Coming Tomorrow: Fitness, Sex, and Money…

Well there is lots of stuff to catch up on so maybe I should say something like, “Coming this Week”

First I have to “dance with the one that brung me” and get back to some good old fashioned weight loss blogging. I have gotten a bit off track and forgotten my Excel spread sheets for the last few days. Well, I plan on bringing them back. I am also putting together a new post on sex and exercise (related to the VERY popular sexercise post– now viewed over 4,200 times) that will come with an interesting challenge.

Starting my Own Meme…

What websites (blogs) do you consider essential?  After all, you are what you read. So just copy and paste the questions and fill in your answers. I will start us off.

What websites do you check out almost everyday?

Townhall.com, Frontpagemag.com, DrudgeReport.com, WordPress.com, News and Observer, Dictionary.com, Biblegateway.com, ESV Bible online, Yahoo! Answers

What websites do you check out weekly?

Wrestlezone.com, Peopleized.com, Uncommon Descent, WallBuilders.com

What websites do you check out monthly?

Facebook.com, Myspace.com, Zillow.com

What blog do you consider essential reading?

Nicedoggie.net (Warning: Course language contained therein), Jungle-Hut, 4Simpsons.com, TheDietPulpit, helvidiuspachyderm

I am passing this along to…

Neil over at 4Simpsons

Tammy over at Wytammic

Bridget over at helvidiuspachyderm

The Queen of Swords

Angel over at WomanHonorThyself

Michelle over at Bloggerings

Diana over at Daddy’s Little Girl

Catherine Marie at “Be the Change”

Musings of a Home Engineer

and

Atatude

RULES: Here are the rules, fill out the meme and pass it along to at least three (but preferably five) people. When you post your answers on your blog please link back to me, or at least the person who sent you this totally awesome meme.

Crazy Coincidence in the Death of Nancy Benoit…

Well by now anyone who watches the news has seen the latest strange twist in the Chris Benoit murder-suicide saga. Fox reported in an “Exclusive Story” that someone had posted news of Nancy Benoit’s death to Benoit’s Wikipedia entry some 13 hours before the bodies of Chris, Nancy, and Daniel were found by local authorities. Crazy huh?

A Huge Coincidence Related to Chris Benoit’s Murder-Suicide…

It has already been revealed that Chris Benoit’s son Daniel had a disorder known as “fragile X.”  That disorder is the leading cause of mental retardation (and “the most common genetic cause of autism” [See]).  That disability may have played a role in Benoit’s choice to kill his son.  If Benoit felt that his son, in his current state, couldn’t handle losing his father and mother, or that no one else could understand or take care of his son, it might have played a role in his decision to kill Daniel.

So here we are, several days later, and scientists have announced a major breakthrough:

US researchers have reversed the symptoms of mental retardation and autism in mice by inhibiting an enzyme that affects the connections between brain cells, researchers said Wednesday.

In a series of experiments on mice, the MIT investigators showed that they could undo the brain damage seen in a condition called Fragile X syndrome by inhibiting a key brain chemical called PAK. [1]

Benoit Update…

In what will hopefully be my last post on this depressing and horrific event, there have been some interest developments over the night in the Chris Benoit story.

1. A timeline of calls and text messages Benoit sent friends and coworkers in the WWE.
2. Benoit’s son Daniel had Fragile X syndrome, a syndrome that causes a form of mental retardation.
3. Benoit has been linked to at least one illegal steroid broker.
4. And weirdest yet, Benoit was giving his son shots of HGH (Human Growth Hormone) because he thought the boy was undersized.
5. Vince McMahon (sort of) apologized on Tuesday night’s ECW program (on SciFi) for highlighting Benoit’s career the previous night and stated that we would not hear about Benoit for the rest of the night.  [WWE has already pulled ALL Chris Benoit merchandise].

While some of this seems to provide a bit more explanation for some his actions, most of this just makes the whole matter more confusing and just plan strange.The media is all over linking this to steroids.  But, I for one, will wait a week or two for the toxicology reports to reveal the truth of that matter.

Chris Benoit’s Strange Death

It appears now that the authorities have figured out some of the strange facts involved in the death of Chris Benoit and his family. I know this is a weight loss blog and I normally don’t talk about these kind of things, but I have long been a pro-wrestling fan. I admired Chris Benoit as a wrestler and other fans I know who have met him talked about what a great guy he was.

So it was shocking to learn that he spent this last weekend murdering his wife and child, and then committing suicide. Who could have seen it coming. Yes he had one domestic violence issue in the past. Yes he took steroids. Yes he lived his life in a faux violent sport that induced tons of stress (traveling 300 out of 365 day a year away from family). But to kill his wife and seven year old child. This is truly bizarre.