Getting better..
I’ve had a nasty cold all weekend, spending most of my time drugged up and not sleeping well. Last night was a welcome change, and I’m hoping I’m on the mend now. Michael has a “late start” day today, which means he doesn’t have to be in to school until 10am. I wonder if they did this partially because a lot of students will be having trouble waking up early this morning after a week of late nights. Heh.Ronnie’s piano lessons
Posted by rae in family
at 6:34 pm on Tuesday, 22 March 2005
Tonight at 7:15 is Ronnie’s first official piano lesson.
His teacher is somewhat unorthodox and doesn’t strictly follow the Royal Conservatory books, etc.
She was showing Ronnie something called a “G 7th”[?] was in hist first, try-out lesson.
But then she said she was going all over, just to give him a feel for it all.
Ronnie plays the Bass Drum in music classes at school.
He has a good time playing with Garage Band on the Mac, and I think if he learns a bit of formal music (e.g. being able to read music), he may really get into it.
His teacher is a big Mac user too, which is nice.
However, she only recently upgraded from Mac OS 8.5 to 9.1.
I may bring the iMac tonight to show her Mac OS X and GarageBand.at 6:34 pm on Tuesday, 22 March 2005
Barium Swallow
Posted by rae in Reid
at 1:58 pm on Thursday, 17 March 2005
Mmm, mmm good!
I went to Centenary Hospital today to do a “U.G.I.” Barium Swallow.
It meant I got to swallow a white concoction that went POP! and FIZZZ! and tasted like mint chalk.
Mmmm, mint.
This is just part of a semi-sesqi-bi-annual physical I’m having on the 28th.
It’s funny, I couldn’t read the writing on the sheet my doctor filled out (did it say “UGI” or “UUI”?), and thus I couldn’t reliably transcribe it over the phone to make an appointment.
So I ended up scanning it and plugging the phone into my Mac’s modem to fax the scan over to the hospital.
They phoned back and arranged an appointment for 9:45 this morning.
Or at least, **I** thought they had.
When I got there, they’d never heard of me and I wasn’t on the list.
However, they had room to squeeze me in, so it wasn’t a big deal after all.
Hmm, physical.
Hmm, time to start running again.
I stole Luisa’s mp3 player last night (iPod still dead), so now I can run and listen to CBC’s
/Nerd
(which I downloaded via CBC’s
podcast
feed of course) at the same time.
at 1:58 pm on Thursday, 17 March 2005
forearm problems
Posted by rae in Reid
at 1:36 am on Friday, 11 March 2005
Well, I don’t have tendonitis like Debbie, as it turns out.
I went to the doctor today because, since Wednesday last week the ring finger and half of the little finger on my left hand have become somewhat numb and have permanent pins-and-needles.
At first I thought it might be circulatory, but the pattern of the feeling made it clear that it had to do with nerves instead.
Turns out there is a nerve that comes very close to the surface at your elbow, and this is the nerve that you zap when you “hit your funny bone” in that particularly agonizing way.
Seems like the way I rest my forearms on my desk as I type or use te mouse is putting undue pressure on that nerve.
AActually tonight I caught myself shifting position in my chair by leaning against my elbow on the armrest of my chair, almost directly on that nerve, so maybe that’s what did it.
Well, in any case, I am now wearing an elbow pad while I work at my desk.
Really, I think I need a lower desk or a higher chair.
at 1:36 am on Friday, 11 March 2005
CBC Radio Begins Podcasting
Tod Maffin writes that CBC will begin podcasting two radio shows: Quirks and Quarks and his own /Nerd show. This is *great* news. I used to listen to Quirks and Quarks religiously, and even had a cron script that fired up to download the latest mp3 version for me. However, the URL changed (which I updated) and then I reinstalled my OS and didn’t get around to re-setting-up the scripts so.. I haven’t listened for a while. Having a defined means by which one can automatically download scheduled shows is a BIG step forward.Upgrading to Fedora Core 3 tonight I think
It’s time to upgrade. .. or should I just wait for Fedora Core 4?Ronnie’s Drawings on Flickr
Posted by rae in family
at 11:10 am on Thursday, 3 March 2005
at 11:10 am on Thursday, 3 March 2005
one of Ronnie’s drawings
Spider-Man, Spider-Man!
portrait of the artist as a young man>
(taken with a digital camera at school and printed on an inkjet)