As Independence Day approaches, I find myself driving past a lot of fireworks stands. This always amazes me because I was under the impression that fireworks are illegal. Is it possible that they are legal to sell, just not legal to shoot them off? What kind of logic lies behind that premise? I’m always tempted to stop in and buy some fireworks. I enjoy shooting them off after dark at my place. My wife gets very nervous that I’m going to hurt myself, or set the woods or house on fire, but so far that hasn’t happened. I can tell every year that she is just waiting for something bad to happen so she can say “I told you so!”
I haven’t bought any fireworks yet this year, but the temptation grows ever stronger as the day approaches!
Nick had hip replacement surgery a few years ago. Since he was fairly young and athletic, his doctor recommended using Zimmer Metasul Durom hip replacement cups for the surgery. These were specially designed for younger people who are likely to outlive a conventional hip prosthesis. Since then we’ve been hearing that there are a lot of medical and legal issues on zimmer durom cup. Apparently there is a significant failure rate that was unexpected!
Well, of course there has been a lot of scrambling going on by Zimmer, trying to get releases signed by the patients, to release them from any liability if anything should happen to the cup down the road. Zimmer is trying to lay the blame of the durom cups failures on surgeon error. Nick told me that he is going to get as much information as he can about the issues and find a durom lawyer to represent him in the event that he needs to file a durom lawsuit.
I was very saddened to learn of the passing of Michael Jackson. He was one of the most talented people in show business. We’ll never know for sure if he was a pedophile, but we DO know for sure that he was a really good songwriter, singer, dancer, and choreographer. The music industry will miss him terribly. As I was watching the news about how people were reacting to the news, the show kept cutting to people standing around the Apollo theatre. The were celebrating his life. Although I commend people for celebrating the life of someone who has passed, I felt that there were way too many people who were just interested in having their faces plastered on television. That disgusted me more than you can even imagine!
Have you ever heard of a musical instrument called an ocarina? I sure hadn’t – until my oldest son suggested that I buy one to give to my youngest son for his next birthday. Well, I couldn’t let on that I had no idea what he was talking about, so I went online to find out what in the world he was talking about! I went to the shopwiki website and found that the ocarina is a musical instrument. It is a type of flute. They range greatly in price, from as low as $3 to as high as $79!
Apparently the reason why my son thought it would make a good birthday gift is because there is a Zelda video game that features this little instrument. I’ve only ever played the first Zelda game (I thought it was a lot of fun but too addictive!) myself, but my kids are fans of all of them. There are quite a few good looking ocarinas on the market! Sounds like a fun little instrument to learn how to play!
My wife was sorely disappointed today. She had stayed home from work because she was sick with a bad sinus infection. She spent most of the day in bed, but she said she was looking forward to watching Dr. Phil for a change. She hasn’t been able to see any of his shows this year because of her work schedule. And she has been too busy to be able to tape the shows to watch later. So she was feeling that if she had to stay home sick, at least she’d feel good about being able to watch Dr. Phil. She was sorely disappointed when she turned the television on at 3pm, only to find that this summer they are featuring OLD reruns from years past – the show was one she had seen before a long time ago! So sad to get her hopes up, just to have them dashed by old reruns!
Fun, General life, Home and Garden, Relationships, Shopping | Dean | 
June 26, 2009 5:02 pm | 
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