Archive for December, 2009

So, last night I dreamed that I was trying to leave a parking lot.  I was driving a pickup truck.  No idea why.
Anyway, I witness an accident where someone runs over the parking lot security guard and kills him.
And because I witnessed the accident, not only do I have to give a full report of [...]

14th Dec 2009Posted in: Blog Posts About Stuff, Video 0

Today’s discussion — what to do on those special, glorious mornings when your PD symptoms aren’t quite so burdensome and you feel like you could conquer the world!

13th Dec 2009Posted in: Blog Posts About Stuff, Video 0

The idea for this came about innocently enough.  We were wondering what the dogs would do if someone tossed them a hard-boiled egg.  Would they think it’s a ball, or would they instantly recognize it as food and eat it.

Well, the great questions of science are always answered through experimentation.  So, that’s what we did.  [...]

13th Dec 2009Posted in: Blog Posts About Stuff, Video 2

I‘ve given a lot of thought to my Parkinson’s disease symptoms now that I’m nearly 10 years post-diagnosis, and compared to others — I’d say I’m doing… “not bad.”

Grab a cup of cappuccino and enjoy the video!

11th Dec 2009Posted in: Blog Posts About Stuff, Family Life 0

Got myself a new HP G60-530US Notebook laptop.  Here are the improvements over the old one…
350GB Hard Drive (over 150GB)
Pentium Processor over Athlon
4GB RAM (instead of 2 GB)
Slight improvement in processing speed — 2.10 GHz instead of 1.90 GHz
So far, so good.  The thing is moving at blazing speeds!
Me likee!
Here’s the old one.

11th Dec 2009Posted in: Blog Posts About Stuff, Family Life 2

Hopefully, today’s the day I retire this old Compaq Presario F700 with its 1.90 GHz processing speed, it’s 2 GB of RAM, and its 150 GB hard drive space.
I originally had my heart set on getting a desktop computer for a variety of reasons.  More guts for the bucks, bigger keyboards for my Parkie fingies, [...]

I swear, my brain is turning into a soft pudding.
Some time ago, I set my iPhone to alert me when it’s time to take a pill.  Now, unless I get up IMMEDIATELY and take the pill when the alarm goes off, I forget.
Yesterday, I blew off two pills.  I was sitting here at my keyboard, [...]