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This past weekend I went down to run the Promise Land 50K. Normally, I would have been very excited to compete in a race like this – a long, semi-technical trail run, a healthy amount of gain and decent; with a field of some of the fastest East coast runners. However, due to injury I have not raced all year and knew I was in no shape to compete, but since I have been back running for several weeks I wanted to gauge where my fitness and health were. It was also my 30th B-day and I thought running 30+ miles would be a fun way to celebrate. I emailed Dr. Horton on Tuesday and he was kind enough to let me in, as well as seeding me with bib #8.
I got to the Promise Land Camp Friday night and had a good time chatting with many running friends. Exchanging stories, talking of future plans and of course the race the next day – would the mountains break the superfast marathoner, will experience triumph over pure speed? The next day would reveal the answer as Eric Grossman surpassed 2:19 marathoner Kalib Wilkinson on the final ascent and broke the course record by 5 minutes! I was just happy to be there and figured even if my injury didn't rear its ugly head, my lack of training would come back to bite me at some point. So with that, I was looking forward to the pleasure found in running in the mountains and yes even the pain from sore calves and trashed quads. After a night of very little sleep in my tent, I got up the next morning ready to run – for the first time sporting my PR Racing Team singletJ
At 5:30 AM we were off. The pace was very fast starting out for the first 4 miles of climbing. Eric, Kalib and one other runner took off to the front. I felt pretty good on the climb, and tucked in behind Shaun Pope to take advantage of his headlamp during the first 30 or so minutes of darkness. After the climb, the sun had come up and I was really enjoying running as quickly the 10+ minute/mile pace on the climb turned into sub-7s. Neal Gorman and a few other runners caught up to me coming into the second aid station before mile 10. At this point my legs where holding up OK and I thought the rest of the day would unfold quite well. Then I hit the down hills….
My left leg, specifically the hip flexor and adductor began to flare up, ugh! The last time this happened (at Stone Mill) I ran another 20+ miles through the pain and caused extreme inflammation that kept me from racing for months. I had promised my doctor and more importantly my wife that I would bail if the pain came back. All this was starting to weigh on my mind as I came into the third aid around mile 13, and before the long descent back down the mountain. Heading down the trail I quickly accepted the reality that the pain was not just soreness from lack of running and the more I tried to run, the worse it was getting. I slowed considerably, and eventually decided to just walk it out rather than risk any additional damage. Many runners began to pass me with offers of help and asking if I was OK – it is hard to answer this accurately and politely "no I am not OK, but you can't help unless you have magical healing power." At least the trail was beautiful and I even stopped at a bridge for awhile to watch as the water flowed down the mountain and over the rocks. Realizing the simplicity of nature that triggers complexity and relating it to life. Aspects of life that at the core are very simple become quite complex and so often we lose focus on what is important. We live, we love and we die. It is the middle that determines nearly every aspect of who we are. What you love (your wife, children, running, a career)? How you love (giving your time, devotion, attention)? A person can lose everything, and still be content as long as they have love. I see this even more as my boys get older and I remember what it was like when I was a child and realize that I am the man I am today because of the love I have been shown and have shown as well. I guess turning thirty has made me even more introspective. To relate this to running – I love to run and in order to continue to do what I love I need to make the appropriate decisions to ensure that I don't jeopardize running in the long term in order to meet short term aspirations. My musings were quickly snapped back to reality as a runner passed with a confused look of "why is this person staring at a river in the middle of a race?" I soon returned to my walk and made it to the aid station. Dr. Horton quickly handed me some ibuprofen and encourage me to get going until I explained my injury and quipped that the last mile took longer than my average 10KL
I caught a ride back to the camp with one of the radio crew members and got there in time to see the top guys finish. Then I headed back home making it just in time for my own birthday party. As I write this a couple days later I am again pain free, but I will be giving it even more time. Even a few months ago, I likely would have headed out the door the minute I started to feel better, but I have learned a lot from the injury that will hopefully make me a better and smarter runner in the future. Although I was not able to finish, I am glad I was able to go and run for the time that I did. I was also able to gauge where I am and how far I still have to go to get over this.
Up next – I am not quite sure. I am very disappointed that MMT looks to be out of the picture. I really like MMT and was hoping that I would at least be healthy enough to finish it even if I couldn't compete. I'll still be out there, but as a volunteer or maybe a pacer helping others achieve their goals. Hopefully, I can resume training soon and start racing again in June. Maybe the North Face 50 or Laurel Highlands. For now I am just going to continue to take it one day at a time.


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Gee, I hope they aren't dead. Right, creek? :evilgrin:Originally posted by Phil in BG
remdog and Larkin Fan are also AWOL.
You mean like this joke?Originally posted by Chip R
Gee, I hope they aren't dead. Right, creek? :evilgrin:
Will trade this space for a #1 starter.
Ack! I just checked in and I find I'm 'missing in action'! Thanks for the thoughts Phil!
Actually, it's just been an unbelieveably busy 3-4 weeks with traveling to Napa for a fair, Monterey for the historic auto races at Laguna Seca, the women's tennis tourney at Stanford and a food festival at Menlo Park.
I've really got to get a laptop....I miss this board tremendously when I'm gone. I get more good info/opinions/dialog here in one day than a month of watching Baseball Tonight.
