2010-11-13T14:00:00.001-05:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CRAIG!!!

Burned!!

2009-12-14T19:40:00.001-05:00

By now you all know I got burned at work. Hi Bonnie! I opened a radiator cap at work to check the coolant level. That’s a common thing at work. We do it all the time, with the car warm, cold, or hot.

Problem here is that this car had a stuck thermostat and was over heating. No one felt the need to warn me of this. I cracked the cap open to release the pressure and instead of venting it exploded. I got caught in a geyser of hot anti-freeze. Luckily I dodged off to the side, so while my arm took the brunt of the damage a little splashed onto my face. (You can’t see any damage under the beard.)

So, here is a picture for you:

Happy Turkey Day

2009-11-26T14:00:00.001-05:00

HAPP TURKEY DAY EVERYBODY!!!

Belief – o – matic

2009-11-20T23:06:00.001-05:00

1.
Mahayana Buddhism (100%)

2.
Neo-Pagan (97%)

3.
New Age (94%)

4.
Unitarian Universalism (86%)

5.
Liberal Quakers (86%)

6.
Theravada Buddhism (78%)

7.
Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (76%)

8.
Taoism (73%)

9.
New Thought (71%)

10.
Reform Judaism (69%)

11.
Scientology (67%)

12.
Secular Humanism (63%)

13.
Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (60%)

14.
Hinduism (57%)

15.
Jainism (54%)

16.
Orthodox Quaker (53%)

17.
Baha'i Faith (46%)

18.
Sikhism (45%)

19.
Orthodox Judaism (42%)

20.
Nontheist (40%)

21.
Islam (33%)

22.
Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (32%)

23.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (23%)

24.
Seventh Day Adventist (22%)

25.
Jehovah's Witness (16%)

26.
Eastern Orthodox (13%)

27.
Roman Catholic (13%)

Google.

2009-11-17T19:22:00.001-05:00

I love Google, nuff said.

Friday the 13th.

2009-11-13T18:54:00.001-05:00

First let me start by saying: HAPPY BIRTH DAY CRAIG!!!

Now on to the other stuff. As far as superstitions go, I don’t follow them too much. I walk under ladders all the time, don’t get bothered by black cats and can’t count on two hands how many times I’ve spilled the salt.

But I don’t do Friday the 13th. It’s bad mojo. Always has been in my book. So lets start today off right.

Got up in the morning, go Mike off to school okay the came home and set up my computer to download stuff. Off to work…

First car of the day, as it’s pulling into the shop we hear a loud crash. After a short examination we find that his muffler was hanging a bit low and it caught our railing and ripped it most the way off the car. I’m talking from manifold back to the end there was nothing but the o2 sensor at the front and one rubber grommet at the back holding this up. What’s more the it made it part way into the pit, so we can’t even back the car out of the shop.

After a bit of finagling and some coat hangers we managed to get it pinned up so the guy could drive back to the place he just got the muffler work done. His muffler had only been on the car for 25 minutes.

As the day progressed we had 3 people almost fall in the pit, 1 almost drive through the front doors, 2 fender benders in the back lot. And my personal favorite. We had a Toyota come in who had his oil changed at the dealership last time. When I took his filter off the car, instead of the filter coming off the stud like it should have the stud came out of the engine block. Not that big a deal, it happens. Just take the stuff of the filter and put it back in the block. Unfortunately, it came off the block because the last people to change his oil (That would be the dealership.) cross threaded the filter on to it. So we had to just a pair of vice grips to get the filter off. The force the stripped out stud and new filter onto the car. Needless to say we where not happy.

77 cars later I come home, take a shower and sit down to find that while I did set my laptop up to download my shows, I didn’t bother to plug it in. So the battery was completely dead..

Glad the day is almost over.

Vacation over, Back to Work

2009-11-01T09:44:00.001-05:00

Today is the official end of my week vacation. I have to be at work in a little less then an hour. So for your amusement I have summarized my vacation in 7 sentences or less.

Day 1: Annual pumpkin carving party, Happy Birthday Jen!

Day 2: Had to put Patches down, enough said on that.

Day 3: Video Games and lots of them, then Magic with the in-laws.

Day 4: Cleaned the house for the Direct TV guy, and move video games.

Day 5: Waited for the Direct TV guy, good bye Comcast

Day 6: Damn van broke down on the way to Jen’s folks, up late towing it to my folks house.

Day 7: Up early to fix the van, then Trick-Or-Treating.

That about sums it up. Fixing the van wasn’t all that hard, my brother in-law Chris did most of the work. All in all not a bad vacation, though there where parts I would definitely leave out next time.

Guilt, I have it.

2009-10-25T20:52:00.001-04:00

Read the title, says it all.

Happy Birthday

2009-10-25T00:08:00.001-04:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Dude you got a Dell

2009-10-24T20:07:00.001-04:00

Jen took a little bit of the money she got from her Unemployment check and bought me a new computer. She was going to get me a new Mac being as mine is dead, but we decided on a Dell in stead. They are cheaper by far.

So far I’m digging it. It came packaged with Windows 7. So far so good. It runs almost exactly like Mac OS X tiger. Complete with the doc.

Got a few good points too. I’m currently using the Windows Live blog writer to post this from my desktop. It’ll sync up with blogger and post for me. Which is good. Down side, apparently Itunes is not yet windows 7 compatible. When I tried to install it there was a recommendation from apple that I don’t do it. Strange.

Also, strangely it does not come with any sort of e-mail program. Though a quick download of Thunderbird took care of that problem. Firefox, Aim and Vuze seem to run great also.

Now onto the tech speak for those out there that like that kinda stuff.

2.2 GHz Intell Core 2 Duo

15.6” HD (900p) LCD display

4 gb shared dual channel ddr2

500gb SATA hhd

256mb ATI mobility radeon video

And I had to go with the Backlit Keyboard cause they are just cool. (But not as cool as my wife.)

Testing the windows live blog thing

2009-10-24T19:39:00.001-04:00

This is a test of the emergency broadcast system.

Talk about hot.

2009-10-23T21:07:00.002-04:00

This is the picture of the mustard that I got at the Chinese place down the road.

I should mention that it was given to me as a dipping sauce for the egg roll I had. I should also mention that it was so spicy that it burned my eyes. And I don't mean that I touched it then my eyes or that it sent made them watter. It was so frigging spicy that when I ate it I felt the burn go all the way up to my eyes then back down and out my nose. It was really, really hot.

