and controls could have both or at least one of the components and c) that these interactions are reversible because this is their conclusion:

Conclusions: These results suggest opportunities for tailored behavioral health risk factor interventions for specific populations of cancer survivors.

metalpeter writes at 05:12:07 03/30/12 - Comment #68083: 3.... And final comment.......

Being unhealthy and doing unhealthy things will for some people lead to cancer you don't do those things and lot of cancer won't happen but some still will.... So it makes sense that being or feeling on healthy would tie into having cancer....

But also I bet this works with anyone who has any Disease.... Even if when asked how they feel they are feeling great that day and have been for some time..... They know they are sick so it is natural to feel unhealthy....

tinypliny writes at 05:08:39 03/30/12 - Comment #68082: Peter, you would make a wonderful public health researcher. You got right to the core of the matter. The selection of controls. Without proper controls the contrasts would be exaggerated. And you guess is spot on.
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Methods: In a large cohort of 19,948 women presenting for screening mammography, questionnaires on health behaviors were administered.
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All of them were recruited from screening clinics. All these women have screening behaviour in common. If we were to speculate why they turned up for screening in the first place, the cancer survivors probably turned up because they are anxious about a recurrence or were simply advised to, and the other non-cancer women turned up because they can a) afford it b) have had some scare or the other in their lives and families c) have been advised by their primaries in the recent past to get a mammogram. All of them are most likely to be insured or at least covered by some sort of insurance.

Now you could argue that all these factors puts the survivors and cancer-free on the same footing (and that is the definition of controls: controls could be cases because they have all the risk factors). But really, it does not, because the reasons the survivors are turning up to these clinics are patently different from the other women.

metalpeter writes at 05:08:23 03/30/12 - Comment #68081: 2A.

A+B+C Often times the truth is those all over lap and you might be healthy and have great DNA but if you waited tables for 20 you get lung cancer.... Or you do all that stuff but your body or your DNA turns the cancer on?

I guess the point I'm getting to in this comment is they are all factors and over lap and some things are part of the others....

metalpeter writes at 05:04:54 03/30/12 - Comment #68080: 2. Can we agree that in terms of Cancer really there are 3 factors? One could make the point that this is true not only of cancer but other things as well....

A. DNA..... Everyone's body is the same but different and some things like cancer you will find in families now yes it could be that behaviors are the same but in terms of 4 generations of breast cancer I say it is DNA....

B. Environment.. Now this would be things like exposure to chemicals and dyes or even smoke.... Some stuff can cause cancer or maybe even put you on a path towards it....

C. Health.... Now of course health is tricky what is eating good or to much... Yeah apples are great but do those pesticides hurt you.... How much arsenic (in the seeds) is ok.... But that being said if you eat right and take care of your body then eating the bad stuff won't cause the cancer... But also if one is in tune with your body if you feel bad you may catch something before it is to late...

metalpeter writes at 04:57:14 03/30/12 - Comment #68079: 1. The first question one has to ask is how do they select or find the people who don't have cancer?
--This is huge .... If how ever they do it doesn't get a real cross section of America or the area at least then yeah you are going to get healthy people... If say this was done at doctors offices then generally people who get yearly or bi-yearly checkups will be in better health...

metalpeter writes at 04:54:56 03/30/12 - Comment #68077: Your post is interesting....

Now to be honest didn't follow the link.... I assume that entire thing would be way to long ......

Now all that being said I'll have a few comments this is kinda my intro to comments......

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Category: the odes

03/30/12 12:50 - ID#56298

Mega Lottery?

I don't read the regular news too often. My narrow tracking feeds pretty much target and scrape what I want from the news (mostly research, linux, android and grocery news). When I do hit the google news page once in a bluemoon, I am always trying to catch up on the last n-months worth of craziness. I often stop when I reach around 1 hour worth of news (around 3 articles). And then I don't read for the next n-months before the cycle repeats.

The blue moon rose today and I happened to glance at the top headline. A lottery. Seriously, a lottery of 640 bazillion dollars. That is top national and international news. Specifically, all the different ways you could spend the 640 bazillions that you have a whole 1:zillion odds of winning.

