Cholesterol

I had my cholesterol checked the other day and it was 173. Not that it’s bad or anything… but I figured I’d be quite a bit lower than that. It’s not one of those really descriptive tests that tells you how much LDL vs HDL you have, so perhaps I have a lot of good cholesterol. Regardless, still a bit startling.

I’m supposed to go biking today at BWI. It’s nice out, so let’s hope everything goes through!

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Published:: 08.21.05 / 1pm

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Chris 08.21.05 / 6pm

Your total cholesterol level looks good. Medline and NML indicate that a total cholesterol below 200 is desirable. Keeping the LDL, the bad cholesterol, down is really important. The HDL, VLDL and triglycerides levels are other indicators to be concious of.
Chris 08.24.05 / 4pm

What kind of biking did u do MTB or road?
Jason Lancaster 08.25.05 / 4pm

Mountain biking, of course! Road biking is for ferries…
Chris 08.25.05 / 7pm

Did u get any raspberries from MTBing?
Jason Lancaster 08.27.05 / 12pm

Raspberries?
Chris 08.27.05 / 2pm

Raspberry is short for an abrasion.

Formal language:

Acute abrasions are produced when the granular and keratinized skin cells are abruptly removed from the underlying dermis or “true skin.” Trauma denudes the epidermis, thereby exposing the more substantive lower papillary and reticular dermis, and punctate bleeding occurs from the severed arterioles of the dermal papillae. These pinpoint areas of bleeding within a larger patch of tissue exudate contribute to what is often clinically referred to as a “raspberry” or “strawberry.”
Jason Lancaster 08.28.05 / 10am

No I didn’t, not that I’d be like “hey my ass got abraised” in the weblog.
Chris 08.28.05 / 4pm

I hope I didn’t offend. I was tryin to gauge how aggressively u were MTBing.
Jason Lancaster 08.29.05 / 12am

My ass hurt… but I don’t think it I had any raspberries. Then again, I’ve always called raspberries a fruit or what you do when you blow on someones stomach and make a farting noise.

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I have three passions: Technology, dancing, and climbing.

I work for Visionmark Communications as a web developer. In my spare time, I’m a brain for Fusion Bay, a firm I founded in 2004 with Adam Douglass. I’ve created some cool things like the popular Wordabble iPhone game and GiftListIt.

I am a Lindy Hopper, a style of dance that began in the early 1920’s. I dance and help run Charm City Swing, Baltimore’s premier swing dancing venue.

I live to climb. I primarily enjoy bouldering; the lack of ropes make bouldering the purest of all climbing styles. My favorite local gym is Earth Treks, Timmonium.

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