Al's Blog-o-Sphere

I’ve never talked about this here before, but I think this might be a good thing to do right now. I’m sitting in a waiting room at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) while my son Al is undergoing a double lung transplant.

He’s 32 years old and has had Cystic Fibrosis all his life. This was not unexpected, but it’s been something that’s been on the horizon for so long, it never felt like it was something that would actually ever happen. But here we are and it’s real.

Al was understandably nervous. He had been resolute in his decision to get the transplant since he decided to go ahead with it a few months ago. But, of course, when reality was in front of him and he was sitting on the gurney getting poked and prodded, it all sunk in. But he stuck with it and is going through with it. Continue Reading…

This is the time of the year where Pumpkin carving comes into it’s own. Some people can make it an art form. Having a good template can go a long way to making a clever carving.

Not to be left out of it, the political parties have capitalized on it and are offering guides to make Jack O’Lantern into your favorite candidate. Continue Reading…

Microsoft has announced that the next version of the Windows operating system, code-named Windows 7 will be called … Continue Reading…

I read this and had to laugh… some antenna advice from The Lord:

In the gospel of Luke Chapter 14, verses 28-30, he admonishes us: “For which of
you, intending to build a tower, sits not down first and counts the cost,
whether he have sufficient to finish it? Lest haply, after he has laid the
foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.”

[Thanks to Hans, K0HB]