Waterfalls falling up

The winds in South Australia are so strong, water from a waterfall is being blown up dozens of feet in the air.

It's all a numbers game

Got my test results back. My A1C is at 6.0 (technically "normal," albeit at the very high end of normal). That's down from 6.5 two months ago and 7.5 three months ago. Diet and a small amount of metformin are helping.

My cholesterol is down from 234 to 155. My LDL is down from 163 ("high risk") to 89 ("desirable"), and my HDL is up to 48 from 45.

So, yay. Mind you, I also basically took yesterday off from working out (I try to get one or two days of rest every week) and went out for drinks with co-workers, but this was good incentive to get back to the gym this AM (no running outside for me; when it's 80 degrees at 5AM, that's just not an option).

Motorcycle helmets

1. I'm generally opposed to mandatory helmet laws for adults, on the grounds that adults can make their own choices.

2. That said, anyone who rides without a helmet is begging to help out the gene pool.

And the cat's in the Krueger

Thing I learned today: The connection between Wes Craven and Harry Chapin.

We saw The Chapin Sisters open Wednesday night for Rebecca Loebe. Since I was unfamiliar with them, I used the internets to find out that they're the daughters of Tom Chapin, Harry's brother (and a folk singer in his own right). Harry's wife Bonnie was married to Wes Craven (director of A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Hills Have Eyes, The Last House on the Left, Swamp Thing, and possibly some films that haven't yet been remade), and they had one daughter together, Jessica. Tom and Bonnie's two daughters, Abigail and Lily, joined their half-sister Jessica as a singing group (although Jessica is on a leave of absence, per wikipedia).

And that's how Celestia was made thus, we have the link between slasher films and folk music.