Votes Please updated

One vote per person per day per photo until futher notice. Contest has a monthly draw and a final draw.



http://photocontest.babystages.ca/en/vote/ballot.php?photo_id=123950
and
http://photocontest.babystages.ca/en/vote/ballot.php?photo_id=123498

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Electro-Physiology and Catheter Abelation update

I went down to Sunnybrook after quitting Sotalol for three days and took the Electro-Physiology study. I failed the test as my heart did not go into any abnormal rythm or tachychardia so I was not ablated. Now I am going to have an external recorder attached for six weeks and they will then decide what to do next. So far I feel better off the drug and my episodes seem to be reasonably mild, certainly tolerable if they do not last too long. I have to be off the Sotalol anyways for the tests and am considering going off altogether and putting up with the symptoms for awhile at least. When I was being prepared for the test I had to take off all my clothes and put on a gown. This is the first time I have been naked in a room since I was born, and I have no plans to repeat the experience.

If anyone has gone through this I would like their comments. Maybe there are some sort of support groups on the internet, I should look.

Blogger now with Google

I can't seem to win for losing with this Blogger account. Just as I am learning how to use everything the accounts now all have to be changed over to Google passwords. OK I got a Google account already so I will try that on. *Sigh* another afternoon wasted as I track down the inevitable bug in the system that won't work right. So goes my love/hate relationship with computers.

As I said I am still learning Blogger. If I delete this post on the main page will it still stay in Archives, which is what I want. I see July posts are still on the main page and I wanted them to just go into July archives. Another hour or two wasted as I figure this out.

Electro-Physiology and Catheter Abelation

We are almost half way through August and I have not posted a thing. I am more behind in things this month, I am trying to catch up a few loose ends, as I have to have a heart procedure done called Electro Physiology Study and Catheter Abelation because I have tachycardia and palpitations that are controlled by drugs that I have to take the rest of my life and apparently this procedure cures the problem and should relieve me of that drug regimen. There is a 95% success rate and for those needing a second round, they do 95% of the 5% successfully. Unfortunately there are some serious side effects in a small number of patients. I would be interested in hearing from persons who have undergone this procedure.

I had to quit doing contests for awhile so I can catch up those loose ends and I sort of miss them. I will probably be out of commission for about a week as I go off the heart medication and have and recover from the procedure. Time well spent if successful I guess. I did win a small cash prize from ValPak which was much appreciated. I really need a new camera but will use the money for something else this month. My Konica Minolta Dimage Z10, 3.2 megapixel camera will have to do service for a few more months yet.

Dell Free time Frenzy

I play a lot of contests and presently have to post a link to this contest for an extra 50 points. Careful, you might find this game addicting. Dell has regular contests that seem fun to play. I won a DJ Ditty mp3 player a couple of months ago so people do win.

http://www.winwithdell.com/freetime/EN/index.php?Plink=L115496190645853541

I am not sure how they know I posted this link to their contest but here goes.

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Originally uploaded by mariposaman.

I took this picture in the local A&P lot when the light was fast fading with my Olympus 110. Everyone was in a hurry that day it seemed.

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

I have posted a few of my photos at flickr and will be able to link them to here. This will save a whole lot of transferring of photos over to this blog. If you have photos to post in an album and want to post them on your blog this is a great service. All of it free so far. I believe Flickr has a paid version too which allows more uploading than I require at the present time.

New game on Moola.com

Moola has added a new game called Hi/Lo



A quick and simple card game where the player who correctly reveals the most cards in the least amount of Lives is the winner!

first post

I have been trying to figure out how to post on this blog site and have after a few false starts figured out enough to start a blog. I never particularly liked to blog idea but it seems a good way of communicating some pet peeves I have as well as information that sometimes I feel is useful to someone else. Hopefully I will have time to update on a regular basis but who knows. A parable says the longest journey starts with a single step, so here is step 1.

A new post today about Moola. I have been playing this game for about 2 weeks or so and I seem to always get back down to 0 and then add money to the system. You do not add your own money, the website gives you a penny and you play a game through various levels. I will give out an email address, see the link at the list at the right of this page where you can get a hold of me, send me an email address and I will send an invite which is the only way one can join. If I can get the links at the right of this page to work I will give you a moola link too.