I learned two new things about myself today. First, I discovered this morning that I have Tullio phenomenon. I didn’t realize it before, but after sitting downstairs for a while I ran upstairs to talk to Beth. My heart was beating loud in my right ear, due to the sudden exercise. As I was looking… Continue reading Tullio phenomenon and Empty sella
Month: November 2008
random death
When I was a teenager, I spent a lot of time playing a role playing game called Traveller. If you’ve never heard of it, one of the fundamental game rules is that instead of just “rolling up” a character like you do in Dungeons & Dragons, you create a character who’s age 18 and then… Continue reading random death
I didn’t realize the Democrats will control the White House and both houses of Congress
Mark this one “duh” but I just now realized after looking at CNN’s election results that we’ll have a Democrat President as well as a Democratic majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Looks like the Dems will have all the chips, so to speak. If they can’t achieve great things in… Continue reading I didn’t realize the Democrats will control the White House and both houses of Congress
I voted for a winner, finally
ABC News just called the election for President of the United States in Obama’s favor. And that means that for the first time in my life, I voted for a non-incumbent candidate who won the presidency. In 2004, I voted for John Kerry, who lost to George W. Bush. In 2000, I voted for Al… Continue reading I voted for a winner, finally
red and blue
I got this email from a left wing friend of mine this morning. He lives in California. While I doubt all these statistics are 100% accurate, I think the message they send it mostly true, and quite hilarious. It reminded me of my despair being stuck in a red state at the last election, though… Continue reading red and blue
Todd’s lazy Sunday
Today is the first day I’ve had in weeks where I didn’t have anything planned. And so I’m hoping to take best advantage of it and catch up on a ton of R&R. Not only that, but I got an extra hour due to the time change! Last weekend was fully action packed, because I… Continue reading Todd’s lazy Sunday