I also hope that Stormy and Team Clark return. I don't always agree with Team Clark but I do read his posts with interest.
And, for the record, I never 'dumped' on either one of them for the supposed Marlins deal----after all, when would I have time!
Good to hear from you rem. One less family member to worry about.
So Phil, how's Falcon's football this year? I see one publication picked them to win their division of the MAC!
I just heard Team Clark (pretty sure it was him) on WLW on Andy Fuhrman's show. How about that!! He was on with Sabo.
Too funny, woy.
Yeah, Phil's right. RS left a hole (in the Zone) big enough to drive Rosie O through.
I gave my critique of the wild trade rumors in that thread. I certainly didn't mean to upset anyone or contribute to their absence from the board. Redstorm knows me from when I was "Ed Armbrister", and I have always enjoyed his insight and "feel for the game", beyond but incorporporating the emperical evidence of statistics. It reminds me of my own spin, though he is more concise and eloquent...
... I recall a time when Storm and myself were two of a handful of Dmitri Young supporters in this neighborhood, for what that is worth...
He is one of my favorite posters, just like many of you. But I felt that particular post was sensationalist. I did not question the veracity of it because I trust Redstorm as an honest and exceptionally thoughtful poster who has "connections" and would not manufacture information. As a die hard fan of the Reds, I desperately wanted the deal he spoke of to come to fruition. And, I am disappointed it did not. The tone was that it was next to certain to take place... JUST LIKE THE TRASH PETER GAMMONS THROWS TO THE CURB EVERY NIGHT ON BASEBALL TONIGHT FOR EVERYONE TO RUMAGE THROUGH.
Redstorm mentioned me more than once in his defenses of the posts regarding a deal with the Marlins, so I do not think I am paranoid or burdened with self-importance to think that I am part of the "problem" that is keeping him away from Redszone now. That bothers me to no end, because in no way did I intend to impugn him or be agressive with my criticism. It was more advice to a friend, in my mind. My father taught me to be discreet with all knowledge and to disperse it with wisdom. In retrospect, maybe I should have used private messaging to share my input with him.
Team Clark I do not know nearly as well, but respect his views as a journalist and a guy who simply knows the players.
But, I share the sentiments of all of you in wishing that these two great Reds fans would re-join us and see this season through. The absence of these men diminishes Redszone signifigantly.
I remember Ed Armbrister! I never knew that was you! I actually wondered why he never came to this board. I thought he was alright.
How about that!Originally posted by Frontier League
I just heard Team Clark (pretty sure it was him) on WLW on Andy Fuhrman's show. How about that!! He was on with Sabo.
I really miss them both. Team Clark provided many "insider" insights, and his apparent departure leaves a void at RedsZone.
As for Reds Storm, he was my favorite poster, period. Stormy and I are both graduates of Duke Law School, him recently, me 23 years ago. I generally held my own in law school, but there were a few students who were on a higher intellectual plane than me-Stormy is on that same plane, sometimes winging away to a higher altitude than my own biplane of a mind will go. I always enjoyed his extensive analysis of the Reds. He will be a fine lawyer, but I really rather hope he goes into writing in general and sports journalism in particular-we already have enough lawyers in this country.
I miss them both and hope that they return.
"Hey...Dad. Wanna Have A Catch?" Kevin Costner in "Field Of Dreams."
I didn't hear the show, but it wouldn't surprise me one bit. TC has a new job as 3B coach (I think) for the new local Frontier league team Sabo is coaching. He was thrilled about it last time I talked to him, but he also has about 1000 things on his plate. Something had to give in his life and I think it was Redszone.Originally posted by Frontier League
I just heard Team Clark (pretty sure it was him) on WLW on Andy Fuhrman's show. How about that!! He was on with Sabo.
He enjoyed posting here and talking baseball and completely understood all the critisism he took on this board. But, I can't help but think (WARNING WARNING personal opinion here WARNING WARNING) that he would have tried to stick around if he didn't have to deal with so much crap every time he posted. He probably got hundreds of PMs in addition to all the stuff on the board. So I don't blame him a bit.
RS, I didn't know, but echo those on the board who have said his not posting is a HUGE loss for us.
I remember Ed Armbrister too!! One day ther was a discussion of something like being a team player or something like that and somebody (I don't remember who, no offense if they're still here) ask you if you'd ever "encountered anything like that in your playing days......Ed" ?, under the impression that you really are Armbrister (and for all I know you are, heck I used to post as Dan Billardello). Anyway, later that day I was having dinner with my girlfriend here in Chicago, who knows nothing of Reds baseball or this board, and I started thinking about this episode and couldn't stop laughing. I didn't know how to explain it to my girlfriend who, in turn, thought I was laughing at her or hiding something or God knows what (this wasn't the greatest relationship ever) and so she got mad which made it that much funnier.
OK... thanks for letting me share that I'll go take my medicine and try to avoid these spells in the future.
"I don't know about anyone else... but I miss my east coast compadre M2"
Yeah, I think about him every time I hear how great Gary "butt dart" Sheffield and the ATL are doing
Then there's the "Rickey Henderson makes the playoffs with a new team every year" take
(My money's on David "perennial" Justice and those boys in yellow/green. If ANA and Oakland can somehow squeeze Seattle out of the division/WC chase this year, just imagine the ensuing NW depression)
Come back soon and face the music, M2
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I don't know if you are aware of this but I saw a note in the paper here that said a new Department Store opened in Chicago. I forget the name but it's a place where women go to shop for husbands.
