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Monday, December 27, 2004
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Friday afternoon (Christmas Eve), our cable modem service went kablooie. After much troubleshooting, I called tech support. They did some poking around and things did not look good - they couldn't even see our cable modem on the network.
After some conversation, we decided the problem was probably outside the house. The temperature about 5 degrees and the north wind was howling. We think the cold infiltrated the external connector and caused the internal connector to shrink and lose contact. To fix that situation, a cable guy has to come out, cut off the old connector and install a new connector.
So, our cable guy won't be here until tomorrow evening. We've been on very putzy dial-up service since Friday night. We at the Partnow Manse do not like dial-up. We are spoiled. We want our broadband service back!!!!!
I am certainly in the midst of a run of bad luck on the techie front - dead cable modem service, a dead laptop display, and a camera that is still lost in the bowels of the evil Sony repair service.
8:31:16 PM 
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I made it in to see the doc today. Actually, I saw the naturopath that works with my doc. After much conversation and a physical examination he decided and I agreed that my issue was probably viral instead of bacterial. I was definitely morose by that point - my lymph nodes and ears were sooooo sore. I was hoping for a bacterial infection so that we could do antibiotics and I'd start to feel better.
But my naturopath recommended two herbal supplements, IP6 (not be confused with Internet Protocol version 6) and Pycnogenol. As always on the immune system herbal front, I was somewhat skeptical. I've had zero success with supplements that are supposed to boost ones immune system. My immune system usually refuses to budge from the depths in which it normally hangs out. But I carefully read the ingrediants of both supplements and decided to take a flyer. I mean, how could brown rice (IP6) and pine tree (pycongenol) extracts possibly be harmful?
When I got home, I took my usual four ibuprofen tablets - my glands were so sore I couldn't swallow. Advil has been the only thing that's provided any relief - well except for frozen margaritas. I also took two IP6 tablets.
Three hours later - wowza!!!!! My head and neck haven't felt this good since before Thursday. Yipeee. I think we may be on to something with this IP6 stuff!
I should be able to go back to work tomorrow.
8:24:17 PM
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The death toll from Sunday's Indian Ocean tsunamis continues to rise. Many of those deaths could have been prevented by a Tsunami warning system. We Alaskans also learned that lesson the hard way. Towns up and down the Southcentral Alaska coast were leveled by tsunamis resulting from the 1964 Good Friday Quake which measured 9.2 on the Richter Scale. There was no warning system in place at the time. The videos and stories from that period of time are pretty amazing. A family friend was flying to Kodiak that day. As they started the approach pattern into Kodiak, they looked out the window and watched as the water was completely sucked out of the Kodiak harbour. At that point, the plane turned around. They tried to get back to Anchorage, but they couldn't make radio contact with the tower. As it turns out, the tower had been leveled by the quake. They were finally able to land at Homer.
Now we have a Tsunami warning system in place. We're part of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Network. And they certainly do their job. Our system has been activated several times in the past ten years. Fortunately, no significant tsunamis have actually occured in our neck of the woods.
The governments along the Indian Ocean that do not currently participate in the Pacific Tsunami Warning System will now probably sign up.
7:50:15 PM
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