Thanks again…
Love you,
Mom

-oily hair
shaking hands
red/moist hands
sweating
muscles tired/painful
hair loss

The only strange thing is that i am putting on weight

Any comments? What is the next step?

It only used about half the cranberry stuff it had me make so I saved that in the original cranberry preserves jar.

It also says that some flavanoids in foods can resemble T4 and interfere with its function, which has the same effect. Cruciferous vegetables, soy, and root vegetables like carrots are good for that.

If you’re going to try using food to control it you probably need to get tested fairly often to see how things are going. The book also mentions that going the food route may hasten the transition to hypothyroidism, which will likely happen eventually anyway.

Also watched “The Omega Man” last week. Maybe I should see “I Am Legend” now, and then read the book too.

Shelley: That’s a great video and the heating pad trick he shows is a good one. I don’t think I would have thought of that since I have no heating pad at home.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DznKjP7p4-A

Contains spoilers if you are determined to figure it out for yourself

“Then put the milk in a warm jar or container or an insulated bottle, cover it, and keep the milk still and warm until it sets, usually in about four hours. I simply swaddle my quart jar in several kitchen towels. You can also put the container in an oven with the light bulb on.”

It’s true that readers can identify with characters for an escape but I don’t think that’s what creates a memorable book. Thinking about it I don’t think I really identified with any characters in the books I found memorable. I think what happens in the cases of those books is I get drawn in and start hoping for a character. Like being an advocate with no voice in the story. Perhaps it’s something about the struggles they go through and the obstacles they encounter that makes them memorable.

Congratulations on getting published!

Yes, I think Yvonne is right, but I’d take it a stage further. The thing with fiction and particularly genres such as fantasy, adventure, SF, etc. is that the reader not only has the opportunity to engage in emotion, but can also identify with the characters in a way that allows them to ‘escape’ everyday life – and we all like to do that sometimes.

I recently had my first fiction book published, Randolph’s Challenge Book One-The Pendulum Swings (it’s the first book in a fantasy trilogy). I’ve been published with non-fiction before (HR Mangement). Certainly the reaction I get from my readers of Randolph’s Challenge is very different from that I got from ‘Personnel Administration Manual’. The impact on them is at a personal level rather than a day-to-day work orientated level.

Chris Warren
Author and Freelance Writer
Randolph’s Challenge Book One-The Pendulum Swings

My aunt had one and the doctors said to be active and that she could exercise so she immediately jumped back to her normal swimming routine and soon threw the clot. I think you can work up slowly to some level of exercise but I have no idea how fast or what level is good.

I’m on my way to 6 months of Warfarin then another ultrasound.

Good luck!

Had a burning sensation in my right calf, like yourself thought it may be a clot, went to the Doctors here in Wales. not too much swelling, about a quarter inch larger than normal. Blood Pressure good with a resting Heart rate of about 44. always thought it was the lazy and unfit buggers who this affected. I usualy spend about 4 one hour sessions a week with weight training and about 4 to six aerobic sessions usually running. Now this is where I believe the problem may have started. Over the last five or more years I have had lots of calf strain and achilles problems also went to the florida in August which as well as the long haul flight it invoved lost of driving. Orlando to Naples to Tampa. then back to the UK all over three week period.

The proble in the UK is they tell you what you have (DVT in the right calf in fact one on both sides)and nothing else. My first thought was have they made a mistake did they pick up scar tissue, not sure. then one week op Heparin amd Warfaren for three months. six weeks off the warferen then check it out again. I was diagnosed with the DVT on the 2nd of march 2009, so about half way through the treatment.

What I want to know and no one at the Hospital can tell me is can I train if so what can I do. not trained for six weeks getting really fed up with it.

Having looked at the various bits of information there does seem to be some good evedence to link DVT with calf strain and a low heart rate.

All the best, hope we both make a full recovery with no further problems. Back to Naples Sf this year hope I can get rid of the little bugger by then, May already be gone, as I said they tell you very little here. Get you in and out as quick as they can

I’m glad you like the scooter posts, I have another post coming soon about more repair work. Also I think I’ve decided to do a repair guide for the eco cruz on here, complete with pictures.