I say, this is an exemplary example of the human spirit and hope. Imagine buying a $1 ticket and hoping you can beat the 1:zillion odds. Fascinating. Maybe I should get a ticket too and join everyone else. The thing is does anyone know where I can get one within a 1/2 mile radius. Does Walgreens sell lottery tickets?

Ooh, (e:Paul) just told me - the nearest gas station. Hmm.. need to go on Google maps to find the nearest one. Maybe this is a hint that the tickets are not really targeting my demographic if I am having so much trouble just figuring out how to get them. Nevermind the question of what I will do with the money.

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Category: goals

03/29/12 12:58 - ID#56295

Thoughts on switching

Ugly but true.

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Last Modified: 03/29/12 12:58

Category: linux

03/25/12 12:54 - ID#56284

Checking application installation history on Android

I find them and then I lose them.

I have tried out several applications on Google Play at various points. But I uninstall many of them because of random reasons. Just when I need some of the particular features in any one app, I forget what they were called. It's almost pathologic.

Thankfully, Google Play now has a section that remembers every single application you ever installed on your android devices. Check this out:

Now, I need to find something similar for the Chrome web store.

Just for fun I am cutting and pasting all my history here. Looks like I installed the entire market at some point. My list runs several pages long and I don't even have many of then still installed.

1Weather
ONELOUDER APPS
1Weather: Real-time global forecasts & alerts plus timely local weather tweet...
INSTALL

ASTRO File Manager / Browser
METAGO
ASTRO File Manager helps organize your pictures, music, videos and other file...
INSTALL

Adobe Flash Player 11
ADOBE SYSTEMS
Bring the FULL web to your device with Flash Player- videos, games, apps & m...
INSTALL

Advanced Clock Widget
ZOOPER INC
Small, configurable and battery friendly widget with digital clock and much m...
INSTALLED

Advanced English & Thesaurus
MOBILE SYSTEMS
The "Different" English Dictionary with more than 1.4 million words. This dic...
INSTALLED

All About Root
JOEYKRIM
Simple and educational app to define root, why gain root and how to check roo...
INSTALL

Amazon MP3
AMAZON.COM
The Amazon MP3 includes both the Amazon MP3 store and Amazon Cloud Player (US...
INSTALLED

Androidify
GOOGLE INC.
Get ready to make Android your own. Androidify yourself by customizing the li...
INSTALL

App Cleaner
JDRIOD
Easy uninstall multiple apps based on last use and the number of times used. ...
INSTALL

Barcode Scanner
ZXING TEAM
Scan barcodes on products then look up prices and reviews. You can also scan ...
INSTALL

BlogIt!
JOÃƒO CORREIA
BlogIt! Blogging with control! This is a blogger app. It supports: - Multip...
INSTALL

Blogger
GOOGLE INC.
Start blogging on the go with the official Blogger app! Experience the offici...
INSTALL

Blogger-droid
ANDERS HEDSTRÃ–M
Simple Blogger client. You can: -create/view/edit/delete blog posts -post c...
INSTALL

Boat Browser Mini
BOAT BROWSER
Boat Browser Mini is a fast,clean and ease of use android browser. Boat Brows...
INSTALL

Calorie Counter - MyFitnessPal
MYFITNESSPAL, LLC
Lose weight easily with MyFitnessPal, the best calorie counter for Android! L...
INSTALL

Calorie Counter by FatSecret
FATSECRET
A simple tool to find all the Calorie and Nutrition Facts for the foods you e...
INSTALL

CamScanner -Phone PDF Creator
INTSIG INFORMATION CO.,LTD
Turn phone to document scanner CamScanner is the greatest invention in 21th c...
INSTALLED

Chrome Beta
GOOGLE INC.
The speed and simplicity of Chrome, now on your Android phone and tablet. Bro...
INSTALLED

Color Flashlight
NOTES
Turn your phone into a Color flashlight. It helps find your way in the dark. ...
INSTALL

Compass
CATCH.COM
Android's leading compass, featuring location display and geo-tagged notes. F...
INSTALL

