BigCat’s Blog of DOOM

My name is Ben Catlin, and this is where I rock out on topics like my life, technology and faith.

Browsing Posts published in January, 2004

Going Nuts

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Well, I’m starting to get really tired of being home. Especially I’m getting tired of Aaron…..after a while he tends to grate on me with his crap. Also, going back and forth to Springfield is getting tiring. Dad is doing really well, he is in his own room and moving around. They took off his [...]

More updates about Dad

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So, Dad is doing a lot better. They are waiting for a room to clear out so they can give him one, but until they have space he has to stay in ICU. Yesterday they had him walking around ICU, pretty good for the day after major heart surgery. Today they let him walk in [...]

Surgery Complete

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Dad got out of surgery and we got to see him at about 3 pm and then again at 5. He is doing good everyone says, the surgery went exactly as planned. They said the cadaver valve and aortic stem fit just fine (they were worried about it being too short and having to use [...]

So slashdot had an article about the iPod mini which is a 4 gigabyte size. This is excellent. That is a great size, because I always thought that the 15gb was too big since I don’t know if I own 15 gb of music. But here is the problem with all this. First it costs [...]

Happy New Year, for ME!!!!!

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So, I checked my grades….they are up for you U of I students who are wondering….and I got……wait for it, wait for it…..a 2.177 Which means I’m not getting kicked out of school…it even says “You have returned to good academic standing.” So I’m totally stoked. For my close friends and roommates I will list [...]