Gay Rugby or Wife Carrying

[luckycanuck]

Bad timing.  My first game with the Convicts is this weekend.  We are playing Maccabi, the all Jewish team in our final trial match.  (Clearly they aren't especially orthodox or they wouldn't be playing on Shabbat.)  I chose not to have a big workout yesterday, though I did a total of 500 pushups whilst watching Family Guy last night.

Unfortunately, the national wife carrying championship is on the same day and I can't do both.  If only they were on different weekends I could have done both, and just maybe I could have become a national champion of wife carrying in Australia just as I was in Canada in 2002.  One day I must go to Finland to compete in the world championships.

No matter.  My car is currently being serviced and I've finally gotten the code to unlock the radio so I won't be stuck singing to myself all the way to Sydney.

A major buyer has increased its stake in Chemgenex, which is reassuring for me and makes me think I should hold onto it.  Clearly people with more resources and expertise than I've got believe their drug will be approved and have put a fair chunk of money on it.

I did some looking around and the cost of the leukemia treatment they are aiming to offer in America is expected to be around $30,000 per year.  I don't have any problem with them making money through treating the sick.  I know that if they do so it will preserve lives, it will be good news for me, and it will stand to give me a bit of financial security.  It is a reminder, however, that I could be facing the same kind of costs if I was hit by similar circumstances.  That probably explains why I invest in the first place.

Comments

[vieirra.livejournal.com]

you have a wife??

[luckycanuck.livejournal.com]

No I've never been married. I had to borrow another man's wife for a few minutes. There is no rule saying you must carry YOUR wife and no rule saying she must be married.

[minxyminou.livejournal.com]

If you were going to do it I'd suggest using my friend's tiny asian girlfried who weighs about 40kgs as your substitute wife :P

[luckycanuck.livejournal.com]

40kg? I think there's a rule that says the wife must be at least 50kg, so she would have to wear 10kg of weights.

[bakerypenguin.livejournal.com]

Yay for unlocked car radios...

[luckycanuck.livejournal.com]

I could have arranged to unlock it at any time, but it never bothered me. I just got used to quiet time in the car.