Monthly Archives: August 2006

Economic theory blows my mind

Posted on August 29, 2006 by Josh Peters

Newsweek is reporting about China’s dollar stockpile and the potential effects it has on the global economy. I guess having too much money suddenly becomes a bad thing when the number of zeroes gets past 11. Seriously though, we really … Continue reading →

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Recovery update

Posted on August 28, 2006 by Josh Peters

Well, it’s now S+19 and here’s a little update.

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Review: Little Miss Sunshine

Posted on August 28, 2006 by Josh Peters

Little Miss Sunshine IMDB Year: 2006 Writer: Michael Arndt Director: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris Category: Comedy Media: Film Distributor: Fox Searchlight Rating from Motion Picture Association of America: R Rating: 4 out of 5 Today I watched the movie … Continue reading →

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Good News!

Posted on August 24, 2006 by Josh Peters

I had my follow-up appointment today with the surgeon’s office. Good news all around! I’m cleared to drive, scheduled to go back to work on the 5th of September, and I’m gonna come back to Bloomington/Normal tomorrow sometime! I’ve also … Continue reading →

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Surgery Recovery Day 11: Not Much New

Posted on August 20, 2006 by Josh Peters

Well, by popular request, here’s an update of my condition. The short of it: I continue to improve at inhuman rates. The good: My right leg is back to normal, all of the tendon issues I had have been resolved. … Continue reading →

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Influence!

Posted on August 17, 2006 by Josh Peters

As most of you know, I’m an uncle to two beautiful nieces. Kenna (who turns 3 on Friday) and Rheyse were over at my parents’ house yesterday and I was laying on my bed playing Game Boy Zelda when little … Continue reading →

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Surgery Recovery: Day 7

Posted on August 15, 2006 by Josh Peters

Hey everybody! Just wanted to let you know how my recovery is proceeding. My back pain is pretty minimal. On Day 5 I decided to try out not using my pain medication in lieu of just Tylenol and I was … Continue reading →

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Spinal Fusion Surgery

Posted on August 12, 2006 by Josh Peters

L4-5 Fusion Begins: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 at 7:30 AM Ends: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 at 10:00 AM Location: Carle Foundation Hospital Urbana, IL 61801 This post is a combination of two things. One: it’s an update on my surgery … Continue reading →

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Surgery Tomorrow!

Posted on August 8, 2006 by Josh Peters

Tomorrow morning (at 7:30am) I’ll be having my spinal fusion surgery. I’m pretty nervous right now and don’t really want to be around anyone. Today I had 5 pre-operation appointments that left me feeling pretty uncertain as to whether or … Continue reading →

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Lazy web victory!

Posted on August 7, 2006 by Josh Peters

Yes! I’ve got another reason to love the (sadly) Mac-only web browser OmniWeb: they implemented a suggestion of mine! In what I’ll call a clear case of Lazy web, OmniWeb now displays URL paths in their most human-readable form. In … Continue reading →

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