Travel, Tech, Thoughts…
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Boo-yah!
So, my regular readers may have forgotten, but I posted about the pain management clinic behind my house, along with the pharmacy, a few months ago. Yesterday they were raided by the DEA and Tampa Police. This has been all over the news the last day or so and is front page news everywhere here…
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pain management clinics in the news again
The St. Petersburg Times has a good story on the pain management clinic epidemic in Hillsborough County today. Obviously Tampa Bay Wellness Center is not alone in doling out prescription drugs (in all likelihood to addicts and dealers, though I don’t know that for certain). The story says the police are finally starting to do…
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one phone to rule them all
While I’m a major geek and I love technology, I’m also cheap. Ergo, we’ve had the same cell phones for three years: HTC 8125s. They’ve been good phones, but they ran a very outdated Windows Mobile operating system with limited functionality. I eventually convinced Debi that it was time to upgrade to new smart/app phones…
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Verna Probst
Debi’s great aunt, Verna Probst, passed away on April 25th. Verna was a lot like a grandmother to Debi and the rest of her family and was very close to Debi’s parents. Debi and Toren flew out for the funeral at the end of April (while they were sick, unfortunately). Here’s the obituary from the…
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playing in poop
The last month or so around our house hasn’t been the greatest. Debi came down with an ear infection. Toren likely had one at the same time, but we didn’t realize it right away. Eventually they were both on antibiotics and each of them tried multiple antibiotics before they found anything that seemed to work.…
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a vote against McCollum for Governor of Florida
Anyone looking for a reason not to vote for Bill McCollum for Governor of Florida? Look no further than an article in today’s St. Petersburg Times noting that, under his direction, the State Attorney General’s office spent over $100,000 on “expert” testimony to hire George Rekers, a homophobic hack who had already been discredited by…
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in the news…
I wrote up my experience with the pain management clinic behind my house on my blog a few months ago. Since then, a lot has happened. A bunch of people have emailed me about the clinic; I’ve talked to lawyers and reporters and patients and documentary film makers about this. I’m not sure what will…
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walking
It’s been a crazy week (more on this later), but Toren is now walking! Yep, he is able to stand up by himself (without pulling up on anything) and walk. I literally just watched him do it. (I’ll post footage at some point.) He’s still pretty unstable and he cruises whenever he can, but he…
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walking
I’ve mentioned that Toren loves to walk – that’s all he wants to do with us. He now does it holding on to one finger with one hand so he can use the other to carry stuff around. Last Wednesday, the day I pick Toren up from daycare, I watched him let go of his…
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Toren scare
Debi came down with an ear infection last week. Toren likely came down with it at the same time, but it took us a bit longer to recognize his symptoms. Debi took him into the doctor and the doctor prescribed a strong antibiotic. Given how he was feeling, we decided not to send him to…