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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
3:04 pm	Your Hip, Daddy-O Dad completed his hip surgery last night and all went smoothly. The surgeon is one of the most experienced at replacing hip replacements that failed. He said it was challenging but that it worked out well. Dad may get to come home from the hospital on Thursday, though he will have to stay under nursing care for a couple of weeks. He says he is very relieved to have this taken care of. It was causing him a lot of pain, and some anxiety since the replacement replacement is a more tricky operation. He has a patent patient-on-demand pain control system. With this the patient can press a button when he or she starts to feel uncomfortable and a little dose of morphine is injected into his IV drip. Apparently this not only helps patients be more pain-free, but also uses less morphine that the traditional method of calling nurse, nurse eventually responds, nurse goes to get morphine (and possibly also permission), nurse eventually returns and administers morphine to patient who by this time is in considerable pain and needs a higher dose to overcome it. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, June 8th, 2008
10:45 pm	Gardening Went over to B's to help with gardening. On a hillside made mainly of lots of little rocks. Tried to improve the dirt/rock ratio, raked it as smooth as reasonable, broadcast grass seed and clover seed. Watered. Nothing happened. Big disappointment. Will check back next week. Dad has his operation tomorrow. Hip replacement replacement. I'll go down and keep Mom company. Dad will be in the hospital for a few days. He hopes to be discharged by Friday. I'm taking the week off to be available. More tomorrow. (Comment on this)
Saturday, June 7th, 2008
11:58 pm	Saturday . . . A day to recover, to do things that are a little off the critical path. Wash clothes. Nap in comfy chair. Surf web. Fiddle with Salesforce. Have a meeting with business associate at nice coffee place that for some reason isn't findable on the internet. Meet a Zoroastrian. Watch "National Treasure II" (mildly entertaining but nothing special). Try to work on newsletter and not make much progress . . . but there's always tomorrow. (Comment on this)
8:25 am	Green Scene Recently I have been immersed in a sea of green. Green technology, green businesses, sustainable practices, energy saving, etc. Trying to build a business around it. Hectic. Check out this blog. Not enough time, high degree of chaos, creative ferment. Very exciting and fun. Trying to build something of value. Much networking. For example yesterday lunched with the actress Estella Perez. Hope this will lead to Hollywood connections and perhaps movie deal. That's my fallback. Current Mood: awake (Comment on this)
Thursday, June 5th, 2008
10:22 pm	Ramblin' Not much of note today. Peered into computer, talked on phone, etc.  Played with Salesforce software (as a service) we are trying out. Watched "les Diaboliques", which I had only seen once many years ago. What a great film. I'm mystified how it could be remade, as it was in 1996, since everyone would know how it ended, which is the best part. But of course when I watched it this time I knew how it ended, but I still enjoyed every minute. As a matter of fact I recommend you watch it a second time to see all the clues. (But don't watch the Sharon Stone version--I hear it stinks.) (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, December 13th, 2007
5:40 pm	Swedish Yuletide! "I never go anywhere without my i-eyes." (Comment on this)
Monday, August 14th, 2006
3:49 pm	Science In Action Here are some of the most recent posts on Science In Action: evolution in a nutshell why is pee yellow? what are flowers for? (Comment on this)
Sunday, April 9th, 2006
9:20 pm	Re-read books I've been reading books longer than most of you guys (but maybe that just means I'm a slow reader . . . ?), but I probably don't read as many on an annual basis. Here are some I've read more than twice: The Aubrey-Maturin novels of Patrick O'Brian. Yes they are historical fiction, set during the Napoleonic wars. Their main delight for me is the perfect recreation of time and scene, with language, attitudes, characters and details that put you in another era. (I was going to quote a passage to convince you, but each is so perfect (if given in adequate length) that I couldn't choose, and my fingers are too lazy to type as much as I'd like.) Ender's Game, of course The Lord of the Rings Then there are the books I have read repeatedly to my children, such as The Hobbit, Beyond the Paw-Paw Trees, and Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books, but I don't read them any more. Perhaps if my grandchildren lived closer . . . . I have read most of The Bible and the English translation of the Qur'an several times. I'm sure there are some others, but I can't call them to mind. Current Mood: translucent Current Music: Van Morrison--"My Bucket's Got A Hole In It" (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 4th, 2006
