Your prostate and Uranus

February 17, 2012

Would you like to play doctor with me? Not in the naked way, but in the amateur medical knowledge-obtaining way? It's kind of like playing detective and doctor at the same time. Like a Dr. Watson/Mr. Holmes personae. Like you, I am interested in Uranus. Have you had a prostate exam lately? Although aliens have been interested in probing for years, we homo sapiens are also hoping to get a probe into the atmosphere of Uranus soon. What!?

Speaking of playing doctor, my ex-doctor recommended that I get a prostate exam based on my prostate-specific antigen (PSA) count. But what that doctor did not have, was all the relevant information. The doctor did not realize that I had recently ejaculated while my mind was on Uranus. I had also been drinking oyster-ginger smoothies, and bicycling, which may also raise one's PSA count.  Sexual activity can artificially raise one's PSA count. I found this out with a quick internet search, and based on this information I declined to participate in my ex-doctor's recommendation that I get my prostate checked by a specialist. I was searching for proctologists online, but I was unable to find some pertinent information -hand size. That was when I started looking into prostates - not literally, but rather searching for more information. I even learned that women have prostates, too!  Knowledge helped me avoid the probing digits of the proctologist, for now...

Which brings me to the possibility of launching a probe towards Uranus. It occasionally behooves one to launch one's mind/imagination to distant realms, times far from today. This is accomplished in a variety of ways: RAAMing, focused dreaming, near-death experiences, etc. Or you could build a billion dollar vessel as a vehicle for the Uranus Pathfinder project.  This project was suggested by British scientists and it's launch is proposed for 2021, so no need to pack Uranus supplies just yet.  Come with me as we approach Uranus. It will only take 15 years to arrive at Uranus in our nuclear-powered vessel.  Unsurprisingly, there is an abundance of methane on this somewhat gaseous ice giant.  You might think twice before you light up that cigarillo, hombre.  It's axis is tilted sideways.  It's magnetic poles don't align with its rotational axis.  You could measure its atomosphere's noble gases, to determine the distance at which it formed from the sun.  Test the Nice model (named after the French city, butt of course), which posits that the migration of Uranus away from the sun may have knocked comets towards the inner solar system, including our beloved, blue Earth.  This may have given our planet water and the structure of the atmosphere.  Ah, yes.  Uranus is indeed a thought-provoking subject. 

Uranus from 600,000 miles

Thinking about Uranus is helping me relax before my upcoming 5K run out at Camp Carol Joy Holling. Yes, it is sometimes difficult to sleep the night before an event that may feature some people with competitive natures. Yes, it is slightly frightening to one as mellow as I wanna be, but not as frightening as a probe to the prostate.

Get some knowledge and learn of Uranus. Uranus may thank you.

Now what about bicycles and Uranus? you ask. Well bicycling can be good for Uranus. Bicycling may help keep you moderately active, which is good for your overall health. Let me look into this a little more deeply.  I'll get back to Uranus later.

BSnottily yours.