Well, today I get to try and drink mud(barium). I did that before and I couldn't stomach it. I was only able to drink 1/3 of it and the nurse was mad at me, but they were able to do a diagnosis anyways. It's kind of the same situation with all MRI and X-Rays. You, the human guinia pig, get to be bombarded with some kind of radiation/magnetism and no one wants to be around when it happens. Even the doctors leave the room when it takes place. They put on lead sheilding like you are superman or something. I often wonder what the long term effects of such radiation is. Will my swimmers still swim or will they become mutants? Even at the dentists when they x-ray your teeth, they put a lead vest on you and leave the room. So you're sitting there with something protecting your chest while your head is being bombarded. I guess we really don't need our heads. BTW, for you trivia buffs the man who discovered X-Rays was German scientist Wilhelm Roentgen in 1895. He got the nobel prize, got lots of money and quit science altogether. I wonder if he ever x-rayed himself. I bet that everyone was x-raying themselves back then. They all were like kids playing with toys. "let's see if I can x-ray the cat". The weirdest thing about drinking barium is that they want you to do it laying on your side. Yeah, I drink like that all of the time. Although it is kind of cool afterwards seeing what your insides look like. I remember when I had my skull x-rayed before I was given a copy of the x-ray. It looked all wierd with so much detail I had no idea what I was looking at. It looked like Mr.Potatohead and the guy in the game Operation were both shocked by electricty. I do remember a funny story of an old Sony Camcorder that had the first nightvision. Apparently there was a flaw in it and it saw through peoples clothes. That's the kind of x-rays we all can enjoy.

Thought of the Day
[Navin recites some wisdom]
Navin R. Johnson: Lord loves a workin' man; don't trust whitey; see a doctor and get rid of it.
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New Accounts Bank Manager: I will need two pieces of identification.
Navin R. Johnson: ah yes. I have my temporary driver's license - and - my astronaut application form... I didn't pass that though, I failed everything but the date of birth.
-- The Jerk