This is the opening today:

T: This morning, Indy, you wanted to know if we knew what something was.

Indy: Do you know what a stay-cation is? We have candy, we watch TV up in the TV room. We watch shows up there, and there is candy and balloons. We move our beds up there.

T: How long will they be there?

Indy: Forever.

Forever. I’m loving that idea.

This is our Thanksgiving weekend fun we’re planning. It might not be forever. But at least it will be for a few days.

It is now Tuesday and I am running the Chicago marathon on Sunday. This will be my first marathon.

A few weeks ago I came down with runners knee at about mile 20 of a 22 mile run.

I had run 2 other 20 mile runs with zero pain.

And now I am consistently getting pain in my knee. Although, last week I ran 8.5 miles one day and 4.5 miles with no pain. But they felt so good that I ran the 4.5 mile run too fast. I think that brought back the pain.

There seem to be a lot of great resources on the internet for this topic. But there are still a lot of different views. For what it’s worth, this is what I’m doing.

I’m doing leg lift exercises on a machine at the gym. I’m icing the knee as often as possible. I’m doing an exercise where I sit on the floor with my back against the couch, a pillow under my leg and then tighten my thigh and lift my foot off the floor. I’m taking Advil for anti-inflammation. Although, my wife has an anti-inflammatory drug that I might take the next few days.

I’m not going to run any more this week. I ran today about 4 miles with some walking in the middle. The pain didn’t come back during today’s run. But I felt that if I had run much more it would have.

I ran a half marathon 2 weeks ago. The pain was bad at mile 8,9,10. But went away at mile 12.

I’m not clear if I am doing damage with this or not. I’ve seen people recommend a cortisone shot. Others seem to think that I could be causing long-term damage.

Right or wrong, I’m going to run this marathon. I will push through this race as long as I’m able to stand.

I have no races planned after this race. So, I am willing to take a long break to let my knee rest.

I bought a Dr. Scholls insert that is supposed to relieve knee pain. My shoe guy told me that my foot doesn’t need that. He said my foot has the opposite problem. I’m conflicted about that advice. I think the insert worked.

I also bought a new pair of shoes this week that I ran my 4 miles on today. I think my old shoes were getting squishy. I’m worried I only have 4 miles on these shoes. But I think a new shoe will help.

So, I’m not running any more this week, praying my shoes don’t cause any unforeseen blisters. Continue my strength training through Friday. I’ll do none on Saturday.

I’m icing all week long.

I’m really torn about these inserts. As I write this, I’m thinking I’ll put them in.

Did I mention that I have a patella band? I’m not really sure if it’s helping or not. I tried taping the top of my knee today. I don’t know if that helped or not. I guess it didn’t hurt. I think I will do that on Sunday.

My training was going so incredibly well. This runner’s knee was not in my plans. But I guess it makes the process more interesting. It’s been a real psychological challenge. I just wasn’t ready for this. I didn’t have a plan.

But now I’ve got a plan.

…just those inserts. I’m about 65% in favor of using them.

I’ll follow up with how my marathon went next week.

Dr. Scott Mabee is a great doctor. He has helped isolate some conditions in my wife and me that other doctors missed. I’d recommend him to anyone looking for a doctor.

Here is all of his information, including phone number, if you need to contact Dr. Scott Mabee.

Dr. Scott Mabee MD

Internal Medicine Physician – Akron, Ohio

3624 W Market St
Fairlawn Internal Medicine
Suite 103
Akron, OH 44333

Office phone number: 330-665-9800
Office fax number: 330-660-9012

It’s for a friend of mine: Dr. David Barsan. He’s a dentist with offices in Fairlawn and Cuyahoga Falls.

He is a genuinely nice guy and sincerely cares about his patients. If you are in the market for a new dentist, check out Dr. Barsan. He is impressive. You can learn more about him here:
Akron Dentist – Dr. David Barsan

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Here’s my reminder…

I go to the File Manager, and select “Tools: Mount Network Share”

\\FREENAS\WesternDigital500GB and mount it to:
/home/usr/FreenasShare

(sometimes I can’t connect to the network in ‘desktop mode’. I have better luck in ‘easy mode’. Then I can go back to ‘desktop mode’.)

Then I open up a Terminal window (ctr alt T in Basic view) and type;
sudo ./rsync-local.sh

That runs a script I have that rysync’s to the network share I just mounted.

Xbox 360 infocus X1, how to get HDTV [Text View] – AVS Forum

I am trying these settings for movies:

Contrast 65
Brightness 45
R 74
G 77
B 74

I think I likie.

Joe Biden Football Hall of Fame Rally, originally uploaded by Sage Lewis.

This is a crowning day of glory for me. This is the first picture I have ever had of me and a major political figure.
Thanks Joe!

You can see all of the pictures I took at the event here.

This was why:

rsync Linux Commands: Remote file copy (Synchronize file trees)

a trailing slash on the source changes this behavior to transfer all files from the directory src/bar on the machine foo into the /data/tmp/. A trailing / on a source name means “copy the contents of this directory”. Without a trailing slash it means “copy the directory”. This difference becomes particularly important when using the –delete option.

I had this:
C:\cygwin\bin\rsync.exe –verbose –progress –stats –recursive –exclude-from=”/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/rockyl/My Documents/rsync-exclude.txt” “/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/rockyl/My Documents” “/cygdrive/s/personalbackups/rocky/My Documents/”

When I needed this:
C:\cygwin\bin\rsync.exe –verbose  –progress –stats –recursive –exclude-from=”/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/rockyl/My Documents/rsync-exclude.txt”  “/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/rockyl/My Documents/” “/cygdrive/s/personalbackups/rocky/My Documents/”

Do you see that trailing slash I missed? That caused me to only backup directories and not the files within the directories.

But if you haven’t come to the class, you might find this useful too.

Here are my tips for getting involved in online communities.

1. You have to participate to make it a success.
   1. You can’t just setup a community and sit back and wait for people to show up.
   2. You need to go to other communities and participate.
2. Pick one or two initiatives.
   1. Doing too much will make you lose focus.
   2. Pick things that look fun to you. Otherwise, you won’t do any of them.
3. Make goals.
   1. Setting a number of subscribers you would like is often a good goal for communities.
   2. Set a time frame to accomplish the goals.
   3. Especially initially, be conservative. Getting comfortable with your new community will take some time.

Here are some community building bookmarks that you might find useful.