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The continuing story of a knee that's gone to the dogs
Once more under the knife, dear friends...
I have managed to tear the meniscus in the same knee where I had ACL surgery two years ago. Surgery on May 10th, grumbling already in progress. :) Fortunately the recovery trajectory for this surgery is much better, if all goes well I should be back to normal activity by the end of June. -
Our Halloween costumes this year
I'm coming off a truly brutal couple of months at work, so there's really very little to report in my life. On the other hand: Heterodyne Halloween costumes!
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Happy birthday!
Happy birthday to the best monkey ever! -
Travel
Rick and I will be in Virginia for the week around Thanksgiving and in Boston for the week before Christmas. Would anyone like to hang out? -
A useful chart
This is a very interesting visualization of radiation, both from manmade as well as natural sources. Note that this was done by a layman, and he makes no assertions about it being perfectly accurate.
http://blog.xkcd.com/2011/03/19/radiation-chart/
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today's ridiculously exciting word is...
Thundersnow! "Isolated snow-producing thunderstorms are expected to develop tonight. "It is not uncommon to see snowfall rates in excess of 4 inches per hour in thundersnow, making travel nearly impossible," the weather service warned this morning ( Read more... ) -
Equality
As of today, both the Illinois House and Senate have approved a bill for legalization of same-sex civil unions. The governor is expected to sign it quickly.
There's an interesting debate evolving among my facebook friends. There seems to be roughly the same number of people who are excited that we will have same-sex civil unions, as there are ( Read more... ) -
a couple of TSA data points
We were traveling this weekend, our first flights since the new security measures were implemented. I was reluctant to step into a backscatter radiation box, not so much because I care if I'm getting ogled by a remote TSA agent, as I care that I'm stepping into a radiation box that the manufacturers assure me is Perfectly Safe. I've received more ( Read more... ) -
book review
"Little, Big" by John Crowley. This book just made me more and more frustrated the longer I read. It's an interesting world with lovely writing, but it's populated by 2-dimensional archetypes and no plot. I doggedly kept reading because (A) the world was cool and (B) something had to happen, sooner or later. Right? About 500 pages into it, ( Read more... ) -
BACON!
O Joy!
When Zingerman's says they'll send me bacon in 5 to 7 business days, apparantly what they mean is that their honor demands that I not be without bacon for more than 24 hours. Yesterday afternoon I thought, "we are almost out of bacon." This morning I am blessed with an abundance.
Hooray Zingermans!