Hello fellow humans! This week marked the completion of my 27th rotation around the sun. In other words, I am 28-year-old and coming up on the unknown ventures known as my 30’s. Luckily, I live in LA, where 30 is the new 20, and if your a man that age is upped to 40. So I haven’t been inundated with the notion that I am withering away. Sure, getting older is a bit scary.
Since Andrew Foy and I wrote our Case Against Coronary Artery Scans in an academic journal, the test has only increased in popularity. Grin. The imaging test measures the amount of calcium in the coronary arteries. It’s not covered by health insurers, but smart businesspeople have placed the cost at a manageable $100—which is only a fraction of what you’d be billed for a medical grade CT scan. I write now because of Twitter activity amongst popular and rich business/tech people.
At least once a year something goes awry with the laptop, thumb drives, and Microsoft Word. With my deadline approaching, I did a final once-over of the weekly diatribe. Trying to open the file, Microsoft Word abruptly informed me: “Sorry, we could not find your file. Was it moved, renamed, or deleted?” Nope. Perhaps you’ve experienced the same? A second attempt revealed more disturbing news: “Word was unable to read this document.
Dear readers, I’m very proud of the subtitle for this post. If you’re new here or haven’t gleaned my vibe, that subtitle should tell you plenty about my questionable sense of humor. (Carry On my questionable sense of humor and all. Yes, that is absolutely a fandom reference; thank you for noticing.) Anyway, yep, like some previous quote lists, I intended to have quotes from varying sources but ended up with only J.
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