It's a 5 story building with only two rules: #1. If you enter a floor that's the only floor you can shop. #2. If you pass a floor on the way up you can't go back later. The only time you can go to lower floors is to depart the building.
Anyway, there were two single women that decided to go 'husband shopping' at the new store. When they entered the building, the sign on the first floor said: 'Has a job, likes kids'. "Well, that's not bad", said one woman to the other, "but I wonder what else they have available. Let's go up a floor"
So, the two women proceeded to the second floor where the sign said 'Has a good job, loves kids, is good-looking'. "Hmmm, said one of the women, let's see what's on the next floor." So, off they went.
On the third floor the sign said, 'Has a great job, loves kids, is very handsome and helps with the housework.' "Wow!" said one of the women, "that's a pretty good prospect!" "Yeah," said the other woman "but if we can get this on the third floor think of what must be on the fourth floor!" So, up they went.
When they arrived at the fourth floor the sign said 'Has a fantastic job, loves kids, is extreamly handsome, helps with the housework and is very romantic.' "Yikes!", said one of the women, "if this is only the fourth floor, I've just got to see what's available on the fifth floor!" So, once again, they assended upward.
Upon their arrival on the fifth and final floor the sign read, 'This floor exists to demonstrate that women are never satisfied. Good-bye and have a nice life.'
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|19th Nov 2012, 01:21
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I hope you never end up here...
I'm writing this from the PICU at Children's Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama, one of the best hydrocephalus and general pediatric neurology/neurosurgery centers in America (and possibly the world.) We've been here for over a week now with my son, who spontaneously stopped breathing last Saturday morning. His heart stopped for roughly an hour and fifteen minutes, which is bloody damn forever, if you're counting. When we got here, the diagnosis was hypernatremic dehydration, most likely ending in a seizure to get him to stop breathing. He had been examined by two doctors two days before. Neither felt that he had any signs then. He was on two diuretics, and while you could point the finger at them, honestly they were there because he had had issues with not getting rid of water and it affecting his lungs. His cessation of breath seems to be a fated thing, almost.
He has since that day begun to spontaneously breathe on his own accord (though it's still only agonal breaths, nothing life sustaining), he opens and closes his eyes, and he seems to response slightly to my wife and I and Youtube videos of Bump In The Night, a mid-90s claymation series heavy on actual music about the monster under the bed (yes, I cut that off at the past-he thought I caught him and gave him to him as a pet.) It's as though he's in there somewhere, trying to get back to where he was.
Before this, however, we gathered everyone in to see him one last time, we held a christening for him, as he'd been too sick to go to church (and that was really for us, not him) and we'd been told by his doctors to just let him go. Which is where I hope you never end up. Welcome to hell, population us.
So I want to ask you all a hard question, and it's one I feel has no answer, and I'm not trying to teach a lesson with. What is the soul, and where is it hiding? Why do some have to be forced from the body, and some fly away no matter what you do to save its cage? And why can we not know when one is trapped and can't get away? I think I've now seen the worst the world has to offer a person. If I'm perfectly honest, after seeing this I don't want any part of this world any more. In my case, it won't be too much longer if God is kind. Some of us continue to function well after we should be dead-but let me tell you, that's no life. I can spend days or weeks barely able to sit up after doing something like one good day of working on a case now-it's no rule, but it's certainly happened.
Before anyone asks, I am NOT running a poll on life support or no either for myself or my son. My wife has my wishes, and as long as my son continues to fight we will fight with him. Your responses will not weigh into our decisions. So don't respond as though there's a life on the line. This is more to keep my brain somewhat firing through the worst time in my life.
What is a soul? Does it have weight? What color is it? Can I point to it on an anatomy diagram? What does it look like? I bet I sound inane to some of you, but once you're here, these questions will keep you up at night as you throw up your meds because you cannot understand why those who have the least have it taken from them too. I don't know there's anything that could make this better, but at least a philosophical discussion can help me distract myself for a while.
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|19th Nov 2012, 03:47
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For all the problems I've had and am likely to ever have, all the decisions I've made, and the ones others make that I disagree with... I'll come back here, even if only for one last appearance, for this. I checked the forums out of reflex after looking at the front page (no idea why I did it) and saw your post title, Kayin.
The soul, in as much as I can imagine it, is the essence of life. It travels in all the nerves, through the blood, expands and contracts with muscles... and so on. We always talk about things being "greater than the sum of their parts" - I don't believe a better description fits for the soul.
I can't answer the whys and wherefores of your question, nor can I even begin to sympathise with what must be a crushing situation. All I can do is wish really hard for your happiness. It's all I'm able to give, but I give it without hesitation. God speed, buddy.
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|19th Nov 2012, 04:35
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You have my deepest respect, Kayin. I know it sounds trite, but I want you to know that I feel for you. I hope that you will be able to find some peace soon, and if I've learned anything about you over the years, I know that you're probably more prepared to deal with this than just about any person I know - if anyone can truly be prepared to face these kinds of life events. The experiences you personally have faced have given you a very unique window with which to view the world, and the resulting worldview would be enlightening if any of us had the chance to take a look.