Mine is an eco cruz and it was probably bought at the scooter/volks cafe (now Folks Cafe). They got out of the electric scooter market because of the hassles of dealing with importing. They do have some spare parts there but not too many. For some things like chargers they will direct you to electricscooterparts.com, but that won’t help you with the bucket.

I do have a spare bucket from my scooter that got doored and I don’t anticipate needing a spare bucket myself any time so if you want it you are welcome to it. I don’t have the metal clips or screws that go with it I don’t think but those are probably easier to come by in a standard hardware store. If you’re interested you can e-mail me at salguod here at 7thsign.

I’ve enjoyed reading your posts about your electric scooter. After reading your posts and doing other research, I bought a used one. I love it, and ride it to work and back (rt about 10 mi).

Is yours called an “EcoCruz”? I think mine was bought at the scooter cafe, but they no longer have e-scooters on their website. Folks Cafe is also silent on the whole e-scooter topic.

But I need a new storage bucket thing under the seat that holds it on. Similar to the above post, I am looking for parts. Any advice you can give would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Kim (in Mountain View)

They were sold through Folks Cafe on Soquel in Santa Cruz. Their importer was in Oakland I think but I knwo they don’t sell them anymore. They do have parts until they wear out. You can get spare chargers through electricscooterparts.com and probably some others. I recently bought batteries from Batteries Plus, but any place where you can get 12V motorcycle batteries will be fine. It takes four of them. Taking it apart and reassembling it is a fun exercise for an afternoon. Some screws don’t really hold anything and mostly the plastic just snaps together.

As for the intermittent throttle, check the wires going into the circuit breaker under the seat. Things put in that storage space carelessly can put tension on the wires which will make them break or have intermittent contact. That’t the most common cause anyway. That and making sure everything is plugged in snugly behind the panel under the seat.

Hope it all goes well.

Douglas

A few screw drivers and a few wrench sizes are all you need to dismantle the scooter (make careful notes to put it back together again int he same order. Most of the body pieces snap together and use screws so it’s both easy and challenging at the same time. Overall it’s great for a cheaply made scooter!

Thank you for allowing me to find the focus to continue with the books,
Max

http://www.hillaryclinton.com/

I think she seizes on it as a way of differentiating herself from Bill, and as an attempt to warm up her cold image.

I was here. You were there.

I was here; you were there.

Same words, same grammar, same meaning. But if you read them both aloud, the first version has a rest in between the two statements, while the second version has a smooth flow from one to the other, with just a very brief pause in between.

Bottom line is, if you’re writing two sentences, and you feel like the second one is really a continuation of the thought in the first one, then you can turn the period into a semicolon.

Based on my reading, Hashimoto’s will typically show elevated rT3 and low T3 and T4. TSH might also be elevated. It often occurs with other auto-immune conditions and Hashimoto’s is itself an auto-immune problem where your body is attacking the thyroid.

The result is that you will be and possibly already are permanently hypothyroid now which means you will need thyroid supplement for the rest of your life. Figuring out the right levels you need to do with a doctor’s help.

Your son might have a thyroid condition and a blood test can possibly point out if that is a problem, a doctor could say more. If it is his thyroid then he sounds like he would be hyperthyroid which can be treated and in the end will also likely require thyroid supplements.

Good luck!

Douglas

Mary

Thanks for the correction, but quantum stuff is so weird. Less than one photon on average. Uh huh.

How often do you get to Scotts Valley and why?

I would have preferred the notes be published too. I hope once they have no more financial gain from them not being published that they will be published. Oracle of Time is bunk. Why have a super being presumably more powerful than Paul or Leto II if they can’t stop Omnius by themself. And I too doubt Omnius was the thinking machine originally intended.

And an evil Paul againt a good Paul battle? It’s just too cheesy.

I didn’t know that about Anderson – what a lazy and terrible way to write.

Paul of Dune…I will NOT being reading that.

last gripe for the day…The portayal of the unawakened Barron was so pathetic. No subtleties or anything as clever as having a him be a product of his environment. Let’s just make him evil from the start, but not in an eerie way, let’s aim for stereotypical evil!! great…

And Paul of Dune series to take place between Dune and Dune Messiah? Going to be so bad.

