It only took a week. Wait, let me say that again. IT ONLY TOOK A WEEK!!!!!!!!

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I'm Jonathan, a father of 4, husband to an adoring wife, and a web developer in San Antonio, TX. I talk about whatever is on my mind including mental disorders, technology, and politics.

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Clusterfuck : Military term for an operation in which multiple things have gone wrong. Related to "SNAFU" (Situation Normal, All Fucked Up") and "FUBAR" (Fucked Up Beyond All Repair).

Kids with ADHD May Learn Better by Fidgeting ... http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1887486,00.html?iid=perma...

That might explain a few things.

For the record, I'm somewhere in the autism spectrum closer to the Asperger side of things. I've been mis-diagnosed with a number of things including traces of ADHD at one point.

I've also learned how to "Fake It" for the most part. I still hate crowds and when I'm not running at full throttle I'd rather avoid people in general.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/27/education.school.year/index.html

Duncan said American students are "at a competitive disadvantage" because the United States has shorter school years than other countries such as India and China.

The competitive disadvantage is that our public schools are a failure. Longer school years will not change this. Changing what we teach and how we teach it is the only way to solve this problem.

I used to recommend Uverse to everyone. Now I'm not sure if I'll continue to do that.

Worst. Possible. Luck.

Or, more things I could live without.

If you've read the previous couple of posts you know that I recently had an insignificant organ removed after it decided to grow and become a pest.

Earlier this week (either Monday or Tuesday) while sitting at my desk at work I began experiencing a very sharp and annoying pain in my lower left back. My immediate thought was "Great, now what?" and that was shortly followed up by "@#^! this hurts!"

This is my attempt at trying to watch what I eat to determine if,

a) I'm eating enough
b) I'm eating right

I've always been a picky eater and trended towards the unhealthy junk food so now I'm attempting to see just how bad my habits are.

http://www.fda.gov/FDAC/special/foodlabel/dvs.html

fat based on 30 percent of calories

saturated fat based on 10 percent of calories

carbohydrate based on 60 percent of calories

My oldest child turned ten today. Ten!

It is difficult to fathom and even more difficult to determine where the time has gone.

As a follow up to things that you can live without...

I'm doing fine. The surgeon said that I had likely had gallstones for years (as in more than 5 and possibly greater than 10). I've got new scars. Madison keeps insisting on seeing my 'boo-boos' and refuses to stop saying 'daddy booboo'. She finally came over and gave me a hug tonight without pointing at my chest. She has not been very happy that I've been unable to play with her the whole week that I've been home.

Extreme pain in the upper right quadrant of the abdomen wrapping around to the right shoulder blade accompanied by severe nausea and vomiting.

Also known as gallstones from hell.