Runester

First impression: it sucked. None of the drama or pagentry of the old version, and no charismatic actors to carry the show. Also, what’s with the whiny, self doubting, self loathing, Moses? That sucks. I’m also not so sure we really needed to see all of the blood shed and violance.

So, it’s better then a hot poker in the eye - but not by much.

Villanelle For Our Time by Leonard Cohen - Find Music You’ll Love - Pandora: “Can you help me discover more music that I’ll like?”

I discovered Pandora.com from a discussion thread on Digg.com and have loved using it ever since. It creates a custom station of streaming music based on my own preferences. It’s like a radio station that matches my mood. It’s EXTREMELY easy to use, needs no special download, and (with banner ads) is available for free.

I also like the idea that I’ll discover a new artist or track I’d never have stumbled across on my own. Finding something new and interesting is always a huge plus!

Well, it turns out my ‘alergies’ was actually a strep infection in my tonsils. So, now I’m taking Amoxycyllian and I’m contagious.

Also, when I told my doctor that my alergies started with 12 hours of low grade fever … he pointed out that is not a symptom of allergies. Well, this is why I’m not a doctor! I should have gone in last week and gotten on antibiotics three or four days ago, instead of persisting in my self-delusion of ‘alergies’.

BTW: this is the first time I’ve ever been to this doctor (having chosen his name out of an insurance supplied catalog). When his admin found out I work in IT, she made a point of noting they have no computers in the office and don’t use them! Her system is quaint but effective. Instead of me being appalled or trying to evangelize … I just admired her efforts. Her system is very flexible, adaptive, and immune to power failures, etc. On the other hand, nothing is backed-up (offsite), and the index is the mechanical ordering of file folders (which can be misplaced, misordered or lost).

What ever she is doing must be working, because the practice has been successfull for the last twenty-three years - no computers needed.

I’ve had terrible alergies. I don’t usually like to complain about my health, except it is VERY hard to sleep when I am waking up every 30 to 60 minutes with trouble breathing … all night long. So, I’ve broken down and agreed to go see my doctor.

I hope he confirms that this is just allergies and maybe he’s got some prescription streangth antihistimene or something. But, if he tells me that I’ve got strep or something … well, that is significantly more serious.

Let’s see how this goes.