a big day in 2 ways than 1

I made 2 important decisions today:

1. I have started to take aspirin (dispersible; 75mg) on a daily basis. I have been pondering the question of prophylactic aspirin for a while now, and watched as the consensus on its value shifts and sways over the years under the breeze of "current medical opinion"

But last week's piece in the Lancet did it for me. Seems it protects against some forms of cancer, such as brain cancer; always one to avoid, I find. The protective effect doesn't begin to kick in until several years after the regime has been initiated, so, I thought, might as well get started right away. Then you have to run the gauntlet of the gastrointestinal haemorrhage: it's a tiny risk statistically, but no less devastating when it happens. But it is a rare event, so I'll take that small chance willingly. Thus in this way I shall continue until the day I die (on that particular day it won't be that relevant anyway). How many days they will finally amount to in the event is, of course, hard to say. How about, say, wild guess, 10,000 more days? Why, that's nearly 30 years! Can I really live until I am 90? It sounds like a pretty big ask to me, what with me smoking and all, but I've seen it done, and more than once at that. In my experience they are usually scrawny little gits who "can't keep still"

2. The 11th of January marks my 60th b'day in case you hadn't already noticed (sorry to go on), and it will also mark the year's anniversary of my keeping this blog. I want to continue posting my blog until I have posted the good round number of 365,and then finish. In fact I don't think I have missed that many really. I had a 5 day break in Ireland, and a tiny handful elsewhere. I digress. The point is that on 11th January 2011 I will open an account with Facebook, which , like my blog, I will try to update my page every day (like everyone else does, right?) Obviously I will not be going in under Dr Pelagius, rather some play on my real name. I intend to use it MY way, however, which may not be everyone's way. I may continue to keep a blog of sorts, though it will inevitably be very different from this one. One thing I'm particularly looking forward to exploring is how Facebook may be used as a political tool. I can hardly wait!