9040 – sat

Happy Birthday, MissV! I hope you have a fantastic day, and all days ahead are as good.


Allergy Shot was uneventful, but saw Jose (nee’ Pedro) in for bloodwoork.

Lunch in deale with the in-laws, they were tardy but they did buy the food! Ok Blueberry pie for dessert.

Newt and Pye in the Window – see previous entry.

Stopped into good deale bluegrass, eyed the stand up bass. keen!

Train Shopping & antiques – Chris got a lovely bit of stained glass, I spotted a wireless cam possibly suitable for newt and or pye, Larry got some train couplers, BHK found a little food place that had cute pastries, and socks with hearts on ’em.

Came home and had a nap-rest

Went over to the in-laws again, and had a supper of noodles & peas, crab soup, salad – all yummy

Watched balls of fury… it was about what a perosn would expect. One or three cute/ funnny moments, but the best bits were in the preview.


1 year ago – paradise weather, Adam and Larry guitar video, swim meet pix, ghost brides,

2 years ago – compusa hits comcast poor service level, gurps vs water, syndication links, handy freeware

3 years ago – fly doodle, GP praise, “cut” slang, B’s lyrics, Day off the dead, ringo starr superhero, lifespan/season meme, flammable cables, bro issues

4 years ago – dream, bearded babies, touch graph

5 years ago – pirate stuff, Morikami, geourl, cool safeway prank, search keywords

6 years ago – missv’s Bday!, To dos, day trips m&ms, Baby dexter-doggie!!, Newt in laundry

7 years ago – First shoo smiley – Ü, bounced Greg, Yahoo eats up egroups, love letterGeotarget

9038 – friday

Taking it easy tonight – We have a couple of netflix movies and more on the TIVO… heading out is something for tomorrow, after allergy shots.

Got an odd text to my lj account – typoed and seemed to be aimed at upsetting a 13 year old girl. via a non-lj account ( rains43ver )

tucking in.. we’re toooo sleeepy. 9:30zzzz


1 year ago – adam’s swim meet, socialight newtcam, baby mummy, doomsday clock, pics

2 years ago – torrent tv, milky blue blood, eric mike and mojo, flickeur, broward costs, colorize

3 years ago – sick mel, jill training, edbook image gift, palm doodle, poll answers, interest list meme, wiki nifities

4 years ago – Dr Strangeglove, Indy TV memories, 6 degrees, colors, WWN

5 years ago – lockpicking, LoTR noir, Lingo, Chilly palm doodles

6 years ago – walkies by the Sample-McDougald House, blair witch site, some dead links, snooze button

7 years ago – Font Test, memory marker of 8th grade, age/date comparison, “Hello?”Geotarget

9037 – thursday

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9037 – thursday

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9037 – thursday

Here’s the full description of what’s up with my back, according to the MRI –

Findings: There is decreased signal density emanating from the disks between the L3 and S1 levels. There are posterior protrusions of the disks between these levels. The vertebrae are normally aligned. The conus is normal.

There are no areas of abnormal contrast within the canal.

Conclusion:

1: L5-S1 level: There is an extruded left sided posterior disk herniation at the L5-S1 level. The disk protrudes 6mm posteriorly. This causes compression at the proximal aspect of the left S1 nerve root. There are also moderate left sided facet hypertrophic changes. This causes mild narrowing of the left neural foramen.

2: L3-L4 level: There is a small left sided posterior disk herniation at the L3-L4 level. This causes a mild flattening of the left anterior thecal sac contour.

Basic breakdown – knee extension (L3), ankle dorsiflexion (L4), long toe extension (L5), and ankle plantar flexion (S1) are issues, in addition to pain/numbness.

More info on Lumbar and Sacral vertebrae.


Chinese food at the in-laws, and 3:10 to Yuma – Not a bad way to spend Thursday night. I Zzzzed off at the end, will have to catch up tonight or tomorrow for the thrilling conclusion.


Remarked with Chris that I’ve not seen many migratory birds this year, but then again, I’ve been working longer hours! More daylight to look during the weekend.


Mo’ Snow today, but nothing stuck. Bah!


Not many folks in wheelchairs in my vicinity, but there are a *lot* of people with white canes / red tips walking around. I wonder if there’s a local lighthouse for the blind nearby, or if DC just has good support for them? It’s rather odd not seeing anyone on wheels… perhaps the metro has a specialized service for them.


Not to be melodramatic or anything, but I’m trying to remember a time when no part of my body was in pain… that sounds so teenager-emo. I guess my physical situation has been “if it’s not one thing, it’s another” for as long as I can remember. I suspect that it’s the status quo for most folks over 30.


Interesting reveal about the Clinton Campaign via insomnia. I’ll be wanting to see how that plays out, if it is true. Most of the source comes from here. Which also mentions counter-behavior by the Obama campaign.

