Well, things look different, don’t they? As I promised before, I am going to start toying with new layouts for these blog posts to make them more user friendly, now that I am actually using the blog to, well, blog. Today, I have just a few brief updates. First, I have started building a permanent …
Briefly (for Now) I remain very busy. For starters, I think that I have finally decided on a good working structure for this website, so I have begun the process of designing and installing a proper navigation menu for it. This endeavor takes time on its own, and it has forced me to streamline and …
And Start Forward I will readily admit that last week’s post was grouchy. I feel compelled to issue an apology for that because the people who have been managing my medical care and the people close to me, presumably the people who are reading these posts, have consistently expressed concern about my recovery. At the …
You Ask? Well, I have been busy. For starters, I have been steadily rebuilding some webforms for the Coach Kiprunning website. In addition, I have just put the finishing touches on my father’s website for his small business: Consolidated Tax and Financial Services. And in addition to those things—and as a direct result of those …
More Surgery Stats The title really does say it all. Today marks another entry in the very long milestone marking process of my ankle surgery recovery. I should say up front that I am not keeping track of all of these modest progress points either to brag or to engage in some kind of elongated …
Ugh It has been a little while, I know. Last week was a particularly heavy grading week, so I spent much of my free time commenting on student paper drafts. In addition, I am working on another web project, this time for my father. I have been furiously working to try to bring that project …
A Boot on the Ground! Today marks the day when I can officially begin bearing (some modest) weight on my right ankle. I have not walked since the morning of November 7, 2018, some 36 days ago. Today also marks the day when I am officially off of all post-operation medication, save for the handful …
30 Days Out Well, today marks one month from the date of my ankle surgery. It has not been easy. It’s odd to say that, by the way. As I constantly remind myself, what I have experienced is hardly the most serious kind of surgery, and the prognosis is far from grim. I don’t have …
Rodney Mullen Is a National Treasure When I was young, I attempted to skateboard. At the time, I thought I was pretty good. In retrospect, I was not. Nevertheless, I knew the culture fairly well in those very early crossover days as the sport was gaining mainstream prominence, but before things like the X Games …
Ankle Malfunction See those pictures up there? Does your ankle look like that? Your ankle should not look like that. My ankle? My ankle does look like that. In fact what you see up there, dear reader, is an MRI of my right ankle showing what is called an osteochondral defect (or lesion) in my …