Dictionary.com
DICTIONARY.COM, LLC
Take Dictionary.com's trusted reference content wherever you go. ALERT: For a...
INSTALLED

Do it (Tomorrow)
ADYLITICA, INC.
Why do today what you can put off till tomorrow? Do you love procrastinating?...
INSTALLED

Dolphin BrowserÂ® HD
DOLPHIN BROWSER
Dolphin Browser HD is the FASTEST, EASIEST and most FUN mobile Web browser Do...
INSTALL

DroidDia diagrams for Android
ALAREX-GROUP
Diagram painting at glance. DroidDia allows you to make flow charts, org cha...
INSTALL

ES File Explorer
ESTRONGS INC.
Featured File manager & App manager which can explore the phones & computers....
INSTALLED

EZ Drop (File Sync)
NANCH
Send files between your android and PC! Easy, fast, and free! Transfer files ...
INSTALL

Easy Uninstaller
INFOLIFE LLC
Simplist & fastest uninstall tool for android. Easy & fastest uninstall tool ...
INSTALL

File Expert
GEEK SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY INC.
Powerful File Manager/WIFI File Transfer Web & FTP/App Manager - ALL in ONE A...
INSTALL

GNotes - Sync Note with Gmail
DATO
GNotes is a easy note taking app for android synchronize with GMail. GNotes i...
INSTALLED

GTasks: To Do List | Task List
DATO
Synchronize Your To Do Tasks | List with Google GTasks is a simple and effici...
INSTALLED

Google Goggles
GOOGLE INC.
Search the real world by taking a picture. Search by taking a picture. Goggle...
INSTALLED

Groupon - Daily Deals, Coupons
GROUPON, INC.
Unbeatable deals daily on the best stuff to do in cities across the world! Gr...
INSTALL

K-9 Mail
K-9 DOG WALKERS
K-9 is the best email client for Android. It's incredibly powerful and 100% f...
INSTALL

Local Sync
ONDÅ˜EJ PÅ ENÄŒÃK
Synchronizes Android 2.2 or greater with Microsoft Outlook 2007 or greater vi...
INSTALL

Lync 2010
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
IMPORTANT: Microsoft Lync 2010 for Android requires a Lync Server or Office36...
INSTALLED

Magic Doodle Free
NGUYEN TAN HON - HU YONG JIE
Painting lovers, practice your art with this awesome app. Drawing improves yo...
INSTALL

MailDroid
FLIPDOG SOLUTIONS, LLC
MailDroid is your IMAP Idle and POP3 email replacement for the default client...
INSTALLED

MobilityPLUS
AUDIOCODES
AudioCodes MobilityPLUS Solution for Microsoft Unified Communications (UC) pr...
INSTALL

Notes
YULI
Usage: taking notes (notepad) Features: encrypt notes, send notes by email/s...
INSTALL

Opera Mini web browser
OPERA SOFTWARE ASA
Opera's fastest mobile browser that can save you money on data. Totally free....
INSTALLED

Opera Mobile web browser
OPERA SOFTWARE ASA
The premium web experience for rich, interactive content on mobile devices. A...
INSTALLED

Period Tracker
GP INTERNATIONAL LLC
Period Trackerâ„¢, the easiest way to track your periods! Period Trackerâ„¢, the ...
INSTALLED

Plan B
LOOKOUT MOBILE SECURITY
Plan B is the 'find my phone' app that you download AFTER you lose your phone...
INSTALL

Pomodroido
ARTIFIX
time-boxing with a side of achievement Struggling with keeping focus, procras...
INSTALLED

Quick Thesaurus
NEXTPAGE
The most up to date Quick Thesaurus for your Android based gadget. All the de...
INSTALL

SMall ARTtools
DAY8 DESIGN
SMall ARTtools is a unique sketch,paint,draw application for mobile devices. ...
INSTALL

Scan to PDF Free
NYM COMPUTING
Turn phone to scanner! FULL FEATURED WITHOUT LIMITATION. NO WATERMARK NOR ADV...
INSTALLED