The food that was good though.

Tomorrow is my last day of work, then I have a week of payed vacation.

Vacation.

2009-10-22T07:52:00.000-04:00

3 days until payed vacation.

Postage...

2009-10-19T20:48:00.001-04:00

Hmm...

Jen got the new palm pre (For her birthdayish.) I got me the centro as a hand-me-down. I think it's pretty cool. While we where in the Sprint store the guy gave me unlimited internet on my phone to.

Diggin' the centro so far. Though I'm not positive it will survive my job.

In Review...

2009-06-08T19:03:00.002-04:00

My mac is dead. The screen on it is fried for the second time. It's currently at Cameron's house, but I hold out little hope. We cannot afford to get it fixed. Currently I am using a old laptop. It's got a P2 in it...

On an up note, Jen's folks got me a kick ass Webber Grill for my birthday. Her brother and sister in-law got me a cover for it and a bunch of food to grill (It's currently heating up for a more yummy food.) And her Grandma got me a kick ass grilling set.

All in all a great Birthday.

You guys all rock!!

Mmmmm burgers....

I was a little bummed.

2009-06-05T19:56:00.002-04:00

I checked the mail like 5 times on my birthday looking for the card I knew would come. It's strange that I knew you would send me one. But it never showed...

Today I got the birthday card in the mail. It was two days late. But, looking at the post mark it looks like it was the post office that messed it up.

Thanks for the birthday card and the out back!

Too Much Steak!!

2009-06-03T19:12:00.003-04:00

Birthday is going good. Jen and I went to see Terminator Salvation. Then we went out to eat at Stillwater where I got a 20oz Porter House...

I never realized how huge that is. I think I've finally found the point where there is too much steak...

Maybe..

2009-04-22T22:31:00.001-04:00

Jen just left for her first day back at work. The house feel empty...

G'luck babe, hope it all goes well.

Love you.

2009-04-15T17:43:00.000-04:00

Long time no blog again....

2009-04-08T16:12:00.002-04:00

My back is messed up again, though it's not as bad as it was before. This time I recognized the danger that the pain brought with it. With a little nudge from my wife I went to the doctor early, instead of waiting the months.

His idea to make it better is for me to be out of work for a week, and take pain killer/muscle relaxers.

So far, it's not really helping much. Not hurting either, but still got the pain.

On another note, the roof seems to be leaking in the entry way closet.

Back in the Mac again...

2009-03-25T20:20:00.002-04:00

I few days ago Mike tripped over the power cord for my Mac and pulled it off the table and out of my computer. I didn't think much of it, He put the Mac back on the table and that was that.

The next day when I went to plug my Mac in I noticed that the cord tip was bent. I straightened it out and plugged it in. All seemed well. My battery was at 56%, and the light was orange, that was normal. I set my computer up to download some stuff and set it aside for bed.

The next day after work I noticed that it wasn't on, but we where on our way out the door so I didn't touch it. (We where going to Cam's to rock out some Wii Bowling.) Later that night I had to come home to reset the router because Cam's stolen internet wasn't working. I tried to turn it on to test the net and it didn't work...

After running though a few things I deduced that the power cord was broken. But to be sure I took it up to the Mac Store. They have the Genius Bar, which is like a in store Tech Support only FREE. They guy took the computer, plugged in his cord, wiggled it a bit then said it was indeed the cord. Which was a good thing. The cord is less then $90.00, if the inside of the Mac was messed up it would have been $12.95 for the part and $189.95 in labor.

So, my Mac is back again. It works okay.

2009-01-01T00:01:00.001-05:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

2008-12-25T08:56:00.001-05:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Everybody Else is so... Amazon wishlist

2008-12-16T20:43:00.003-05:00

And here is my Amazon Wish List

New Place

2008-11-30T19:54:00.002-05:00

We got all the papers signed today, so we've got the new place. It's just like the old place (On the same road even), only less expensive every month. Which is cool.

Even though we are in the middle of a snow/rain storm we've started moving stuff in. Nothing major sense we only have the Jeep and Neon to do it with at the moment. But it's begun all the same.

Now we just need to tell the landlord at the old place we are moving out.

2008-11-16T16:55:00.001-05:00

Supernatural

2008-10-30T22:06:00.000-04:00

And for you supernatural fans out there...

Google...

2008-10-15T10:05:00.000-04:00

I love Google.

That's all I really have to say about that.

Thinks someone is trying to tell me something...

2008-10-02T22:13:00.002-04:00

My fortune from my cookie tonight: "You are interested in public service and would make an outstanding statesman."

Old School...

2008-09-18T22:25:00.002-04:00

I don't have a lot of things left from the old days. Most everything I had when I was a kid or even a teenager has either been lost or broken, or both.

Every now and again something will turn up that makes me wonder. "How has this thing made it this long??"

Case in point?

David got this for me, like 15 years ago or something like that. I don't ever remember packing him up when I've moved, or unpacking him when I've gotten to a new place. Today I was folding some laundry and there he was poking his head out of the basket. I think that he is possessed and follows me from place to place. It must have taken him 2 years to make the walk from the last place though.

Computer Issues...

2008-09-16T07:57:00.002-04:00

The screen on my notebook has been flickering the last couple of days. In the angry I'm about to burn out sort of way.

It only does it if I have it on it's brightest setting, so I'm going to leave it 1 click down from there and see how it works out. It will make the second time the screen has gone bad on me with this G4.

While I sure the warranty on the mac is gone, even the extended one, I think maybe the screen (Which is less then a year old) my still be under warranty.

Well, it took forever but...

2008-09-01T18:07:00.003-04:00

Jen bought me a psp for my birthday back in June. Mostly I got it for Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7, as I am seriously addicted to the Final Fantasy series.

But, as far as hand held games go the psp is top shelf. Not only does it play games, but it does pictures, mp3s and video, and can surf the web. At least in theory. I've had mine for 3 months now and haven't been able to get it to play a video at all. It even has problems handling the mp3s when I port them over.

This I attribute mostly to my mac. I don't think they communicate right, at least for the mp3s.

I've spent a good portion of the last 3 months trying to make the videos work right to no avail. Even Google was no help.

In the last 3 months I have found out that it only plays mp4 video. Not only that but it only plays them with specific size a quality. In an attempt to make it work, I found a video converter that was supposed to covert anything to a psp file...

It didn't work.

