William Roddy

I went to the neurologist, Dr. Peacock. He said my back in normal, for the most part but he showed me the entire MRI, and finally, one nerve channel in the vertebra that was causing the pain, by not allowing the inflamed nerve to expand, thus, pressing against the bone. It is inoperable. Sometimes, the [...]

Bush Commutes Sentences for Two Former Border Patrol Agents http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/01/19/bush-commutes-sentences-border-patrol-agents/ I know you probably already know about this, but this really, REALLY made me happy. Those men and their families went through hell and we owe them a  lot.

This is an interesting article, from CNN: Why so many minds think alike By Elizabeth Landau CNN (CNN) — You’re in a room with 10 other people who seem to agree on something, but you hold the opposite view. Do you say something? Or do you just go along with the others? Decades of research [...]

If you need a new, fast, inexpensive laptop, I suggest the new Acer Aspire 4730Z, available at BestBuy for only $450. It’s fast, has a 250-gig hard drive, comes with Windows Vista (‘course, I also added Ubuntu Linux), and light-weight for the features that incl. a nice DVD drive. Why pay more when you can [...]

Twitter is taking the world by storm. It’s a micro-blogging system that has some tremendous and unique features and advantages for staying in touch with the world and with people you love. For example, the first news of the plane crash into the Hudson yesterday came to many, via Twitter. Learn what a “tweet” is [...]

Back from two days in Reno for lung therapy. For the record, I supported McCain because I remain fearful for our country and other countries. But Pres.-elect Obama is now my commander in chief and he has my full loyalty and full support. This is not time for a country — or world — divided. [...]

The lung disesase, interstitial lung disease, caused by something other than smoking, in my case, combines with asthma, bronchitis, sinusitis, creates pulmonary hypertension (different that high blood pressure), and produces irreparable scarring to my lung sacs. Some of the things that complicate the accruing conditions are cold, extreme fluctuations in temperatures, exercise, stress, infections, allergens, [...]

Back in Reno. Tomorrow, the hospital, to cover a lot of ground. The pneumonia-like symptoms aren’t going away. Seems like I just got out of that place. Probably seems that way because I did. At least some of the snow melted away. Dalia and I were talking about maybe moving to Cabo for the winter. [...]

Dalia had to drive me to Reno at midnight, Saturday night. They admitted me with and did workups that showed I had a raging infection in my lungs. My back also brew out and I couldn’t walk. They kept me there — Dalia, all the while, at my side — IVs full of antibiotics, pain [...]