Pink's Life 11082005

Okay, so I finally get a call from my real doctor yesterday. What did he find? I may be dealing with what's called subclinical hyperthyroidism.
What's that, I hear you ask.
Basically, my T3 and T4 hormone levels are pretty much on the ball. It's the TSH levels that are off kilter, indicating that my thyroid is being overstimulated, hence the hyperthyroidism.
What's next? Thyroid scan, referral to an endocrinologist. Hopefully this can be treated with just medication, and not radiation and/or surgery.
Just what I need, another condition. And it took a doctor who has never seen me before, on a possibly unrelated batch of symptoms to get the ball rolling here.
At least the specialist's office is only a stone's throw away from my flat.
I should be hearing from my doc's office today about appointment times.

In other news...
Not a lot going on otherwise.
Marcus is cutting a bottom tooth... maybe two.
He's eating peaches now, and even Colleen thinks they're a little on the sour side. We got a couple of good sour face pics last night.
Feeling okay otherwise, but I could do with a nap after lunch.

Is it just me, or does everyone else think that the Patriots aren't going to go very far this year? Playoffs maybe, but we lost to Indianapolis last night -- big loss. They have too many first-stringers injured. Bruschi's return was great for morale, and he's a fantastic player, but apparently it wasn't enough last night. Perhaps this just isn't Boston's year for titles, folks. Let's face up to it.
Maybe if we had more cheerleaders like the Carolina Panthers...

But I digress.
More later when things become newsworthy.

Veteran's Day

Okay folks. This is inspired by the Boston Herald's movie critic, who rates his Top War Movies.
Here's his list...

The greatest war movies ever made:
1. “The Lost Patrol” (1934): Victor McLaglen and Boris Karloff in a deja vu-ish John Ford drama about a military group lost in the desert during World War I and being raided by Arab fighters.
2. “Pork Chop Hill” (1959): Gregory Peck in Lewis Milestone’s great, grim drama about the “forgotten war,” Korea.
3. “Die Brucke” (1959): a relentless account from director Bernhard Wicki (“The Longest Day”) of German boys recruited to defend the homeland.
4. “The Guns of Navarone” (1961): Before “Mission: Impossible,” this Alistair MacLean-written tale of an attempt to destroy a German supergun is the best World War II action movie.
5. “The Longest Day” (1962): An iconic John Wayne and a stellar cast invade Normandy in this best of the “epic” World War II big-screen treatments.
6. “Patton” (1970): George C. Scott’s finest screen hour, a complex portrait of an unconventional American warrior, featuring the most rousing call to arms since Shakespeare’s “Henry V.”
7. “Apocalypse Now” (1979): Francis Ford Coppola’s reimagining of the war in Vietnam as “The Heart of Darkness,” famous for its helicopter attack to the tune of Wagner’s “Die Walkure.”
8. “Das Boot” (1981): Wolfgang Petersen’s gripping, harrowing masterpiece about German sailors aboard a World War II submarine, also available as a five-hour miniseries.
9. “Full Metal Jacket” (1987): Stanley Kubrick’s profane and incantatory tribute to Vietnam and the the cult of death, reportedly a Marine grunt favorite.
10. “Band of Brothers” (2001): Based on Stephen Ambrose’s bestseller, this first-rate miniseries is a justly acclaimed tribute to the Greatest Generation.

Okay... comments...
The Lost Patrol - Has anyone ever heard of this movie? You can't get it on VHS or DVD...
The first one on the list I know about it The Guns of Navarone. I know all the ones below it too. I haven't seen all of them, but I know them.

So now this brings me to my question:
What five war movies would you want in your DVD player to watch on Veteran's Day?

( My selections )