On the DEWLine 2.0: Dwight Williams

Why am I not comforted by this news?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/erase-memories-1.4186191

Not a great way to start my morning. Or anyone else's, I suspect.

...yeah, I've fallen off-pace a bit. Been sick this week. Another viral infection, but this one looks like it won't need antibiotics to make it go away. A good thing.

Meanwhile...YouTube videos as software training tools. Yeah, that's still a thing, and I'm ploughing through a few of those before bed.

Some good medical news.

I got the results of the blood tests today. Thyroid and kidneys are good, blood sugar at the lower end of the pre-diabetic range. So I'm pleased with that. Ditto with the healing of the "ulcers" on my shins. No more changing dressings before bedtime, no more antibiotic ointment. For the time being, at least.

I'll likely be sticking with the compression socks for the foreseeable future, as well as keeping the unused ointment and dressing pads Just In Case.

I don't expect to evade Type 2 diabetes forever, mind you, no matter how careful I become. That strikes me as an inevitability, barring new medical triumphs (which are, so we've been hearing, being researched on a continuing basis and seem closer to bearing useful fruits of knowledge and treatment regimens).

Meantime, I've been enjoying what I can of the vacation leave left to me by my current day-job contract. That ends at close of business tomorrow. On the weekend, I file the relevant federal paperwork, and on Monday, the job search begins again, officially. Unofficially, it never really stopped.

More on other matters later.

CBC News notes a campaign to enable access to FM radio stations via our "smartphones" without needing to use our data plans. My current primary cleverphone may be better able to serve my needs if this campaign succeeds. Maybe.

The Guardian notes the looking into the causes of the wildfires plaguing Fort McMurray and its neighbours.

Science News reports the raising of questions to be further investigated about Body Mass Index. (Yes, there's a longstanding personal concern tied to this one.)

I'm voting after work tomorrow. Partly to get it done. Partly to avert the temptation to vote out of fear rather than hope.

Other notes...

Busted a filling again. It's one that has older work, so maybe it was time for the upgrade. But with the not-so-new-anymore-guy, it's still pricier than it used to be. I can manage the expense, but it still pains the wallet.

(Universal dental care at long last in Canada, anyone? Please?)

Comics reading this week: Captain Canuck # 4, We Stand on Guard # 4, Avengers # 0, All-New All-Different Marvel Point-One.

The third item on this list has me wondering: is Marvel Editorial seeking to sever the link between Canada and the Alpha Flight brand?

So this was the news dropped on us last night via the Canadian Media Guild's news feed:

http://www.cmg.ca/en/2015/09/22/cbc-announces-plans-to-sell-off-all-buildings-in-midst-of-election-campaign/

Disturbing timing, although it's not as if this wasn't on the "intended results" list of those engineering the cuts to the federal share of CBC's annual budgets. As far as I know, CBC never owned the current Ottawa Broadcast Centre's home building. Despite the place being designed to serve the needs of the Ceeb, if the landlord wanted them out...?

Meanwhile, the coughing jags are still dropping further in frequency, although it seems like the severity level tries to compensate for that at times with more enthusiasm than I want.

*winces at the memory*

I'm still going back to work this morning, though.

At least the weather's been holding steady.

To those of you who were fans of Babe Ruth, my condolences on your loss today.

More on other stuff later...

Saw "The Magician's Apprentice" earlier this afternoon. A ride mixing fun and horror in equal measure, to my satisfaction. We can quibble over specific details if you want, but beware: some on my friendlist in that fandom may not have seen the show yet.

As to the ear-nose-throat issues, those continue at speed. I've burned through two boxes of facial tissue to date, a half-dozen Ricola lozenges, and I don't expect to be done yet by tomorrow morning. There will be lack of sleep, as per usual, when I log off for the night.

More as it occurs to me.

(Wondering if I want an avatar for "Twelve"...)

So. Allergy flareup to go with breakfast this morning. We had a thunderstorm that did not relieve the heat/humidity situation in Ottawa-Gatineau overnight. And Yvonne Craig, the first person to play the character we've known as Batgirl and Oracle - she only played the former incarnation because it was the late 1960's - is dead at 78.

Not the best of starts to this particular day. 

Based on this NY Times editorial, I have two thoughts:

1. What were the US authorities of the day thinking when they set those rules requiring that particular sequence of steps in place?

2. Where is Health Canada on this issue?

I didn't know this was a real event.

Originally posted by lancet_rss at [Editorial] Universal health coverage post-2015: putting people first