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[Spinal Tap] * 2, and guitar furniture
Apr. 21st, 2009 07:15 pmFor the first spinal tap story, we have the results of the lumbar puncture done to greenlight Rachal for her eye surgery. (Her eyes are still pointing away from each other, to about the same degree). The lumbar puncture showed that her spinal fluid pressure was not high ...but analysis of the spinal fluid itself was suggestive of ...wait for it... multiple sclerosis. Let me rush to say that it's unlikely she has MS, and if she does it's likely a low-grade version ...and even then, that would give us another potentially productive list of things to do, as opposed to having some symptoms for which (right now) we have no real source. So it's not entirely bad news any way I look at it, except for the part where Rachal's eye surgery is indefinitely postponed until she's diagnosed one way or the other.
The second story is more amusing -- and reminded me of _Spinal Tap_, the movie. I recently ordered some white vinyl cut in the shape of my company's logo -- one set, two feet wide, to fit on our door ...the other, three feet wide, to fit on our front window. The salesdroid I spoke to invoiced me correctly, and was told to proceed. Yesterday, I got a UPS letter envelope, with some wax paper rolled up inside. Taped to that was two sets of my company's logo ...one two inches wide, and one three inches wide. I think they'll fit nicely on my boss's dog-carrier.
Also, I spent a few hours over the weekend (when I wasn't at the office) helping a buddy (and ex-boss) flog his wares at a booth in the Dallas Guitar Show. He's trying to start a line of high-end wooden furniture for use by professional musicians, and you may take a gander at his pride and joy here: www.guitarfurniture.com
That guitar stand's disassembly is pretty slick, and I don't wanna know how many times I took it apart and put it back together Saturday, all in the name of catching the eyes of the folks wandering through the show. I resisted the urge to throw my hands in the air and shout "Time!" on each repetition, at least. Well, mostly.
The second story is more amusing -- and reminded me of _Spinal Tap_, the movie. I recently ordered some white vinyl cut in the shape of my company's logo -- one set, two feet wide, to fit on our door ...the other, three feet wide, to fit on our front window. The salesdroid I spoke to invoiced me correctly, and was told to proceed. Yesterday, I got a UPS letter envelope, with some wax paper rolled up inside. Taped to that was two sets of my company's logo ...one two inches wide, and one three inches wide. I think they'll fit nicely on my boss's dog-carrier.
Also, I spent a few hours over the weekend (when I wasn't at the office) helping a buddy (and ex-boss) flog his wares at a booth in the Dallas Guitar Show. He's trying to start a line of high-end wooden furniture for use by professional musicians, and you may take a gander at his pride and joy here: www.guitarfurniture.com
That guitar stand's disassembly is pretty slick, and I don't wanna know how many times I took it apart and put it back together Saturday, all in the name of catching the eyes of the folks wandering through the show. I resisted the urge to throw my hands in the air and shout "Time!" on each repetition, at least. Well, mostly.
