What kills you...

This post was meant to be about something completely different, but I've had a rough day, and read a funny e-mail, and now you're just going to have to enjoy my favorite part of the e-mail instead of some gripe or other about the medical school application process (of which, I promise, I still have many...).

For those of you who watch what you eat, here's the final word on nutrition and health. It's a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting nutritional studies.

1. The Japanese eat very little fat
    and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.

2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat
    and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.

3. The Chinese drink very little red wine
    and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.

4. The Italians drink a lot of red wine
    and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.

5. The Germans drink a lot of beer and eat lots of sausages and fats
    and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.

CONCLUSION:

Eat and drink what you like.
Speaking English is apparently what kills you.

That's funny right?  Fine, I thought it was funny.  Maybe a little over-generalized and stereotypical in its execution, but whatever.

Here are some number-y updates for you.  Note the addition of a new category!

Just a city boy --
Primary applications: 17
Instant rejections: 1
Secondary applications: 16
Post-secondary rejections (i.e. without an interview) to date: 5
Interview invitations to date: 6
Interviews completed to date: 4
Post-interview rejections to date: 0
Waitlisted to date: 2
Acceptances to date: 0