About a month and a half ago my doctor told me my cholesterol was a little high. He suggested I alter my diet in all sorts of disagreeable ways to bring it down.

So I started eating oatmeal in the mornings, which I actually kind of like. I cut back a little bit on the amount of red meat and pork fat and butter I consume, which I grievously lament. And last week I went back for another blood test. The results came in this morning.

My cholesterol is down fifty points. I'm well within the green zone.

Tonight I'm making myself a steak.