On the psp card there is a directory name psp. On it you have sub directory for things, the music goes in the music directory, the photos in the photo directory. You would figure that videos would go in a video or movie directory. But no, it does work that way. It took me 2 months to find a webpage that told me this. It has to go in a specific directory, under the root director, in a sub directory, that has nothing to do with the psp directory...

I tried that, and it didn't work...

Today I was messing around with it again, and this time Google found a better page. This one explained that not only do you need to be in that specific directory, but they have to had specific file names too. You can't just drop any old file on there.

So, I renamed one of my mp4 files and dumped it on there, and bingo the psp could see it, after 3 months of no luck. But it still couldn't play it, it wasn't the right file format.

At the bottom of this page I found a link for psp software for the mac. I downloaded the free trial. Basically it works like palm desktop. You can tell it what to put on the psp and it will sync and added/remove things for you. What's more, it will convert any video file into one that the psp will play. I tested it, it works. For the first time in 3 months I got to watch a video on my psp.

Not only will this program convert video to watch it, it syncs up with Iphoto, Itunes and my address book. So I can check the songs/photos/videos I want on my psp and it will add/remove them as needed. The down side? To convert a video it take about an hour per 100 meg. So a normal movie (700 meg) will take about 7 hours to convert. But that's okay I can make it do it while I sleep.

The software is called PSPWare, and it rocks. Now I just need $15.00 to but it before the trial runs out.

Pictures and stuff...

2008-07-25T21:00:00.005-04:00

Some pictures of Mike on his little bike, soon he'll be able to get to the big on. There is a short video at the end as well, excuse the quality and stuff I took it with the camera, and I'm hosting it on photobucket.

Bike riding...

2008-07-24T20:21:00.002-04:00

Yesterday Cameron and I wandered out into the garage to see if we could get the bike Jess and Liz got for Mike up and running, a bike Mike kept refering to as 'The Deathtrap'. (No, we didn't prompt him in anyway.) We filled the tires and adjusted the handle bars on it only to find out it's a little too big for Mike, maybe next year for that one.

Cameron adjusted the seat and handle bars on his old bike so he could ride it, then we took the training wheels off. We spent about half an hour yesterday making him ride to in the field by the part, back and fourth. He couldn't start out by him self and only made a few short spurts before he had to stop and try to restart. He was having a hell of a problem with steering the bike, mostly due to his inability to watch where he was going. (He is always more concerned with what other people are doing rather then what he is doing.)

After getting home from my parents house he decided he wanted to go ride his bike again, which is a good sign, normally we have to force him onto it. So, I got it out of the garage and let him get on it. After a short argument about him starting off with out any help, which he said was 'impossible'. I gave him a hand starting the first time and he took off for the park, after about 5 feet he tipped over...

We made it down far enough to cross the road by where the other sidewalk start, and then he got back on and took off with no help, and rode all the way to the park before falling over again. We spent about 45 mins out there with him riding back and fourth. He can now start and stop with no help, and go mostly in a straight line. He still needs a lot of work on the turning and the balancing, but he can make it from the end of the side walk to the park in one shot with no help. By the end of next week he should be riding like an expert.

Tomorrow I'll try to take some pictures, and if I can find the cord I might even post them.

Strange...

2008-07-22T23:54:00.000-04:00

Tuesday July 22, 2008 11:55:00

Jen is in the kitchen making her self some vegetable stir-fry...

Yeah, you read that right. No meat, just vegetables, and just for her...

Pretty sure a pig just flew by the window too.

Internation House Of Blah...

2008-07-20T16:59:00.002-04:00

Jen, Cameron and I headed up to the new IHOP here in Brighton. I've have previously been to a couple of IHops before, and seem to remember their food being tasty, and relatively cheap.

This one was not on par with what I remembered. While the service was good, or at least as good as one can expect from a waitress that appeared to be really new at her job. The food it's self was somewhat lacking. Jen and I both got the breakfast sampler. Which is 2 eggs, to bacon strips, 2 slices of ham, 2 sausage links, 2 pancakes and hash browns.

This seems like a lot of food when spoken out this way, but it wasn't. The must have gotten the eggs from midge chickens, I have never seen eggs that small. While the sasuage links where normal sized the bacon looks like the cut 1 piece in half and called it 2, the same with the ham. The portion of hash browns we got where half the sized you'd get at any other place. And for a place that specializes in pancakes, they where about the size you would make at home, only not as thick.

As for the quality, well...

Mine and Jen's over easy eggs had snot in them, as in the white part was not cooked all the way. My bacon had uncooked portions along one of the edges, the hash browns where over cooked, and the pancakes had over moist spots in the center.

Oh, and Camerons pancakes had corn in them. Just two pieces, that must have accidentally fallen in..

2008-07-17T07:40:00.001-04:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAMERON!!

Your old now!

2008-07-16T09:30:00.003-04:00

So about a month ago the fired the most reliable guy in the company. The guy that would come in if his arm was falling off, and always came in when someone called in sick, even if he had to come from flint.

I just got a call from Don, the guy they replaced him with is a nocall/noshow for the second day in a row.

Great choice there.

One of those days?

2008-07-01T19:24:00.002-04:00

It's been a busy few days at work, everybody is getting ready for the fourth. Which includes getting their cars serviced. So, we've been busy.

On top of it, I've had a cold or something for the last few days. It started with congestion, and just a general run down feeling. Today I woke up with the worse case of dieareiha ("Did you mean: diarrhea?") I've ever had.

I've been coming home from work tired, but not as bad as Jen. So I make dinner.

Today I was making hamburger helper, and when I went to open the package of noodles it ripped and spilled every last noodle on the floor. To top off we didn't have any other boxes of helper to make...

I replaced the one type of noodles with the medium shells we had in the cupboard, I hope it turns out all right.

Just one of those days.

Friday the 13th

2008-06-13T20:28:00.002-04:00

Jen woke me up at 6:05 this morning to point out the fact that it was hailing. Yes, hailing. That started my stranger then normal day.

Jen wanted to do some baking, so at 6:30ish I headed over to VGs to get some supplies. After braving the parking lot and wandering around for a bit I got all the stuff and headed up to the register, where I was promptly informed that the credit card machine was down. No cash, no sale. So, being the good customer I am I put all my stuff away and headed home. While I was in the store I over heard someone saying that tornado touched down in Brighton by the high school.

After coming home we tuned into the news to find out (Via a webpage) that school was canceled for the day due to the power outage. With out the need to get Mike up for the bus I decided to head to Meijer to do my shopping. After calling first.

