http://www.blankmindblog.com It's what happens when I try to write for this blog Fri, 16 Jun 2006 20:51:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last week I had quite a scare from the nurse that visits and takes care of my wound every day. She thought the second incision was infected and would need treatment by the doctor. My brother was able to get off from work and take me to see the doctor ... http://www.blankmindblog.com/?p=322 Actually I made it home on Tuesday, after 5:00pm, but just haven’t felt like posting. Today is a better day. My brother and my oldest son are coming over for a sleep over and to take care of me on Saturday since Patrice has to work tomorrow. Patrice has been an ... http://www.blankmindblog.com/?p=321 The latter part of April I visited my local ABC Fine Wine & Spirits store and picked up an intriguingly named cigar called a Diablo Picante. I thought to myself this sounds like a little hot tamale. It has since been resting in my humidor for the right time to ... http://www.blankmindblog.com/?p=320 It’s been a couple of weeks since I was out to see mom and dad plus my brother’s wireless router started slowing down again. This time he wanted to install a different brand, one from NetGear, in hopes it would perform better. My oldest son, Ryan, needed my truck to ... http://www.blankmindblog.com/?p=319 May 15 - 19 2006 – Look for a few cigar reviews this week. Finally caught up on my to-do list and can refocus on my reviews for now. May 25 - 30 2006 – This is the set date of my surgery on my left SI joint. Surgery is at ... http://www.blankmindblog.com/?p=318 It’s been a long time since I have read a Steinbeck novel, probably since high school. Shame on me! His writing is so vivid and so complete that reading this book has re-kindled my desire to read more of his offerings. In the book Travels with Charley in Search of America ... http://www.blankmindblog.com/?p=317 I stopped by Aroma’s Cigar Bar last week on Thursday morning after some bank business to quickly pick up a couple more Rocky Patel Vintage 1990 Robustos to review. Since I had reviewed them last month before the move and lost the review notes I thought it only fair to ... http://www.blankmindblog.com/?p=316 Actually more like across the pool, but who’s counting? Last night I ventured over to the pool and common area of the complex and was pleased to see that the Linksys router and the wireless card that I ordered with the laptop, an Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/g Mini Card (54Mbps) ... http://www.blankmindblog.com/?p=315 I now have my Dell laptop in my lap on the patio. I purchased a Linksys router, Wireless - G Broadband Router with SRX400 (WRT54GX4) yesterday and spent about two hours on the phone with the tech support group last night. At 2:00am I finally got a wireless connection with ... http://www.blankmindblog.com/?p=314 OK. I made fun of my brother several posts ago calling him a gadget geek but truth be told I guess it runs in the family. I will be having surgery in May on my hip. It stems from a 15 year old injury that has decided to rear its ... http://www.blankmindblog.com/?p=313