Category Archives: News

I managed to do what Doyle (my PT person) requested every day between June 23 and now. Only two days were partially completed and one was skipped, the rest were the full routine. What is my reward? Two more exercises … Continue reading →

I can never remember why I think I made the change to a ‘blog format on July 5 and not July 3 (when it really happened). Probably all the other distractions happening around the holiday weekend, namely the beginning of … Continue reading →

My cool friend in Phoenix celebrates what I think is a landmark birthday if I’m correct about his age. It’s not important what the number is, I want him to have a great day with his wonderful family. Often, Doc … Continue reading →

With the new WordPress 3, this is the new default Theme (2010, that’s its name). The key feature I really liked was the ability to change the header which I used to enjoy doing with Blojsom. To kick off my … Continue reading →

Before the day is over, I want to wish my concert and music bud a great day. Not sure if he took the day off because I spoke to him online a couple times. We’re definitely in for a great … Continue reading →

In all the uproar over AT&T no longer offering an unlimited amount of downloading for the new customers (people switching from another carrier, mainly to get an iPhone 4), Somara and I decided to re-assess ours. Back when we got … Continue reading →

After about two weeks of doing all six of the exercises the PT guy (Doyle) asked me to do at least five days a week (more like six for me, I take Sundays off due to the lack of time … Continue reading →

This one went through with little drama, as in a stressed-out online chat with Jeremy to help get the older data recovered. I’m still digging around to see what the major refinements are. The one which made me press ahead … Continue reading →

Hockey and my back distracted me from getting all of this out there so I apologize profusely. I’ll start with the one I got on time today, Phil’s birthday. At least he automatically gets the day off from work. Knowing … Continue reading →

I’m pretty behind on polluting the Internet with my meandering stories and opinions (namely on hockey) but yesterday, I was exhausted by my first PT session. Personally, I was hoping the assessment was going to be, “The drugs are working … Continue reading →

It started raining last night, shortly after Somara mowed the front yard. Maybe she triggered a rain dance. Heavy storms with rain, lightning and thunder always mean one major thing…power outages because the grid here is so overloaded and fragile. … Continue reading →

Seven more weeks to go! I do not know if I will make it because I could use a vacation now with the recent three-day weekend shot down the toilet courtesy of my back…which is feeling much better, let’s hear … Continue reading →

Since early May my back has been acting up in the pain department, alternating between the shoulder blades to the lower regions around my waist.  Some of the pain was kept in check with over-the-counter pain killers and yoga. It … Continue reading →

There will be a brief outage, probably a couple hours, either tomorrow or Monday while I take Picayune‘s server offline to back it up in its entirety. As cool as Time Machine is for backing up what would be all … Continue reading →

When I turned 38, I called it my Year of Homer since that’s his permanent age and we locked ourselves out of the house two days after my birthday. Hank Hill is a tad older, early forties but the connection … Continue reading →