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Will We Really?
For background, lemurtanis put on the first season of Babylon 5 tonight. While wondering just how much of the intro speech would come back to me, I tripped across the line ``the year is 2258, the name of the place...'' and found myself thinking ``In exactly 250 years, we'll have returned to space, found ourselves an uplift partner and a set of jumpgates, ( Read more... ) -
Thank You!
Thanks to everyone for the wonderful, thoughtful efforts to brighten my recent birthday. I really do appreciate it, even if it's hard to tell from my hermit-like seclusion ( Read more... ) -
Disappointed in DDI
So, after talking DDI up a bit to a friend, I decided to see if I could show it off a bit, first helping him level his LFR character, a newly 3rd level Genasi Swordmage ( Read more... ) -
Hypernova, Sisters of Mercy
While in San Diego for Thanksgiving, lemurtanis, jencallisto, and I went to see Sisters of Mercy perform live at the local House of Blues. I was a big fan of Sisters of Mercy about 15 years ago (I might still be on som-addicts@mit.edu, even) but I haven't heard anything of/from them since then, and I was expecting mostly older music (and a crowd to match ( Read more... ) -
Google Irony?
Google News today placed the following two headlines next to each other:
``Economy Shrinks in Q3, Signaling Recession''
``Exxon Mobil Corporation Announces Estimated Third Quarter 2008 ResultsJust to be sure, I looked over the second story. A single line oversimplification: ``In spite of two hurricanes, all the numbers showing us making money ( Read more... ) -
Fun Times in Politicsville
A McCain/Palin volunteer in Pittsburgh claimed to have been viciously attacked by a black man because of her McCain/Palin bumper sticker.
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Better enough to travel?
I seem to be recovering nicely from the surgery... my back is still quite stiff, and I'm supposed to `take it easy' for another week or so, but the previous pain (back/hip) is gone, and the incision is more stiff and sore than painful. All good signs, I'm told. I'll see the neurosurgeon again in about a week to make sure that everything checks ( Read more... ) -
Yah, I am alive!
I made it out of surgery with (so far) no complications. The pain in my hip/leg is gone, replaced with the expected pain higher up in my back - from where they cut me open and shoved the tenderloin aside. Everything looks good right now, except for the daunting amount of drugs they've given me to take `as needed'.
In the space of <1 week, I'm ( Read more... ) -
Old, Broken
The hip problem I'm been suffering for the past few months turn out to be due to an ``obviously'' herniated L4-L5 disk (I should see if I can get copies of the MRI). I'm scheduled for back surgery next Monday.
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Top of the Year Update
I'm living in Seattle now (really Renton, but close enough). I'm living alone right now, since Tanis is (temporarily) attending college on the other coast. Living alone is strange but ok; it still mostly feels like Tanis is away on a trip (pretty common), except that the cats are with her (her cats, after all). I've always considered myself ( Read more... )