dentist and sushi

Today, after more than a year, I go to the dentist

It's part of my Kaiser plan, now, starting 1/1. I like the way my mouth feels after all that scraping and cleaning.

Then, Sara and I are going out for sushi, possibly my favorite food, next to Thai.
It's gonna be a good day!
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well, it wasn't as great a day as I had hoped...
I'll be out some money to pay for periodontal disease/4cavities
and
we therefore didn't have sushi (we had okay indian)
and
my meds are apparently affecting my liver...ugh; it will be tested soon.
and
the horrific arizona shooting. The suspect looked alot better with his hair. What a psycho mugshot. So sad about the young girl. The shooter; what an a-hole. Eric Holder apparently thinks he's a priest. I think his religious talk is inappropriate, myself. Whatever, though.

The Efficacy of Prayer

Weird, but apparently prayer works

It's the last chapter, pg. 896, of a book I just bought with my Barnes and Noble gift certificate, called The Owner's Manual for The Brain (everyday applications from mind-brain research)

It says,
half of a group of 393 cardiology patients who were prayed for by home prayer groups were 5x less likely to require antibiotics and 3x less likely to develop fluid in the lungs, reported from a 1988 review.

Another instance of impressive results is a study in which 10 people focused their prayers on retarding the growth of a laboratory fungus, while they were 15 miles from the fungus. Over 70% of the cultures showed retarded growth. The results were duplicated 16 times (out of 16). (!)

Speaking of prayer, my uncle Tom is having heart surgery on Monday, January 24. So join me if you like in praying for a safe surgery and healthy recovery. Thanks!