30 Something Baby Doc

Friday, August 24, 2007

The Next Jimi Hendrix?

I purchased an Acoustics Guitar yesterday. I had been pricing them for a few days. I've been getting very restless lately and I really want a new challenge. I've always liked the sound of an acoustics guitar compared to it's electric brother. My goal is to practice 3o min a day, 5 days a week. I'll take formal lessons occasionally and because I don't know how to read music, I'll have to play be ear. Wish me luck

# posted by tommy @ 7:56 AM

Friday, August 17, 2007

Computer Icons Imitates Life

I sometimes liken the things we collect in life to icons on your computer's windows desktop .

We accumulate several of them but only use less than 10% of these items.

Is frequent purging a good thing??????

# posted by tommy @ 9:14 AM

Thursday, August 16, 2007

People Live Longer in The Cities???

There is a recent study that suggested New Yorkers are living longer than their suburban counterparts......on average 6.2 years longer. One reason may be increased physical activity in city dwellers. Many don't own cars or their cars remain parked for months at a time. Walking everywhere....to the grocery store, movies, restaurants. Some experts theorize that it's that kind of persistent moderate exercise that is much healthier than the 30min to 1 hour vigorous exercise at your local gym.

I live in the city limits, but my neighborhood and home are essentially suburban. This Midwest city maybe be large but has horrible public transportation. I drive everywhere.

Luckily , as an obstetrician my job can be physically demanding at times running up and down stairs, rushing to the delivery room on the labor suite, pulling and pushing (don't ask). I also try very hard to make it to the "Y" on a daily basis (But is it enough?) I remember when I worked for the federal government in DC before I went to medical school. I sat at a desk all day...consumed 3 meals a day including snacks and got fat. I'm in decent shape, but I feel like I could be in better shape, maybe moving into the the downtown sector of the city is not a bad idea.

# posted by tommy @ 6:22 AM

Monday, August 06, 2007

Finishing Touches

I finally broke down and purchased a pool table yesterday for my living room. I debated for quite a while (1 year to be exact) ,whether I should furnish my living room with a couch, sofa and end tables in order to create another sitting room in my house. I already have a furnished family room and didn't see the purpose spending thousands of dollars to furnish and room that would remain dormant 99.9% of the time. I like to play pool as well as my friends therefore it seems more practical. I decided against installing "over table" hanging lights and I'll just purchase standing room lights (If I decided to sell the house, hanging lights would likely to be a negative factor that the potential buyer would have to spend money to correct) . I also have to remember to have guest break AWAY from the picture window:-). The room is small , therefore I purchased a 7' table as opposed to a standard 8' (It's difficult to tell the difference in size). They also threw in 48" cues in addition to the 57" standard cues in order to save my walls...lol. ,

I decided on black felt...I'm sure I'll regret that decision..but I like the way black looked.

# posted by tommy @ 6:35 AM