I'll admit I've never seen Buckaroo Banzai; however, the catch phrase "Wherever you go, there you are" has become as much a part of our popular culture as "Beam me up, Scotty" or "Time to make the donuts!" Yet, with about one in eleven US residents having -- or being at risk for developing -- diabetes, it's no wonder that almost every time we turn around, we meet (or learn about) somebody else "with the D".

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Kris Freeman may have won the 30K cross-country race at the U.S. National Championships in Anchorage, Alaska last month – had he not been forced to stop and test his blood sugar late in the race. Freeman came in second.

The first and last time an American won an Olympic medal in cross-country skiing was 34 years ago. Freeman hopes to end that drought in the winter Olympics, despite having type 1 diabetes.

As a hockey household, we’ve been anxiously awaiting the winter Olympics to cheer on team USA. I’ll admit, cross-country skiing was never something I had given much thought about and it was not on my radar when I thought of the events I’d like to check out. That said, we’re now officially on the Kris Freeman bandwagon and our household will be cheering loudly for him when he races in Vancouver.

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I joined Tu Diabetes recently.

If you feel like your page is being spied on by a guy sitting on a bench across the street in a grey overcoat and a newspaper with two holes cut out for eyes , well, it has. It's me.

I've been snooping around in the parents of kids with type 1 group, ogling your A1cs.

I've spotted some very nice ones.

Seeing such a selection gets me in that envious, wanting mode - the way I get when let loose in a good record store.

"Whoa! 6.8! That's rare. I don't have this one."

"Wow, 7.2! I don't have this either. I thought they broke up?"

"Ooh, a 7.0 live in UK bootleg. I have to get this!"

"This 7.4 is also pretty cool. I only have their 8.7 and their 8.9."

But these desirable A1cs must be returned to the shelves. (READ MORE)