Meme again

It's Attack of the music meme part 2 RM viewers. So put on your thinking caps and lets dig in shall we?


1. A local boy kicked me in the butt last week, I just smiled at him and I turned the other cheek. Weird Al - Amish Paradise

2. Out on bail, fresh out of jail, California dreaming. Soon as I step on the scene I'm hearing hoochies screaming. 2Pac - California Love

3. And my balls are always bouncing, my ballrooms always full, and everybody comes and comes again. AC/DC - Big Balls

4. Half my lifes in books, written pages. Living, loving from fools and from sages.
Aerosmith - Dream On

5. She doesn't give you time for questions, as she locks up your eyes in hers. Al Stewart - Year of the Cat

6. Sometimes late when things are real and people share the gift of gab between themselves. America - Tin Man

7. He said can I get some, I said you cant get none. I had a chance to run, he pulled out a shotgun. The Beastie Boys - Paul Revere

8. You cant write if you cant relate, Trade the cash for the beef for the body for the hate Beck - Loser

9. Kill the spirit and you'll be blinded, the end is always the same. Play with fire, you burn your fingers and lose your hold of the flame Black Sabbath - The Mob Rules

10. By the time we got into Tulsa-town, we had 85 truck in all, but there's a roadblock up on the cloverleaf and them bears was wall to wall. C.W. McCall - Convoy

11. I guess you didn't know it but I'm a fiddle player too, and if you care to take a dare I'll make a bet with you. Charlie Daniels - The Devil Went Down to Georgia

12. If you're ever in houston, well, you better do the right; You better not gamble, there, you better not fight, at all Creedence Clearwater Revival - The Midnight Special

13. Touch your lips just so I know, In your eyes, love, it glows so, i'm bare boned and crazy for you Dave Mathews Band - Crash Into Me

14. I got a million ways to make my day, But daddy don't agree. Cause when I try to get away, He says he got plans for me. Def Leppard - Lets Get Rocked

15. My nose is big, uh-uh I'm not ashamed, Big like a pickle, I'm still gettin' paid, I get laid by the ladies, ya know I'm in charge, both how I'm livin' and my nose is large Digital Underground - The Humpty Dance

16. Who is to blame in one country, Never can get to the one. Dealin' in multiplication, And they still can't feed everyone. Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue

17. Philosophy is the talk on a cereal box, Religion is the smile on a dog.// Philosophy is a walk on the slippery rocks, Religion is a light in the fog. Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians - What I Am

18. Now put your flags in the air and march them up and down, you can live it up live it up all over the town The Escape Club - Wild Wild West

19. In a town without a name, in a heavy downpour, Thought he passed his own shadow, by the backstage door. Foreigner - Juke Box Hero

20. I won't be coming home tonight, My generation will put it right, We're not just making promises, That we know, we'll never keep. Genesis - Land of Confusion

21. And often times we're lazy, It seems to stand in my way, Cause no one no not no one, Likes to be let down Jack Johnson - Flake

22. If you look at your reflection in the bottom of a well, What you see is only on the surface. When you try to see the meaning, hidden underneath, The measure of the depth can be deceiving. The bottom has a rocky reputation Joe Walsh - The Confessor

23. Imagine theres no countries, It isn't hard to do. Nothing to kill or die for,And no religion too. John Lennon - Imagine

24. You're playing so cool, Obeying every rule. Dig away down in your heart, You're burning, yearning for some. Kenny Loggins - Footloose

25. To sit with elders of the gentle race, this world has seldom seen. They talk of days for which they sit and wait and all will be revealed Led Zeppelin - Kashmir

26. I was lying on the grass on sunday morning of last week, indulging in my self defeats. My mind was thugged, all laced and bugged, all twisted round and beat, uncomfortable three feet deep. Len - Steal My Sunshine

27. Now Scott with a slingshot finally found a tender spot and throws his lover in the sand. And some bloodshot forget-me-not said daddy's within earshot save the buckshot, turn up the band Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By the Light

28. Some nights you're breathing fire, and some nights you're carved in ice, Some nights you're like nothing I've ever seen before or will again. Meatloaf - I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)

29. I've done no harm, I keep to myself; There's nothing wrong with my state of mental health. I like it here with my childhood friend; Here they come, those feelings again! Men At Work - Who Can It Be Now

30. We can go when we want to, The night is young and so am I. And we can dress real neat from our hats to our feet And surprise 'em with the victory cry Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance

