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Major surgery today. More sometime in the future, when I’m well enough and I have a way to post.

My legs are pretty much useless today — I can’t even close the recliner. I have an appointment Monday with the orthopedic surgeon, but as bad as this has gotten, I wonder if maybe I should call his office today.

Yesterday, the pain was the worst so far, and it did not let up all night (and I got no sleep). Today, I broke down and hit the pain meds, something I don’t want to do a lot, since there are only a finite number of them, and it takes more than a couple to […]

“Gun control is going so well that machine gun-toting police are patrolling the street due to the gun crime. Unpossible.” Also from Uncle, but not the UK, Granny compensates for the size of her penis.

“President Obama’s promise to empty the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay has run into a little obstacle: It turns out the place is full of terrorists! Like everything else, this is not Obama’s fault. The terrorists are there because George W. Bush put them there, leaving poor Obama once again stuck cleaning up someone else’s […]

Those progressive, white cities!

I quote:
ABC’s “V” premieres Nov. 3 and will air for four weeks during sweeps, then go on hiatus until early 2010.
There’s another trailer posted there, too.

The Blogfather:
THE HEADLINE READS OBAMA CONTINUES TO LEAD 2012 CONTESTS, but that’s putting a pretty good spin on the fact that he’s only 4 points ahead of Mike Huckabee. Yes, Mike Huckabee. If you’re 47-43 over Mike Huckabee, that’s not a good sign. When, you know, you’re President, and the media love you.

Walking is a lot better than it was — mobility is improving rapidly. So I’m starting to hope that this won’t be as bad as it could be (although I awoke in sweat-inducing pain).

I’ve been discharged.

I’ve been admitted. I fractured my spine. There’s wi-fi in the room.

Yesterday while leaving Baby’s, I didn’t see the step down and fell. Blinding pain. I can barely walk, so I’m headed in to see what I did.
As if I didn’t have enough to worry about.

Going back up to the 50s and 60s in the next few days.

Just now watching the season finale of Psych. I’m not sure why it works. It has to be one of the stupidest shows on TV — yet, it’s hilarious. Love the stupid storylines, love the stupid characters, love the stupid writing. If you’ve never seen it, either catch old episodes on Hulu, or watch when […]

It’s snowing again. Some guy from the Weather Channel was broadcasting from Mt Nittany yeterday.

Heavy, wet snow. Powerlines are down all over town, and half the stoplights aren’t working. And it’s only the beginning.

Stacy McCain on fake victimhood.

Pens beat the Canes in a 3-2 shootout win. And with 12 points (24 goals for, 17 against, and 6-1-0 so far), the Pens are #2 in the NHL, behind the Rangers. Ironically, the only team that has beaten the Pens this season yet is the Phoenix Coyotes (proving that yes, you can sleep on […]

Got yours yet?

Story here.
Leafs fall to Pens, 5-2.

Detroit. Steelers win, 28-20.

Penn State 52, E. Illinois 3.

From the commenters at Pensblog: Hannibal Hartnell and the Broad Street Biters.

Big Dog recently posted about Sauce Bolognese, and it turns out we use the same recipe, from Hazan’s Classic Italian Cook Book (Hazan is the Italian Alice Waters, and other than many great recipes, spews idiocy, like Waters).
Bolognese is sadly neglected in the US, rarely seen, at least in edible form, on a restaurant menu, […]

Dead deer in clown suit left on Iowa porch

The Pens beat the Flyers last night in Wachovia Center, final score 5-4! But the big news is that nobody told us Philadelphia had hired Mike Tyson. Nobody told Letang, either.
Maybe Hartnell has been hanging out with Vick.
Seidling’s report. Nothing (except the finger biting incident) at Pensblog yet.
Other news: Pens honor Iraq war veteran.
Game highlights:

