Sat 15 Oct 2005
With the weather being really bad and me having acute bronchitis all I can say is thank you for dextromethorphan.
So as I sit doing relatively nothing, bored out of my mind, I am lifted by the fact that Loveland in Colorado is opened for skiing. My adopted mountain for the season Killington, the first to open on the east coast, will do so next month around the 12th. The season is almost upon us.
On top of all that I got news from my good friend Helena that she and her friends are looking at resorts in northern Italy for a trip around January. I haven’t seen her in five years since I went to visit her in Brussels after I had finished up school in London. I’m a bit worried that my skiing skills won’t hold water to her friends. I’m pretty good but we are talking about a bunch of people who took a week of vacation to learn kite surfing and then went out and bought the equipment so they could do it at home. These are hard core extreme sports enthusiasts. They are even going out and getting data on the resorts for the past 12 years and figuring out if Italy will have good snow by January. If not they plan on finding a resort more up north. I’m debating on if I should buy an inexpensive pair of twin tip ski’s as I am unsure if my 99cm skiboards will hold up. Luckly the Boston Globe SnowSports Expo will be happening on November 17th.
D-Bus
I’m looking to get a bunch of patches in next week and do a release. Along with this release I will post a schedule on how much time I think it will take to get to 1.0. Look to see the 0.90 release happening after this next release.
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October 16th, 2005 at 5:44 am
Don’t worry, there is always snow in northern Italy mountains in January, and all the resorts have snow cannons, should they be necessary.
Skiing tourism is the primary resource for hundreds of thousand people.
October 16th, 2005 at 1:55 pm
Ugh. I thought my cold was annoying.
Feel better dewwwd.
October 16th, 2005 at 6:22 pm
See this is why people hate doctor visits. Well this and big needles. I shouldn’t use clinical terms but it is basicly a cold. Well, reminants of a cold. Basicly a short term (acute) infection of the lungs. Short term is relitive because this could last anywhere from a week to three months but generally a week is a good estimate. Mine is most likely minor because I haven’t gotten a fever or at least not a high one and only ocationaly have coughing fits though it is still hard to breath. I didn’t go to my doctor this time because she usually perscribes antibiotics to combat any opertunistic bacteria based ailments that may want to take advantage of my distracted immune system. The problem is that most bronchitis is viral based so antibiotics do nothing except breed antibiotic resitant bacteria strains and make me feel high when I forget I am taking them and happen to drink a beer (don’t try that, it kills your liver). My treatment you ask? Lots of soup and liquid and some dextromethorphan which is more commonly known as Robitussin DM; a simple household cough suppressant often with an extra kick of guaifenesin which is an expectorant. No need explaining that one as it is quite disgusting.
So actually besides not being able to breath and having coughing fits I am feeling quite well. Thanks for the concern though. Hope you get over your cold soon.