The first person I talked to was kinda snotty. I called and asked if they where open and her response was. "Yes sir, we are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week." To which I was forced to reply: "Duh. But half of Brighton is powerless, I was calling to see if you had power." She put me on hold, which I sat on until someone else came to the phone to answer my questions. No, they did not have power, but they had back up generators and they where open. So, off I went.

Now, as far as back up power goes they did in deed have power. The cooler where on, as where the registers. And 1 out of every 15 or so lights. For those of you who have never been in Meijer when it's not lit up it frikkin' spooky.

On my way home from the store I drove by my shop (15 mins before they opened) to see that both the Big boss, and the medium boss where there (But not Don). That in it's self was strange, but I took it in stride. When I got the work the first thing I noticed was that there was a new guy there, and no Mike...

Apparently, Mike got fired today, as well as two managers in one of the other stores. The funny part? Apparently in the middle of getting yelled at by the owner of the store Don managed to convince him that I needed a raise. So, I got a 50 cent raise today, of course until I see it on a check I won't hold my breath.

Pizza...

2008-06-10T20:14:00.002-04:00

Jen and I decided to order up some Marco's Pizza for dinner. I haven't had any sense I worked at the gravel pit. I had forgotten how damn good it was, I want more!

Looking like a ghost town...

2008-06-09T19:21:00.003-04:00

Mike and I had an outing today, trying to get some errands run, which was hard concidering that Brighton was powerless. We went to the Secretary of State and got the plates renewed on the jeep. Then we went to PetSmart, we had some questions about the rats but they where not answering their phone. That's when the weirdness started.

Now, I have to back up, and tell it start from the beginning. I got Mike up for school this morning, got him read and took him out to the bus stop. Only to have the bus driver tell us Hilton was closed due to lack of power.

Now, back to the story. PetSmart was close due to lack of power. So that was a dud, but I told Mike we could get some McDonalds so we headed that way. It too was out of power. Not to be dissuaded I headed over to the one on Lee Rd. We spent 45 mins in the drive through.

We just got home from the Library, Mike's books where due and we figured we would take them back and get some more...

It too was closed due to lack of power, what's more, the book drop of was so full that books where spilling out.

Getting Old...

2008-06-03T07:27:00.000-04:00

Well, it's official, I'm old...

Turned 30 today...

Birthday Wishes

2008-05-19T19:22:00.001-04:00

Happy Birthday Liz!!

2008-05-07T20:19:00.001-04:00

Vacuum is broken again...

Piece of shit.

Blah.

Iron Man

2008-05-04T20:39:00.002-04:00

Jen, Cameron, Mike and I went to the 5:00 showing of Iron Man. I have to say that it was a lot better then I was expecting it to be, which is saying a lot because I expected it to be fantastic!

I'm kind of pick in that I like my far out, totally impossible science fiction to be realistic. Yeah the Iron Man suit is impossible, but it seems less impossible with it takes damage. I don't care what you make the suit out of, if it gets hit by tank fire while flying at mach 1 it's gonna get a dent in it.

Besides that, watching the mistakes that are made while he is perfecting the suit make it seem real too. After all, genius or not, people make mistakes. Nothing comes out perfect the first time.

Robert Downey Jr. made a great Tony Stark, he had all the ego and eccentricity I would expect. He portrayed the change that came over him well.

It's a must see for anybody, and if you go, make sure you stay through the credits. It's worth it. There are some people who's voice just stand out, even in a dark room with their back to you. You know who they are, their voice just carries that kind of power.

...

2008-04-21T00:00:00.001-04:00

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!

The April Fool...

2008-04-02T07:34:00.002-04:00

Yesterday at work Don (My boss) was pulling pranks on everybody. He spent most of an other wise slow day on the phone with people. While the pranks he pulled where not very nice, we laughed our asses off.

First he called his girlfriend and told her that Mike, the other shop guy, had gotten shot in a attempted robbery, and that they where on their way up to the hospital. She, unforunity, was sleeping at the time. So she didn't panic, she just laughed and hung up. Knowing it was April fools.

The he called his ex-wife. He told her that his girlfriend was on the way to Wal-Mart and got T-boned. She had the kids in the car and his his kid (the ex's kid) was unconscious. They where taking him to UofM. Then before hanging up, he said April Fools...

As for my favorite...

Don called my sister, and told her that I was guiding a car in with an old driver. The guy messed up and rammed me. He pinned me against the door and shattered my knee caps. They where taking me to the hospital. After telling her April Fools he called my friend Alan, attempting to pull the same prank on him. My brother in law happened to be with Alan. So Don played it up, I was hurt, going to the hospital. He couldn't get a hold of Jen, and had no contact info from my Family. (Don happens to be friends with Alan). Getting Chris on the phone he tells Chris the same story, the one that he told Magen. Ask him to call her right away.

I wish I could have been in the room when Magen answered the phone 'April Fools'.

It's time...

2008-03-02T19:34:00.004-05:00

This is a hand of magic. The game is going on right now...

This is what appears to be Cam and Jen playing, while Mike is watching closely. What you don't know is that it's Cam and Mike playing, with Jen instructing.

Just a closer view of the game being played.

Jen decided it was time for Mike to learn, he's starting to bring Pokemon cards home with him...

Sakka..

2008-02-26T19:16:00.002-05:00

I'm sorry I hunted you, but that's just the nature of things. Big things eat little things.

Cake!

2008-02-24T22:06:00.000-05:00

MMMMM!!! Cake!!!

Happy Birthday!!

2008-02-22T19:08:00.002-05:00

Happy Birthday Jess!!

(Sorry it's late, just got home from work.)

The Table.

2008-02-20T22:01:00.002-05:00

Jen's mom got us a table for the living room, it also doubles as a foot rest.

Here are a couple of pictures.

2008-02-14T21:26:00.001-05:00

Good luck tomorrow Daughter!

Running with out wires.

2008-02-13T15:33:00.002-05:00

With our tax return money Jen spent the $100.00 to buy me a new battery for my Mac. When I acquired it from Jen it had a bad battery and charger. Our dog Cookie had bitten through the charger and Cam spliced it back together. The bad charger led to a bad battery. At the one point the battery was so bad that the computer would shut off the second you unplugged it, even if it was in sleep mode. I swapped that bad battery for Jess' battery out of his then dead Mac. That batter was bad too, but way better then mine. It would hold enough of a charge that I could grab the plug and put it back in before the Mac turned off. What's more, if the Mac was in sleep mode it would last almost 12 hours on the battery.