I blame Kevin J Anderson as much of not more than Brian Herbert. His writing is talking into a tape recorder and having someone transcribe what he says. Then as far as I can tell he has no editor.

This type of writing would not get a look-in for an unpublished author. Having a famous father and having published previously has meant that a rough draft was published.

Andy

How are you doing? Long time no speak. Interesting article you mentioned.

Apparently, the image isn’t stored on a single photon, but a pulse of light…

http://scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?articleid=5116CF53-E7F2-99DF-3B64CF41CFBB5B91&chanId=sa026

Next time I’m up in Scotts Valley, we’ll have to get together for lunch…
-Ajay

I used to use allrecipes but they seem to have gone down hill but not in a way I can really describe, I guess it feels like it’s stagnating. Cooks.com seems like the place to post 20 duplicate recipes under other names (what I found when I was doing Death by Chocolate research). I’ve only used epicurious a few times and I keep forgetting it’s there, thank you for the reminder!

Any favorite recipes you want to highlight?

I ended up putting them out for free in front of the house and someone took them. I hope they get re-worked as new trophies.

It’s not like there isn’t space, but space to display them, and why have them sit in a drawer forever. So I have pictures to remember them with now.

The shirts I still have and plan to wear, but I wanted to preserve them as they are now. Except for the Parrington shirt. That one doesn’t get worn, just preserved. I’m glad I’m not the only one with these shirts though.

Those t-shirts are priceless. I still wear my Morrison dorm shirt, even though its artwork is clearly inferior to Peter’s. And I plan to wear my Cowell coffee shop shirt more often as soon as I trim it down to a small/medium size rather than the XL/L it currently is. And my “Was it good for you?” tumbling banana slug post-earthquake shirt still has years of life left in it. Taking pictures is a good idea (I assume the t-shirts are not on the “get rid of” list?). I have found that when I take pictures of Vinna’s clothes to sell on E-Bay I generally want to keep one representative picture of the more memorable outfits so I can remember those darling baby clothes. Sort of the same idea, I guess.

As to why the site might be slower….. I might be downloading more stuff lately now that the TV season is upon us. Is it slow tonight? Usually I save the downloads for while I sleep but sometimes I try to get an early start. I’ll try to keep them to later.

I noticed about 2-3 weeks ago that your website takes much longer to load than it used to. Any reason?

Today is all about house cleaning except for the break I had to take to load the green bin because it was starting to drizzle/light rain.

Gloves are definitely the way to go. I use the knit ones which have the fingers and palms coated with rubbery super-grippy stuff. They work like champs. Maybe they just take some getting used to.

Oh, and that Weird Al video cracks me up bigtime.

Would I recommend buying one? Absolutely. I love riding it and it’s very cheap to operate. In talking to Ricky, the scooter guy at the Volks Cafe, he said the current models go 30mph and can make it up there and back without recharging with no problem.

If you are over 200lbs I would recommend a beefier tire. I got one and the scooter is a lot happier. Also, get a real helmet and gloves at Il Motorino.

We debated makin git a wide seating area but decided that made the space on the other side of the kitchen awkward unless it was being used for the actual meal. Also it would have been another area to become a clutter pile.

Good luck in your remodel!

As for the CSF pin, it was a WTF as in why did I keep it. Belonging to CSF was no great feat and you just get the pin for joining I think. Maybe it was upon graduation for being a member. Aside from taking a few dollars and wasting a few lunches I don’t recall CSF doing anything.

As for the CSF pin, did you forget what it was for or were you shocked that you had one related to academic achievement?

I think it’s as good as you get without going to Wonka.

I didn’t know that’s how you met izzy!

Hebrew hammer was very funny, if only for the title…anything with Dick is going to be good.

The house is looking great, btw.

That looks great! I look forward to seeing all the changes up close and personal on Thursday, but the pictures make the room already look more homey. And larger too.

I keep it carefully hidden.

They didn’t find any evidence of internal injury or my spine.

Aiiigh, no spine! Is this a result of the accident or have you always been…spineless?

Let me know if you need anything. I have some chicken soup. -dar

Yay for me avoiding spam!

