What evidence, beyond circumstantial? And while I could maybe accept the argument that someone who lives with a family of smokers or works eight hours a day in a smoke filled atmosphere might be susceptible, the idea that a couple of hours in a bar or bingo game will put the "c" in you strikes me as fairly ludicrous.

I think we're so frightened by what we don't know about cancer (and I think that's a lot), that we jump at every possible cause. There was a whole scare over cel-phones and cancer a few years back.

I was going to type something along these lines but you beat me to it, so I'll just co-sign.

A few weeks ago, I'm at the doctor, we're talking about my general health, etc. I smoke right around a pack a day, so I'm expecting the same "smoking=bad" speech that I hear all the time. The doctor is more concerned with my soda intake than the amount of cigarettes that I smoke. According to her, drinking more than one or two 20oz sodas per day is worse for me in the long run than if I continue to smoke the pack/day that I do now. Yes, the smoking is bad for me, but, not as bad as has been portrayed, says she. I was suprised.

FYI, Mountain Dew™ is harder to give up that cigarettes.

Happy father's day to those of you who are happy fathers.

It's also the anniversary of the first baseball game in 1846.

My reason for going to the doctor was that I had this throat infection that absolutely would not go away. I was on antibiotics for like two months straight to no avail...