UPDATES ON HEALTH MYTHS:
I found out some things I didn't know before here--for example:  is it true that you need to wait an hour to go swimming after you eat?
"The truth is: Splash away. "After you eat, more blood flows to the digestive system and away from the muscles," says Cohen. "The thinking was that if you exercised strenuously right after eating, that lack of blood would cause you to cramp up and drown." But that won't happen. Sears concurs: "You might have less energy to swim vigorously, but it shouldn't inhibit your ability to tread water or play."

MOEBIUS SYNDROME IN THE NEWS:
More heroes with Moebius Syndrome appear today--this time from across the pond in the UK, we meet the young Jack Marshall:
"A DISABLED boy from Doncaster is determined to overcome his handicap to raise thousands of pounds for charity by completing his seventh road race.  Twelve-year-old Jack Marshall has Moebius Syndrome, a rare condition which has left him blind in one eye and with reduced hearing.  His condition drastically affects his co-ordination and balance.  Despite this, Jack is taking part in the Bupa Junior Great Yorkshire Run in Sheffield on Sunday, in aid of the Yorkshire Young Achievers charity, after winning the prestigious Youngster of the Year award in 2007."

Note also what this brave boy's mother has to day:
"Jack's mum Linda Marshall, who lives in Belton, says she is proud of her son.  She said: "Jack is a true inspiration. As far as he's concerned he doesn't have a disability and so has this determination to keep going, all in aid of charity.  "All he wants to do is to help other children who he considers are less fortunate than himself.  "This is the seventh road race that Jack has run and he wants to keep going next year after a rest during the winter.  "All the family are going to have a big party in September to celebrate Jack's amazing achievements."   Over the years, Jack has raised in the region of £10,000 for several charities including the Yorkshire Young Achievers Foundation, Cash for Kids and MOVE, of which he is a junior ambassador."

That is one outstanding young man...

"In the Church of 80% Sincerity, we understand that the basic motivating factor for all human beings is not self-preservation or sex or love.  It is the desire to not be embarrassed.  Psychologists tell us that the number one fear of all Americans is the fear of public speaking.  The fear of death is number six...Behind the fear of embarrassment if that deeper fear, of saying what you really think and feel and telling your story, because that is when you may be exposed as stupid, inarticulate, selfish or anything else that you would rather leave undiscovered."--David Roche, THE CHURCH OF 80% SINCERITY.