When I was in college in that tiny little town in southwest Arkansas, I would sometimes get sick and go see a doctor. One of the few that I could afford was this guy in a small clinic on the other side of town. At the end of the session, he’d check off a preprinted …
Monthly Archives: December 2015
Reasons Why I Still Buy Music on Compact Disc
Lossless; clear sound with no compression artifacts or “sizzle” Liner Art! Feelies! Presentation! There’s an art and a vibe for each album. Supported on most platforms No encryption or Digital Rights Management Can listen to CDs long after the music store goes out of business CDs are never “no longer available in the library” After …
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Back Fourty
Follow-up to Set Back: Good news. Doc says the MRI shows I have herniated disks. The stabbing knife in my mid-back is a big herniation, the kind where the disk is bulging out of its space between the vertebrae and pressing against the spinal cord. That’s pretty cool. And I have three smaller bulges in the …
Set Back
Working through some spine issues. I need a new backbone. Coming up on two weeks of backpain; feels like a crushed disk, pulled muscle, or whatever. Pinched nerve, left shoulder numb. Stabbed in the back feeling. So good. So right. Laid down in an MRI tube this weekend; will know the results shortly. MRI machines …