Attack of the Gout
So a couple weeks ago I suffered a sever case of gout in my right
knee. Unfortunately I had no idea that I had gout, instead I thought I
tweaked my knee and maybe teared a tendon. I ended up seeing a doctor
and after an negative MRI it was discovered I have gout. Too bad it
took about a week to make this diagnosis. I ended up spending several
days in bed, in pain and unable to do much. Finally I saw a specialist
and got a cortisone shot which helped relieve the pain.
Since that time I have not played any games on the Xbox and instead found myself reading more about the health care debate and cell phones. There are some good games out there but right now I'm not feeling compelled to play them. It's kind of funny then that when I finally started up my 360 to race a little, my Xbox died for a 3rd time. I got the E74 error on my system. I knew it was coming because the graphics started going crazy when I was playing some Forza. I shipped it off to Microsoft on Saturday so hopefully I'll get it back in time for Bayonetta's release.
I'm feeling that government health care is inevitable now. I expect we'll have the new health care bill signed into law by the end of the year. I honestly do not believe this will lower costs and will end up getting people dumped into a Federally run co-op. Once people realize this doesn;t lower costs there will be moves by government to run private companies out of the health care business. We'll still have private insurance but it will be the haves and the have not's as companies decide to drop health coverage as a benefit to improve the companies stock prices. Lets hope this doesn't happen.
Lastly I've been fascinated with the rise of the Google phone, Nexus One. I'll write more about this phone once I know more but I think we finally have a company that can kill Apple. I happen to hate Steve Jobs and Apple so seeing Google launch their Android phones OS has been fun. I'm enjoying the commercials attacking AT&T's data network and was pleased to hear SNL took a shot at Apple last weekend. Apple sells over priced items to trendy yuppies which makes me sick. Google has always made useful web applications and now it's clear they are ready top take on Apple and Microsoft in the phone, browser and OS.
Since that time I have not played any games on the Xbox and instead found myself reading more about the health care debate and cell phones. There are some good games out there but right now I'm not feeling compelled to play them. It's kind of funny then that when I finally started up my 360 to race a little, my Xbox died for a 3rd time. I got the E74 error on my system. I knew it was coming because the graphics started going crazy when I was playing some Forza. I shipped it off to Microsoft on Saturday so hopefully I'll get it back in time for Bayonetta's release.
I'm feeling that government health care is inevitable now. I expect we'll have the new health care bill signed into law by the end of the year. I honestly do not believe this will lower costs and will end up getting people dumped into a Federally run co-op. Once people realize this doesn;t lower costs there will be moves by government to run private companies out of the health care business. We'll still have private insurance but it will be the haves and the have not's as companies decide to drop health coverage as a benefit to improve the companies stock prices. Lets hope this doesn't happen.
Lastly I've been fascinated with the rise of the Google phone, Nexus One. I'll write more about this phone once I know more but I think we finally have a company that can kill Apple. I happen to hate Steve Jobs and Apple so seeing Google launch their Android phones OS has been fun. I'm enjoying the commercials attacking AT&T's data network and was pleased to hear SNL took a shot at Apple last weekend. Apple sells over priced items to trendy yuppies which makes me sick. Google has always made useful web applications and now it's clear they are ready top take on Apple and Microsoft in the phone, browser and OS.
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