March 27, 2012

The Most Long-Winded Tennis Lesson

in the history of mankind.

But it is okay.



March 25, 2012

March 22, 2012

Home

Sailing

Another day at the "office."

March 21, 2012

Do Statins Make it Hard to Exercise

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/14/do-statins-make-it-tough-to-exercise/

 Key quote:

"So what does the emerging science about statins and muscles mean for someone who is taking or considering the drugs? “Statins save lives,” Dr. Thompson says. “Most people cannot control their cholesterol with diet and exercise alone.” He advises athletes to stop taking the drugs several days before a competition or strenuous workout, to avoid exacerbating muscle damage. But if you have intractably high cholesterol or a history of heart disease or stroke, he says, “you should be on statins.”"

Dr. Paul Thompson, the chief of cardiology at Hartford Hospital in Connecticut and senior author of the study that finds that statins damage muscle.

March 19, 2012

Supreme Court Hears In Vitro Fertilization Case

Whoa.

Prediction: They will rule against the benefits and Congress will have to clean this up.  As it should.

http://www.npr.org/2012/03/19/148935151/justices-weigh-ivf-technology-against-1939-law?ft=1&f=1002&sc=igg2

March 11, 2012

March 9, 2012

David Rosenhan

Robert is sorry to hear of the passing of one of his Stanford professors.  David Rosenhan. He was a very energetic lecturer.

http://blogs.law.stanford.edu/newsfeed/2012/02/16/stanford-law-school-mourns-the-loss-of-david-l-rosenhan-professor-of-law-psychology-emeritus/

March 6, 2012

March 5, 2012