Paul's Journal

01/10/2011 15:15 #53421

The search for viagra
Category: work

I was doing some research for a court case I am an expert computer witness for. Part of that research involved searching for pharmaceutical advertisements on blogs within a specific domain. Anyhow, after searching viagra and other pharmaceuticals in like 216 million different ways I realized I was still logged into my work VPN on my computer at home. If anyone reviews those records they must think I have a serious need for viagra, lol.

Anyways, the court case in is two hours. The guy is is totally innocent based on my analysis of the records. Lets see how the justice system works it out. I am so curious.

The crazy part is that my work VPN did not block it at all but after a little bit of searching, google stopped working and made my confirm I was actually conducting the searches as they were not usual for my computer. I can't decide if that is awesome or scary. I mean normal in compared to what?

tinypliny - 01/13/11 10:15
Hmmm.. that is strange about google asking you for credentials. After all google does allow querying bots.

metalpeter - 01/10/11 17:05
I'm coming at this another way.... Why are Capchas so hard to read some times.....

01/09/2011 18:10 #53418

Flouride in the water
Category: health

This controversy seems like it has been going on forever. I don't think they should add it to the eater but what I want to know is, what does (e:tinypliny) think? Here is a listvof 50 reasons why they should stop the prgram

Floruide is one of the reasons I went reverse osmosis with our water. Sure, it wastes a bunch of water to make our water clear but I think its worth it considering flouride, the industrial chemicals, living down stream from west valley, the hexavalient chromium issue, etc. I mean, I know I am paranoid south stuff like this but we all agree the great lakes water is pretty gross.

tinypliny - 01/13/11 10:07
I believe in water fluoridation for many reasons that I probably need a post to explain it. I will do a detailed post justifying my stance maybe next week... One the surface, some of those 50 reasons sound logical (some of them are really silly!) but many of them are not really based on the principles and practice of epidemiology.

The controversy is when people forget or are not very clear that the concept of "population health" is never the same as "individual risk". The dynamics and statistics operate differently in each group for good reason. If public health measures were based on individual risk, we would never have had vaccines, never had antibiotics, never had any public hygiene... the list would go on. And you can see how widespread the confusion is because there are groups of people who oppose vaccines, antibiotics, pasteurization and whatnot - all measures with evidence based benefits for population health.

I really need to make a detailed post about this. I think that would be good point to then agree or disagree with me. Because no science is perfect, I expect people to bring up logical fallacies in my thought and disagree. Should be interesting...

libertad - 01/11/11 18:18
The big question to me is why are we still putting fluoride in the water when there are so many reasons not to? I use the Britta filter but you really do have to change and clean those frequently. I was also thinking of getting a shower filter too. Does anyone have any ideas on those?

heidi - 01/09/11 18:47
I'm not (e:tinypliny), but I'm interested in the topic. I've found that and other lists of reasons before and I've also looked at it in the context of Appalachian dental issues. The mountain range's residents have about the worst teeth in the country. Bad dental health correlates with poverty and rurality. Places with fluoridation don't have lower cavity rates than places without. Seems kinda ridiculous.

01/09/2011 16:42 #53417

Tifft Nature Preserve
Category: hiking

I hate winter but since the gym closed and my life seems so stressful I need to start some other form of physical fitness.

Seeing as the car is on its last leg we decided to stay close by and headed to Tifft Nature Preserve. Only in Buffalo do you head to a landfill/nature preserve for a day out I'm the county.

The best part was having little chickadees land on my hand. I felt bad that I had no food in my hand but they don't allow it. Clearly people do as they were all over me.

tinypliny - 01/13/11 09:59
Wow - they really land on your palm?! Someday I must get there...

metalpeter - 01/10/11 16:59
nice photos really like the first one..............

01/09/2011 13:41 #53416

Crappy Weekend
Category: work

It is getting to the point that I work as much on the weekend as during the week. This week I worked ~60 hours. The few minutes I am not working I don't get to spend having fun because I am too exhausted and/or nervous I will need to handle some work emergency.

Its like being a doctor on call with no other doctors around. I handle all of my own issues and then everyone comes to me for their own. I need an assistant so bad. I asked for one. Let's hope there is money for it in the budget in April. Honestly, if I don't get one - I give myself two more years and I am finding another job or having a heart attack.

A picture is worth a thousand words. This is how I feel.

tinypliny - 01/13/11 09:58
:(

01/08/2011 18:31 #53413

Fat Bobs Pig
Category: food

Nameless Bitch and I hit up Fat Bobs for lunch on Friday. Unfortunately, I have no pictures of the food because my hands were too damn sticky for phone use. The smoked wings appetizer was very yummy. They were much different that the ones at one eyes jacks in lockport in that they were massive, consisting of all three parts of the wing and that they didn't so much fall off the bone. I assume the one-eyed jack's wings are smoked much longer.

To me smoked wings are a million times better than fried ones. I can also eat a lot more of them as they are not so greasy.

Then for the main course I had the smoked half chicken with collard greens and fries. Also delicious although once again, the meat stuck to the bone much more than at one eyed jacks.

I think my favorite part is the skin. I could probably eat a whole meal of chicken skin which is precisely why I love chicken legs and wings.

metalpeter - 01/09/11 12:01
They Have a lot of great food, I don't think I posted my pictures from there and I need to.... The Skin tastes great and often that is where all the unhealthy stuff is sometimes............

tinypliny - 01/09/11 11:11
Their stuff is too oily for me.

leetee - 01/09/11 06:20
my nephew used to eat chicken skin sandwiches.