April 2010

Surgery. Done. It went really good. My 5-year-old had his surgery on April 22 and is recovering at HCMC Burn Center. He’s doing great – he’s in a lot of pain if the ibuprofen or acedimedifin wears off (so we don’t let it wear off) and he’s really pissed off. No, that’s too strong. I […]

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UPDATE: We gave my 5-year-old the choice to shave dad’s head to look like how his hair will look after surgery. Thusly, I am bald now. PS: Apologies if you are blinded by my über pasty-white shoulder and chest. Winters are rough like that here. PPS: This response by @CocoMault on Twitter totally cracked my

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Damn. Surgery. Unfortunately, I’m doing research on skin grafting. I don’t know much about it, and somehow I need to explain it to my 5-year-old. The accident was last Tuesday [April 13] and my 5-year-old’s 2nd degree burns had previously been diagnosed as NOT requiring surgery. But that changed yesterday when he went back to

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Ravioli 5 days later … no ambulances this time around, no screaming, horrified kids being rushed to the ER, no EMT’s or Dr’s, everyone together sitting around the table … healing. Best damn ravioli I’ve ever had. My wife’s only status update on facebook about the accident, posted yesterday evening. I clicked the “Like” button

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Back home I realized that I don’t update with posts when I have bad news. And it’s been a really terrible week. But I am so happy right now that I have my whole family back home. I wrote the following words last night, but didn’t publish because I was too emotional. Now that we’re

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Trying Surly Abrasive Ale. It’s really good —Super hops, but sweet. They didn’t print the % on the can, but I’m totally swimming, yo. Update: Some wondered where the heck I bought a 4pk of this stuff. I follow my local liquor store @zippsbeer on twitter.

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A sports facility is about to open in the Minneapolis Warehouse District. It is a monument to a new age in sports economics. It has about 60 luxury suites to aid in the team’s finances and to satisfy the desire of high-end customers. It has wider concourses than other previous Twin Cities facilities to allow

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