7 years ago today I went from feeling off, to feeling ill, to the doc-in-a-box, to the ER with necrotizing fasciitis. Aka a flesh eating bacteria. Aka "Stan". I spent 2 weeks in the hospital, had 3 rather invasive surgeries, and spent 4+ weeks at home with a would vac and IV antibiotics. I could have died, the ER surgeon said if I'd waited another ( Read more... )

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Today marks 5 months living in the new place. And we just clocked over ( Read more... )

Ok, I have a plan for tomorrow. I've mentioned that my study seems to get unpleasantly warm unless I do some crazy stuff with fans and crank the AC down, while the library is cooler most of the time. So the plan is to move my desk and workstation into the library, as well as the TV and media PC, see how that works out temp wise. If things go as ( Read more... )

I need a vacation, a Hyper-geometric gate to somewhere on the North Atlantic so I can get some time with my favorite ocean, a sailing cruise that somehow also manages to stay 1 fathom from the rest of the folks on the ship, and a midnight snogging session with a squid girl with tentacles that go all the way up, (or a fish woman with really nice ( Read more... )

Before you post an article or comment about "Why were the 70's so weird?" just remember. The 70's were weird. End statement. Us GenXs were just as strange as our boomer cohorts. Even the Silent (who rarely were) and Best (a lot were, many weren't) generations got kind of loopy in the 70's.

Also, the 60s were strange, the 50's were loopy, the 40s ( Read more... )

Got the keys to Dunwich Abbey 3 months ago. I've also been in hermit mode ( Read more... )

Spent the weekend working the migration. Not as bad as I thought it was ( Read more... )

Quick post, so I can have a record. Not much has changed. I've managed ( Read more... )

State of the fox. I've been effectively isolated/quarantined/hermited ( Read more... )