Monday, March 30, 2009

March 30, 2009

March madness has been really crazy this year. The final four is somewhat of a surprise with Michigan State, UCONN, Villanova and UNC. I picked UCONN and Villanova for the final four but had Louisville and Pittsburgh in the final. Obama still looks good, he has UNC winning it all, guess its his year. Tiger proved again why he is the greatest of all time by draining a 16 foot put on the final hole to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational, just like he did last year. If he doesn't win at least two majors this year it will be a real surprise, maybe all four.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

March 24, 2008

2008 was the coolest (temperature wise) year of the last 10 years. Another little known fact, centenarians (people over 100 yrs. in age) are the fastest growing demographic group worldwide. There are currently 84,000 of them in the US, 30,000 in Japan. Resveratrol is the component of red wine that activates a gene called SIRT-1, which is normally activated by starvation. SIRT-1extends life in part by reducing lipofuscin that accumulates in human cells. Some pharmaceutical companies are testing much more potent versions of SIRT-1. Drink up, all you wannabe centenarians. (Glen Harlan Reynolds, Forbes Magazine, March 30, 2009, check out his website Instapundit.com)