Although I'm no longer religious, I'd like to offer an answer to your first question - from a non-religious point of view. As I mentioned, your experiences have shaped your worldview. Perhaps this is the soul - the experiences we face and the effects they have as we share them with others. It's the legacy we leave behind as our actions influence those around us. I can honestly say that you've inspired me in subtle ways. On days when I feel lazy and can't seem to summon the desire to work in the garage, I consider how it must feel to actually want to work but can't due to physical limitations. I take the stairs a lot more than I used to because it feels good to use my legs while they work, and you play a small role in that.
I'm sure others will come up with far better answers. No, it's not something you can point to. It doesn't have color or shape; rather, it's something intangible that shapes those around us.
Keep finding those motes of light in the world, Kayin. They're not just lighting your path, but through you they're providing light for others as well.
But of bliss and of glad life there is little to be said, before it ends; as works fair and wonderful, while still they endure for eyes to see, are their own record, and only when they are in peril or broken for ever do they pass into song.
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|19th Nov 2012, 12:02
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I was thinking that I hadn't seen you post recently, and now we know and it fills me with sadness.
I'm sorry you're in this hell and words rarely find meaning.
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|19th Nov 2012, 16:28
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You again have my most deep respects Kayin. When I feel too lazy to do something, I really should think of you, and the extent to which you fight, you're one hell of an example to a lot of us.
When I was young, I always thought the soul was my right bicep, and to this day, I'm not sure why. I still can't figure that out. Perhaps the soul is just carpe diem for the outer conscience of the mind- an influence in making a choice and the consequences that go with it. I'm the last person to know...
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|19th Nov 2012, 17:50
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I really can't imagine how hard times you are going through and I do hope the best for both you and your family.
It is times like these where I actually envy religious people as it must at least give some comfort to know that you are destined for a better place. As is however I personally do not believe in a soul, we are this body and when it is gone it is really just that, gone, no better place, no eternal life and no reunion with those you loved. This simply makes it that much sadder when you hear of someone whose life is being cut short, a child never given a proper chance to live, or someone whom deserves nothing but the best being given nothing but pain and suffering. There is really nothing to say in times like this as no words can change what is, and no expressions can ease the pain we feel.
We often fear our own death however it will always be the death of those we love that hurt us the most, but remember that all who leave us also leave a small dent in this world, for good or for bad, and that this small dent will help the next generation live a better life and lead to a brighter future.
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|19th Nov 2012, 19:08
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I believe that the only thing we can say about the soul is that it is the essential essence of us; that something that transcends the physical form and lives on after. Beyond that, the rest is just window-dressing we humans put on it in an attempt to understand something beyond our comprehension.
I spent a lot of time trying to find words to put this post that might bring some comfort. In the end I have come to the conclusion that anything I might say will be trite in comparison to what you're experiencing right now. So instead I'll just say this: Please know that through Bit-Tech you now have people the world over that are thinking of you in this dark hour. Our thoughts and prayers will be with you in the days ahead.
|19th Nov 2012, 20:46
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Neal Stephenson pitched an interesting idea in his book Anathem. It goes a bit like this:
In order to survive in the world. we all have a representation/simulation of the world in our head, which allows us to understand and predict (and possibly influence) it. Nothing new there. But it also allows us to run hypothetical scenarios in our mind of what would happen if... We can anticipate different possibilities, different outcomes; different ways particular scenarios may play out. We therefore basically (can) have many parallel universes inside our head, branching off and converging as different probabilities become actualities or not. This is quite a load on the brain... or is it?
Enter quantum physics. A particle is at the same time there and not there until it is observed or acted upon, at which point its probability waveform collapses and reality settles on either one or the other. The parallel universe model goes further: the particle is both there in one universe, and not there in another, parallel universe. The probablility waveform collapsing merely separates the two universes which until then existed in a state of superposition: they branch, if you will.
The idea of parallel universes suggests that therefore our brains do not have to hold on to many parallel represented/simulated universes; it just has to be able to access those parallel simulations held in the brains of other, parallel you's living in parallel universes. Basically, through quantum physical processes in your neurons, your brain functions are inextricably linked with the brain functions of the many parallel you's living in their own corresponding universes. You're the sum of many parallel consciousnesses, living many parallel existences, all at the same time.
This has interesing implications. What if one of you dies? Without giving too much away of the plot, Neal Stephenson toys with the idea that you never do, really --from your point of view. You just kinda skip to a parallel universe/existence, where you didn't die; you got lucky, had a close shave, or made a miraculous recovery. There are of course parallel versions of your friends and loved ones there, who like you are the sum of many parallel consciousnesses, so in a way they are still with you (in the universe where you died, they are grieving; In this one they are relieved, and thinking about what it would have been like if you hadn't survived... thus accessing the consciousnesses of their parallel selves in that world).
The soul then, is this sum-total of consciousnesses, living all possible existences in all possible universes, all at the same time. It is above and beyond matter and physics in a way that waveform probabilities are.
OK, what I realise I am saying, in a rather long-winded way, is: the soul is quantum. Er.
I hope this idea gives you some interesting distraction. Know that halfway around the world, in another Birmingham, someone is thinking of you.