Where am I going with this?

Well, when Jen bought her new mac 2 years ago we got a new charger for this Mac. This year we got a new battery. The one complaint I've had with this computer is that it's not really portable. You can't unplug it and use it.

The battery came in this morning. After opening the box and letting it sit around for a few hours to warm up I stuck it in the computer and charged it. I've been running on the battery for 10 mins now and it's still working. I'm going to drain it all the way then recharge it.

Now I just need my stupid 'w' key fixed. Every now and then it sticks.

Ha!

2008-02-05T19:22:00.000-05:00

Just got out of the shower after getting home from work. After 2 1/2 months of being out of work because of my back I went today. It sucked.

I'm sore, I'm tired, but hey at least my back doesn't hurt.

Hope it stays that way.

2008-02-02T04:47:00.001-05:00

Our cat is clucking like a chicken.

Yea, sick again.

2008-01-31T23:15:00.001-05:00

Once again I'm coming down with something. My throat is swollen and scratchy, my nose is stuffy, I have a splitting headache and I'm on the edge of vomiting.

Relay for Life

2008-01-29T05:09:00.001-05:00

Once again Jen is trying to raise money for the Relay for Life, an event to raise money and awareness about breast cancer. Her goal is posted on the page, and with luck she can blow past it like she did last year. So, go to her page and donate some money.

For god sakes man, save the boobies!!!

And the winner is...

2008-01-25T20:26:00.000-05:00

Tonight was the Raingutter Regatta, so once again we braved the swarming mass of screaming kids to participate in a boat contest. Mike put a lot more effort into his boat this year then in last. (I made the boat last year, he just spray painted it.) He also put more effort into the race it's self.

The boat...

Mike seemed to have a lot more fun this time around too, even going so far as to practice before the 'big race'. During the race he also did better this time around. Although he still came in last over all he got second place in the first of the four races, and third in the second. Unfortunitly, he was last in the last two races, which cause him to be last over all.

Mike waiting to race, then the start.

At the end Mike had fun, and got a neat ribbon. Next year he might even come in higher then last. He also managed to break his boat by the end, luckily it wasn't until after the race that it happened. Once he got his ribbon we left, he didn't want to stick around and watch the bigger kids.

Ending the last race, and accepting his reward...

Mike holding his boat and ribbon...

It was a big step for Mike, getting up there to race even though he was last the previous year. He has such a hard time doing anything in front of people, especially things he doesn't feel he's good at.

Raingutter Regatta

2008-01-23T20:17:00.000-05:00

Once again it's time to work on the Raingutter Regatta for boy scouts...

Mike and I just made a trip to the store to pick up the pain and sand paper we're going to need to start it.

I'll take some pictures along the way, but as mike already started the first coat they won't be from the start. It's the same kit as last time, so if you want to know what the start looked like, just refer to past blogs.

New Phone...

2008-01-23T17:40:00.000-05:00

After 46 days we finally managed to get my phone fixed. And by fixed I mean they sent me a new one.

It only took 2 calls to sprint to get it activated, the first one I got asked my name and passcode. When I didn't know it the lady on the pone hung up on me. I hate customer service at spring.

So, my phone works now. And I have most my contacts back in it. Though I'm still missing a lot of them. All my pictures and text messages are gone too.

Back at the Hospital...

2008-01-12T21:19:00.000-05:00

We had to bring Jen back to the hospital today.

Yesterday we had to take her to ER with extreme pain and nausea. After giving her some pain medicine and something for the vomiting they sent us home, so today we ended up back at the ER.

And now we are back in the hospital, 2 rooms away from the one last time as they try to get stuff sorted out.

With any luck this will be the last time.

It's been almost 2 hours.

2008-01-10T21:38:00.000-05:00

Jen has been home from the hospital for almost 2 hours now. Currently she is sleeping in the bedroom. I think it's probably something she needed more of then anything else, she didn't really get a lot of sleep at the hospital. With the pain, and the nurses coming in all the time.

I'm hanging out in the living room because I don't want to be bouncing her around in the bed. She probably doesn't need that added pain. Hopefully now that she is home and comfortable she her improvement will be quicker.

Home

2008-01-10T19:48:00.000-05:00

We have made it home from the hospital...

The hospital, Day 1

2008-01-08T08:58:00.000-05:00

It is officially day one here at the hospital. Yesterday was post-op day, and now we are on to day one. Jen appears to be doing good. She got pancakes, ham, and hash browns for breakfast. Except that I ate a hash brown, all the ham and a pancake. She was supposed to get toast to, but it was a no show. We just got the jelly for it.

Jen is awake and blogging on her own now, so the information should be a little more detailed. Though I plan on keeping people up to date with the progress while she is un able to, or sleeping.

At some time in the near future she will be getting a shower, at which point I’m going to jet home for my own shower, some food and other supplies. There are things I didn’t bring that I probably should have. Jen wants a sandwich too, so I’ll be bringing some of those back with me, along with some clean socks.

On a side note, I miss my MAC. This computer sucks, I don’t know if it’s because I’m adjusted to the MAC now, or if its just this computer. Its lame, none of the hot keys work right, there is no built in spell checker. The MAC will check spelling as you type in any program, I can’t even get Opera to do it on this computer with a 3rd party program. Not to mention if you leave the mouse hovering over anything for more the a few seconds it clicks on that object, even if your not touching the track pad.

And it’s sluggish, the start bar sucks, programs don’t run in the background with out eating up processing power. On the bright side it has a battery, and run a great bit cooler then the MAC, but there is no DVD player and itunes is strangely bare.

Up and walking.

2008-01-07T23:38:00.001-05:00

The nurse came in just few mins ago to get Jen moving around a bit. She was up and standing, and are now preparing for a quick spin down the hall.

She is doing much better now that the pain medication is working right.

Once she is back in bed she will attempt to sleep for the night.

**EDIT 11:55pm**
They are back from the walk, Jen is sore but otherwise good. It's lights out for us soon.

Posting from the room...

2008-01-07T16:41:00.000-05:00

Jen's room has Wi-Fi access, which is cool. It makes it easy to keep track of the world at large. But it's St. Joe net access so it kinda sucks. I've already found a den websites I visit on a daily basis that the network blocks. Which is sad, because I haven't even tried any of the porn sites.

