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Entries from March 2005

Hail

March 20th, 2005 · 1 Comment · michael8rown

On Friday, I began mixing my garden soil. I combined one part plain soil, one part two-year-old compost and one part bagged garden soil. I also threw in a helping of manure along with some fertilizer. And so bright and early on Saturday morning I began transplanting the tomato plants that I’ve been growing inside […]

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Cinco de Frayo

March 11th, 2005 · 3 Comments · michael8rown

Guess what’s coming up? Yeah yeah, SXSW, we know. But that also means Fray Cafe! Number 5, in fact. (Can you believe it’s been five years since that first night at Ruta Maya?)
Sunday March 13 from 8pm to midnight at Red Eyed Fly, 715 Red River. Hosted by powerhouse podcaster Eric Rice of ericerice.com. Bring […]

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A-Ha, et al.

March 10th, 2005 · No Comments · michael8rown

Hi. I’m writing this from inside my new Perl-based content management system. Aren’t you impressed? I am.
Remember that band A-Ha? You know, they were actually pretty good. Their album Scoundrel Days is by far their best. Stay on These Roads, which had The Living Daylights on it, wasn’t so good. In fact, I’d say the […]

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Checkmate

March 9th, 2005 · 2 Comments · michael8rown

I’ve been playing a lot of chess lately. Thanks to OnlyPHP, I’ve installed a great, easy-to-use online chess interface. If you’re a chess player and would like to participate, play a few games, let me know and I’ll sign you up. So far, I’ve lost more games than I’ve won. But that’s good. Sometimes, you […]

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Microscopic Description

March 2nd, 2005 · 4 Comments · michael8rown

This gallbladder shows edema and fibrosis. There is a sprinkling of chronic inflammatory cells. There are Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses. A cross-section of a large muscular artery shows some concentric fibromyxoid intimal fibrosis. There is no evidence of active vasculitis. There is a reactive pericystic lymph node.
Surgical Procedure: LAP CHOLE; Pre-OP Diagnosis: BILIARY DYSKINESIA; Final Diagnosis: Chronic […]

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Bits and Pieces

March 1st, 2005 · 3 Comments · michael8rown

Recovery is going well. I had this irrational fear right after surgery: What if my gallbladder wasn’t really my problem? What if they took out my gallbladder and I still had the same pain? It was frightening. But the fear was put firmly to rest last weekend when I ate a greasy meal and then […]

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