http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-us hodelas@mac.com (c) 2005 A S Hodel Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:33:17 -0600 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:33:33 -0600 iBlog 1.4.6 A S Hodel Thoughts and Reflections This is a collection of various thoughts, ramblings, etc. that I've had or seen. Some are serious, some are not, and some are a mix of the two. If you get any profit from reading these, then I've done my job. A S Hodel hodelas@mac.com Thoughts and Reflections Religion & Spirituality http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1106845964/E20070122203544/index.html Sat, 06 Jan 2007 20:35:44 -0600 http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1106845964/E20070122203544/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C568946899/E2109786253/index.html My personal experience with reliability and support at Handspring (just as they changed over to Palm One). My experience is only one data point, and my colleagues are generally happy with their Treos, but ... well read on.
Update 1/5/2004 Take a look at the iPaq! It has Wi-Fi and Bluetooth right there! And with PocketMac you can sync it to a macintosh! ]]> Mon, 01 Mar 2004 09:27:55 -0600 http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C568946899/E2109786253/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C478857782/E20080418104550/index.html From the Octave mailing list: Thanks to Jordi for sending me these links! ]]> Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:45:50 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C478857782/E20080418104550/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1106845964/E20080513164859/index.html I was asked about the progress in treatment of my tumor.  The dimensions (height, width, length) haven't changed much, but the shape of the tumor has has: it's definitely shrinking; it now looks more like a football than a squashed grapefruit.  However, because there is a lot of necrotic, i.e., dead tissue (no blood flow = no chemotherapy to that area), it's a possibility that we won't see the whole thing go away. ]]> Tue, 13 May 2008 16:48:59 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1106845964/E20080513164859/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1106845964/E20080718152716/index.html In this issue:
New Readers
Cancer update
The news for this week
Phone prayers
More TV meditations
Reader feedback
Parting thoughts
[Facebook readers: click on "View original post" below.] ]]> Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:27:16 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1106845964/E20080718152716/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1106845964/E20080801160758/index.html The subject line "HELP!" isn't a cry of panic, but a reference to the Beatles movie of that name.  Ringo's sacrifical ring needed to be removed before some odd eastern cult decided to include him in their next service.  He consulted several experts to help remove the ring, who are chided with phrases like,

"Scientist, you're not doing very well, are you scientist?"
"Jeweler, you've failed!"

Well, that's my story with chemotherapy. ]]> Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:07:58 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1106845964/E20080801160758/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1106845964/E20080919201510/index.html Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:15:10 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1106845964/E20080919201510/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C745067260/E20080930224523/index.html I posted this originally on the Facebook group "Pray for Mr. Hodel," which was started by one of the high school students in my youth group class. I must confess that the events of this month have put me back into working on the discipline of thankfulness and a positive outlook. With 3-5 coughing fits per day, each of which leaves me physically exhausted, it's quite a challenge!

[For those who want the short story of what to pray for, go to the last paragraph of this note.] ]]> Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:45:23 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C745067260/E20080930224523/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1106845964/E20081202143334/index.html In this issue:

Health update: last week it wasn't (just) the Salsa!
Steroids ... the countdown continues
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Voices of my childhood
Smoking
Hair, curls, and such ]]> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:33:34 -0600 http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1106845964/E20081202143334/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1106845964/E20081226165729/index.html In this issue:
Health update
Other news
Quotables ]]> Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:57:29 -0600 http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1106845964/E20081226165729/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1106845964/E20081231222849/index.html In this issue:
1) Health update
2) Family visitors
3) A song from my nephew Gabriel
4) A poem from Kayla - a daddy-daughter moment. ]]> Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:28:49 -0600 http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1106845964/E20081231222849/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1106845964/E20080316210252/index.html Apparently a number of my friends have not yet heard of our situation. Things have moved so fast that we haven't been able to let everyone know that we'd like to.

Updated Dec 26 2008 ]]> Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:02:52 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1106845964/E20080316210252/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1106845964/E20081226160526/index.html I emailed family, but I've found out others are hearing the news through the rumor mill.  Here's the scoop: ]]> Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:05:26 -0600 http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1106845964/E20081226160526/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1106845964/E20081220065221/index.html Sat, 20 Dec 2008 06:52:21 -0600 http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1106845964/E20081220065221/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1106845964/E20081209173640/index.html In this issue:
Results of today's visit
Treatment details
Answers to frequently asked questions. ]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:36:40 -0600 http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1106845964/E20081209173640/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1214382596/E20081205221919/index.html A colleague edited and uploadied the lecture to YouTube. For convenience, I'm putting links to the 7 parts in this article.
[Facebook readers: click on "View original post."] ]]> Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:19:19 -0600 http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1214382596/E20081205221919/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1106845964/E20081205212601/index.html In this issue:
- a few anecdotes and fun stories from the week
- a short health update.

The big news of the week came out in my cancer update on Dec 1. ]]> Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:26:01 -0600 http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1106845964/E20081205212601/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C27337374/E20081205102257/index.html And people used to complain about the Apollo missions costing a lot!
(Hat tip: The Auburner ) ]]> Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:22:57 -0600 http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C27337374/E20081205102257/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1214382596/E20081203094306/index.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:43:06 -0600 http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1214382596/E20081203094306/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1106845964/E20081202143641/index.html The results from last week's biopsy are in.  As is typical, my prediction of what was coming next was wrong.  Two ulcers were biopsied, and both show the lymphoma to be present. ]]> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:36:41 -0600 http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1106845964/E20081202143641/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1375517084/E20081126220509/index.html Our curriculum: http://biblestudy.studentlife.com/
This lesson was written with BibleXpress on my iPhone. ]]> Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:05:09 -0600 http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1375517084/E20081126220509/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1106845964/E20081121132638/index.html Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:26:38 -0600 http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1106845964/E20081121132638/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C745067260/E20081118170327/index.html It would be premature to say "cure" or "cancer free", but this news is almost as good. ]]> Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:03:27 -0600 http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C745067260/E20081118170327/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1106845964/E20081113174859/index.html In this issue:

Advice when in a medical environment
Health update
Supersize me - why God gave me cancer?
And now for some fun conversations of the week ]]> Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:48:59 -0600 http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C1106845964/E20081113174859/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C483433060/E20081112180940/index.html LyX is a LaTeX front end that I use for writing. It's a fantastic piece of software. See http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX16 ]]> Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:09:40 -0600 http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar/C483433060/E20081112180940/index.html