About this time last Sunday I started feeling an "uncomfortableness" in my chest.  It wasn't really painful, but it definitely was a signal that something was wrong.  I also thought I felt a burning sensation in my esophagus  (on retrospect this may have just been just me getting stressed about the other pain and worrying whether I had taken my ( Read more... )

I underwent the surgery a week ago to have a plate and screws inserted to reattach the bone that was broken off.  There was pain for days after, but mostly just in trying to flex my fingers (especially my thumb).  For the first two days after the surgery I was taking Oxycodone which I guess relieved the pain but also made me drowsy all the time and ( Read more... )

For the next few weeks my right hand/wrist is essentially going to be out of commission.  I can bend my fingers but there is a hard plastic piece of the splint I am wearing that is wrapped against my palm that prevents me from closing my hand much at all.  I saw the orthopedic surgeon today and my surgery is scheduled for next Tuesday.  I will have ( Read more... )

I have never learned how to fall correctly (to prevent injuries) and it made a difference yesterday.  It was also caused by a poor decisions by myself and on the driver in front of me.  "It" being an incident where I got into an accident with my motorcycle and sustained a serious injury.  Let me back up though ( Read more... )

Today was the first time since I first started riding, got my license, and bought my first motorcycle back in September that I commuted to work on it.  Until January I did not feel I was experienced enough to attempt it, and after that it was just too darn cold in the morning when I leave for work (usually around 6:30am).  Imagine that - in January ( Read more... )

I wanted to see an action movie, and I didn't mind if it was mindless.  This movie definitely lived up to both, and the latter is not a compliment at all.

Gee, let me count the ways the movie failed any reality scale:

( Major Spoilers )

I haven't posted in over a month, and it seems like a lot of people are posting less too (or quitting posting altogether).  Is LJ dying/dead like Myspace?  So sad ( Read more... )

For years I have thought about volunteering at the local fire department.  I even met with the volunteer coordinator over five years ago (don't remember exactly when), got the forms to fill out, but never returned them.  My reasons for wanting to do so were varied, and really have not changed over time.  I saw it as a motivation to get out of the ( Read more... )

In the past few years I have let myself start drifting, without any real ambition or direction in life.  Work is still enjoyable, and will always (well, most of the time) be challenging and mentally stimulating.  I really can see myself staying in my same position until I retire.  The pay is good, and so far in my 2+ decades working there, I have ( Read more... )

It's mid January and I would have thought my motorcycle would have been shoved to the back side of my garage by now, hooked up to a battery charger to keep it fresh until Spring ( Read more... )