Archive for May, 2005
Home from the Hospital
This morning, the boy had his last vial of blood drawn. Everything looked good, so they let him come home. He’s not going to be playing any football for a while. He’s restricted from many vigorous activities. No bike riding, climbing, swimming, or pretty much anything too strenuous or mildly risky. Methinks there will be [...]
Hospital Update (Friday)
Things are progressing nicely, but slowly. Even a minor rupture of the spleen can take a while to stop bleeding. There’s still abdominal pain, but all of the blood tests and other monitoring shows that things are going well, and that surgery will continue to be unnecessary. I have no doubts of the hand of [...]
Hospital Update
I’m home for a short time. The boy is doing well. They’re still following the “Watch and Wait” strategy, which is apparently the standard in minor pediatric splenic injury cases, according to other doctors we’ve consulted with. We’re still looking at another day or two of the hospital stay, and the word came through today [...]
Family News – Slow Blogging to Come
I expect that the next few days will see little or no activity from me on the blog. I will be busy with far more important things. Early this afternoon, my 10 year old son fell off the playground equipment at school. He apparently did a classic bellyflop onto the ground. Afterward, he complained of [...]
American Idol Finals Voting Math
Tonight is the final performance episode of American Idol. Count me as a fan of Bo Bice for the winner, but I’m not putting a lot of stock in either tonight’s performances or the voting when it comes to the outcome. The reason for this is the method being used to vote for and decide [...]
Skype – Still Loving It
I know I’ve blogged about it before, but I’m just LOVING this Skype service. Personally, I’m only using it for Skype to Skype calling, but my friend Dave has turned it into his primary phone line when he’s on the road (which is all the time). What is Skype? Skype is a Voice Over IP [...]
John Kerry Signed the SF-180?
So, he’s signed the form. His staff is still going through it. What, exactly, is his staff going through? Are they going through the form? If so, and he needs to verify information in the form, then why has he signed it? Are they going through the information that the Navy will release? If so, are they going to decide to not submit the form if they find something incriminating? What, exactly, is it that we will “have a chance to see?” Do we get to look at a copy of the form? Will we get to see a full release of his military records?
Virginia Postrel on Journalistic Bias
Over at Dynamist Blog, Virginia Postrel lays out a very good explanation of why the media sometimes gets things wrong. “Much–though by no means all–journalistic bias lies in reporters’ assessments of what’s likely to be true. Those assessments are based in part on experience with sources and in part on how the reporter understands the [...]
Revenge of the Sith – Political Review
There has been a lot of discussion about George Lucas’ politics, statements, and the content of Revenge of the Sith lately in the blogosphere. Now that I’ve seen the movie, I thought it was time I gave my own point of view on what I saw. My take is going to be a little different [...]
Revenge of the Sith Review – Apolitical
Last night, the wife and I went to see Star Wars, Revenge of the Sith with our friend Roxie. We showed up early, got into the admit line, and grabbed the ideal center-screen seats. What followed was a movie that met my expectations, explained many of the questions, and entertained. This will be a quick [...]