I read an article the other day about a study done on skim/low fat milk. It stated that men who drink skim/low fat milk are at an increase risk of developing prostate cancer.

Now lets see here. When you are young you 1. drink whole milk because weight is not a factor and 2. young men don’t develop prostate cancer. How ever, as you get older your risk of prostate cancer increases and you gain weight easily. And because older men gain weight easily, they are advised to switch to skim/low fat milk.

I am going to guess that if older men switched to whole milk, the number of prostate cancers would remain the same. It is just that they would be fat and have prostate cancer. Then researchers could do a study linking prostate cancer to being fat.

Meijers’ (regional grocery chain) has what I refer to as the Lovers’ Isle. First it has razors and shaving cream for both men and women. These items come in handy for getting your self ready for that special night out.

Next to the razors are the perfumes and the colognes. These are design to set the mood for the evening.

And if the first two selections work, there are the condoms to finish off the evening. It is kind of one stop shopping. 😉

The month of December was a bumper month for readers of my blog.  The number of readers increased by about 200%!  Of course 2/3 of the readers hit my blog because of the Rachel Aldana posting.

And, interestingly enough, very few readers were interested in my Mustang article.  I guess most of my readers are interested in things other than fast cars. 😉

I was in the grocery store the other day buying some salmon steaks. Since the store prides itself on fresh fish, the clerk said that he would cut me some.

So, as expected, he went to the display case and picked up a whole salmon and place it on his cutting board. Then, as expected, he pick up his knife and began sharping it. And, when he went to cut the fish, he place the knife edge on the fish, like he was going to cut it. But instead, he smacked the back of the blade with at rubber mallet and a nice steak fell off of the end of the fish.

The mallet trick seemed to work as he was able to lop off four steaks in a matter of seconds. What he really needs is a Salmon guillotine.

Blue Iris is the official color of 2008. I just found that out. Of course, I didn’t even know that there was an official color for each year. I guess the 2007 official color was Chili Pepper Red. I am sure that knowing the official color will help me make my fashion decisions in the future.

But, more to the point, who decides on these colors and who gave them the authority to make these decisions? If there was a vote taken, I wasn’t included. Is the official color good for the whole world or just the US?

I wonder if there is an official flavor of ice cream for the year?

I got a package in the mail last week. It was from Gillette. Inside was a Gillette Fusion razor.

Now, I had not requested this item but Gillette sent it to me anyway. They did the same thing with their Mach 3 razor several years ago.

I am an old fashioned guy who shaves with a modest Atra razor. It only has two blades rather than 3 blades in the Mach 3 or the enormous 5 blades in the Fusion.

Some how, the Mach 3s extra blade didn’t seem like it would make that much difference over my Atra but the three more blades on the Fusion could reduce my shaving time. After all, I am the guy who has changed from shaving cream to the old mug and brush method because I got tired of the time wasted shaking the can.

So, today, I decided to give the Fusion a trial. After all, I didn’t have to buy it.

My initial impression was OK not WOW! The handle had a good feel and the razor had a nice balance. As for shaving, it had a little bit of a pull on my skin. But in all fairness, all new blade act that way.

I expected those five blade to give me a close shave. But that wasn’t the case. I had to go over my face and do touch ups.

Maybe after a few more shaves, I will come to appreciate those 5 blades. Anyway, my Atra is like 30 years old so I guess it is time to move on.

Since I have always had unofficial rule for site postings, I may as well make them official.

1. No porn or links to porn. If you have these in your posting, I will mark it as spam.

2. No multi URL links postings will be accepted. Some of you people have over 400 URLs in a posting.

3. Your posting needs to make sense. If your message contains nonsensical phrases such as “underwater puppy toaster scrapers” I will assume that you are a terrorist trying to send a message to a sleeper cell. You will be marked as “spam”.

4. If your posting is the same as the previous one that I have read, all of you will be “spam”.

5. If you are selling pharmaceuticals, you will be marked as “spam”. 90% of the responses that I receive are selling pharmaceuticals.

6. If you are posting dating sites, you will be marked as “spam”. Google on dating sites and you will get several million. You don’t need my blog to meet Mr/Ms right.

7. If the URL or the website listed in the header does not work, I will mark you as spam.

8. If your URL or website pops briefly and then pops to another website, I will mark you as spam. You are trying to hide something but I am not sure why.

9. Profanity will be edited. If there is too much to edit, the post will just be deleted.

10. Keep your comments civil. You don’t have to agree with what I write but if you attack me, I will delete your posting.

I am sure that there are others but this will do for now.