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I am a parent of two great kids (ages 14 and 3), husband, and law student. I've also been a lighting/sound technician, elementary librarian, archivist, Muzak installer, convenience store clerk, and Tony the Tiger. This is where I'll write whatever strikes me as interesting. Hope you find it interesting too.

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Alright, so here’s the deal on what happened to interrupt posting: June 16th, I went with Seth to see Modest Mouse.  Incredible show.  Part way through the opening set, I had shooting pains in my left arm and felt light-headed, so I walked out to get some air.  Everything went away, and it all seemed to be fine.  Got home way past my bedtime. June 17th: feeling woozy, light-headed, and numbness and pain in my left arm.  Some chest pain as well.  Mary, my wonderful friend, looked at me and got the school nurse to come up and examine me.  We went down to the nurses office, and Jessica (my wonderful wife) came to pick me up. Chest pain, left arm pain, light-headed - you thinking what I’m thinking? Went straight to the emergency room at Strong.  Got an EKG, waited, got admitted, waited, had blood work done, waited, got a chest x-ray, waited.. The next day, I got a stress-test, and everything seems to be fine. And they let me out. Jess was with me both days, despite my insisting she shouldn’t stay in the hospital overnight.  But she was there, and has been there. It was an enlightening experience, to say the least.  I’ve learned a great deal, and I’ve been taking the past week or so to process much of what happened.  More on that later.

June 28th, 2008 Notes

Alright, so here’s the deal on what happened to interrupt posting:

June 16th, I went with Seth to see Modest Mouse.  Incredible show.  Part way through the opening set, I had shooting pains in my left arm and felt light-headed, so I walked out to get some air.  Everything went away, and it all seemed to be fine.  Got home way past my bedtime.

June 17th: feeling woozy, light-headed, and numbness and pain in my left arm.  Some chest pain as well.  Mary, my wonderful friend, looked at me and got the school nurse to come up and examine me.  We went down to the nurses office, and Jessica (my wonderful wife) came to pick me up.

Chest pain, left arm pain, light-headed - you thinking what I’m thinking?

Went straight to the emergency room at Strong.  Got an EKG, waited, got admitted, waited, had blood work done, waited, got a chest x-ray, waited..

The next day, I got a stress-test, and everything seems to be fine. And they let me out.

Jess was with me both days, despite my insisting she shouldn’t stay in the hospital overnight.  But she was there, and has been there.

It was an enlightening experience, to say the least.  I’ve learned a great deal, and I’ve been taking the past week or so to process much of what happened.  More on that later.