cyberhobo

I don’t really see my blog as a catalog of links of interest, but when a site intrigues me enough that I remember it later and look it up, I think it has influenced my life sufficiently to warrant a log entry. Such is the case with the simple but strangely fascinating Roy Orbison In…

Ann called me last night and asked me if I’d like a visit – of course I said yes – and she was already in the driveway! Tricksy girl. She’s made the day special and distracted me from the fact that I need to continue resting my ankle and abstaining from climbing. She wants to…

This BWG pushes T-shirts featuring himself to finance his stories and pictures about being a giant gwai lo in Hong Kong.

I hadn’t heard this term until somebody caught one in my last post (I had demon- instead of denom-inational, yikes!). My favorite that I’ve committed though was in my fiancee’s parent’s car as we were looking for a place to get ice cream. We passed a shop trying to see if it was open, and…

Today I discovered the blog search engine Feedster, because I was getting some referrals from it. This is cool – a search engine that actually indexes current content. For instance, I typed in “Swiss Arete” and got my trip report from two days ago. I guess b2 must be sending RSS content there for me.…

This is the official diagnosis of my ankle after an ultrasound examination by my new podiatrist, Dr. Horn. Tenosynovitis is irritation and swelling of the sheath around tendons. I need to take anti-inflammatory drugs and rest the ankle for three weeks minimum, then ease back into activities. The dislocating tendon will continue to move around.…