Since there were several things I wanted to comment on today I decided to do a bullet list to try and keep it short:

• I did a 20 minute trail run with my friend in Colorado. This was my first trail run and I enjoyed it (after not during). I had to walk a few sections but other than that I thought I handled the new type of running and lack of oxygen pretty well.
• I did not watch all of the presidential debate last Friday but my favorite part was when Obama said (and I paraphrase), “I have a bracelet too that was given to me by srgt uh uh um by tthe mother of srgt uh…”. He finally got the name out but it was such a “me too” moment that totally backfired on him.
• The gas shortage in Georgia is really starting to become an issue. I am not sure if this is an actual supply problem or if people around here are just stupid and creating the problem with their panicking. What’s funny is that I hear we are the only state having these issues right now.
• I got to play Duke Nukem 3D this weekend on my Xbox 360. This was a huge game when I was in college and we spent many a day with wires spread between our rooms or having LAN parties to play this game. Now I can play it across Xbox Live and not have to drag by computer to someone’s house to play Dukematch.

I got the pleasure of a morning CT scan today including the lovely “vanilla shake” that you have to drink to make your innards glow. As I left the hospital I could not help but think about the raging debate over health care and whether we should socialize our medical system like they have in the UK, Australia, and other places. While this subject falls well “above my pay grade” I had to wonder how long I would have had to wait in line for my CT scan appointment had I lived in a socialized medicine country. My condition is not life-threatening so would that mean I would have to wait longer? Would the level of care not have been as good? While I will agree that the medical costs here in America have spun out of control (it was $4,500 for a 15 minute CT scan today) I am not sure that socializing the system is the right approach. And, for once I don’t have an alternate suggestion…yet!

I decided to watch Barak Obama’s speech last night. One thing really stood out and bugged me. At one point he went on a rant about the failed policies of the current administration. I have no problem with that since he is entitled to his opinion and he was given the platform to spread his message. However, when he did this he referred to the policies of “George W Bush” not “President George W Bush”. This was after he made sure to refer to “President Bill Clinton” on at least one occasion earlier in his speech. I understand that Obama may not like President Bush but at least respect the position even if you don’t like the man.