31. They're piling in the back seat, They're generating steam heat, Pulsating to the back beat The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop

32. Siam's gonna be the witness to the ultimate test of cerebral fitness. This grips me more than would a muddy old river or reclining Buddha. Murray Head - One Night in Bangkok

33. my creation--is it real? Its my creation--i do not know. No hesitation--no heart of gold. Just flesh and blood--i do not know Oingo Boingo - Weird Science

34. Everyone's a super hero Everyone's a Captain Kirk, With orders to identify, To clarify, and classify. Nena - 99 Red Ballons

35. Save me, Is there nothing that I can use. Please believe me, Am I conforming to your views. Promise you anything, Watch me cryin’ out to you. Gimme back my name, Let me make my statement. Nazareth - Crazy(A Suitable Case For Treatment)

36. Dressed up like a million-dollar trooper, Tryin' hard to look like Gary Cooper (super duper). Come let's mix where Rockefellers walk with sticks or um-ber-ellas in their mitts Taco - Putting on the Ritz

37. come and get some of this, don't forget da innuendo, play me like nintendo, never ever let go, screaming so loud, you'll be hitting the crescendo K7 - Come Baby Come



Well that's the list for this week. Do your best, and no asking Dr. Google. Eyes on your own papers please.

In other news, Ive been feeling like a zombie all day. My numbers are about the usual, but I'm just so tired.

In honor of George C. "Longshoremen walked off the piers today. Rescue efforts are continuing around the clock."

Quiet days

So today is one of those rare days that I have little to do. I figured it would be a great time to review my basal profiles and see just whats going on lately and if I need to change anything. Fortunately for me I bought 2 cases of bottled water yesterday, so I at least have something to put in my stomach for the next several hours.

Chat

Chatting online is one of my many pleasures. It ranks up there with gaming. Many of the D related sites I've seen have some type of chat interface. But Flash and Java have limitations as to what they can do. Call me oldschool, traditionalist, throwback, etc..., but I prefer old IRC based chat systems. Fully customizable based on your chat program, extensive features through services, and if you have a bit of tech savvy, you can create a bot that will echo responses on command.

This is what I have done for years. ivy tried many of the chat programs out there and I still prefer the old system. Just because something is newer, doesn't always make it better. Sure, the chat on the sites there are good, fun, and usually well protected by the admins and site mods, But I still prefer the old chat.

Just for the record I DO go into some of the chats on the D sites. And I have made some good friends while doing this. And both old and new have problems. ping timeouts/server timeouts just to name a few. I do have a chat room running, but since this blog goes out on a few sites I wont post here how to get there. If you want the info, feel free to contact me and I will tell you how to connect.

Whaa!!!!

Well, Another week at work is almost over. I work 4, 10 hour shifts with 3 days off. Normally I would talk about work here but it's been on my mind alot lately. Its slow. Very slow. It's so slow in fact, that I'm considering working evenings as opposed to days. Money seems to be better on nights as there are generally more customers at night. I hate the idea. Hardly seeing my family, missing the kids, the change in hours, not to mention that it gets damn hot during the days when I would be trying to sleep. My numbers have been good, fewer hypos at work pre-lunch. Usually in the 80's to mid 70's. How would the change in shifts effect those numbers?

In other news, George Carlin, master of comedy, passed away on Sunday. I remember when I was a kid listening to my dads album "Take-Offs and Put-ons". True comedy genius at work. From Wonderful WINO radi featuring Al Sleet, To the Indian Sargeant. The only thing that even comes close is Robin Williams - Reality..... What A Concept!

I've whined enough for one day.

Summer is officially here

Well it's summer time here in the northern hemisphere. Today we celebrated in typical fashion by inflating and filling the pool, me sitting on my butt watching the boy splash around and having a BBQ cookout on the grill. Burgers and Dogs, and pasta salad.

All day I kept checking my numbers to see some pretty happy results. 81, 83, 79, then my dinner PP. 172!?!?!?! Oh man, WTF. Thats even 4 hours after dinner! Such a good day too. I bolused for everything. Screw it. I wanted Ice cream. Now I'm waiting for the 2 hour PP after that. if its over 140 I'm gonna have to correct and damn the consequences.

In other news, my daughter is becomming an activist. She and her cousins protested outside a KFC today. Down with the establishment!!!!

