http://www.personalarchaeology.com Rationally Exploring the Inner Life Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:28:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.personalarchaeology.com/2010/02/19/you-are-not-googles-customer-feedback/comment-page-1/#comment-1808 James Pyrich Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:28:17 +0000 http://www.personalarchaeology.com/?p=1622#comment-1808 Thanks for your comment! Sorry it took so long to get approved; maybe one day I will figure out what's wrong with the email on this blog. :) http://www.personalarchaeology.com/2010/02/19/you-are-not-googles-customer-feedback/comment-page-1/#comment-1807 heiko.cochius Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:24:04 +0000 http://www.personalarchaeology.com/?p=1622#comment-1807 I was the facebook responder. I am here, finally! I agree completely with your response. You are certainly more knowledgeable than me in this respect, and with your addition I feel that all bases are covered. Thank you for your very insightful response. http://www.personalarchaeology.com/2009/11/07/out-from-under-the-knife/comment-page-1/#comment-1806 Joey Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:52:23 +0000 http://www.personalarchaeology.com/?p=1584#comment-1806 I will likely experience surgery many more times in my life due to my disability. Right now things are looking good but I see a doctor who knows about my birth defect for monitoring. I'm a veteran of that experience but the thought of doing another surgery and spending more time in a lonely hospital room still frightens me. http://www.personalarchaeology.com/2009/11/07/out-from-under-the-knife/comment-page-1/#comment-1805 James Pyrich Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:08:27 +0000 http://www.personalarchaeology.com/?p=1584#comment-1805 Thanks for your sympathies Joey, I appreciate it. Will you have to experience any more surgery due to your condition if you don't have any more complications, or is that not really something you can hang your hat on? (I will say that I felt considerably worse after the anaesthesia and painkillers wore off, and then I slowly started to feel better.) http://www.personalarchaeology.com/2009/11/04/going-under-the-knife/comment-page-1/#comment-1804 James Pyrich Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:06:52 +0000 http://www.personalarchaeology.com/?p=1580#comment-1804 I know it's been over a month but I wanted to thank you for your butt-sympathy... things are going well now, recovering just fine. :) As far as the isolation, it has been a negative experience for me, especially during the days prior to my conversation with Stef just before the surgery. Also, my childhood was marked by isolation, so it's not something that I'm willing to "strike a balance" with unless I discover that's a healthy and good thing for me to do. http://www.personalarchaeology.com/2009/11/07/out-from-under-the-knife/comment-page-1/#comment-1802 Joey Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:41:58 +0000 http://www.personalarchaeology.com/?p=1584#comment-1802 Sorry I missed this news by a few days. I'm glad it went well. I do know a lot about surgeries as I've spent most of my life in hospitals under the knife. http://www.personalarchaeology.com/2009/11/04/going-under-the-knife/comment-page-1/#comment-1801 Rich Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:28:27 +0000 http://www.personalarchaeology.com/?p=1580#comment-1801 :( ouch man, I have had a history of hemorrhoids too, so I know how horrible they are. Sorry to hear yours got worse. My thoughts are with you, hope you have a speedy recovery. I struggle with isolation myself, or at least striking a balance with it. That said, I am not convinced it is always a negative thing. I often find great pleasure in the company of myself for extended periods of time. http://www.personalarchaeology.com/2009/08/29/four-wheels-bad-two-wheels-good/comment-page-1/#comment-1769 mcphilthy Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:28:16 +0000 http://www.personalarchaeology.com/?p=1563#comment-1769 Hi James, fantastic to hear you're enjoying cycling. I've been a rider for about the last 10 years - it's a highly rewarding mode of transportation and one I've never tired of. Cycling has always been an empowering activity for me - and there's nothing quite like a dose of endorphins :-) Cycle safe! http://www.personalarchaeology.com/2009/08/16/good-people/comment-page-1/#comment-1759 Joey Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:15:24 +0000 http://www.personalarchaeology.com/?p=1555#comment-1759 Reading this put a smile on my face. Thanks for doing what you did, James. As a disabled person myself, I've seen my fair share of the bad in humanity. It can get very frustrating sometimes. http://www.personalarchaeology.com/2009/05/10/mothers-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1710 Rich Sun, 10 May 2009 17:49:35 +0000 http://www.personalarchaeology.com/?p=1527#comment-1710 Thanks for sharing this James. I had no idea that this holiday was rooted in violence. Think about the obligation that must have been felt back then. If you had have spoken out against Mother's day then, people would have written you off as cruel for not honoring someone who had lost a loved one. What an evil guilt trip that must have been. I certainly felt guilted into buying gifts for my mother and spending my Sunday with her. When I would bring up to her that there was no children's day, she would sarcsastically reply that "every day is children's day". This year I'm doing what I want to, getting out of the house and spending the day with someone I really love.