Daily Archives: September 5, 2012

Sport

Quidditch team plays despite weather conditions

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Here’s one I didn’t see coming.  Picked up my alumi magazine (how do they always know where I am) to discover that my modest teacher’s college turned into Ball State University is #1 in…wait for it…quidditch!  That’s right, quidditch.

These are games in 2012.  Gosh, gee whillikers, go Horcrux!  That’s the team name.

RECENT GAMES

Ball State University  260

Miami University of Ohio  20

Ball State University  110

Eastern Michigan University  40

Ball State University  120

TCS Chimeras  0

Ball State University  140

Jetpack Ninja Dinosaurs  50

Ball State University  120

Eastern Michigan University  30

Turns out there is a national Quidditch Championship, the first was in 2007 in Vermont.

Irony was not a real big component of campus life at Ball State when I was there in the late 60’s, but it’s there now.  Look at this.

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Health, Retirement, Third Phase

Medicine

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Back from my pre-op physical for hernia surgery.  Questions, palpitations, blood pressure, blood and ekg.  Looks like I’m cleared to go.

(Hippocrates Teaching)

Having someone cut on my body, especially paying somebody to cut on my body, is not at the top of my list of things to do.  Still, needs to be done.  So.

The whole medical system works well for those of us who have decent insurance and buy into the Western model of care and treatment.  But, even for us, it is cumbersome, overly complicated and very, very far from transparent.

Still.  Having competent docs and hospitals does make me feel much more secure as I age, particularly if I lay Minnesota health care over against, say, Indiana.  We’re in a sweet spot here when it comes to medicine and I’m grateful for that.