Nick Postagulous
Wednesday, October 13, 2004
Baby Update
If you don’t remember, or maybe I forgot to mention, but Nina’s MMR vaccination that she got back on July 18 got infected. When we showed it to the doctor in mid-September, they thought it was a staph infection. The reason it took us so long to take her in for it is because when she was vaccinated, they told us that the chicken pox vaccs would probably puff up, and might get really nasty looking. Well, this got nasty looking, but it was the MMR.
What prompted us to get that nasty thing looked at was, besides it just being plain nasty, that it popped open and all manner of horrible, gooey, nast came out. Ooh, it grosses me out just thinking about it.
Well, she goes back to the doctor today. She went on Monday too. Because even after a few weeks of antibiotics, it’s back. On Monday, they didn’t know what it was, but they did know they were wrong last month. Today, the lab tests from Monday should be back, hopefully, and things can start getting back to normal. Worst case scenario is that they’ll have to sedate Nina and cut the thing out. I would say “cut it off” but there isn’t really anything to cut off. It’s not an object, it’s more a pocket of nast on her arm, with a nasty little head to it that would love to just weep nasty goop out. Yuck.
All this infectiony badness makes Nina fussy. Well, that and she’s getting to the point in her cognitive development that she’s getting her greedyness started. We haven’t had any full blown “Mine! Mine! Mine!” type stuff yet. But, eh, I’m sure we’ll be there in a few months.
Geek Restraint
I’m really trying not to blather about Armored Core 2, which I bought used two weeks ago off Amazon and just now finally showed up at the house yesterday. It was a launch title for the PS2 back in 2001 and, hey, it’s a great game that passed me right by. But, it rocks, and that’s all I’ll say since I’m sure next to no-one wants to hear me talk about painting my mech or having enough RMB, or whatever the money they use in the game is, to buy a sniper rifle, or even a weenie particle weapon. Woot!
Shelfus Maximus
I’m sure if I bought the Ikea Expidit Shelving I’d be happy with it. However, the area that I need that king of shelving is only 62 inches wide, with really about only 52 of that useable, and it has a ten foot ceiling. So buying their 5 foot square shelving doesn’t do me any good. But, I’ve got a plan. Literally, I planned out how to cut up the ¾ inch melamine coated 4x8 MDF that sells for $30 at Lowe’s to make the shelving, but obviously more robust. It’ll take two of the 4x8s and I’ll have to find out how many packages of the 25 feet of ¾ inch melamine finishing edge I’ll need. Each is $5.
I’ve also planned on having the inner members flush with the front of the unit, but one inch from the back of it. That way I can mount a back wall which would hide any electrical cords. Not that I’m planning on putting a lot of electronics in it, but it’s not a bad idea, and I consider this a prototype for future modern contemporary woodworking projects.
And I mentioned how robust this thing will be, with MDF ranging from 33 lbs to 50 lbs per cubic foot, my shelf plan will weigh between 110 lbs and 170 lbs. And this is going to be wall mount. Woo!
