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Or not. This wasn’t a particularly gory operation. No brains, no bone saws, and just a little tiny incision. Lots of x-rays though, so if I start glowing I’ll know who to blame.

That’s not really fair though. I had a nice lead apron to wear for the whole time… Very warm and cozy. And I think it was made from some extraordinary new alloy that increases in weight over time. It started out at about 3 pounds, but it was up to nearly 20 by the end of the second procedure. It was warm though. My front was sweating up a storm the whole time, while my back was freezing. Surgical scrubs have roughly the same insulating properties as a thin cotton bedsheet, and they’re just about as stylish.
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Well, I’m off to tape my second surgery this morning. As in it’s the second surgery that I’m taping. I’m not having surgery…

Gad, it’s early.

More later. And once again, I’ll not be posting pictures of this…

I have no idea why, but I’m sitting here thinking about writing a song about a boozing, womanizing Mesopotamian archaeologist. I’ve already got the chorus.

Ziggurats and whiskey and wild, wild women…

I suppose it’s a sort of milestone… People are posting advertisements in the comments on my old entries. I’ve been deleting them of course… Especially since they seem to be trying to sell either dental insurance or pornography. After all, it’s not like I’m making any money off of this thing, so it’s hardly fair that someone else uses it for advertising. I react badly when people do that sort of thing to me. Just ask some former neighbors of mine…
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It’s amazing the damage that someone can do with photoshop. With just a few mouse clicks, I’ve removed dozens of safety features from a helicopter landing pad. They’re very important things too, like landing lights and automatic fire suppression nozzles near the refueling area, but they just look awkward cluttering up the background like that.
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I’m drinking break room coffee this morning for the first time in a very long time. I guess I’ve been avoiding it, mostly because I’ve been doing the “lots of water” thing, but partially because it’s just not that good. Today the heat is worth the flavor. I just need something warm to drink to help break up my sinus congestion and soothe my throat. Y’see, it’s cold season, and I’m brewing up a doozy in my nasal passages.
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Ok, so over on the shelf I see a box with this on it:

spp dµ

and I think, “What the heck is that?”

Then I turn the box over and realize that it’s backup tapes…

hp dds

There’s construction going on all over the medical campus. Probably it’s no more than usual, but it feels much worse than ever before. I think it’s just the inconvenience factor. They’ve closed one lane of Medical Center Drive right by the busy turn off of Observatory. Watching cars try to shuffle through the narrow spot is fun. There’s congestion and hesitation instead of the normal smooth flow of traffic through the streets. The pacemaker timing of the traffic light is designed for wider veins of traffic. Clots of cars sit in the middle of the street simply because the traffic isn’t draining away from the intersection fast enough. And every so often a big-assed SUV will clog things up like a stick of butter in an artery.
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We did some shopping last night at a fabric store. They have a ton of other stuff out there for the arts & crafts crowd, as well as a selection of Halloween decorations and candy. My Fiancee got some freaky little dolls with removable velcro heads (“Pull my head!”) but I was sidetracked by the nifty little tins of “DragonFire Gum.”
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Well, it’s a new month. Time to the wedding can be measured in days now (39!) and we should probably get a big checklist together to see what’s complete and what still needs to be done.

So far, I think we’re doing pretty good. My Fiancee and I had lunch together yesterday after spending some time at the florist that my boss recommended (his wife has done a lot of work with them). We’re getting a good number of RSVPs back, so pretty soon I’ll have a final guest list to take to the caterers…

And my stand-up guys have forewarned me about the date of the bachelors party.
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