Edit: 01-08-08: 9:13am
They have photobucket blocked!! My blog and various other pages won't load the images. They have photobucket catagorized as "Custom Pages" so it is blocked. Yet you can still get on Myspace.
End Edit

And it's slow, almost dial-up slow. It takes for ever to load any pages.

In an effort to conserve the life of my Mac cord, and the fact that it has no battery I decided to bring the Dell laptop (Uncle Tim's) that was hanging out in the closet. It's sluggish, and has no DVD player. But at least it won't turn off every time it comes unplugged and I don't have to worry about security issues on an unsecured network.

Sleeping it off.

2008-01-07T13:54:00.000-05:00

Jen is out of surgery and doing well in here room. She is currently sleeping off the effects of the medication.

Once she is up and feeling a bit better she will be able to fill in the details.

Waiting Room

2008-01-07T10:02:00.000-05:00

I'm in the waiting room now, Jen just went in for surgery.

We should have more information in about 2 hours or so.

I'll try to keep everybody up to date.

Likes and Dislikes

2008-01-06T21:21:00.000-05:00

In respose to Jen's blog about likes and dislikes I have created my own list. I'm sure I will be adding to it, as new things spring to mind almost constantly. But for now, here goes.

Likes;

Computers: Overly organizing things, HTML, internet, myspace, blogger, Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Magic Show, Penny Arcade, User Friendly

Books: Genre; Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Horror Authors; Orson Scott Card, Ramond E. Feist, R. A. Salvatore, J.K. Rowling, Steven King, Dean Koontz, Jim Butcher Books; Anything in the Ender Universe, Chronicles of Alvin Maker, Empire, Magic Street, Rift War Saga, Serpent War Saga, Icewind Dale Trilogy, Clerical Quintet, Harry Potter 1-6. Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, The Dresden Files.

TV: Myth Busters, Weapon Masters, CSI, Brother and Sisters, Grey's Anatomy, Avatar the Last Air Bender, Danny Phantom, Smallville

Movies: Genre;Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Horror, Comedy. Titles; The Rock, Braveheart, Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, Return of the King, Starwars Episodes 1-6, 28 Days Later, Everything is Illuminated, The Incredibles

Food: Steak, Mashed Potatoes, Pizza, Mac & Cheese, No bake Cookies, Pasta, BBQ Chicken, Cheese Burgers, Coney Dogs, French Fries (with or with out chili and cheese), Potato Chips, Zingers, Mt. Dew, Pepsi, Pork Chops

People: Red Heads, Brunettes, Smart People, Compassion, Helpful, Loving, Good at Cooking, Fun, Honest, Good Drivers

Video Games: Lego Starwars, Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy XII, Legend of Zelda: A link to the past, Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

Miscellaneous: iPods, Lab Tops, Cars, Cable Tv, Broadband Internet, Hot Showers, a Good Nights Sleep, Music, A Hot Meal, Snow, The Jeep

Dislikes;

Computers: myspace, dialup, microsoft, stupid people on forums

Books: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, waiting on the new book of a series to come out, Bad Character development, typos

TV: Bad Spinoffs, CSI: Miami, CSI: New York. Comedies that aren't funny, Seinfeld

Movies: Cabin Fever, House of the Dead, Just about any video game based movie, bad cgi, horrible acting

Food: Nearly Stale Bread, Anything Burnt unless done on a grill, Cheese Cake, Spinach

People: Stupid people that act smart, Smart people that act stupid, arrogence, megelomania, George Bush Sr. & Jr.

Bugs: Wasps, Bees, Masquetos, Ticks, Lice, House Flies, Nats

Miscellaneous: War, Needless Death, Killing, Flat Tires, Someone smoking near by, Pet hair, Folding Laundry, Unsorted lists, Disorganized Bookshelves, Being too hot, People driving too fast

The list...

2008-01-06T20:05:00.001-05:00
Groceries are in the house and put away.

Thanks Cam!!

Total Randomness from the Google...

2008-01-06T09:54:00.000-05:00
You moved the pot before the coffee stopped brewing.

Do you smell the mountains or the burro?

House is clean...

2008-01-05T23:02:00.000-05:00
Living Room, Dining Room and Kitchen are clean. With the exception of the stuff that needs to go out to the garbage or the garage because I'm not allowed to lift them.

Thanks for the assist Cameron.

The incision day 5.

2008-01-01T09:35:00.000-05:00

Feeling shitty.

2008-01-01T04:13:00.000-05:00
It's 4:13 in the morning and I'm laying in bed listening to my headphones. I spent the last hour and a half laying here trying to sleep with no luck. It's a shitty feeling to be stuck home alone on New Years. I didn't even bother to watch the ball drop because Jen was stuck at work. It's here holiday on, so she had no choice. It's holiday pay which is nice, but it still sucks to be stuck home alone.

Even if I didn't have Mike here with me I couldn't have gone out and done anything. My back wouldn't allow it. Not that it matters, even if my back was good and Mike was at Jen's folks I wouldn't want to go out, I miss my wife.

The closest thing we can come to hanging out is to text each other while she works. I can't even call her because I have no phone. I have to text from my Yahoo account.

Such a shitty feeling, and I can't even sleep it off.

My back hurts. Yippy.

Happy Newyear.

2008-01-01T00:01:00.001-05:00
~~Happy~~ New Year!

Just because...

2007-12-31T00:40:00.001-05:00
I haven't blogged in a couple of days so.

My back is feeling great, all the old pain is gone. There is nothing left except the incision, and even that is feeling 100 times better then it was on day 1.

The incision...

2007-12-28T09:20:00.000-05:00
WARNING: Below are the pictures of my incision.

Day: 1

Big round of thank you.

2007-12-27T18:41:00.000-05:00
There was a problem with the Van today, making for a rather shitty morning. So, I'd like to give out a big round of thanks to all the people who helped out.

First, to Cameron for coming to the rescue of my wife and child when I was not able to. For sitting out in the freezing cold trying to get the tire off, and when that didn't work you brought them home. After which you came to the rescue again when the Jeep wouldn't start, not only helping to try to get it started, but to take her to her appointment when it didn't start. Even though it meant missing part of work.

Secondly to Liz, for taking Jen back to the van when she needed to meet the tow truck. And also for the yummy corn bread muffins and chili, which hit the spot at exactly the right moment.

Third, but not last. Dad and Chris, who not only paid to have to van towed to the shop, but paid for the work to be done. Going one step further to buy us a new tire to replace the bald one. And for getting the Jeep running, even though it required buying a new battery to do so.

