Oh.....the irony.

Once again, I should be writing my paper.
Good news:  I have 8 edited pages, 3 figures, 4 sections to go and 18 sourced references.  I also only have 3 more papers to crunch through before I've hit all my journal sources - 38 total - and I can start compiling ideas.  I predict being able to restart writing in the next 2 to 3 hours...barring any unforseen distractions. 

The ironic part....I'm writing about bone fracture, strengthening and weakening mechanisms, right?  Well...and I knew this before hand, but reading it over, and over, and over again helps the concept sink in....apparently increased physical activity (the right kind....intense swimming actually weakens your bones....go figure!  Michael Phelps has dropped 3 respect points as a matter of consequence) helps build strong, healthy bones.  In turn, increased and prolonged periods of being sedentary work in the wrong way and decrease your bone strength.  This all goes back to the concept that bone is an adaptive tissue and adaptation depends on applied load...which explains why astronauts have decreased bone strength when they come back from space missions.  (On that note, I don't think I could date a space-bound rocket scientist.....well, ok, he'd have to be a really, really good looking rocket scientist)

Here's the irony.  I'm writing...well at this point researching...about how to increase bone strength by doing physical activity, and what is my body position while I'm writing/researching.....sedentary.  Fucking sedentary.

Yup, life's a bitch.  It's just a matter of having a sense of humor about it I guess. 

This gives me a reason to invest in a treadmill with a desk around it.  Gotta practice what you preach, right??