Hopefully, one day, I will work at the Taper… but yeah, squishy seats.

It seems like the bees are a bit more friendly downtown. A few of the students have been coming back up to campus commenting that they’re being stung or trailed like “a steak, man, I tell ya. I was like a steak”…. I’ve noticed that there are a lot more unfriendly bugs…

Someone else suggested that it was Men In Black III and that we need to just relax and be open to them.

that’s the story that I’m sticking with.

linka: It’s ok to walk on any of the paths now. I think it’s funny that you got confused in an open maze.

It’s nice to see the journal of pictures. Even though I live there, I can’t really “see” the changes. It’ll be great to see the space when I come back from LA on Wednesday!

You know, I didn’t even think about that until about day 4. Would have been nice to have a few web cams that took a picture every few minutes to make a movie out of later.

“What? Why is Doug getting a new hearing? He’s in court?”

Have you considered doing the Team In Training? My coworkers all do it and say it’s loads of fun.

But since it’s so hot, it’s using tanks.

I don’t think there is much thought process though. When I was in high school, I wore double tanks primarily because then I could wear something that was blue and purple at the same time.

But then I’m told that I’m strange.

Don’t worry about it. I’d just chalk it up to those Santa Cruz weirdos we hear so much about.

You’re one of the least Nazish people I know.

Of course, I wasn’t there. And I’m not sure if it’s the same guy who likes to hit the hood of my car whenever I try to pass him on the way to work on Soquel, but if so, don’t stress over it. He calls me the US Army or “condescending Rice” (which could be considered clever since it seems to be a play off of condoleeza and “rice” is often associated with asians).

good thing yer cute!

i have to say, while it’s a little unrelenting (er, ok a LOT unrelenting) he has a vision and maintains it. i think he’s like the oliver stone of the horror genre. he rules!

I have no idea what pencil post bedframe means. The latex mattresses we tried were pretty good, but they just weren’t as comfortable to us.

I started using a “Sanford Uniball Deluxe Micro”. (Arrange those adjetives in whatever order suits you.) It writes like a ball point pen, but flows smoother than a felt tip marker. It’s strange at first, but it’s growing on me. (I need to see a Dr. about it soon!)

We could just have a bucket of water you can lift at random if you like.

I will NOT miss that blue bucket, although dumping it was a good work out.

People have mentioned the library as a good place for movies to me before but I haven’t checked it out. Mostly because our local branch has been closed for remodelling for a year and a half now. Though you saying it reminds me that I work a few blocks from the main branch and should check it out. I’ll try that at lunch.

I haven’t seen SAW yet. I think I have until Monday. I just have to watch it when Nicole isn’t around because she’s not big on scary movies unless they are ghost stories.

I saw Saw a month or so ago. Pretty wild.

Anyway, last night I bought some more apples. There were some good looking fujis and then I spotted the Golden Delicious. I’m not generally big on Golden Delicious because they are usually pale yellow and just kind of ok but these were actually a beautiful golden color! I’ll report on how they taste after lunch today.

The cherries looked sketchy and I forgot you mentioned blueberries until I got back home but they looked good. I’m sure my co-workers would love a blue berry mouthed me. I think I’ll try that next time. 2 cups for lunch.

I’m totally there fo rthe sequel. I wonder who will play the Joker?

I really enjoyed Christian Bale, especially because he took some of the awful writing and turned it around, making it a bit more real with his delivery. Admittedly, it took me a little while to adjust to the idea of him being Bruce Wayne because in the beginning, he didn’t seem to have any life to him. And I always thought that as Bruce Wayne, he had more oomph and charm oozing from him. He seemed so remote, but neither cold or warm.

Then, somewhere in that first couple of scenes, I said, “yes, he’s good” and then got into the movie. The creation of his suit was such a “real” moment for me too… with finding the stuff down in the headquarters and testing out all of the experiments… I mean, really… it’s true. How many costumed superheroes were flying around then? And ordering the headgear in bulk! And like in Spiderman, I liked watching his training and evolution as he experimented with different toys and developing his facade. He did an amazing job with his body too… actors who can do extreme weight loss and gain, body muscle to and fro somehow impresses me…. maybe because that’s something that I have always wished to do.

