http://ddayinc.com/wordpress2 Stymie's [periodically] updated ramblings Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:01:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Holy shiznit -- someone finally decided to spend a couple of minutes and update this blog? Goodness. Well, it just took a trip to the Pacific NW to get me going, but hot damn, here I am. Enjoying some good times out here, doing a bit of training. ... http://ddayinc.com/wordpress2/20071016/upgrades-wp-23/ The much-hyped, wildly-popular Moustachio Contest of Early 2007 has begun! Several participants shaved last evening and/or this morning in preparation for the, "On your mark, get set, grow!" event of today. Now what, you ask? Well, we let 'em grow. The cameraman shall be visiting every-so-often, snapping ... http://ddayinc.com/wordpress2/20070130/moustachio-contest/ Holy up-to-date blogs! "How friggin' long you gonna go between posts, Holmes?" - Long-time Reader Oh, a while or so. Well, fret no mo. Here's a post. About 363 days since Big Matt had the titanium upgrades installed in his broken back. If you have not seen the upgrades, ... http://ddayinc.com/wordpress2/20070110/blog-it-up/ With the exception of a few cases of the chills and the shakes, I'm no longer dependent on Oxycontin. I've been able to drive w/o much issue for the last 5 or so days. I have regained the mastery of each of the six (6) strings of my guitars, and ... http://ddayinc.com/wordpress2/20060324/better-yet/ Well, I've actually been back for about a week, now. I just finally posted the pix from that excursion (available at http://ddayinc.com/stymie [new window]). I didn't get any shots from the shady parts of the train ride. There are some nice shots of Chicago's Union Station in ... http://ddayinc.com/wordpress2/20060316/back-from-chi-town/ Well, I recently received an invitation to hang out in Chi-Town for a short while. The issue: getting there without driving. The solution: ride a train. If you've not been in the Indianapolis train station, get there. Especially early morning -- breath-taking. I then [eventually] ... http://ddayinc.com/wordpress2/20060306/traveling/ Things have been moving along about the same. Still trying to cut back on the dosages without bringing on the pain. The lumpy back is kind of smoothing out. I can almost lie on my back without feeling like a teeter-totter. I got a ride out to the ... http://ddayinc.com/wordpress2/20060228/not-much-exciting/ After a non-tedious, not-extremely-involved, barely-any-work-involved evening, I finally posted some pix. The gallery goes from the night before surgery to the start of February. Warning: if you are faint of heart, weak in constitution, pregnant or expecting to be, overly nervous, or are the proud owner/user of a pacemaker, you might ... http://ddayinc.com/wordpress2/20060222/picture-proof/ Prescription after prescription -- for swelling, for back pain, for muscle tightness/spasms, for sciatica. I spend approximately one-third (1/3) of my waking hours trying to determine which meds to take when. Whew. Well, I am trying to ease off some of the meds. The resultant withdrawal symptoms are ... http://ddayinc.com/wordpress2/20060221/changes/ Still full o' meds. Can sneak in some driving time before the medications take effect. It's not very long lived, though. Working on getting some pix up. Got a couple of cool post-op X-Rays... Still need to work on staying awake when trying to concentrate on something. ... http://ddayinc.com/wordpress2/20060213/same/