And my last, but biggest thanks goes out to Mike. Without whom I don't think I could have functioned at all today why Jen was doing the running around, then sleeping. My little buddy was running around all day making sure I had everything I needed, from getting me drinks to just handing me my computer. He's quite the little helper. To bad he probably won't get to read this.

Surgery, the complete saga.

2007-12-26T23:03:00.000-05:00
Surgeon General's Warning: Reading this post may make your eyes blur, the length, content and number of links are not suitable for anybody that isn't interested.

It started as a early day. We had to be there at 5:30 so naturally we had to get up really early. Our alarms started going off around 4:00, and about 4:30 we drug our selves out of bed and managed to get dressed. I started the van to warm it up, which was a stroke of luck that I could think clearly enough first thing in the morning. I think we made it out the door at 10 to 5. Jen was hungry, and being the day after Christmas, and 5:00 in the morning, nothing in our path, be it ever so short, was open. So we detoured a bit to the 7-11 on Lee road, where Jen picked up some stuff to eat. I wasn’t allowed to eat before the surgery.

We made it to the hospital at about 5:20, got checked in on the ground floor and sat down to wait. It couldn't have been more then 10 mins later they took us up to the surgery waiting room. Now, in general hospital waiting rooms suck. It’s like they are built to make the time drag by, and for people to be uncomfortable. The new one in St. Joe, Ann Arbor rocked. It had 3 plasma Tvs. Full size couches, recliners, actual table you could sit and eat at. It had it’s owns set of bathrooms, and a vending room. To top it all of, it also has WI-FI.

When we checked in at the desk they gave Jen a pager like you would get at a restaurant, explaining the rules of the pager. First page means its time for the patient to go back, second page means she can come back to see me, third page was because they where coming to tell her how things went.

We wait about 15 mins before they took me back, I sat in a cold chair in a new freezing room. The nurse was friendly enough, she took my blood pressure checked my pulse, and then handed me a plastic bag with instructions to “Take it all off”. Then she left the room. So, I stripped. Everything, even my hair tie went into the bag. I put on the gown and was pleasantly surprised that it fit. Being 265 pound, you don’t normally get hospital gowns that are big enough. It appeared that someone read the chart before prepping the room. I climbed on to the bed, covered my self with the blanket and laid back. She came back in to start the iv.

After it was in, which was rather painless, she got Jen and we waited for the doctor. Before he made his was in the nurse came back and asked me some questions. Then after the nurse left the Anesthesiologist came in and asked me the same set of questions. Then the Nurse Anesthetist showed up and asked me the same questions. For those of you that do not know what these people are, I have enclosed links. Gotta love Wikipedia! Then the Nurse Anesthetist’s helper asked me even more questions. They told me what they where going to do, how it was going to happen. Then they told me they couldn't do anything until I saw the doctor. Fun, Fun. So I waited for the doctor, who showed up a little later. He told me basically the same the as the other 4 people, I was going to undergo a Lumbar Discectomy. After asking me what side we where working on, which I hoped was just to check my understanding and not because he didn’t know, he rolled me over put an X on my back and left the room. I should mention, this is the first and only time I got to meet the doctor. Previously I had appointments with his nurse, and PCA.

The Nurse Anesthetist came back with her helper, put a shot into my into my I.V. to “Relax me.” Then carted me down the hall. I remember reading the sign that said “Surgical Staff only behind this point.” We turned a corner to the surgical wing, the last though through my mind was, “Hmm, wonder what room I’m gonna be in.” Then I woke up in post-op.

I say “Woke up.” But what I really meant was that came aware of someone snoring, and sat there for a good 5 to 10 minutes listing before I realized it was me. Then I came all the way awake. There where two things I realized right away. First, my back fucking hurt, a lot. It felt like someone had stabbed me right in the spine, which in essences they did. Secondly, my legs and butt did not hurt. After 2 months of dealing with the pain, it was gone!. I could deal with the pain in my back for a few weeks.

I have a patch over the incision at the moment. Tomorrow I am allowed to remove it and even shower. Once it is removed I will post a couple of pictures of it. But until then, you'll just have to wait to see how it looks. Just like me!

I'm home...

2007-12-26T11:20:00.000-05:00
I'm home from surgery, everything went great.

I feel a ton better then I have in months.

I gotta go lay down and sleep some more, didn't get enough last night and I'm still groggy from the surgery. I will blog more specific details later.

A laugh out loud comic...

2007-12-23T21:43:00.000-05:00
At least for us nerds.

Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net

We live in the Matrix, and it was written in HTML.

Thanks Babe!!

The jimburger.

2007-12-21T19:53:00.001-05:00
Ahh the jimburger. Taste it's delightful flavor, allow it's wonderful aroma to tingle your senses.

Seen here with pickle, mustard and a side of fries the jimburger is available with any number of condiments and side dishes. Notice how the burger fit the exact size of the bun, so each bite is filled with burger goodness.

Each burger is custom fit to the size and shape of it's owner mouth and hand. Built for maximum enjoyment.

While available pan fried, the jimburger is best sampled off the grill.

My Back.

2007-12-18T08:59:00.000-05:00
Just to show the condition my back is in I have uploaded a couple of pictures. If you have a sharp eye you'll notice the it's curvy. But rather the curving to the front or back, it goes to the left. See if you notice it in this first picture. You may want to click on it to get an enlargement.

Now, in this second picture I've added a few lines to illustrate my point. The vertical line start at my tail bone and goes straight up. In a perfect world it would go right between my shoulder blades and into the center of my neck. You can see that it is off center. The horizontal line show how far off center it is. Now keep in mind, this is my spin. It's supposed to curver forwards and backwards, not side to side.

Yea...

2007-12-18T06:18:00.000-05:00
It's 6:18 in the morning.

I have officially been awake for over 24 hours now. It's strange how my back and leg pain works. It seems to come and go a lot, with no relevance to my drugs. I take Motrin and Neurontin every 8 hours, as directed. I also take Darvocet or Vicodin as needed. But it doesn't seem to matter. I can take a Vicodin and have it kill the pain completely, or not at all.

The pain seems to be worse at night. I don't know if it's something I do or just my body being worn out and needing rest. But even that's not a fixed thing. Last night I slept like a log. I passed out at 10:30 when Jen left for work and didn't wake up until 6:00. Yet tonight I can't sleep at all, every time I try to drift off my legs act up and the pain get bad again.

It's been over 24 hours and I'm still awake, I am exhausted. I can feel the headache building behind my eyes. Yet sleep eludes me. I have managed to watch 3 Die Hard movies in the course of this night.

