July 8, 2017
Musical Saturday Morning
This performance features the not often heard final verse and it seems even with explanation people just do not understand the song! It is about someone whom is so busy gaining the world that they can not even enjoy it! Forty-five years ago, I thought the lyrics odd - not so much any more. People are completely misdirecting their attention today. And I am just as guilty of having messed up on this one .....
July 7, 2017
Mold Making
My first leg was made in 2015, following the emergency amputation due to antibiotic resistant staff - thanks to St. Francis' leg and foot hospitals poor hygiene - grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrerererrr!
That first leg did not do well.
My leg responded to the amputation by growing a bone perpendicular to the shin.
Very painful.
Numerous infections.
I was reduced to a quivering mass loate one night in ER as yet another staph was threatening to kill me.
So, with a bone revision I have spent 7 months recovering from, it was trime to try a new leg.
In the passed two years technology has changed in all aspects so far.
Making the mold is fair clean, non-plaster process.
The liners you need to wear with your leg are very different! So no tearing is foreseen!
The liner is flat on the bottom now, so should work with the new leg contour.
In all, an easy experience and far better than last time!
Now come on Tuesday!
When the leg will be ready for a test drive .....
That first leg did not do well.
My leg responded to the amputation by growing a bone perpendicular to the shin.
Very painful.
Numerous infections.
I was reduced to a quivering mass loate one night in ER as yet another staph was threatening to kill me.
So, with a bone revision I have spent 7 months recovering from, it was trime to try a new leg.
In the passed two years technology has changed in all aspects so far.
Making the mold is fair clean, non-plaster process.
The liners you need to wear with your leg are very different! So no tearing is foreseen!
The liner is flat on the bottom now, so should work with the new leg contour.
In all, an easy experience and far better than last time!
Now come on Tuesday!
When the leg will be ready for a test drive .....
July 6, 2017
Seeing A Ffriend Fail
YAWN! I was up to the wee hours with one of my old
consulting customers. YAWN!
She is the
second smartest woman I have ever met, but in fully knowledge of her mind’s
powers, she like so many in this culture, cannot reconcile herself with the
idea that there is a Creator greater than she.
Sigh … so life becomes far harder than need be. And like ALL brilliant people - completely
unable to navigate a path through life.
Just no common sense.
I have
mentioned her long ago in past posts - she is one of the Ted Bundy survivors
from 40 years ago.
With the
passing of her parents, I seem to have been bestowed with pseudo-father status
in life to help her with her questions. I
try. When her frustrations at life
reached a boiling point- smart women do not do well in the dating arena, I
introduced her to my PC support guy. He,
also sharp, also frustrated. They
married shortly thereafter.
Now, seven
years later, he has begun showing some form of personality disorder - I am not
up on this exploding field of mental illness.
I was quite surprised at how he has changed! Make no mistake he is suffering from some
form of mental illness, but having known him well for decades before - yeah, he
is undoubtedly addicted or was to something and like so many - has damaged his
mind badly!
Really too
bad. I remember having the same
conversation with my brother Nick, just before his “disappearance”. I never questioned that what ever happened to
him - drugs were behind it. And like
Kirk, the devil is in the payment for playing in “its” realm. I am just real sorry that my old customer has
more to suffer through now. Sigh …
For her, she
is kicking herself for having listened to him.
She saw the warning signs but chose to ignore them. I suspect she will divorce him - his issues today
could fill many volumes of posts! And no one in her
family has ever divorced! Now in her
fifties, rich enough for several lifetimes, I have no doubt she can replace him - save for the issues I
opened with ….
July 5, 2017
Mold
Well I will have no luxury of posting Wednesday.
I start the day early in physical therapy, where my resiudual leg will be tightly bound following one of those weird lymph massages,
A short break for tamales.
Then off to have the stump cast in fiberglass, cut free and resulting mold of the leg!
Yes, I am now weeks away from having the new socket for my leg!
And then we start all over again learning to walk.
:)
I start the day early in physical therapy, where my resiudual leg will be tightly bound following one of those weird lymph massages,
A short break for tamales.
Then off to have the stump cast in fiberglass, cut free and resulting mold of the leg!
Yes, I am now weeks away from having the new socket for my leg!
And then we start all over again learning to walk.
:)
July 4, 2017
July 3, 2017
History
History is important to know - locally, nationally and worldwide!
This weekend my little town is sponsoring a hike on "The Old Indian Trail". Lots of people are interested in preserving this historic artifact. Starting on Three Tree Point, the trail climbs 300 vertically and covers one mile before reaching the lake I live by. I can't imagine why someone from Seattle would catch a steamboat, disembark at Three Tree Point, hike trail to reach a lake surrounded by tree stumps. Yeah, they logged this area flat in the 1890's! The only problem with this tale - is that there never was a "historic indian trail" .... But never let a good 1910's advertising gimmick to sell house lots - get in the way of historic fact.
Now we did used to have a fur trading fort really close to where I live, it was long abandoned by the time this area was "discovered" by European explorers in the 1790's. Of course the structure was burned to make room for housing lots, to be sold off to Seattle picnickers, visiting the newly created mystery Indian trail ...
And the town is building a historical museum. They chose to use the old 1930's theater building. Of course Seattle is one place which actually - actively hates anything old, so they can't just use the historic building ... nope, gotta tear it down and put up an ugly steel frame POC example of modern architecture! But our intrepid leaders have a pain their rump - me. I lost the building battle but did get them to concede to keep the facade. So they tore down the building, left the front free standing - with NO supports. Of course it came crashing down that night, no doubt with more than a little help.
So locally, no appreciation for history or anything historic! Unfortunately this is the trend of this culture - lip service to politically correct view of our past. Anything unknown or not understood, well it just does not exit.
Can you think of something nationally? Worldwide?
I just had a conversation last night with some people on the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood. It has only been a few years and already history is distancing Obama and Clinton from their guilt in what has happened in Northern Africa and in relationship to these murderers. Much less our renting the British SAS for some Syrian nastiness. It was all in the news, if you were willing to read what you did not wish to know ...
So who cares? It is not like you can change the past.
But you can fight loss of history locally.
You can know that if the news lied to you yesterday, they will do it again today and tomorrowyou can .
Same goes for politicians.
You can start to vote intelligently, not emotionally nor single issue!
And even in the realm of religion ...
If you do not KNOW your Bible, expect to be mislead.
If your religious leaders do not know God, expect to be mislead.
If find flaw in your religious leader, expect to be mislead.
And if your church does not check references - well - DUH!
And your eternal security is far more important than any building, trail or political demands.
But you have got to understand history and to learn to question - everything ....
This weekend my little town is sponsoring a hike on "The Old Indian Trail". Lots of people are interested in preserving this historic artifact. Starting on Three Tree Point, the trail climbs 300 vertically and covers one mile before reaching the lake I live by. I can't imagine why someone from Seattle would catch a steamboat, disembark at Three Tree Point, hike trail to reach a lake surrounded by tree stumps. Yeah, they logged this area flat in the 1890's! The only problem with this tale - is that there never was a "historic indian trail" .... But never let a good 1910's advertising gimmick to sell house lots - get in the way of historic fact.
Now we did used to have a fur trading fort really close to where I live, it was long abandoned by the time this area was "discovered" by European explorers in the 1790's. Of course the structure was burned to make room for housing lots, to be sold off to Seattle picnickers, visiting the newly created mystery Indian trail ...
And the town is building a historical museum. They chose to use the old 1930's theater building. Of course Seattle is one place which actually - actively hates anything old, so they can't just use the historic building ... nope, gotta tear it down and put up an ugly steel frame POC example of modern architecture! But our intrepid leaders have a pain their rump - me. I lost the building battle but did get them to concede to keep the facade. So they tore down the building, left the front free standing - with NO supports. Of course it came crashing down that night, no doubt with more than a little help.
So locally, no appreciation for history or anything historic! Unfortunately this is the trend of this culture - lip service to politically correct view of our past. Anything unknown or not understood, well it just does not exit.
Can you think of something nationally? Worldwide?
I just had a conversation last night with some people on the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood. It has only been a few years and already history is distancing Obama and Clinton from their guilt in what has happened in Northern Africa and in relationship to these murderers. Much less our renting the British SAS for some Syrian nastiness. It was all in the news, if you were willing to read what you did not wish to know ...
So who cares? It is not like you can change the past.
But you can fight loss of history locally.
You can know that if the news lied to you yesterday, they will do it again today and tomorrowyou can .
Same goes for politicians.
You can start to vote intelligently, not emotionally nor single issue!
And even in the realm of religion ...
If you do not KNOW your Bible, expect to be mislead.
If your religious leaders do not know God, expect to be mislead.
If find flaw in your religious leader, expect to be mislead.
And if your church does not check references - well - DUH!
And your eternal security is far more important than any building, trail or political demands.
But you have got to understand history and to learn to question - everything ....
July 1, 2017
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