Also I have posted the answers to the meme. You may not know some of them, but i believe you may be surprised at a few.

Artificial Pancreas

The prayers of ALOT, of T1 diabetics may be answered soon.


June 16, 2008, 1:24AM
The revolution ahead
Work on artificial pancreas project nears historic end

By TODD ACKERMAN
Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle

Researchers are edging closer to a high-tech system that would automatically regulate diabetics' blood sugar and rid them of their daily burden of pricking their fingers and injecting insulin.

The system, a so-called artificial pancreas, has been a Holy Grail of diabetes treatment for decades, a bridge to the day when a cure is finally found. It would mostly benefit Type 1 diabetics, those whose bodies have stopped making insulin, but also those Type 2 diabetics who
require insulin shots.

"The artificial pancreas will revolutionize diabetes treatment," said Aaron Kowalski, a research director at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the project's big sponsor "It will significantly lower or eliminate the risk of complications such as blindness, kidney failure, heart disease. And it will improve quality of life as people will no longer have to constantly monitor themselves."

The system already is in trials at centers in the United States and internationally. But researchers say it'll likely be another five or so years, as component parts are improved and consolidated into a single package, before the realized vision is ready to hit the market.

It wouldn't be a traditional replacement organ. Rather than physically resemble a pancreas and fit near it, it would mostly rest outside the body and strive only to duplicate function. It would build upon two existing devices — insulin pumps and continuous blood glucose monitors — that marked big steps forward in diabetes treatment in 1978 and 2005, respectively.

In the finished product, the monitor will not only measure a diabetic's blood sugar level, but signal the pump to release an appropriate amount of insulin to adjust the level into the normal range, in effect mimicking a real pancreas. A computer program, developed based on the changes in levels caused by human diet and behavior, will calculate the particular need at any given time.

The result would be the elimination of the highs and lows diabetics now experience.

Some 21 million Americans have diabetes, which is characterized by the body's inability to produce or properly use insulin, a hormone that maintains normal levels of blood sugar, or glucose, and helps convert sugar, starches and other food into energy. About 5 million diabetics
take it, including as many as 3 million with Type 1.

In an effort to maintain optimal glucose control of their glucose — high levels damage blood vessels and nerves and lead to complications — conscientious diabetics will prick their fingers four to 10 times a day to test their levels. But even frequent testers don't know if their
glucose skyrockets or crashes between tests — most ominously, when they're asleep.

Studies have found that even patients who measure their glucose as much as nine times a day spent less than 30 percent of the day in the normal range. Their levels were either too high or too low the rest of the time.

In that context, the Food and Drug Administration's recent approval of continuous monitors was a breakthrough. The monitor, worn like a pager and connected to a sensor placed just under the skin, tells the patient whether levels are trending up or down. If levels reach dangerously high or low levels, it sounds an alarm.

"The monitor's made things a lot easier for me," says Rob Loar, a Kingwood native and medical student diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 1992, when he was 6. "Because of the additional information it provides I'm able to use my pump more effectively and avoid the peaks and
valleys I used to experience."

But the monitors have limitations. Their readings are usually 15 to 30 minutes behind real time. They require users to be educated and committed to the task, a requirement that's resulted in short-term studies showing mixed results. And because adoption of the device has been limited so far, insurance only sporadically covers its high cost — $1,000 plus at least $350 a month for supplies.

The fully realized artificial pancreas should change all that. Researchers predict it would be universally adopted by diabetics on insulin — and thus covered by insurance — because it'd work
automatically, rendering patient involvement unnecessary.

In the first pediatric trial of a prototype of the artificial pancreas earlier this year, Yale University researchers tested it on 18 teenagers who stayed in a hospital for 36 hours and found it effectively kept glucose levels in the normal range throughout. New series of trials testing the system in less controlled settings are in the works.

But researchers acknowledge there is still much work to be done. At the moment, they say, the biggest challenge is developing a sensor that delivers accurate measurements of glucose levels to the pump in real time. Algorithms that calculate just how much insulin should be delivered at different times and in different circumstances need to be improved, though researchers say that shouldn't be an easy problem to solve.

Still, there are skeptics aplenty, some of whom complain that they have been hearing about an artificial pancreas since the 1970s, when prototypes were refrigerator-sized and hospital-based. More than 30 years later, hoping instead for a biological cure, they argue it's still just a lot of hype.