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|20th Nov 2012, 15:59
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How do you account for someone with a long term illness within these parallel existences? If I die after a long drawn-out terminal illness, at which point do I skip back to in another universe? The moment before death, or an earlier point i.e. before contracting the illness? If the latter, then the existence isn't parallel.
A miraculous recovery seems like an attempt to cover that base, but has anyone ever recovered from ALS or other seriously degenerative diseases?
As your life progresses, the number of alternates would eventually whittle down to one - how would that tally with the alternative existences of your friends and family?
I don't expect you to have the answers - I'm just pouring out the thoughts as they come to mind.
[edit] I also just realised that this is something of a thread-jack. Apologies to the OP, it was in no way meant to sideline you or your situation.
In fact - I'll ask the questions in another thread. Again, my apologies.
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|20th Nov 2012, 17:48
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No worries, Spreadie. As Kayin says:
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|20th Nov 2012, 23:28
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My condolences to you and your wife. No parent should have to go through this.
On the matter of the soul, I suppose it's where you believe it is. It's not a physical, touchable object, in much the same way a personality is. But, if you believe in it, it's as real as a personality. I suppose you could describe it as the essence of what makes someone who they are, what separates someone from the inanimate objects that surround us.
I suppose we'll never be sure if it leaves when it is time, or if it stays. This I suppose depends on what you believe. But if it is part of what makes this body human, then it's the part that makes someone unique, the part that can never be replicated. The spirit and soul, it could be suggested, are interwoven with each other and are what defines you, me and everyone else.
I suppose it boils down to what you believe and how you feel. It's a deeply personal thing, and something you have to decide individually. Equally, it's something that you shouldn't really force on anyone else.
Maybe it's just something that the ancients came up to understand what they couldn't explain. Maybe it's something that never has existed, and maybe we're wrong to dismiss it as a figment of the imagination....
Hope this helps you to some sort of conclusion
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You know where I stand Kayin - it's not so much what the soul is or where it is, but the context in which it exists. The soul is the person, and it's hiding - living - in a broken world. I don't think we can separate the biological from the spiritual, even though only the former can be verified.
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We had another extremely close call earlier today. It was so close, in fact, that they gave him fentanyl so they could let us hold him for the last time, until we noticed that his blood pressure, O2 sat and heart rate had returned to something very closely resembling normal. Currently, he's back in his hospital bed with Bump in the Night playing on Youtube and his stuffed Mr. Bumpy in his arms.. Sure he's on dopamine and epinephrine, but they're small maintenance doses to help his body get through the infection he's apparently picked up. We were doing so well too-getting his tracheostomy and g-tube surgeries set up and talking to the home ventilator people.
I have a very deep-seated belief that if God wants you, He will get you. I don't see this as playing God in any sense-if God didn't want us to figure out medicine, I don't think he would have made us user serviceable. I tell the people that have worked on him thank you many times a day, and I express thankfulness to God that they're available to help him.
Sometimes, I feel like the body is a prison for the soul, not a vehicle for it. If I'm fair about that, it's because I have suffered so much in my life and I've seen others suffer so much. Even at its worst today, I could not turn away-I was there for the ride, whatever happened. I couldn't sleep with myself if I left him when he needed me most.
If you have kids, go home and hold them, and be thankful you can. Holding Snort today took two painkillers and a few draws on my albuterol rescue inhaler. Didn't care. Holding him was far more important than my ability to breathe or the pain I felt. Especially as it was supposed to be holding him as he died. However, he has decided that he's gonna troll the PICU pretty regularly. Son, we are not impress.
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On the quantum note, I'm suddenly reminded of a thought I once had regarding the déjà vu phenomenon. It was based on the idea that the universe expands and contracts ad infinitum. That is, it has forever been exploding in a big bang, expanding to the point of collapse, imploding, then re-exploding.
This time around, while I'm walking down the street, I suddenly get the sense this exact moment has happened before. I shrug it off as just another random firing of my neurons. The thing is, it has all happened before. It's happened over and over and over again, and it will continue to happen forever. Today, when I had that moment of déjà vu, I was picking up a stray memory of one of my previous existences. Now, I wonder if I always get the same moment of deja vu, or if the memories are random each time?
But of bliss and of glad life there is little to be said, before it ends; as works fair and wonderful, while still they endure for eyes to see, are their own record, and only when they are in peril or broken for ever do they pass into song.
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First of all, let me say, I hope for the best for you and your family Kayin. Whatever the best may be, I do not know, but I wish it all the same.
Now about the soul. The soul I think is the extension of a singularity. It's what connects our physical self, our tangible self to the web beyond that. Transcending time and space I suppose. (It's all Heidegger's fault) The soul then, would be a sort of conduit, that would travel from vessel to vessel. Of course this raises up questions, like how many are there? Are the finite? Infinite?
To that I would say there might just be one soul. One thing. Everything might just be one object that moves and does not, it exists and does not, it is in an infinite state of just simply being, whether or not that "thing" exists or not does not matter, it is. What would this entail? That there is no "soul" per se. Just interactions, everything is connected, everything that is done, reverberates into another. Actions are an endless chain of reactions creating and destroying. It's all weird.
What am I saying then? That perhaps, there is not really a soul, or even anything at all. Perhaps everything is here and not here, it defies any notion. We could be alive doing something here and dead in another instance, but the larger picture is: what does it matter? The continual flux of states means one thing, that we are but matter. And the soul perhaps is just matter, unseen, but matter nonetheless. And it too can change states.
