daily doses of whats on my mind :: from sites i like to view :: to viewable sites :: local news that alters my heart rate and international news that might alter yours ...
:: <exit> re-enters :: jeffrey zeldmans exit gallery is up and running again ... loads of links to some of the best sites the web has to offer ... a designers delight ...
staring at the ceiling is about as interesting as watching grass grow! in my previous post back down, slow down, i explained what happened ... and so, the story continues ...
the ‘orthopod’ explained that i have an unusual [typical me] spinal injury. i won’t use their jargon and terms, no one understands it, anyway. when the chair collapsed and i fell, the force knocked my l-5 vertebra forward and upward with a severe jolt. this in turn, tore the disc bindings and ‘shot’ the disc into my spinal canal. it gets better ... i naturally have a narrow spinal canal and the disk is occupying half that space ... the result is that my spinal cord is being ‘pushed’ and ‘pulled’ in a small vertical space of about 5/6 mm [quarter inch] ... a little ‘zig-zag’ causing a lot of pain.
i am unable to walk more than about 25 m. i can’t stand for more than about 3 minutes, and i’m able to sit for about 20 minutes at a time!
i have started ‘physio’ and will start acupuncture tomorrow, and my email still works ...
:: breaking news :: suicide bombing :: between 10 and 15 dead, 40 injured ... suicide bombing in snooker hall in rishon letzion, just south of tel aviv.
up-date 1:12am :: 16 dead; 51 injured [12 seriously] ... possibility of people still trapped. according to jpost and haarezt, they building has collapsed ... i'm watching live tv [ch1 and ch2] and the building is still standing.
up-date 1:13am :: woman injured dies of wounds at assaf harofeh hospital.
up-date 2:56am :: 16 dead; 57 injured [11 seriously]. hamas claims responsibilty. sharon cuts short 'us' trip to return home ...
:: saudi arabia is a state supporting palestinian terrorism ... s.a.t. [simple as that] ... israel shows saudi terror links ... israel launched a frontal pr campaign against saudi arabia here yesterday, presenting documents linking the saudis to payments to terrorists ...
:: the webby awards 2002 ... better than the oscars [vanity fair] ... as quirky and irreverent as the internet itself [cnn] ... it’s a night designed to be as dynamic as the internet itself [fox news] ... if only the oscars would take cue [time magazine] ... and the nominees are ...