More specifically, they warn about the inevitability of mechanical failure, which could cause catastrophe if it occurred at particularly inopportune times; the burden of carrying around even more technology; and price tags double the amount of today's pumps.

Researchers respond that they are working on back-up systems in case of mechanical failure, that later-generation models of the artificial pancreas likely would be wholly under the skin and that insurers will ultimately rush to embrace it because it will dramatically reduce the $100 billion the United States now spends annually on diabetes-related medical care.

"It's important to remember that an artificial pancreas won't be a cure," said Dr. Philip Orlander, head of endocrinology at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. "It'll still require
doctor's visits and monitoring. But it would be a major improvement over current treatment, one that I'm sure all Type 1 diabetics in our clinic would be on."

todd.ackerman@chron.com

It's Monday, Site change day!!!!

So I'm sitting here looking at other D blogs while filling a new cartridge and getting ready for a site change. And I'm wondering if anyone prefills their cartridges and lets them sit in the fridge or just fills them as needed?

New viewer

Hi Dar, thanks for looking in.

DF A.K.A. Diabetes Forums

Well I hit a milestone today. My 500th post to my favorite D
related forum site. So to celebrate this occasion, I'm going to borrow
from Dars Blog a little meme I liked.

*Update* Added some extra lines to aid in hints.

Try and name the artist and song from the lyric.

1. show her my gloves, as she had on her mitts, And I spied she liked me when she showed me her... Perfume that she buys, whenever Avon calls. Polkadot Undies - Blouser and Blue

2. Remember when you ran away And I got on my knees And begged you not to leave Because I'd go berserk? Well. . . You left me anyhow and then the days got worse and worse. They're coming to take me away, HaHa. - Napoleon XIV

3. You're blinded by romance, you're blinded by science, You're condition is critically grave.
But don't expect mercy from such an alliance, Suspicion of traditions so new wave. Shock treatment - Richard Obrien

4. Oh you're so condescending, your goal is never ending "We're Not Gonna Take It" - Twisted Sister - Dar

5. Look at us spinning out in the madness of a roller coaster. You know you went off like a devil In a church in the middle of a crowded room. The Space Between - Dave Mathews

6. One likes to believe in the freedom of music. But glittering prizes and endless compromises, shatter the illusion of integrity yeah. The Spirit of Radio - Rush

7. In all that exists, None have your beauty. I see your face, I will survive! Mystify - INXS

8. Why follow me to higher ground? Lost as you swear I am. Don't throw away your basic needs, Ambiance and vanity. December - Collective Soul

9. Don't you lie, Don't you lie, cause you can't hide the truth. I can see whats behind those eyes, tongue so twisted from telling lies. Goodbye - Save Ferris

10. So you think I got a funny face, I ain't got no worries "Cum on Feel the Noize" - Quiet Riot - Dar

11. Dressing up in costumes, playing silly games. Hiding out in treetops, shouting out rude names. Games Without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel

12. Well I know the saying goes that all in love and war is fair. But I never stood a chance against your chemical warfare. My love is Chemical - Lou Reed

13. And the man in the back is ready to crack as he raises his hand to the sky. And the girl in the corner is everyone's mourner - she could kill you with a wink of her eye. Ballroom Blitz - Tia Carrere

14. There's a new game, We like to play you see. A game with added reality. You treat me like a dog, get me down on my knees. Master and Servant - Depeche Mode

15. A friend in needs a friend in deed, A friend who'll tease is better, Our thoughts compressed which makes us blessed and makes for stormy weather. Pure Morning - Placebo

16. I am the son and the heir of a shyness that is criminally vulgar. I am the son and heir, of nothing in particular. How Soon is Now - Love Spit Love

17. You welcome me with open arms, and open legs. I know only fools have needs but this one never begs. You Better You Bet - The Who

18. Time everlasting, Time to play B sides. Time aint on my side, Time I'll never know. Burning for You - Blue Oyster Cult

19. Woman you want me, give me a sign, and catch me breathing even closer behind. Hungry like The Wolf - Duran Duran

20. Skin to skin, tongue to oooh! Come on honey hold tight. Come inside, it's a passion play just for you. Sex...(I'm a) - Berlin

21. I wont tear the sack up, punk you better back up. "Jump Around" - House of Pain - Dar

22. We had no home front, we had no soft soap. They sent us Playboy, They gave us Bob Hope. Goodnight Saigon - Billy Joel