After all, at the core, are we all not just matter that exists at a certain point in time and space?
I kind of got off topic, but I don't think I answered what the soul is, instead I proposed that the soul, like us exist in a singularity, where existence is immaterial our conception things is only based on a limited point of view where in reality, everything is everything and yet nothing.
I just realized, I probably sound really high, but explaining the idea of a singularity in the context of a soul is akin to ploughing a field with a toothpick.
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All the memories one imparts on others is the entirety of the soul. My dad passed away almost a year ago. And I don't think his soul "went" anywhere. It exists. In the memories of all those left behind. Good or bad.
Let me just say that I don't necessarily think a soul has to directly relate to an "afterlife" either. Because I'm not so sure I believe in an afterlife.
edit: Stay strong KayinBlack. Much respect.
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I really feel for you there. Through I have two young children I still can't imagine quite what you're going through, but from you posts you're being grated a bit of clarity amid the trauma. You are all in my thoughts.
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The Huskies (7-5) are headed to the MAACO Bowl Las Vegas to play Mountain West Conference co-champion Boise State (10-2) on Saturday, Dec. 22 at 12:30 p.m. on ESPN.
The 21st Las Vegas Bowl at Sam Boyd Stadium made its decision Sunday, becoming the destination for Washington's third consecutive postseason game. It will be the first time in 123 seasons of Huskies football that UW will play in Las Vegas -- or anywhere in Nevada.
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"We are really excited to be headed to the MAACO Bowl Las Vegas. It's a great destination for not only our football team but for our fans and for Husky faithful to come support us," UW coach Steve Sarkisian said of a game that has been affiliated with the Pac-10/Pac-12 since 2001. "It's a tremendous bowl game, one that's got a great deal of history in our conference and people going to play it."
Tight end Michael Hartvigson didn't hide his excitement when he tweeted "Never been to Vegas before!!"
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After Oregon joined Pac-12-champion Stanford in being selected into the Bowl Championship Series Sunday, each of the league's other five bowl-eligible teams moved up in the postseason selection hierarchy. The MAACO Bowl Las Vegas had a trio of 7-5 teams from the Pac-12 from which to choose. It selected Washington, its tradition and its reputation for large traveling parties and alumni bases across the West over Arizona and Arizona State.
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Ryan Seacrest has a lot of jobs. He just added another job. It was announced yesterday that he's to host a new reality game show on NBC called The Million Second Quiz. The Million Second Quiz will air every night on NBC starting in September (with a one night break for football) featuring contestants competing 24 hours a day (trivia battles) in a huge hourglass structure in Manhattan until an eventual winner is crowned. Read Full Intro
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So the woman who called in to Ryan Seacrest's radio show to "defend" Heather Mills… do you smell a plant? America owes Heather an apology because Heather can dance?
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Height: stems to 42 in (1.1 m).
Leaf: alternate, pinnately compound; leaflets in 4-8 pairs, linear to wedge-shaped, 0.5-1.5 in (1.5-4 cm) long; small stipules at base of leaf stalk, 0.1-0.4 in (2-10 mm) long.
Flower: purple to pink, rarely white, to 1.25 in (3 cm) long; on long stalk from leaf axil.
Fruit: pod, 1-3 in (2.5-7.5 cm) long, 0.1-0.3 in (2.5-8 mm) wide; initially hairy, becoming smooth.
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Flower April to July.
Habitat cropland, fields, pastures, landscaping, roadsides, disturbed sites; usually below 5000 ft (1500 m).
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I recently bought a Sandtrooper, thus completing the first wave. The sand weathering on mine is distributed very evenly - the helmet matches the body nicely. The paint is shoddy on the belt, though, with the raised panels getting heavy paint and the lower panels getting none. The backpack is more rubbery than I'd like, but the level of detail on this figure all around is astounding, especially on the weapons. But now that I've got all four of the wide release figures, I can say that I am definitely a fan of this line.
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I finally caved and bough an R2, making sure to find one that had good paint on the dome because I've seen a ton with slop and scratches and mistakes like that. Naturally the one I found turns out to be SERIOUSLY defective:
That is so frustrating, I cannot imagine how this piece left the factory in this shape, I can't even imagine how this happened since clearly it was after assembly. If forced to guess, I'd say a machine/clamp holds the figure for paint masking and this unit got jammed onto it funky.
And the dumbest part was I had just worked to figure out the paint lock on the left foot (the silver paint had fused to the ankle) and how to break it without cutting the tightly-assembled parts around it.
As a stand-alone piece, this isn't bad, it's nicer than it appears in the pictures. There are some flaws that are drawbacks: the tabs on the dome panels that remove are a biggie especially when the panels don't match up sizing to the painted panels around them. The dome lacks the paint in the readout displays (the wide display is painted black, what's up with that?). The 2 hexagonal heat exhaust ports (lower right front, lower left rear) are sculpted to look good from the front and then stretch out to look bad from the side. The white plastic used for the PVC deco is a little chintzy and doesn't hold up as nicely as the white plastic on the ABS (which also ain't all that great, but at least has body). They didn't include movable grasper arms or the scomp link or saw blade. Those are all little things.