Sense Analog Glass Clock 4x2
FACTORY WIDGETS
Android Digital clock widget with Calendar, Time, System info,weather & forec...
INSTALL

ShopSavvy Barcode Scanner
SHOPSAVVY, INC.
The original barcode scanner for Android. Find the best online and local pric...
INSTALL

Siine Keyboard
SIINE LTD
New dynamic keyboard. Super-fast shortcuts to text fast and fun. Try it! Siin...
INSTALL

Simple Stop Watch!
KONI9KEN
LAP is a simple stopwatch that can measure time and historical views. Stop by...
INSTALL

Simple Stopwatch
CICADA
Simple Stopwatch. Volome Key .up key - stop (start), running (stop) .dow...
INSTALL

SketchBook Mobile Express
AUTODESK INC.
Autodesk SketchBookÂ® Mobile Express is a professional-grade paint and drawing...
INSTALL

Sketcher Lite
WARGOTH
Check out Sketcher PRO for undo/redo, pan/zoom and more features! Now only $0...
INSTALL

Smart Compass
SMART TOOLS CO.
Smart Compass is easy and accurate with the camera view. Smart Compass is the...
INSTALL

Stopwatch
KAYOWA.COM
Time your activities with simplicity. Features: Stop Watch timer. Lap Record...
INSTALL

Tiny Compass
NIKOLAY ANANIEV
Incredibly simple, yet very useful compass application Incredibly simple, yet...
INSTALLED

Tiny Flashlight + LED
NIKOLAY ANANIEV
Brightest. Fastest. Simplest. Your own Tiny Flashlight. Incredibly simple and...
INSTALLED

TouchDown for Smartphones
NITRODESK, INC.
TouchDown syncs emails, contacts, calendar and tasks on your Android 2.x devi...
INSTALL

Twitter
TWITTER, INC.
Official Twitter app for Android. Follow your interests: instant updates from...
INSTALLED

Voice+ (Google Voice callback)
SZILÃRD KOVÃCS
Google Voice callback. The Voice+ catches all outgoing calls and uses Google ...
INSTALL

Volume Control +
COFFEEBREAK APPS
Volume Control Plus Volume Control+ is a volume control app that support cha...
INSTALL

Volume+ FREE
MELTUS

A Cyanogen Mod 7 or MIUI ROM is HIGHLY recommended. Running this a...

INSTALL

WebSharingLite File/Media Sync
NEXTAPP, INC.
Transfer files to your device using Wi-Fi and your web browser. WebSharing le...
INSTALLED

Webster's Thesaurus TR
MOBILE SYSTEMS
Webster's English thesaurus with thousands of synonym entries and examples. T...
INSTALL

Whiteboard
HENRYHUANG
Whiteboard is a power tool to help people sketch on phones, demonstrate your...
INSTALL

Wifi File Transfer
ANTOSDR
Wifi File Transfer is an application which allow you send and recive files vi...
INSTALLED

Wifi Syncr
APPRICOO
Wifi Syncr - syncs made easy! Wifi Syncr syncs your Windows shares to your An...
INSTALL

Wireless File Transfer
MOTSHA
Wifi File Transfer allows you to transfer files between your android phone an...
INSTALLED

Woo: Sketch - beta
THE WOO
Layered picture editing comes to android. An application to bridge the gap be...
INSTALL

X-Link
FUN2CODE
Zero Setup File Transfer The aim of X-Link is to make the copying of files be...
INSTALL

XWind Downloader
JASONWONG
Useful download and manage tool,support ftp server,pretty and powerful Downlo...
INSTALL

estrip.org blog publisher
PAUL VISCO
Allows you to publish to your journal on Buffalo, New York's original bloggin...
INSTALLED

ezPDF Reader
UNIDOCS INC.
Audio & Video Multimedia PDF Reader Annotate, Listen, and Fill out PDF Form e...
INSTALLED

ezPDF Reader Cloud Plugin
UNIDOCS INC.
Cloud Plugin for ezPDF Reader (Paid App) This plugin app is a companion for ...
INSTALLED

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Category: eating out

03/23/12 08:13 - ID#56277

An Ethiopian Restaurant in Buffalo

Finally. The Lucy Legacy

But why does it have to be so very far?!