Thanks to Ace Mætenloch for this entertaining news-of-the-weird from Wales.
Two thugs who attacked what they thought were a pair of transvestites picked on the wrong men - when their intended victims turned out to be cage fighters on a night out in fancy dress.
Dean Gardener, 19, and Jason Fender, 22, singled out the two men […]

Update: Thanks to a couple of sharp-eyed readers, I corrected a couple of decimal place errors. That’s what I get for even thinking about math on pain meds, I guess.
My doctor did a stint as an epidemiologist, so he’s a statistician (most doctors are not, by the way), and we always end up talking statistics. […]

I’m going to have to take a break from grading (I’m nearly done) to go to my doctor. Course, this hip thing has gotten a lot better and I’m not quite sure what I’ll do there, but I do have some questions I’d like answered.
Oh. That, and pick up an extra value meal (more about […]

Thanks to Darren, I saw this story about a study.
Douglas Reeves, an expert on grading systems, conducted an experiment with more than 10,000 educators that he says proves just how subjective grades can be.
Like me, you’re thinking, “Well, duh!” and wondering how much money was wasted on such an obvious study. Well, keep reading.
Reeves asked […]

There were the two Penn State victories, hockey and football. In the season opener, the Pens rocked the Rangers. On Saturday night, the Pens played the Islanders, and won in a shootout 4-3. Tavares is the man to watch, Islander or no. And where was Doug Weight?
The Steelers haven’t started the season well, with […]

The Icers played the Townson Tigers yesterday afternoon, the first Saturday home game of the season. Penn State has almost a whole new team, and there’s a rising star: Dominic Marrone, a freshman, who scored (at least) two goals in yesterday afternoon’s game, and one in Friday night’s game. I say “at least two […]

Yes, we did! Pens defeat the Rangers 3-2!

Pics from Pensblog (they’ve moved, so update your link).
Offense lines:
Kunitz-Crosby-Guerin
Fedotenko-Malkin-Dupuis
Cooke-Staal-Kennedy
Rupp-Adams-Godard
Defense:
Orpik-Gonchar
Eaton-Legang
McKee-Goligoski
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2009
2 - 3 PENGUINS
GOALS
NYR: C. Drury (16:01 - 1st) , M. Gaborik (05:56 - 3rd)
PIT: E. Malkin (PPG, 07:48 - 1st) , S. Crosby (12:25 - 2nd) , T. Kennedy (13:33 - […]

I got up and cruised through the guide to see what was on. I found this flick called Open Water 2: Adrift and tuned in, about ten minutes into the movie. There’s, oh, I don’t know, maybe three girls and four guys in the water, right next to a yacht, screaming for help.
This, of course, […]

When I got back from class, I installed Firefox, MS Office, and Palisade Decision Tools. I haven’t used it enough to give a review, but Windows 7 is really fast. It should — but does not — come with virus protection. It popped up a little red flag to tell me there was none installed.

So I installed the updates, and now, the computer is stuck in a “configuring updates” loop on boot. According to everything I’ve seen, the only solution is to undo the updates, but then, I can’t install Win 7 and keep all of my files and programs. So, I’m going to just install the OS and […]

“Installing 14 of 57 …”

It won’t let me install and keep my files and programs unless I install Vista SP1, so I’m doing that now. Grrr!

I just started installing Windows 7 Ultimate on my desktop. Supposedly, you can install it and keep your files and programs. I backed up my files just in case.
It’s searching the internet for hardware driver upgrades now.

Have I ever mentioned that I love Kirstie Alley? I think she’s a great acrtress, especially when she does comedy. Yes, I know she’s a big time Scientologist, but I really don’t care. Anyway, she’s had enough with the Hollyweirdness, and draws both revolvers on Roman Polanski.

What happens when a math geek wonders which line in the supermarket is fastest? He collects data and runs a regression! There are a lot of variables he doesn’t take into account, such as the sex of the shopper, which I discussed here, but others can take the baton and run with it.
Thanks to Darren […]