Captains log November 2, 2023 – MDW 389

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Good morning, good evening, good
afternoon, whenever the case may be.

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This is Mike and this is
day two of Nap Pod Pomo

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2023. Uh, officially episode 3 89.

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And let's see, we're gonna make this
like a captain's log start eight

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November 2nd, 2023. Anyway,

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so I'm still recovering
from shoulder surgery. Uh,

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just about a week ago I had, uh,

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rotor cuff repair and still in the sling.

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I'll be in the sling for the
next five weeks at least.

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Uh, it's getting better. I
don't, uh, you know, the pain is,

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is pretty much gone unless I move wrong.

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And so that's been going pretty good. Uh,

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got off all the good drugs
and, uh, now just, uh,

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just on some Tylenol and
ibuprofen, that kind of stuff.

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Uh, it's a little challenging
to work on the computer. Uh,

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I can't really use the keyboard that
much. Uh, I can put the desk down,

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you know, pretty low.

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I've got one of those lift desks
and I can do it for short bursts.

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But, uh, and most of the time
I'm, uh, doing talk typing and,

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uh, I've got a track pad, a
magic track pad on my left side,

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my right shoulder, and it's working.

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I'm able to talk on the phone,
obviously, and all that, but,

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uh, yeah, it's been going pretty good.
Woke up this morning to the first,

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uh, snow on the ground and it's,

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yeah, it's, it's snow .
I guess it's that time of year.

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Uh, the other night,
uh, on, uh, Halloween,

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they, you know, they were out trick
or treating and it was light snow.

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But this is the first time I've
got up and seen snow covering the,

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the vehicles in the driveway
and the roof on the garage and

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whatnot. Not much on the ground itself,

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but on stuff around it.
It's, it's definitely, uh,

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it's definitely winter, but it's
up 34, so it won't last long.

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It's supposed to be in the fifties
later, uh, this week. So, you know,

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we'll get back to, uh, no
snow visible, which is,

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it's fine. Like I said, it's this
time of year and, uh, this year I'm,

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I'm gonna get out of blowing snow

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with a repaired shoulder probably
about six months before I can

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get back to 100%. Uh,
hopefully get back to 100%.

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Um, but, you know, the first
six weeks in the sling and then.

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After that physical therapy and,

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and range of motion exercises
and all kinds of stuff.

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And hopefully while I'm doing
my right shoulder rehab,

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I can do some physical therapy on the
left shoulder so I don't have to get that

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one done.

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Although the left shoulder wouldn't
be as big a a deal as the right,

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'cause I am right-handed. So, yeah,

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I'm gonna go into some other stuff, uh,
you know, later this month as we go.

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Uh, I wanna go through the
history of podcasting in my world,

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. So my history of podcasting,

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it's been a while since I've
gone over that. And, uh,

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of course the story might have
changed. No, not really ,

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but those of you that have
stuck with me through the years,

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I certainly appreciate it. And
like I said, we'll keep these, uh,

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these episodes somewhat short,

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although I do have a few regular episodes
that I'm gonna throw in there as well,

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that I've been working
on. And, uh, like I said,

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I'm gonna try to maybe get Jim, uh, to,
to do a what's up with that with me,

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and, and revisit some of the
old, uh, old stuff that, that,

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uh,

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we've done over the years
on this particular little
humble feed from Northern

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Michigan. Anyway, everybody, have a
great day. We'll see you tomorrow.