23. Late night, come home, Work sucks, I know "All the Small Things" - Blink 182 - Dar

24. Like the lost catacombs of Egypt, Only God knows where we stuck it. Hieroglyphics? Let me be Pacific, I wanna be down in your South Seas. The Bad Touch - The Bloodhound Gang

25. Oh, that cement is just, Its there for weight, dear "Mack the Knife" - Bobby Darin - Dar

26. It's an ancient Chinese art and everybody knew their part. From a feint into a slip, and kicking from the hip. Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas

27. But as the wind changed direction, The Temple band took Five. The crowd caught a whiff, of that crazy casbah Jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiivve. Rock The Casbah - The Clash

28. Don't let the past, remind us of what we are not now. I am not dreaming. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - CSNY

29. Some of these days it wont be long, Gonna drive back down where you once belonged, In the back of a dream car twenty foot long, Dont cry my sweet, dont break my heart, Doing all right, but you gotta get smart, Wish upon, wish upon, day upon day, I believe oh lord, I believe all the way. Golden Years - David Bowie

30. I have legalized robbery, and called it belief, I have run with the money, I have hid like a thief. Rewritten history with armies and my crooks. The Man's too Strong - Dire Straits

31. Did you write the book of love, and do you have faith in God above "American Pie" - Don MClean - Dar

32. Well if it rains, I don't care, don't make no difference to me, Just take that street car that's goin' up town. Black Water - The Doobie Brothers

33. But my dreams, they aren't as empty, as my conscience seems to be "Behind Blue Eyes" - The Who - Dar

34. The smell of gun grease, and their bayonets they shine. He's there to help them all that he can. To make them feel wanted He's a good Holy Man. Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon & The Animals

35. Organically grown, Through the hemisphere I roam, To make love to the angels of life, yeah
And my girl. Weapon of Choice - Fatboy Slim

36. I'm the first person, you're the second person, Earlier today I was in the third person. Stop cursing, start diversing, Oedipus is bliss, the sunshine will affect your mind, Stretch it out, don't doubt the amount. Dream - Forest Through the Trees

37. It was a very good year for small town girls and soft summer nights. We'd hide from the lights, on the village green. It Was A Very Good Year - Frank Sinatra

38. Bright and early for the daily races, Going nowhere, going nowhere. Their tears are filling up their glasses, No expression, No expression. Hide my head I want to drown my sorrows, No tomorrow, No tomorrow. Mad World - Gary Jules

39. Last fire will rise behind those eyes, Black house will rock, blind boys don't lie. Immortal fear, that voice so clear. Through broken walls, that scream I hear. Cry Little Sister - Gerard McMann

40. I'm falling down a spiral, destination unknown. Double cross messenger all alone. Can't get no connection, Can't get through, where are you? The Twilight Zone - Golden Earring

41. I've been lost now, days uncounted, And its months since, I've seen home. Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Or am I all alone. I'm Your Captain - Grand Funk Railroad

42. One day up near Salinas, Lord, I let him slip away, He's looking for that home and I hope he finds it, But I'd trade all my tomorrows for one single yesterday. Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin

I'm stopping at 42 because that's the answer to Life, The Universe, and Everything.

Bonus Question -
A gang of pirates landed, and nobody seemed to care.
They stamped into the nearest bar to announce that they were there.
Half our crew was busy there, and invited them to play,
But the pirates only looked at us, and turned and ran away.

Our crew is Starfleet's finest, and our record is our pride.
And when we play we tend to leave a trail a mile wide.
We're sorry about the wreckage and the riots and the fuss;
At least we're sure that planet won't be quick forgetting us!
Banned from Argo - Leslie Fish

ScribeFire

Started looking around for a few blogging tools this morning. Found something called ScribeFire for adding to your blog via a FireFox console. Figured I'd try it out.

Shorttimers

Its official, My kids have short timers, less than 2 weeks of school left. Now I will have to figure out new and interesting ways of entertaining them that doesn't involve duct taping them to their walls. I feel sorriest for my wife since I have the escape of work 4 days a week.

New Beginings

Well, I haven't used a blog in about 6-7 years. I figured I would try again and see if it actually works out this time.

First I think I should tell you a little bit about myself. I'm crude, crass, and generally far from socially acceptable. Political correctness to me is a punchline at parties, and I am not the kind of person that you want to be seen with by your friends.

Read this blog at your own risk and I guarantee that eventually, I will say something that will make you angry or offend you.