12:39 am	Feckless "Feckless" = "1. Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective. 2. Careless and irresponsible." I certainly am feeling feckless today (def. 1). I am totally lacking in feck. My feck done got up and went. I am feck- (feck minus). Not enough feck to shake a stick at. If I had any less feck, I would be feck-negative. Zero feck -- that's my state. If you doubled my current feck level, I still wouldn't have any. Anybody got any feck? Cause I could certainly use some! Q: "Where's your feck?" A: "I give up! I don't have one!" (I could very well be the most feckless person on the face of the Earth.) Look, Ma: no feck! I'm the feckleast. Feck . . . need some! Overdrawn at the feck bank. "No-Feck Dave". Where are the fecks of yesteryear? If I were more feckfull I could have put up a more purposed, vital post. Even half-feckfull would be an improvement. Non-feckfulness fills my days with . . . well it doesn't fill them with feck. Anybody seen my feck? Afeckacity sucks. I been de-fecked. Defeculation is. When they were handing out feck, I musta been out taking a whizz. My feck's off ('tis but a scratch). While you're up, could you get me some feck? Current Mood: guess (Comment on this)
Monday, November 28th, 2005
12:43 pm	Recent stuff on Science In Action includes: Bird Flu, threat or menace? HIV/AIDS -- the bad news, the good news, and the really bad news more Cool Science Sites and Inflation (no, not that kind) Any topic suggestions? Banjobenny has suggested "why turkey makes you sleepy". Maybe after my nap . . . . . Current Mood: Feigned Current Music: Extraordinary Machine (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, October 12th, 2005
8:51 am	Science In Action update A few new posts have appeared at Science In Action: Left Handedness And Breast Cancer, What Are Viruses?, and Grid Computing. Current Mood: generic Current Music: Hardware Store (Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 27th, 2005
2:12 pm	Busy day off Got another post up at Science In Action. Now off to library and grocery store. When to nap?!! Current Mood: Tuesday Current Music: "All States Boogie" (Comment on this)
12:46 am	Tried to get it done Monday, but . . . Anyway, a new post is up on Science In Action. Now time for bed. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 20th, 2005
9:56 pm	Science In Action update Looks like Science In Action has been successfully updated, though there seems to be some problem at Blogger. This on top of losing the post when Firefox crashed earlier today. *sigh* Current Mood: evening Current Music: *Rob snoring* (Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 13th, 2005
12:48 pm	New Science In Action post Managed to get a post up yesterday on Science In Action. Watched Kurosawa's Stray Dog, which was fantastic. Current Mood: have to get car inspected Current Music: thinkin' about my doorbell (Comment on this)
Saturday, September 3rd, 2005
11:21 am	Katrina post I got a post about Katrina and global warming up today. Current Mood: soggy Current Music: "Stormy Weather" (Comment on this)
Tuesday, August 30th, 2005
10:05 pm	blog post Managed to get a small post up at Science In Action today. Current Mood: Horizontal Current Music: Zzzzzzzz ... (Comment on this)
Saturday, August 27th, 2005
2:53 pm	Latest Science In Action post A new post is up at Science In Action. Comments? Suggestions for more topics? Current Mood: Pinkey Current Music: Shakira (Comment on this)
10:28 am	Latest Weird Project Could you make a cookbook using only ingredients that are the names of bands or musicians? Such as: Banana Berry, Chuck Black-Eyed Peas Candy Candye Kane Cheese, Richard Cocoa Tea Coffee Cream Gwar Honey Ice Cube Korn Lemon Jelly Meatloaf Milk & Sugar Orange Orange Peel Peaches Pepper Red Hot Chili Peppers Rice (Damien, Tony, or just Rice) Sugar Tart Vanilla Fudge Vitamin C wild honey And What About: Virgin Prune? Limp Bizkit? Captain Beefheart? The Flying Burrito Brothers? The String Cheese Incident? Chocolate Alarm Clock? Strawberry Watchband? Sweet Honey In The Rock? Any other suggestions? Current Mood: peckish Current Music: Salsa (Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 21st, 2005
10:26 pm	busy weekend My Monday-Tuesday weekend completed, it's time to reckon up the accomplishments: went to grocery store saw Batman Begins watched rented copy of Finding Neverland did not go to hardware store installed pully and cleat for hanging tomato plant watered garden took 2 naps renewed my library book started reading The Cryptonomicon, Rob's library book made a list of submarine movies installed OpenOffice.org1.3.1 worked on a couple of articles for Science In Action worked on a couple of articles for potential Movies blog talked to Bobbie about concerns over current anti-pit-bull fervor here in SF checked on launch of Cosmos 1 (which may have achieved obit, but isn't signaling as expected) washed clothes took shower Now I'm exhausted. Current Mood: hispid (2 Comments |Comment on this)