Things to note

1) 4 straight weeks with snow really bums me out.
b) Eating chocolate while sitting on the toilet isn't gross....just don't go cleaning your nails with your teeth while you do it.
3) The COX-2 enzyme is responsible for causing the inflammation associated with pain. Second-generation pain-relievers block this without blocking the COX-1 enzyme that helps protect the stomach lining. Ibuprofen and aspirin block both, which is why they upset the stomach sometimes. However, blocking only the COX-2 enzyme has side effects that can affect how the body's system works, including causing damage to the cardio-vascular system, sometimes resulting in death. Yet, the government is allowing patents on everything from tests that monitor enzymes in the body, to blockers of enzymes, to say nothing of gene-markers and the actual genes themselves. We're on the verge of going too far, not with our exploration of nucleic acids (dna, rna) but with the litigiousness involved in marketing these things. Not only will we continue to pay higher and higher prices for designer drugs created by patent-monopolies, but we may lose ownership of things inside our own bodies. Oh the things you learn from Michael Crichton and reading the Scientific American Journal while in the waiting room.
4) knees are ugly