Eddie Van Halen Recovering After Hand Surgery : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily

Hand surgery for a guitarist is extremely frightening...
"...During the last leg of our tour, I started developing pain in my thumb and my pinky. I didn’t think much of it at the time,” the guitarist says. “It got progressively worse to the point that about three months ago I wasn’t able to play at all. My pinky and my thumb were totally locked up and felt like there was something broken..."
via rollingstone.com

 

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A Summer Sunday Morning...

Just left 8:30 Mass, in memory if my father. Breakfast at the Americana diner then over to the Hamilton 24 to take the entire family to see "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince"

 My daughters were in Harry Potter camp all week and have already seen the movie. They're excited to see it again...

 I'm dragging since I didn't get back from last nights gig till after 3 am.

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From the "You Can't Win" Dept...

Vitamins Block Some Exercise Benefits: Scientific American Podcast:
"Forty men took part in a four-week training program. Half the group also received daily doses of Vitamins C and E. The researchers discovered that exercise on its own improves insulin sensitivity, which keeps diabetes at bay. But taking the vitamins erased that gain—findings that appear in the May 12th issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences."