Weekly LOLz

I guess he deserved it?

Just something about animal bonds

This is a video of a guy returning from Iraq and being greeted by his dogs, touching...enjoy

Neat video

This is a simulation of 24 hours of air traffic throughout the world. Really cool. Enjoy

Up and going slowly

Look good, no?

For you fans of the 80's

This is loads of fun. Enjoy

Up and around.

I slept well and am up now enjoying some TV. Drank my breakfast and
going to take my meds. Just resting at home today. Peace!

At home...

...and feeling fairly good. Night!

Pain

Just waiting for pain to go away.

Serious now

Ok IV is in and about to go. OBTW they have free wifi! Peace

Fashion victim

Looks good, no????

Headed inside

Here I go inside the hospital.

Fundoplication

That is what surgery I am having tomorrow is technically called, here is a more complete discussion on it from Wikipedia. It is hopeful that the surgery will help with my GERD and it will fix my Hiatal Hernia. The surgeon performing the surgery will be Dr. Barry McKernan, who is somewhat of a pioneer in the field of laparoscopic surgery. All the surgeons I have spoken to know who he is and know his reputation as a quality surgeon. In fact I know a couple of guys who have learned from him...so I guess he is good at what he does. Also a quick search of his name has shown that he is well published in medical journals and he even does a radio show. The surgery will take place at WellStar Windy Hill Hospital at 1pm. So a few prayers would be appreciated. I will put a post up as soon as I can.

On the lighter side of things. I have to fast from midnight on...and it looks like I won't be on solid food for a while. So, I had three great meals today as my last solid food. I will tell you for lunch I had the pizza buffet at Partners. Can you guess what I had for breakfast and dinner? A pre-paid 24 hour T-Mobile hotspot card for the first correct answer. I will be posting answers as they come in and will reveal the correct answers on Wednesday.

Peace

What to do day before surgery?

Attend an OLV volleyball game of course! Looks like we will win this one.


UPDATE: They won!

Food and Science...yummy!

This video is of a chef making noodles. It was part of a scientific program on atoms. This video was used to help demonstrate the principle of halving. Anyway you look at it, it is yummy science. Enjoy!

Too relaxed to blog

Womens trip is going well. More later. Oh and lots more vacation stuff
next week.

We made it to Savannah

Womens trip is well underway. Got here and found Oktoberfest, SWEET!

Weekly LOLz

glad we don't have one of these signs!

On home soil

We just landed and are ready to head through passport control and
right back to the good 'ole USA!!!

Here are the results::::5:19:13!!!

I just want you to know that I felt great with this race. If I had not danced with each Samba group (there were about 12 of them), had not do such a slow pace early, had not given most of the kids on the side of the road a "high-5" and if I had run instead of walking when I could not even feel my legs, and not talked (while running) to this nice young lady from Ireland as we ran (she was not running my pace) I think I could have done it under 5 hours, but then I would not have enjoyed my race as much...so I guess it all works out well in the end. I am off for tonight, not sure how much access I will have over the next few days, but if I do I will upload a few photos. Peace

Done with the marathon!!!

Well I am done and just back to the hotel. I finished in around 5:19:00ish. I cannot tell you the exact time, because the SMS service did not send me a text. If you have one let me know the times. Anyway I am done and will upload some photos soon. I AM DONE & I FEEL GREAT!!!!!!!