Six until me?

Warning, this post may be a little editorial.

What do the following people have in common?

Andrew Jackson- American President Bette Davis - actress Carrie Nation - advocate Elliott News - prohibition agent George W. Bush - American President Grover Cleveland - American President James Monroe - American President

John D. Rockafeller- industrialist, philanthropist
Lyndon B. Johnson- American President
Pat Summit - basketball coach
Rev. Billy Ghaham - evangelist, writer
Robert A. Taft - Governor of Ohio
Sam Walton - founder of Wal-Mart
William Henry Harrison - American President

According to the Myers-Briggs personality test, I am one of these "types" of people. A ESTJ or Extroverted, Sensing, Thinking, Judging essentially an Overseeer:

ESTJs are responsible, logical, norm-following hard workers. Their efforts are carried out in a practical, structured manner. ESTJs trust facts and experiences more than theories. They are decisive, loyal, tradition observing individuals. They enjoy being the person in charge and often make good supervisors.

I found this personality test from Kerri Morrone Diabetes blog entitled Six Until Me
While diabetes can be a deadly disease, more often than not I have met a variety of people lately who live with type 1, something that has lived with me for the past five years; not something that I live with.

This now brings me to a recent article, Veggie drug, that our fellow student Whitney Hamrick wrote about. Mice that are fed genetically altered lettuce to cure diabetes right here at UCF.

What does this mean for future diabetics? What about those who live with type 1 or 2? Can it really be as simple as lettuce? I strongly urge those who know diabetics or has diabetes to check into Kerri Morrone's blog about living with diabetes. Morrone works for D-Life, a diabetic newsletter and television show.

Defined by their actions

Hilly Kristal and Richard Jewell

Atlanta Olympic Park bombing suspect Richard Jewell died at the age of 44. While CBGB founder Hilly Kristal, whose punk rock club located in Bowery New York, died at the age of 75 this week. Both men are presumed dead from health complications until an autopsy is performed. Jewell battled diabetes and more recently kidney failure, while Kristal struggled with lung cancer. Two men who have been in the public eye within the past decade were swooned into by unforeseen life choices. Jewell, who worked as a security guard at Georgia's Centennial Olympic Park. While Kristal's decision to open CBGB & OMFUG in 1973 began as a place where "Country Bluegrass and Blues" for "Other Music For Uplifting Gourmandisers" turned into the center for the 1970s punk rock movement.
Jewell's decision to turn attention to a suspicious package at the Olympic Park later landed him in an 88-day FBI questioning act. Jewell later sued several media organizations including CNN and NBC for the scrutiny he received while being questioned by the government. He was later cleared for any wrongdoing.
At CBGB & OMFUG the Talking heads, the Ramones, Blondie, Smith and Television were among the bands that defined the punk rock crowd.
Two men who have been defined by the media and by their actions, Jewell and Kristal depart without saying goodbye.