My COVID Diet

Scott LaFee on Feb 28, 2024

Sit with good posture in your chair, with one foot flat on the ground and the other leg extended straight out. Stand up on the foot that's flat on the ground, and keep your opposite leg extended out in front of you. Repeat at least 5 times on each side.

Curtain Calls

In 1975, Alex Mitchell, a British bricklayer, settled back one evening to watch "Kung Fu Kapers," an episode of the popular TV comedy series "The Goodies." The episode involves a character attacking others with a bowl of black pudding and another defending himself with a bagpipe.

Mitchell apparently found it hilarious and began laughing nonstop for 25 minutes until he heaved one last "Ha!" and died. His wife subsequently wrote to the TV show to thank them for making Mitchel's last moments joyful.

Much later, Mitchell's granddaughter was hospitalized after cardiac arrest and diagnosed with Long QT syndrome, an abnormality of the heart's electrical system that can lead to life-threatening arrhythmia and sudden death. Doctors suspect she inherited the condition from her grandfather.

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