Lucy Ethiopian Restaurant and Variety Store
388 Amherst Street - Buffalo NY
Hours are: Mon-Sat 7am to 10pm | Sun 11am to 10pm

Wish it was on Elmwood and Summer.
:/

tinypliny writes at 01:22:13 03/30/12 - Comment #68070: LOL. thanks! I am just analyzing and cooking up excuses because it will mean 2-3 hours. hehehe

Yuuuuuummmm injera. :(

heidi writes at 01:04:16 03/30/12 - Comment #68069: Relative to Zoma (e:heidi,52184) & (e:heidi,52183) it's not nearly the same quality and no where near the range of options. It's essentially fast/diner food compared to sit-down Ethiopian experience dining. Iv'e been to another NYC ethiopian restaurant but have forgotten the name, and to a place in Silver Spring, MD, and the comparison is the same.

Sheesh, it's not that hard to get to by bus, just go!!

tinypliny writes at 12:30:22 03/30/12 - Comment #68068: What do you guys thinks of Abyssinia, Rochester, NY? How do your other Ethiopian experiences compare to this one (if at all) - worse, better, equivalent? I realize everyone has unique personal tastes and preferences, but comparing might set a sort-of baseline? To widen the scope, if you have ever been to Meske (Hell's Kitchen), , Meskerem (Greenwich), Zoma (Harlem), Ghenet (Brooklyn) or Awash (Manhattan) - any comparisons could also be baselines...

leetee writes at 11:54:05 03/30/12 - Comment #68067: Friend of mine took me to an Ethiopian place in Toronto years ago and i hated it.... texture is huge for me and i felt like everything was soft, runny and blended.

heidi writes at 02:56:01 03/28/12 - Comment #68064: The food was okay/good, not great. The people were very friendly.

tinypliny writes at 11:05:24 03/27/12 - Comment #68060: So food was awesome, and they are just having teething troubles with service? I would say, that is a great start for a restaurant! I need to definitely check this place out. It would be a shame if I never did. Injera and lentils are some of my top favourite dishes of all time. And I simply love African spice mixes.

heidi writes at 10:44:52 03/27/12 - Comment #68059: (e:puddlediving) and i went on saturday. i like ethiopian a lot but this was kinda meh. We both had the veggie combo - a set of four dishes on a platter with two big pieces of injera. The injera was good. The (red lentils) mesir wat - was good, too spicy for lana. The combo also included cabbage, yellow lentils and a green bean & carrot dish.They seemed overwhlemed by the quantity of people - seriously, they were creating tables for people to sit at. It's not really an ethiopian restaurant experience, it's more of a quick food/diner/take out and maybe cheaper quality ingredients than I've experienced at full service places. Lana ordered just the mesir wat but they brought the combo by accident. The wat was $5.99, the combo $8.99.

uncutsaniflush writes at 08:59:21 03/26/12 - Comment #68058: That location is cursed. Nothing has stayed open there for more than six months in recent memory.

I drive by that corner almost daily. I thought about posting about Lucy but it felt a wee bit wrong to me. I've eaten Ethiopian cuisine in 3 or 4 restaurants in two different countries (admittedly neither country was in Africa) upon the recommends of culinary-adventurous people who love to eat Ethiopian. It's not for me. That being said, I wish Lucy every success.

jolene writes at 11:15:41 03/26/12 - Comment #68053: (e:tinypliny): I've just seen many small, interesting restaurants come and go in Buffalo, that's all.

tinypliny writes at 10:04:02 03/25/12 - Comment #68049: Why do you think the odds aren't in their favour? It's not like they have any competition. As far as I know, they are the ONLY Ethiopian restaurant in Buffalo!

metalpeter writes at 01:29:30 03/24/12 - Comment #68041: Map Quest it might not be that far..... Amherst near Grant might be more then one wants to walk... But near Delaware not so bad..... Also see what else is near by.... It could be one of many things and not just to trek over there just for it...

jolene writes at 09:15:23 03/24/12 - Comment #68039: I've driven by, and definitely want to eat there before they go out of business. Not to be pessimistic or anything, just odds aren't in their favor...

