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The Events that are: My Life

Things that go on in my life that cannot be catagorized somewhere else, sort of a catch-all

Hotel Rwanda

I just finished up watching Hotel Rwanda. It’s a very good movie and one that I think everyone should watch. It’s billed as a “true-life story of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsis refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda.”

Don Cheadle also makes an announcement at the beginning about the situation in Darfur, Sudan. It was kind of interesting because we prayed about that a few months back at one of the Tuesday night services.

A short time after that, Jeff Staples started a discussion about what else could be done for the people of Darfur. Sure, I could drop everything I’m doing right now, pack my bags and catch the next flight to Darfur. But what would that really accomplish? Probably not much. In all honestly, the best thing I can do right now is give what I can to organizations like Amnesty International. Although I find it hard to sit on my hands and not do anything. I do find hope in the fact that someday, I will be able to make a difference. And that’s what I set my sights on.

This movie brought back a lot that emotion.

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Remove Me Now or Forever Hold Your Peace

Not that spammers would ever look at my blog, but I feel a fair warning is needed all the same. I’ve read a post somewhere about a new anti-spam thing called Blue Frog from Blue Security. I email them my all the spam I get and then everyone who has the Blue Frog agent installed on their computer collectively leaves comments on the spammers sites. I know it might be a little unethical, but I it just might work.

The following is my email address expressed as an MD5 hash: fc32bf712fb598312780a68e755a63b7

Check it against all your email addresses and if you see it, delete it, or forever hold your peace!

Barefooting on Soda

I went barefooting today at Soda Lake! So cool. I think that’s going to be my new sport. So pure and so hard. I got up for a few seconds, and then was too tired to get up again after that. But definitely awesome! Also went water skiing and intertubing. I’m going to be sore tomorrow.

Air Conditioning At Last!

Ben and I helped Laura L. and Amy Dubetz move in to their new apartment, which was air conditioned. Soooo nice. Ryan Thompson [thefacebook] and Kevin Reynolds [thefacebook] and we all got pizza, which was good. Links here and here.

After we helped, and ate, and then just sat around, Ben and I headed over to Target so Ben could get a new watch. We walked around the mall for a while because our house was still being fumigated for bugs so we couldn’t go back quite yet. I gave him my little rant on copyrights, trademarks, and patents.

Sinus Tachycardia with a Dash of Premature Extopic Complex

I went in for an Electrocardiogram a couple weeks ago and I received my results today. Healthy as a horse, except that my heart rate is high (105 BPM). Here is what my ECG should look like:

…And here is what my ECG is (actually this one isn’t mine, but it shows sinus tachycardia):

From: http://sprojects.mmi.mcgill.ca/cardiophysio/sinustachycardia.htm

Sinus tachycardia occurs when the sinus rhythm is faster than 100 beats per minute. The rhythm is similar to normal sinus rhythm with the exception that the RR interval is shorter, less than 0.6 seconds. P waves are present and regular and each P-wave is followed by a QRS complex in a ratio of 1:1. At very rapid rates, the P-waves might become superimposed on the preceding T waves such that the P waves are obscured by T waves.

Sinus tachycardia may be accompanied by a decrease in stroke volume because the ventricles do not have enough time to fill (after atrial systole) before ventricular contraction.. The pulse pressure may decrease due to a lower stroke volume and decreased time for diastolic run-off.

Back in Golden

I’m back now in Golden now. Chris Barnes and Mike Krizmanic have moved in, so we’re just waiting for Jens Jensen…but he’s not moving in until the night before school starts. Cutting it a little close are we, Jens?

On the way back from Winter Park, I witnessed the longest backup I have ever seen. There were several rock slides on westbound I-70 near Idaho Springs, so CDOT diverted all westbound traffic causing a backup 20+ miles long.