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I think this is correct:

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Not once, but twice today I missed being hit by a car by less than a foot. The second time this evening, the guy just didn't see me in the crosswalk. Despite the fact that I had a "walk" signal, I kind of understand: it was dark, a car had gone in front of him, etc etc. I would have appreciated some kind of acknowledgment that a pedestrian had ( Read more... )

Good news! The doctor said that my range of motion is really good in my right knee, almost what it is on the left. Given that, he's not recommending physical therapy for another two weeks, because I'll just need strength therapy, and that isn't normally done for a month after someone gets out of the brace ( Read more... )

I realized that people are asking me about the knee, so I should post something. I'm out of the brace, walking around ~normally. I still can't put much pressure on it (no running, careful with stairs, no squatting, etc), but it's pretty livable at this point ( Read more... )

So, some of you know that I've been looking for a job in Chicago. If not, now you do :)

I've accepted a job with Backstop Solutions Group as a Senior System Admin. I'm really excited about it, though moving to Chicago is a little daunting (ok, the winter is daunting. atomic_umber suggests "scary", not daunting, for this. Not for the move in general). ( Read more... )

I'm still in the knee immobilizer. The first week of September I have an appointment with the doctor to get another set of xrays. If everything looks good there, I can take it off, and I'll start physical therapy. Evidently I've got an average of 6 weeks of that to look forward to, twice a week for an hour each. Great. Could be worse.

I can ( Read more... )

Someone out there has to be able to figure this one out...

At home, I do this:

$ for i in a b c d e f g h i j k l m ; do dig clanspum.net @$i.gtld-servers.net +short ; done ( Read more... )

Saw the doctor today. Good news: it's fractured, but not broken through. If I can go easy on it for the next six weeks, I won't need surgery. With my knee in a brace, I can walk (well, limp) on it without the crutches ( Read more... )

Today I tripped on something and fell into some rocks (large gravel, ~baseball sized), knee first. It hurt a lot. More than it should to just skin your knee. Lucky for me atomic_umber was there to strongly suggest going to the doctor. After the drive up to Los Alamos (she drove, I clutched some ice to my knee in pain), I believed her ( Read more... )