I just wish I could find sleep, or in lieu of that some sort of relief from pain.

Surgery

2007-12-15T11:59:00.000-05:00
Well, after seeing the specialist yesterday it appears that surgery will be the best option. She said that the shots I took at the pain clinic might help. But then they might not. The only way to know is it wait a month then go for my second shot, then after another month a third shot. She said she had seen them this bad get better that way before, but then she has seen them not get better too.

Surgery will mean that I'll be laid out for a few weeks. Then a month or maybe too before I'm back to full capacity. But the pain should be gone after the first week. Basically they are going to go in and cut out the part of the disk that's bulging out of my spine, then let it scar over. That will release the pressure on my nerve and thus allow me release from my pain.

Question will be whether or not I'll have to change jobs.

Obsessive Compulsive??

2007-12-14T02:11:00.001-05:00
Does it make me obsessive compulsive because I have to have Milk any time I eat a cookie!?!?

Cookie!!!

2007-12-14T01:19:00.000-05:00
C is for Cookie, that good enough for me.

Charlie Brown Christmas Tree?

2007-12-09T22:08:00.000-05:00
It's Christams Tree Time...

Here are some photos of the tree going up...

It's official.

2007-12-09T12:59:00.000-05:00
My phone is trashed, won't work at all.

Guess I'm gonna have to go get it fixed.

Now accepting donations...

2007-12-07T21:25:00.000-05:00
To the fix James' phone fund.

It's really quite comical how it worked. I decided to take a shower, and to throw my cloths in the wash before hand. Cause lets face it, I smell after a few days of not being able to shower.

Took my pants off, checked my front and back pockets for stuff. Removed my wallet and keys. For got to check the side pocket of my pants. They are carpenter pants, with a side pocket around the knee, that my phone fits perfectly into. And, when it's there I don't sit on it, or get poked by it, which is why I keep it there.

In my drug/pain induced haze I didn't even think about checking that pocket until the wash was already running. 2 minutes into my shower I realized I hadn't check for my phone, I hopped out and bam there it was, submerged in the washer water.

The phone was off, which isn't a good sign. I popped the back open and removed the battery. It's currently on the table drying, I'm going to get it 8 or 10 hours before I try to turn it on. With luck it will still work, it's newer and more water resistant the the older cell phones.

But if it doesn't, I'm gonna have to pay to get it fixed. We have insurance on it, which is good. But it's still gonna run $35.00 to $45.00 to get it fixed. (As apposed to the $150.00 it would cost to replace it.)

Seems like nothing ever goes right.

But at least I don't smell any more.

Today is the day...

2007-12-07T07:24:00.000-05:00
I get to go get a needle shoved into my spine...

In theory this will get rid of the pain. Though it seems like it would only make it worse.

We'll see...

2007-12-05T17:11:00.001-05:00
I love you.

Who, What, Where and When?!?

2007-12-05T14:45:00.000-05:00
I have to be in Ann Arbor tomorrow at 7:30am for my consultation with the pain clinic. Apparently now that we know it's a ruptured disk, as apposed to just a pinched nerve Dr. Mika feels I need better pain control medicine. I'd like to point out that both my wife, and my physical therapist have been saying it was a ruptured disk for weeks now.

So now I get to go to St. Joe on Ann Arbor and get them to give me good drugs. It's a strange thing the way things work. Until I was 18 or so I would never touch any kind of drugs, even for a headache. I refused even Aspirin, instead choosing to relax or sleep until the pain was gone. Which, with my history of chronic migraines was not the best choice in the world. I'm sure some of you out there know how it feels to have you head pound bad enough you want to vomit, and every movement you make sends bolts of pain in a spiderweb through your head. These are the headaches I've dealt with sense I was 8 years old, and to date I've never been able to solve them. Needless to say, when it comes to my headache, I have an enormous tolerance for pain.

But my back is something diffrent. I need a darvocet/vicodin and a Motrin just to be able to function.

But tomorrow I get to go see a Dr. that will tell me what he's going to do to solve my pain issue. And then on Friday I get the procedure done. Jen explained it all to me, and it makes me a bit nervous. I've never had anything remotely like surgery done. Well that's not true, I've had my tonsils out. Not that I remember it, but they are gone so someone must have taken them out at some point.

After the pain clinic I get to go see a specialist on the 14th, again at St. Joe in Ann Arbor. He's going to go over the MRI results with me and find the best option for recovery. And I'm praying that it's not surgery. I don't know if I can deal with that.

It's official, my butt is broken...

2007-12-03T19:53:00.000-05:00
My MRI results came back today, or at least I went into the office to see them. It's official, I am broken.

According to the MRI, I have two bulging disks in my back, and one that ruptured. Which basically means I'm in pain, and unable to really do anything.

And my course of action?

For the moment I get to continue my physical therapy, and I'm being sent to a pain clinic. I'm also scheduled to go into a surgeon to see if that is the best option to fix the problem.

Until then I guess I just get to grit through the pain.

We own cars!!

2007-11-29T13:23:00.000-05:00
It's official, Jen and I own a Minivan and Jeep. Big thank you to Mom and Dad on both sides for the help. You guys all rock!!

It was a lot cheaper to transfer then I was expecting it to be too.

MRI

2007-11-26T13:45:00.000-05:00
Just got home from my first MRI ever. Now, I'm not claustrophobic by any means. I've never had a problem with in closed spaces, and in fact often sleep with a pillow or blanket over my face.

But I think the MRI tube was a bit extreme. I am not by any definition a small guy, when they loaded me into the tube my elbows scrapped the whole way down. They told me that I could "Put my arms down once I was in." but there wasn't any space in there to put them. I couldn't drop them to my side because my hips where touching also.

I didn't make me uneasy the way I would imaging a claustrophobic person would be, but it was pretty damn uncomfortable. And then to top it all off, the table is only like 2 feet wide, so there is no room to maneuver, so when it came time to sit back up I didn't really have any options except to roll off onto the floor. The two girls who where in there tried to help, but that's like having Mike try to lift an elephant. Why it might be possible, it's not very probable.

Now I back at home on the floor, sprawled out taking up as much space as possible.

Dell tells you like it is.

2007-11-24T19:34:00.000-05:00
Not famous, you don't matter.

Only on Mythbustsers...

2007-11-24T12:42:00.000-05:00
Is it possible to see someone take out a barrel of fish with a minigun...