I liked the special effects and the introduction of how the bat cave was found (for some reason, I never knew that). And the bats that were found in the house… I also loved how they played out the scene in which his parents were killed…. after reading those scenes over and over in the books, it was cool to see it in life… although it would’ve been neat to see how Bruce always puts roses there. I liked that Katie Holmes’ character wasn’t an annoying sort of girl. And I liked how Michael Caine played his Alfred. The batmobile and the driving lessons were awesome. And the introduction on how to call Batman to the scene. Ooooh, and the guy that played Gordon rocked. Great costume design. Overall, really strong production design. Not so great makeup. Lighting was okay… I think I would’ve made the flashbacks a bit more extreme, either warm or cold.

This isn’t a movie that I’d pay the $10 to see in the theaters again, but if there was a sequel, I’d be there.

What a terrible day for you and technology!

I’m glad that, in the end, paper and ink still worked for you. (I mean, it would have been really sad if the pages had been stuck together, or the magazine had gotten all wet. Sad, but funny, too. I guess you could have resorted to painting on the walls and then looking at the drawings. ;^)

And fewer graphics means it loads faster. I should modify this so the links get put in their categories. I’m not sure exactly what I want in a theme but I think I can take these that others made and make them into what I want.

Curse these 20 year old floppies!

i think he’s nuts. i adore him. lets be him when we grow up.

best. show. ever.
best. seats. ever.

thanks doug! nothing like a good, solid geekout

Usually that’s all stuff that I do… maybe your subconscious just misses having a klutz in the house!

But never fear, I shall be there soon.

If you want to learn about the ideas of the holographic universe read abou tthe first 100 pages or go and find another source.

On a plus side, after reading all of your woes, I will often stop now when I see someone on the side of the road to see if they need a lift anywhere. There’s this one hitchhiker who I see almost every day who also has major tire problems.

And Jim just doesn’t get it!!

Oh, and for you and nicole, please feel free to switch out the medicine cabinets… I’d call, but my reception down here sucks the donkey. I’ve never been fond of the 3 partition cabinet, except it did make it easier to separate my stuff from my roommate’s!

I have to find my camera and take pictures. I hope you all have for your house records.

*HUGS*

hee!

Are you sure you can’t come help?

thanks for ashley. i love her.

let me know when you’ve finished UMM. i just read it and i really really need to geek out with you over it.

Luckily she just got a motorcycle to ride around on.

I’m glad that Nicole’s “officially” okay. 8^)

Things could have been much worse. I’m very happy that things worked out so well. (And now you get to go car shopping!)

So she’s in pain on the left half of her body. Nothing seems to have moved in her spine, but I’m not good at checking necks. She might go to a chiropractor to get checked out, but right now she’s just resting.

Wow! this is all happening so quickly and I’m not even out of the house yet! So terribly exciting. No more pink! Plushy carpet so I can sleep on throw myself onto the floor an have tantrums without hurting myself! I love it!

I got a VStream capture card since it has a higher bit-depth than the older Conexant 878/888 chipsets. I won’t really know how good it is until I get it on to a dvd and watch it on a regular screen.

What new Capture card did you get? I’ve been looking at the Hauppaugge 150.

I also loved GARDEN STATE. Natalie Portman is doing the NP thing and so I thoroughly enjoyed her performance. You’ll like it, I think.

10 YARDS though… well, maybe it wouldn’t have been painful had I seen 9 YARDS. Kind of like how I couldn’t enjoy BE COOL after never seen GET SHORTY.

You might enjoy LEO if you haven’t seen it. Travis says that the kid in it is awesome.

My goal this weekend is to watch something like CONTACT with lots of special fx that will look awesome on the screen… test out the different visual options that the projector offers!

And there’s no time for Napa right now! I’m sure I could handle the chocolate and still be fine though

I’m glad you had all of those calories. Now I will definitely win the AB CHALLENGE. I no longer feel bad for sitting and munching chips and salsa for hours on end and scoff at the idea of getting out of my chair (except to use the loo).

Now, if only you & Nicole would go to Napa, I’m sure to win. Think of all that chocolate!

Happy Birthday! I can’t believe how old you are! =)