Gender Revealed

We are having a boy!!!
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Updated Blog Roll

I have decided to add all of the blogs that I write for in the right hand column for easier navigation. They will auto-update every time a new entry is added. Please keep in mind just because it is there, doesn't mean I am always the author. There are several of the blogs that have multiple authors.

If you see ShakespeareTheEngineer in the byline, those are ones that I have written. Any other names (like TechOutReach - who is Mr. Reach, Jaxy, Natural Pro or Moose) are people who are on the same editorial team with me.

Achilles Repair Blog Goes Global

I am back at GlobalSpec and writing for their blog site CR4 in a variety of capacities. So far, I have been assigned tasks for their blog sections that include automotive, educational tech, great engineers and scientists, an "on this day in engineering" blog, and finally sports, fitness, and nutrition.

Starting on Tuesday, 7/28, and running every Tuesday for about two or three months, the site will be featuring an article and pictures from my ongoing recovery from Achilles tendon rupture. This coming Tuesday's discusses the Achilles tendon, some warning signs of those who are at-risk for injury, and a brief review of how I injured myself.

Unlike blogs here, my editors require that I keep entries between 400-600 words, so they are always a quick read for those who have interest.

I have already written about 16 entries and probably have another 20 to go before the summer is done. There is something for everyone on this site, so I recommend checking it out. It gets about 300,000 hits a month and has 100,000 daily subscriptions. Exciting that my writing is getting out to that big of an audience.

If you would like to find me on the site, my handle (long story) is ShakespeareTheEngineer.

Two Weeks to Go

I have been out of the splint and into my cast for a week. The good news is three weeks in a cast now and not six (the doc said because I behaved and stayed off of it) so I have two weeks to go.

After that, it is a month in an orthopedic boot. In other good news (trying to stay positive), I have finished the daily abdominal shots and have moved on to Aspirin which is much easier to handle.

I also managed to get my first workout in this week, with a 7000 meter row on the rowing machine (holding my left leg in the air).

I don't really take pain meds (at least in the past week), just some Ibproufen to reduce swelling which has been insane.

I have been back at work for two weeks at GlobalSpec, Inc. And have begun writing articles for CR4 again. I have an "I'm Baaaack" article going off next week and then a three part series starting on 7/20 about the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. It was a really fun series to write and I learned a ton about the Saturn V rocket (like what is meant when it says it had 34 Meganewtons of thrust in just Stage 1 of the rocket).

It is just good to be writing for a company again, even if I do have to mix it in with writing product announcements and company profiles and doing web development as well.
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Thank God Almighty, I'm free at Last

I was finally released from the hospital at 7:40 on Wednesday night. Only 50 hours later than expected. Am home and planning to sleep as much as I can. Who knew crutches were that tiring.
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