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Category: music

03/23/12 06:29 - ID#56276

You are my home

Okay, I admit, I just can't stop looping all his songs. It's Billy Joel but in an inexplicably and 10000000 times sexier voice.

metalpeter writes at 05:08:31 03/26/12 - Comment #68057: I used the word better where I shouldn't have an have to say sorry about that... That reason is why I don't watch American Idol.... To me American Idol is like saying we prefer this voice over that voice... But look to rock Music people like Neal Young, Bruce Springsteen and some might even put John Bon Jovi in there, Axel Rose all have bad voices..... But if that is so then why do they sell so many Records... Why is Gun's N' Roses going the Rock N' Roll Hall of fame... I think Axel has a great voice he just doesn't use it very often.... If I didn't want Christina to rape me and if it wasn't at the same time as WWE and my Fox monday night shows I would watch the voice I think it is cool idea... I also liked when they had some rock band that people tried out for that was a cool show......

tinypliny writes at 10:12:24 03/25/12 - Comment #68052: So I was actually searching for a musical/broadway/pure unmodified piano (no strings or synth) version of "Just the way you are" and found this instead. There, you now have background on my bias. :)

tinypliny writes at 10:10:26 03/25/12 - Comment #68051: Take La Roux for example. On its own the voice is nothing to write home about, but with the tune, it has its own charm.

tinypliny writes at 10:08:43 03/25/12 - Comment #68050: heh, funny you say that. I was thinking how wonderful this bloke would be in musicals. I don't know if you can call one voice better than the other. They all have unique voices in their own way. Some voices are more suited to carrying melodies, some stay in tune, some have a delightful way of changing timbre and yet stay in tune. It's difficult to assess voices. I like the Allentown cover (below) the best. Somehow it has more raw feeling in it than Joel's for that theme...

metalpeter writes at 01:20:08 03/24/12 - Comment #68040: Well I'm glad you found cover songs you like..... Now granted Joel's voice has changed some over the years but his voice is way better then this guy.... Now I could see this guy maybe doing plays and musicals but rock star sorry no.....

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03/23/12 06:23 - ID#56275

Allentown

One word. WOW.

I can't imagine how this youtuber transformed Billy Joel into something completely extraordinary. I love that raw edge to his voice. His covers are quite possibly the best versions I have ever heard! In fact, I would say, I prefer these versions waaaayy more than the originals. Why on earth has this person not been discovered yet?!

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Category: music

03/23/12 05:47 - ID#56274

Just the way you are...

Wish my committee would say this to me. Alas. Alas.

Not a note out of tune. I prefer this version to Billy Joel's version!

And let's not even talk about that infernal kid Bruno whatever. All the really good Billy Joel's covers are sunk in searches by his absolutely awful song. WHYYYYYYY did he have to choose the same name!?? The universe should have rules against someone picking a classic song name and then destroying the whole concept by some hideous teeny-bopper version,

Even searching for "Just the way you are" -bruno is sometimes polluted with Bruno covers. UGH. Super UGH.

Anyway, in spite of bruno-polluted searches, I found another brilliant keyboard version (without the vocals)

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03/23/12 12:09 - ID#56272

If it looks like a troll...

"If it looks like a troll and walks like a troll, it must be Apple."

The company just fell to a new low of what it is to be an ultimate champion in hypocrisy.

It just filed a patent for haptic feedback - a super convenient feature that has ALWAYS been around in Android. No doubt the next step would be some stupid patent office clerk signing off on this and then Apple suing the Android world to get its grubby manicured camouflaged paws on even more profits that is definitely not theirs and then claiming that they came up with the idea to begin with.

Disgusting practices +++

Given these hideous underhand dirty market practices coupled with snooty elitism and a horde of facade-driven ~~sheep~~ creeps, who feel they have inherited some kind of glory by using CrApple products, is it any surprise that even considering buying any kind of CrApple seems revolting?