Ugh.. I alternately hate and love it when light is shined on mud… I like to watch the worms writhe.


1 year ago – verizon dsl poop, snow coming, adam swims

2 year ago – eternal double happiness, robot over monkey, today, king of carrot flowers, breakfast cake must be a circle, mind altering virus, toothy bunny, flying dogs, jodie foster sings in french

3 years ago – Purple vibes for sick Mel, convert avi/dvd, pricelessware, wind doodle,watch me shine, Tropical Island Resort:Berlin, Bunny Suicide (now here), Razor Blade Soap, senior in high school meme,

4 years ago – made the Linus icon, professional victim, Cap’n gone, Robert E. Howard 98, clock, van helsing, US army rebuilding schools, Murgatroyd

5 years ago – random knockers, Hippos on an abandoned ranch

6 years ago – Fever, Clothes color survey, Naughty Newtie in the kitchen, a dead photo link, Intel Philanthropic Peer-to-Peer Program, House Resolution 3598

7 years ago – love, 3-d thesaurus, Fun compliment, Robert at work is officially fired for being a dangerous loony, pokename generator, Woodstock by CSN, dead net-radio linkiesGeotarget

9036 – weds

9036 – weds

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Humpday! Midweek, and it feels it. I was happy to rediscover that we get President’s day off next month… Three-day weekends are a wonderful thing. Added bonus is that my b-day falls on a weekend this year, so that Saturday is mine, all mine!

BHK and Cathy got together today to do more straightening and space management at the house. One recent change is the move of the love seat from the office to the living room… newtcam archives show that Pye doesn’t seem to mind the change of pace. 

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Maybe we’ll have room for some bookcases under the North-face windows, with the tops clear for kitty-climbing and general sunning.

Poor Pye must be a little chilly in that picture – he’s all fluffed out. Cold, or resting off a horsing around match with Newt.


“After eight years and some $65 million, the state of Maryland is taking its first steps to return to an accountable, paper-ballot based voting system. Governor Martin O’Malley has announced an initial outlay of $6.5 million towards the $20 million cost of an optical system which will scan and tally the votes while the paper ballots are retained as a backup. The new (or old) system is expected to be in place by 2010 — or four years before the state finishes paying off the bill for the touch-screen system.”


Had a bit of a nightmare about using the walker last night. Forgive my recycling of old doodles. Dreamt of being poked and prodded, cut open and stapled shut.

I’ve already had two surgeries.. one in 1994, and another in 2003.

Makes me twitchy, just thinking about it. After being cut up, I had to go shopping for tennis balls to put under the walker’s feet.

walker

Now I’ve got the phrase / title Walker, Texas Ranger stuck in my head.


Random Self-portrait of the moment taken in the loo at work – Beard has bypassed the goatee stage for winter.

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I still remember the sting of asphalt embedded into my palms after the trip and fall 5 years back.

The voice of my first grade teacher is a strong memory, too.

Also those commercials for free catalogs….

Free Catalog
Pueblo, Colorado, 81009.

Is the only reason I know a zip code in Pueblo.

Hey…they have a website now.

I wonder if I’d have the guts to punch a Tyrannosaurus in the face.


Milton Blahyi, a former feared rebel commander in Liberia’s brutal civil war, has admitted to taking part in human sacrifices as part of traditional ceremonies intended to ensure victory in battle.

He said the sacrifices “included the killing of an innocent child and plucking out the heart, which was divided into pieces for us to eat.”

There had been numerous rumours of human sacrifices during the 1979-93 conflict but this is the first time anyone has admitted publicly to the practice.

Mr Blahyi, 37, is better known in Liberia as “General Butt Naked” because he went into combat with no clothes on, to scare the enemy.

He is now an Evangelist preacher, who prefers to use the name Joshua.


1 year ago – zombie astronaut, gun runner dream, paper moon pix,

2 years ago – missing cj, superhero dream, youtube b&B, fat bat cat, herm patient, pug in lucha mask, endless forest, birthday counter.

3 years ago – Chilly, doodle, facial morphs (monkey scotto is still my fave), food, height comparisons, a/b meme, warning labels, toybox mooch, scythes

4 years ago – happy Newt, nipples off, palm post – bus stop, tummy ache. penguin poop, giant nostril

5 years ago – Tests, truth, rumor, links and history, lj spam, Kev in court

6 years ago – I got my camera, Alvin gets fired from work for stealing overtime, unsolved mysteries, snap club, mcd’s employees, nifty moon site.

7 years ago – Reflections on the old regime, The Litter Box Song *snerk*, Cow Saliva, “parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme”, rehiring some of the fire-eesGeotarget Geotarget