http://blog.packingheat.com The PackingHeat.com blog...fear the writing Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:09:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My heart attack education continued the day after the I checked into the hospital. I was to learn all about the joy of the stress test. Given my condition, however, they weren't going to make me run on a treadmill. Instead I was to undergo a chemically ... http://blog.packingheat.com/2008/06/25/hac-diagnostics-and-catheterization/ I've made it to the emergency room. It took me five days, a few hundred miles of motorcycle riding and some encouragement from family members to get me here, but I'm in the hospital now. I check in with the emergency room nurse and tell her I'm having ... http://blog.packingheat.com/2008/06/04/hac-enter-the-hospital/ Having a heart attack was nothing like what I expected. Yes, I had thought about it prior to actually experiencing it and, much as one would assume, it was nothing like in the movies. I was lucky (a theme you'll note I'll repeat many times through these posts) ... http://blog.packingheat.com/2008/05/28/hac-the-attack-begins/ It's been another long break for me from the blog that few ever read. I've had plenty to write about, but the transition from my brain to the page has been problematic. The simple fact of the matter is that I don't feel that I have all that much ... http://blog.packingheat.com/2008/05/20/the-heart-attack-chronicles-introduction/ I'm one of those people who is comfortable in small circles and, as such, I have a small group of friends whom I've known for many years. It once was a point of pride for me to know that the people I've known since Junior High School are still ... http://blog.packingheat.com/2008/02/18/connections/ I know my rants about the ever growing web of surveillance cameras and the "Big Brother" phenomenon tend to fall on deaf ears. I also know that most people out there could give a rat's ass about a law that seems good on the surface but, in reality, strips ... http://blog.packingheat.com/2008/01/29/dear-citizens-screw-you-love-arizona/ It becomes ever clearer to me that I just don't understand. Somehow people have this insane notion that they're entitled. Period. Entitled. To cars, to food, to a job, to a house, to everything that anyone else has. People seem to believe that these ... http://blog.packingheat.com/2008/01/24/protests-at-eviction/ Congratulations to the Patriots on another AFC Championship win over the San Diego Chargers. It was a tough game and the Pats didn't play very well, but the defense stood strong and prevented the Chargers from scoring any touchdowns. What bothers me, and what inspired the title of ... http://blog.packingheat.com/2008/01/20/sports-fans-suck/ Going to see a performance of the Boston Symphony Orchestra has been something I've wanted to do for a long time, and while I regret that I didn't have a chance to see Seiji Ozawa conduct, I did get a chance to see Sir Colin Davis guest conduct an excellent ... http://blog.packingheat.com/2008/01/19/finally-attended-a-bso-performance/ It's coming up on the end of Yule and I've spent most of it with parts of my family, which is one of the best ways to spend it, only exceeded by having the entirety of the family and my friends all in the same place. So when Yule's over, ... http://blog.packingheat.com/2007/12/30/comin-up-on-2008/