Saturday morning, I was a little dehydrated. It happens sometimes, nothing to worry about. Took my normal morning insulin shot, went and did tai chi for 90 minutes, and headed down to the chinese seafood buffet we had recently discovered. I didn't go quite as hog wild this week as last week. (That's "Crazy Buffet", on El Camino, in Sunnyvale ( Read more... )

I would have an abortion. The circumstances under which I would, might, have, or might have chosen to have an abortion are nobody's business but mine and those I choose to tell. They are not the business of any government. I do not accept the proposition that either the state or my sexual partner(s) should have any say over when and if I choose to ( Read more... )

Thursday night, Pasta Pomodoro in Milpitas, (some of the) Consonance 2006 concom and (some of the) guests of honor....

Chris Conway: I'm still pretty jet-lagged, and feel like a zombie.

Some Concommer: As long as you don't eat our brains.

Another Concommer: And if you need anything, there's a WalMart(*) right over there.
Me: With plenty of ( Read more... )

I've been reflecting on George's rather lame attempts to justify illegal domestic surveillance, and I've come up with a nice little meme to sum it up ( Read more... )

I got this from ( Read more... )

Well, it has been 10 days now. The pain in my left hip joint is at least 80% better. My knees are about 50% better generally.

So, I think it's reasonable to step up to 750 mg/day and see if that further improves things. That's still only HALF the dose many web sites discuss, so side-effects shouldn't be an issue.

This past weekend, I've added glucosamine (HCl) to the pills I take every day, in hopes that it will make a dent in the joint pain I've been having since mid-September. (Well, it has come and gone for *years*; it has just be constant and excruciating since September ( Read more... )

English provides various excellent words for someone who, like Bill O'Reilly, airs opinions and fantasies. "Journalist" is not among them.

So Friday I go in at 6am (8am is normal) to supervise cutover of power to a couple of critical switches. They've got multiple power supplies, and so will stay up as long as only one loses power at a time. My job is to make sure the electricians don't just unplug everything from the old circuit before they start connecting to the new ( Read more... )

It kept me pretty busy, but everything was ready for the start of Fall term ( Read more... )