Actually, the lack of the scomp link grates on my nerves the more I think about it, they included an alternate pokey thing that Gentle Giant had planned to include with their now-cancelled statue but it was an ALTERNATE to the scomp, not a replacement for it.
The big issues on this piece start with the scale, it's unacceptable and at $20 there simply isn't enough going on here to justify that dollar amount, not in size and not in detail and not in deco, so if it also can't stand with other figures without looking wrong, it's very difficult to justify. I bought it knowing that and expecting to keep it as a stand-alone, since that's now how I'm approaching this line.
The middle leg gimmick sacrifices dome functionality and that's a real shame, not only are several gimmicks left out, but those still used are underwhelming and lack the punch they deserve, the saber doesn't sit lower, the periscope eye doesn't periscope, the scanner doesn't even come out of the right panel. The middle leg itself would be fine if it just stopped where it was supposed to, but instead there's this extra length that looks attrocious AND makes it a frustration to position the dome with the middle leg extended where you want them.
As if that wasn't bad enough, the middle foot also has a very stupid flaw, instead of moving freely on its joint there's a semi-circle that is a flat detail piece in the movie prop but here it sticks out considerably so it limits the movement a little - this actually wouldn't be a big deal since the foot can bend past this, except the EXACT correct angle for the foot in 3-legged mode is the corner where there just isn't enough friction, so it kicks it back out and the feet refuse to stay flat on the ground together, it's infuriating since this is the key look for the figure.
Another frustration that takes its toll on this figure is the removable leg panels. In order to accommodate the CGI leg jet gimmick from the prequel-era that isn't appropriate to anything else on this figure, they made the regular panels removable. However the panels are too thick so it looks bad from the front angles, and are painted thickly so without scraping that off it causes the thin part of the legs to push in ever so slightly.
I haven't decided if I will buy a replacement or just get my money back, but it's not as bad as pics look, although it's still pretty problematic.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
I've literally read through this entire thread and it has all confirmed my original posts. This line seems like a big waste of money/time and, once again, confirms my being glad that I don't collect anymore.
The fact that most of the individuals in here have gotten figures with defects (and JT's seems horrendous) and we're only a small portion of the collector population makes me wonder what kind of QC (or lack thereof) they're employing. This thread has the usual apologizers and ones that won't be swayed but everyone else is being honest in pretty much saying that this line isn't worth it.
Up, up, and OKAAAAY!!!
I could nitpick these figures to death if I wanted to, but that's just not why I collect. Because if all I'm doing is focusing on negatives and only talking about what Hasbro got wrong, then I really see no point in spending my money on this stuff at all. As long as I feel that the positives of the figure outweigh the negatives, then I'm satisfied with it. If that's not critical enough for you, then I'm sorry; but I don't collect for you, I collect for myself. So, it's a little annoying to feel like I'm being insulted just because I choose to overlook certain flaws.
I only bought two figures from wave 1, Sandtrooper and Luke, and I don't have any real plans to buy another figure from this line until the Stormtrooper gets released in wave 3. Of the 2 Sandtroopers and one X-Wing Luke that I picked up, I have experienced zero manufacturing defects on any of those figures. So I can't speak towards that because the figures that I've bought had no major problems, other than minor paint flaws.
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There's a reason the site is basically dead and nobody posts here anymore.
The silly cries of "fanboyism" and "apologists" are so very very tiring to see people use.
It's such a strawman argument. Especially since the 6" Collector Websites like Fwoosh are glowing with praise.
And it's certainly not due to "fanboys" or "apologists", since they're for the most part not big SW fans.
Hell... the site is more known for Superhero Figure Fans. But they love well done 6" figures in general.
Is the line perfect? Hell no. But no line is out of the gate. But it's certainly better than people here are saying.
It's a shame what SSG has turned into. It's like the Jedi Order in ANH... and it's fire has gone out of the universe.
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1. There haven't been any Star Wars movies in quite some time.
2. There is a lack of interesting products put out by Hasbro compunded by major distribution problems.
3. Anytime someone criticizes something that Hasbro or Lucasfilms does, they get blasted for not being a "true fan" because they don't love every piece of crap Hasbro and Lucas throw at us.
Quit taking it personally if some people don't like this stuff.
I am the modern man.
I don't care if you don't like this stuff. I do. And that's who I'm buying it for.
Funny how Rebelscum and other Star Wars forums are thriving then... isn't it.
I guess there must be a new movie, great new products, and such in that reality of the internet.
But thanks for proving my point. You can return to your strawman arguments now.
AGENTS OF ATLAS - Returns in Early 2009.
My brother bought the sandtrooper and I thought it was pretty neat, so I ended up getting one for myself. I think the helmet part is painted a little more than the rest of the armor, but its not bad. I'll probably end up getting the stormtrooper when it shows up. I swore I wasn't going to get into this 6" line, so much for that.
JT, I saw an R2 at Target the yesterday, and it was a pretty pathetic piece of plastlic. The paint job was terrible and one of the legs was shorter than the other. This one is a definite pass to me.
The Sandtrooper is absolutely the big hit of the first wave.
Just the attention to detail finally nailing all those armor differences details from the film on a figure.
Darth Maul and Luke are great as well. And hopefully R2-D2 will eventually get a 2nd better figure.
Though standing next to Luke X-Wing he doesn't look that bad at all. Especially if you get one with good paint.
