I'm hoping Ariel Sharon pulls through his heart surgery this week, but admit I'm awed that they suspect an atrial septal defect was the reason for his stroke. I mean, look at the guy (he's the blob on the left) have you ever seen a better candidate for high blood pressure and cholesterol? I'm sure the doctors worked him up, found everything normal, then called in a Dr. House to figure out what the hell caused his stroke, because otherwise they probably wouldn't have found this in routine screening. It must have been a zebra hunt.

Anyway, we need to sequence these guys like Sharon and Churchill, and figure out why they're living so damn long despite being so damn fat.

Go Ariel, and keep up the good Kadima work (if he hadn't decided to make a big change and become a peacenik I would be rooting for the clot).