Author: Eugene

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I’m full

This is me right now. Still have 2 1/2 days of stuff to cram into my brain.

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Annual meeting’s over, and now I’m at the summer school. Lots of interesting sessions at the meeting. Didn’t learn anything groundbreaking, but I did learn a lot of new techniques for doing what I’m already doing, and got reminded about a bunch of stuff I should be doing or need to get around to.

It was a good meeting overall. Spent most of my time at the CT and PET/CT sessions which were all very good and very informative. Caught up with a few old friends too, which is always nice.

The AAPM summer schools are usually pretty interesting. To keep the costs down, they like to re-introduce (or introduce in some cases) attendees to the dorm experience. I think it’s a good thing because it also keeps people close by and provides lots of opportunities for post-session socializing. I’ve enjoyed all the summer schools I’ve been to, and I think this one should be a good one too. This one is a little more remote than past summer school’s I’ve attended, so that will be a little different.

I’ll be glad to get back home though.

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A matter of timing

On the eve of my trip to the AAPM meeting in Minneapolis, the manuscript proofs for the paper that was accepted to JNMT arrive in my email.

I have 48 hours to review the proof pages, make any corrections, address a list of questions and revisions and then send everything back.

I’m glad I got the proofs, because that means the paper will appear in publication soon. However, the timing is less than ideal. Now instead of making sure I have everything packed and am all ready for the trip, I’ll be spending at least a couple of hours going through everything and making sure it’s all ready to go.

Well, at least I still have tomorrow morning to finish getting ready. I can also email the changes back, which will save some time.

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Am I being southified?

Every now and then, during one of the many internal conversations I have with the various entities inhabiting my brain, I’m stopped mid-stream shocked and horrified as I catch myself using terms like “y’all” and other bits of Southern slang.

I don’t think I’ve ever caught myself using it talking with real people yet, but the prospect of me inadvertently blurting out something like that frightens me.

I wonder if my friends will think my ‘accent’ has changed any since I last saw them.

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Car window troubles

The loud thunk I heard when I rolled down one of the back windows in the car didn’t sound good and sure enough, it wasn’t good either. I can hear the window motor run, but the window doesn’t do anything except make thunking noises. I’d guess that whatever mechanism makes the window go up and down has managed to disengage itself from the motor.

Managed to get the door panel off, but quickly saw that anything required to get it working again was a little past my comfort and skill level to handle. This of course means a trip into the dealer service shop for repairs.

Crap.

Hopefully it doesn’t turn out to be anything horribly expensive to repair. There are already a few other routine maintenance things I need to get done to the car, and this isn’t helping any.

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Simba Sockhunter

Simba has taken to digging out socks from the laundry pile now. I’m not sure where he picked that up from, since Nala doesn’t do it anymore. I’ll find a sock on the ground here or there while walking through the house. Occasionally I’ll catch him sniffing through the laundry baskets probably looking for a sock to nab. I even caught him once with a sock dangling out of his mouth looking at me like it was time to play with a new toy he found.

I don’t think he’s eaten any yet, but I guess it’s time to start closing the closet door again until I can get him to stop going after socks.