Another day at the office...

Just arrived to Guam, again, for the 6th time since being stationed in Japan...

Last three times were great mountain bike trips...

This time I'm laying up in a hotel room for 4 days and not doing a dang thing...

Wish me luck...

Things to do...

My MacBook Pro is running like a champ, although I'm kind of miffed about the new one on the market (certainly a better video card). My only consolation is that it's only been released in the 15" version, although I'm sure the 17" will come along soon enough.

I've added some music to my iTunes, some photos to my iPhoto, installed a few video requirements such as VLC and Perian. Still have a little ways to go to get it where I need it to be.

I've always been a Windows guy so I'm still learning the ins and outs of Mac. It helps that I am now a complete Mac user, I got rid of all my Windows machines. Well, I still have my Toshiba laptop but it's more of a paperweight now. I still have some stuff I have to get transferred over to my external hard drive, otherwise it would sit in a closet somewhere and collect dust.

The hard part in all of this is trying to figure out which computer will be the main. I now have a 24" iMac for the house, my daughter has a 15" MacBook Pro, and my son has a 20" iMac. Now that I have my laptop I'll use that more than anything else but I need to consolidate all my music and photos into one library. I think that's a job that I will never finish.

But the hardest part in all of this is un-learning everything I've learned using Windows. There are distinct differences with a Mac and it's only a matter of getting used to those differences. The good part is that it has been much easier to learn the Mac than it ever was for Windows.

All in all, making the switch was easy.

Sick Again...

I tell ya, I just don't know what's wrong with me. Sinus congestion big time, I can't breath, I can't sleep at night, just eating makes me feel like I'm running a marathon.

This thing started way back at the beginning of summer. About mid-June I came down with what I thought was a cold. I self-medicated big time since I always have a supply of NyQuil, DayQuil, Sudafed, and Afrin when I'm deployed. It was horrible. No amount of medication would clear me up.

Now, try mountain biking in Hawaii and Guam with a serious head cold, think hot and humid. I might as well have strapped myself to a stretcher and had my boys haul me around, I was slacking so much. God bless these guys because they never once thought about leaving me behind, even going so far as calling me a big poon for even thinking about not going riding. I felt like I was holding them back (which I was) but they wouldn't hear of me not riding and we truly had some epic rides, especially the face plant part in Hawaii, but I don't want to talk about it... let's just say I'm glad we had a Doc as part of our mountain biking group.

This lasted until mid-August when I finally decided to take my Doc buddy up on his offer for some allergy medicine. He finally broke me down and I told him my sob story about how long this had been going on. He didn't know I had been dealing with this since June. He gave me Flo-Nase and Claritin to clear it up.

After about 10 days, I cleared up. It helped being ashore in San Diego for so long as well, having the opportunity to walk around outside frequently and work it out of my system. Being outside probably wasn't the best for allergies but I figured the medicine was working, as well as the frequent exercise. I stopped taking the allergy medicine figuring it was over.

That lasted for about 3 weeks.

About 3 days before coming home for a short 6 day visit I was sick again. I had stopped taking the Claritan and Flo-Nase and figured that was my problem so I started that back up again. And it cleared up after 7 days. At least I had 2 days of relief while home, although the wife wasn't too impressed with my sickness for the first 4 days.

That lasted about a week.

Now I've been sick again for 10 days. And it's worse than before. Every breath is a chore. My head hurts all the time. I'm run down tired no matter how much sleep I get.

I finally broke down and went for real treatment. Now I'm medicating with Amoxycillin and Mucinex for a Sinus Infection. Oh, and Tylenol to help with the headaches.

I hate to think what's next if this doesn't work... if they just had a drill to bore two holes in my head so I can breath...

Is Global Warming Really a Problem?

If you are all about Global Warming and believe it is a serious problem needing addressed now, before it's too late, you might not want to read Michael Crichton's take on it...

On the other hand, if you truly enjoy controversial points made through effective argument, then this is for you...

Complexity Theory and Environmental Management

The Greatest Wife in the World!

Does my wife love me or what?


Brand new 17" MacBook Pro! And it rocks! And my wife let me buy it as an early Christmas present! She's the bestest wife in the whole wide world!

Not that it will make me post more...