Posts from — April 2008

It's Merrin again. I wanted to let everybody know that Kevin was discharged from the hospital today around 5:30, which was a day ahead of schedule. He's doing absolutely wonderfully, and the doctors are thrilled with how fast he's recovering. He spent a good part of today charming every nurse on the floor, and campaigning hard to get out of there early. He's on some new medication that will help his stent grow in, but other than that, he's almost back to "normal" (which, let's face it, for him is anything but ). He's still plenty tired, but as long as he stays on his best behavior, I'll let him have his laptop back for a little while at a time starting tomorrow.

Believe me, Kevin DOES plan on getting back to everybody who has sent emails and kind words, but it's gonna take him a little bit (mostly because I'm the laptop nazi). We are both so appreciative of all of the emails, comments, and support we've gotten this week, and we are incredibly humbled by everyone's love and prayers. Thank you doesn't even begin to cover it.

As I said before, we'll be sure to keep you updated, either here, or over at my place.

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Hi there, it's Merrin, stepping in for Kevin. I'm sure many of you have heard that Kevin is in the hospital recovering from a teensy-weensy little tiny heart attack (which, by the way, is akin to being a little bit pregnant….either you are our you aren't). He had a stent put in to open up the blockage, and he's recovering right on schedule. He's doing just fine tonight (in fact, he's getting some much-needed sleep), and he'll be moved out of the ICU in the morning. Now, before you get all crazazy with the "Dude. Wait. What's", please know that I have taken away his laptop and his cell phone—at least until he's discharged late this week. However, please feel free to send him some love either in the comments or via email—-I AM letting him Twitter occasionally and check his email a couple of times a day.

I'll keep you updated either here or over at my blog.

{rant} Oh, and the biggest message we can get out there right now is this: HAVE AN EKG. If you have a family history of heart disease, demand one. Kevin doesn't drink (frequently OR excessively), he's never smoked, and he's never done a drug in his life. This is genetics, pure and simple. If you, or your spouse, is on cholesterol or triglyceride medication, and you haven't had an EKG, GET ONE. If Kevin had had the test done–even a couple of months ago–this could have been avoided. Have a physical. Be brutally honest with your physician. And DEMAND the care you deserve. Kevin got really, really lucky. And we're grateful for that, but we'll never take it for granted. {/rant}

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For those of you who are looking for a Blackberry phone, Amazon has quite a few on sale for a penny. There are also a couple of great models that will pay you $75 after rebate.

So… if you're in need of a Blackberry Pearl or Blackberry Curve phone, go check 'em out now before Amazon realizes what they've done.

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I had the occassion today to need to determine which contacts in my Microsoft Outlook Corporate Address book where new or modified. I found a very easy way to sort the Microsoft Outlook contact list my the date the record was recently modified.

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Well, well, well. Guess who's on Twitter now?

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Just a reminder… I am "so much cooler online" over here.

That is all.

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From Fanblogs, a Florida recruit fumbled the Gators national championship trophy. Heh.

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I'm sure many of you have heard about Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch's Last Lecture.

The Wall Street Journal called it "the lecture of a lifetime", and it truly is.

If you haven't, please find 70 minutes to watch and listen - it may change your life.

Free download from iTunes or YouTube.

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Jimmy Buffett - Here We Are

In honor of all of those back home who getting ready to crank up the blenders and make some Mike's Delicious Queso, here's an un-official kickoff to the concert season. Wish we could be there with you this time.

Here we are
Here we are

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But here we are, for a family reunion, costume barbeque
All the black sheep, family outcasts, and a freak or two

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Here we are, maybe it's because in spite of all the work we do
It's the child in us we really value
Here we are, with our fins up and our feathers flashing
Here we are, with our coconut shell brassieres chanting

Here we are
Here we are
Here we are

Andrew, Kim, Amy, Kelly, Mike, Allison, Dan and all yall… if wanna try to make it down for the Florida leg, well… the weather is here….

FYI - The Margaritaville home page now sports a tour date RSS feed (Really Salty Sharks?!)

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