Well, it looks as though the iPod has gone kaput. Even though it's a week out of warranty (it always breaks just out of warranty) they're going to fix it anyway. It would have cost just as much for a new 10 GB iPod to repair my 10GB iPod.

Wow, so it's operation is over now. I got another ultrasound first, which is one of those things that they look at babies in the womb with - basicly white and black blobs show up on a screen, but this means something to the guy doing it. They put a big x on my right side between a couple of the lower ribs with a sharpie and sent me up to the GI lab. I went up there and waited for a little over an hour, got sent to a room where I waited another hour, then saw a nurse who hooked me into a blood pressure and pulse machine. Every 15 minutes the cuff would pump up and reveal my blood pressure while a thing on my finger continualy monitored my pulse. It averaged around 102/60 and 62 BPM - not bad. The doctor eventualy came in (he was late coming into the office I think, probably playing an extra round or two of golf) and immediatly started getting down to business. He peeled back the protective covers and took his tools out. As I understand it, he first applied some local pain killer, made a small incision on my side - x marks the spot. He then did some stuff which I'm not quite sure of, I basicly felt a sharp pain on my side, followed by a Really strong dull pain somewhere inside. He cocked some spring loaded thing, stuck it in me and released it - wow, did not feel good. By this point I think it's over - nope, he does it a few more times before taking everything out and bandaid-ing it back up. It's over! Not quite. He talked for a short while, then as the blood pressure monitor thing went off I noticed it was reading much lower than it had been - about 80/50, or something. I mentioned it to him, he didn't think it was anything. Then, all of a sudden, I started not feeling so well. My pulse plummeted to a low of 38. I started sweating and apparently got very pale. The doctor called for the "red cart" and got someone to immediately put an IV in me. The "red cart team" came rushing in and waited while things slowly went back to normal. Apparently the "red cart" was the difibulator machine (the "clear" ZAP machine) which they would have used if everything stopped.

To sum it all up, I probably would have rather been in school today.

So, here's the deal. My liver enzyme levels in my blood are high, as I've said before - no one really knows why for sure yet - perhalps an auto-immune problem (since the Rhematoid Factor is also high). Tomorrow Dr. Gish in San Fran is going to be poking my liver with a needle preforming a "liver biopsy." This will show if the liver is damaged or not and will also provide a check point to compare against a biopsy down the line to see if things are better, worse, or the same. It's not going to be fun. I'm supposed to stay in town overnight in case of, "Any Complications" - yikes! Later in the week I'm going to go to an Endocrinologist to let him do his Endocrinology (I'm not quite sure what he's going to do, but we'll see)

My boss (Jon) sent out an e-mail "Service update" to all of the Lake Tahoe Online customers a few days ago and he mentioned that I'm going to MIT, which is cool. I sent in the MIT reply form about a week ago now, so everything is official. It's kind of scary. Now I need to send MY rejection letters to the other schools that accepted me.

I drove by the High School today and saw that the Bavetta Radio antenna had kind of fallen over and is pulling on the wire, which is not good. I have to get to fixing that as soon as I get back from SF. I was talking to someone the other day about the Radio station and they pointed out that I was taking over all the media zones. Television (The Reel Review on Channel 6), Bavetta Radio (95.1), and the Internet (Bavetta.com) - The only thing I need to add is print, so I need to write a book.

As far as Bavetta.com is concerned, I still need to update the links section, fix the Pix section, add to the Extras section, and add a link to the archive on this page. Posting it here is more a reminder to me than anything else.
It looks like Apple might have some pretty big announcements coming tomorrow, I'm exci

Ok, so, ya - It still seems kind of awkward, but the new site design is now in effect. I don't like all of it yet (see that big blank spot on the top right?), so things are still going to change over the next few days. The extras page is pretty lame right now too, and I still have to update the old pages to the 'new look'.

By the way, I've really got to fix the webcam. That date-less picture of the stove is driving me nuts!

WOW! So, two days ago I was told my site wasn't working. This happens from time to time when my host does server upgrades, etc, so I wasn't phased. I checked it out and boy were some things wrong - in fact, everything was wrong. There were NO files on the server - nada, zilch, nothing. I got kind of nervous, but I do backups every once and a while and I could have gone back to a state of three weeks ago easily if it came down to it. As it turns out, however, none of that was necessary, my host gave me a link to the 'old' server where my files were. Apparently they decided to switch servers without moving my files from one to the other.......hmmmmmmm... In the time after the loss and before hope came back I whipped up a new version of Bavetta.com which I think I will start phasing in anyway - I like it, and I like change.

So, as I write this, I'm sitting in a ten by ten room filled with dirty underwear about a foot deep with the sounds of traffic blaring from the window wich just happens to be next to a fire department. It's raining and I'm at MIT. MIT is great, my roomate for this "Campus Preview Thing" is .....

OK, so here's the news on 95.1 Bavetta Radio - I soldered together a transmitter from RamseyElectronics and made an antenna out of copper tubing and whala! - It's radio. Mr Coleman let us set up shop in a small room above his wood shop and with the antenna on the roof the signal reaches a good distance. This last week I talked on it for hours (why does that word have a h on it anyway) on end with Danny, Tony, and a few other folks. We got free lunch each day we've broadcast so far and also a few hot chocolates from V.P. Brancha. It's been great. Parking lot, weather, and War with Iraq updates have filled a lot of time, but we've done other things such as "Painting with Dr. Phil" or "The Relaxing Yoga Hour by the Sea" --- So, if you happen to drive by the High School make sure to tune in to 95.1 - "We're Hip"

I would like to thank everyone from Colorado for visiting Bavetta.com on an hourly basis - Thank you.