Wet Shaving

Today I received my wet shave ensemble that I ordered from Amazon and am excited yes excited about shaving again.  I ordered a Safety razor, Boar hair brush, Shaving soap and extra Blades.  The reason I am going to start wet shaving is because of the bumps I get on my neck when i “Dry” shave more on the difference on Wet and Dry shaving later.  I started reading on how to stop these bumps from occurring and almost all the recommendations pointed to wet shaving so that is what I am going to try.

The primary difference between the wet and dry shaving techniques is the use of water.  Wet shaving you get your face thoroughly wet before you start, rinses your razor frequently while you shave, and rinses and tones afterwards. Dry shaving, on the other hand, involves just shaving cream and a razor. Wet shaving is commonly done with a double edged safety razor or strait razor.

A proper wet shave is better for your face and easier on your hair, although it may take some time and nicks to learn. Ideally, it should be undertaken after a shower, when warm water has fully loosened the pores of the face, relaxed the facial muscles, and softened the beard hair. If this is not an option, a towel should be soaked in warm water and placed over the beard for several minutes to mimic, just like at the barber shop, the shower experience. Next, a rich lather of shaving soap is applied to the face, and the face is shaved in short strokes rinsing the blade between each cut. Afterwards, the face should be thoroughly rinsed with warm water before being toned, either with the application of toner or with a cold water rinse, and moisturized. Wet shaving is less likely to cause razor burn, and actually cuts the hairs of the beard, rather than tugging on them, as frequently happens with dry shaving.
Wet shaving well does take some practice, and numerous websites offer tips to men just learning how to wet shave. A few pointers will make the experience more productive. Start by holding the area being shaved taut with your free hand, and gliding the razor over the face with the grain of the beard. Applying pressure to the razor can lead to nicks, and will also start to tug the hair. For final finishing touches, going against the grain of the hair is acceptable. Holding the razor at a 30 degree angle appears to yield the best cut.

Tour De Lance is it over

I watched the replay of yesterdays mountain stage in the tour I think Lance is not in the same form as when he won the last time. Granted he is older (37) and playing the part of he is supposed to but I still want him to be in the yellow jersey, it just seems like it is the natural order. Contador just was fantastic on the climb and destroyed the pack including Lance yesterday. Lance is now in second with about a minute and 30 seconds seperating him and the leader. Lance is still a freak of nature but he could not respond to some of the atacks from other rides who tried to catch Contodor. I think the end of a great cycling era is over and I am sad.

I’m BACK!

Hello all!  I have neglected my blog for way to long 7 Months to be exact but I am back.  I am going to be making the website for our 5th Third Coast rally so I’ll be on the PC more and more likely to post here to break up the design monogamy of web site design.  SO see y’all in the Blogsphere.

Starbucks and Cumbia’s

Well its been a while since I have updated my blog and it has been due to well nothing really going on!!
Today though I came across something that you would only see in San Antonio.  I went to a new Starbucks with some co-workers and it is shall we say not in your typical Starbucks location.  The next business over from it is a strip club( no Eye candy spotted yet)  and across the street is a Taco stand blasting Cumbia’s.  I think eventually Starbucks will be forced to rase the volume of their Jazz and we could see a full all out Jazz-Cumbia music war.  I think the Taco Stand will win though!

The O Sign

From the Urban DIctionary in medicine- evidence of morbidity in that the mouth is wide open in the shape of an “O” Q Sign- Extreme morbidity evidenced by the tongue handing out. in the shape of a “Q” ” that triage patient’ll be giving the o sign pretty soon.”

When is 3 a 4 and 5 a 6

Ok so doing a pedi case today and every time a pressure was called out the MD did not agree with the pressure and said it was one millimeter of mercury (mmHg) different that what we measured it as.  So if I said the RA presure was 8 the MD said it was 7 if I said the PA was 12 the MD said it was 13 and so on.  Ahhhh but I am smater that the average bear.  If I measured the pressure at say 8 then I would tell them it was 7 so they would say no it is 8.  Some people are just control Freeeeeeeeaks.

Laws of the House of God

1. GOMERS DON’T DIE.
2. GOMERS GO TO GROUND.
3. AT A CARDIAC ARREST, THE FIRST PROCEDURE IS TO TAKE YOUR OWN PULSE.
4. THE PATIENT IS THE ONE WITH THE DISEASE.
5. PLACEMENT COMES FIRST.
6. THERE IS NO BODY CAVITY THAT CANNOT BE REACHED WITH A #14 NEEDLE AND A GOOD STRONG ARM.
7. AGE + BUN = LASIX DOSE.
8. THEY CAN ALWAYS HURT YOU MORE.
9. THE ONLY GOOD ADMISSION IS A DEAD ADMISSION.
10. IF YOU DON’T TAKE A TEMPERATURE, YOU CAN’T FIND A FEVER.
11. IF THE RADIOLOGY RESIDENT AND THE MEDICAL STUDENT BOTH SEE A LESION ON THE CHEST X-RAY, THERE CAN BE NO LESION THERE.
12. THE DELIVERY OF GOOD MEDICAL CARE IS TO DO AS MUCH NOTHING AS POSSIBLE.

Warning weird writing ahead

Ok I am going to change the format a little and write a daily snippet from my workday.  It will be Healthcare related so some non healthcare people might think what I write to be callus or sometime just plain wrong.  For those people they need to read “The House of God”.  That book should be required reading for any person seeking a healthcare career or for that matter it should be required reading for anyone who dates a person in healthcare.

Who’s a Happy Dog

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Peter Schiff Was Right 2006 – 2007 (2nd Edition)

Dude Hit the nail on the head. To bad nobody listened.

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