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Auspherix will in-license intellectual property from the ithree institute at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), emerging from research led by Professor Ian Charles, Director of the ithree institute together with Dr Dagmar Alber, ithree Senior Research Fellow. Professor Charles and Dr Alber previously worked together at the successful UK anti-infectives company Arrow Therapeutics, of which Professor Charles was a co-founder.
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I picked up Han, Leia, and Greedo at Target today - no sign of Boba - but haven't had time to open them. The paint apps look significantly better than wave 1 did at first; there was only one of each figure and they were all acceptable. Han's chest is a little off and so are Leia's eyes. But they do look very cool.
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As long as one side insists on demonizing the other, we will continue as a country to be paralyzed by the "great" partisan divide. In my mind, the demonizers -- be it Pelosi or Rush or Sharpton or Gingrich -- are the ones that should be rejected by all who would rather live with the messiness of Democracy than the totalitarianism of ideological purity.
Of course, it's possible that this could also have something to do with the apparent increase in partisanship based on Republican disapproval of Obama -- there are many fewer Republicans.....
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There Jeff....fixed it for yaInterestingly, Republican approval for Obama at 27% is slightly higher than it was for Clinton at a similar time. The difference is that we've graduated four more years' worth of dumbed-down voters who think Obomo is magic and will provide them with enough money and perks that they will never need to work.
BTW, I was going to your web site so I could make some appropriately smart___ comment and was blocked by my security software with the following message:Did you get hacked? I pass this on since you may not be aware of the problem. I can try more diagnostics if you want.Safe Browsing
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Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 1 time(s) over the past 90 days.Of the 8 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 3 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2009-04-06, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2009-04-05.Malicious software includes 3 scripting exploit(s), 3 trojan(s). Successful infection resulted in an average of 8 new process(es) on the target machine.Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?
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Unfortunately Jeff is correct, my website juliereardon.com was hacked over the weekend so if you visited it check your computer and if you haven't visited it DONT GO THERE!! Problem is being worked on.


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So yesterday we had a small get-together at my place, which gave me the opportunity to try something I'd been meaning to do for a while: build my own retroscope.
The idea is pretty simple: have a webcam record bits and pieces of a social event, then play them back on-the-spot a few minutes/hours later. I first heard about the concept from reading Nat Friedman's blog entry from 2005 — if you read that, you see that he just hooked up a video camera to his TiVo. 7 years in the future, laptop webcams are ubiquitous and we have the awesome HTML5 <video> tag, so I figured it would be easy to knock up something interesting in short order with zero custom hardware or software.
Having only remembered that I wanted to do this about 30 minutes before people were scheduled to start arriving, I didn't have much time to do anything really perfect. I settled on using this little snippet from stackoverflow to generate short (5 second) movies on my laptop, then used scp to copy them over and display a montage of them in an auto-refreshing webpage on my "television" (which is a Mac-Mini connected to a large computer monitor). The end result generated much amusement. I think this is a bit different from what Nat originally did (it sounds from his blog like his retroscope played back longer segments), but I think the end result is actually a bit more fun.
Perhaps unfortunately, but probably ultimately for the best, only a few snippets from the night got stored away. One example is this gem:
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megaman917 wrote:Megaman: Chuck, go ahead.
Chuck: HERE IS YOUR WINNER, BY JUST ONE VOTE, AND THE NEEEEEEW MISS ANIME UNIVERSE, LUCY/NYUU!!!!!!!!!!!!
YAY!!!! Time for a crappy shop.
Ruby-eye: I want to thank my parents, without them I wouldn`t be here today, and Jesus and Buddah and Allah and Ra and Zeus and Odin........and of course Haruhi!!!
Competeing against a god sure wasen`t easy!
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I feel a connection with Lena on this one, because I, too, murdered the sweet potato casserole with wild abandon yesterday.
Instagram's favorite Baldwin celebrated the holiday with her mom, Kim Basinger, and one rad grandpa in Basinger's hometown in Georgia.
Being present for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade has always kinda been on my "bucket list" (cheesy and cliche is what bucket lists are for, people). I now only want to attend if Jimmy Fallon is involved in some way.
Crazy, over-the-top table layout? Check. Gaudy furniture? Check. Everyone going around the table and giving thanks for themselves? Check. (Even though the photo doesn't show that last one, I'm fairly certain it's accurate.)
I feel a connection with Lena on this one, because I, too, murdered the sweet potato casserole with wild abandon yesterday.
This Teen Mom and her adorable son Bentley shared some holiday love. I hope some of the other teen moms were able to put down the bong long enough to feast on the ultimate munchies. (Ahem, JUH-NELLE.)
I don't know what concoction they're creating in there, but I like the look of all of those ingredients together. Sidenote: nice gun show, Mimi! Looking good.
Further showcasing evidence of why this family is awesome: this table layout. It looks like Etsy and Pintrest had a love child.
Remember when you were little and you'd help your grandma prep for Thanksgiving the night before, and you felt so cozy and wonderful and happy at her house? Yeah, well, Oprah's Instagram account does that for me now.
Something tells me this is the table you'd really want a seat at during any holiday.
I can only assume that one of Ryan Seacrest's 40958340953 jobs is "photo shoot stager" for Better Homes & Gardens magazine.


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