A Quickie

We're in the last few weeks of the spring semester, so my days have been insane. Hard to keep up with the blog. But I'll give you a couple of quick items to chew over:

First, Strudel and I ran again this morning. She did much better this time. We ran on a hilly course, so she probably appreciated that I was slowing down, too. There was much less need to pull her with me this time. It was still not a terribly intense workout, but we're building up. She actually woke up at 4:15 this morning, barking about something. I like to think she sensed the energy in the house from the impending workout.

Second: some fascinating cancer research in the news. Scientists are testing a technique using iron oxide particles to destroy cancer cells. The particles are attached to antibodies (something like the NHLer's best friend, Rituxin). The antibodies will attach to cancer cells, as they are designed to do. The patient is then placed into a "light oven," which uses infrared light to heat up the iron oxide attached to the antibody; the heated iron oxide then kills the cancer cell. Here's the story. It's from a British newspaper, so it's either deadly serious, or part of an elaborate Monty Python skit.

And since the comments are so few when I discuss something serious like new cancer treatments, I'll give you something juicier to discuss: a bogger's list of the Ten Cheesiest Singers of All Time. And I'm not ashamed to say that at one time or another in my life, I've owned music by 8 of the 10.

Enjoy.