Author Archives: Dan

The $70 Piece of Plastic to Fix My Microwave

February 18, 2010 | By Dan
After getting home yesterday from being out I was informed that the door on our 18 month old microwave would not open. It is a built-in microwave so replacing it was not as easy as running to Walmart and buying [...]
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A Great Way to Practice Surfing

February 17, 2010 | By Dan
A guy I worked with out in California has come up with a product that lets you practice surfing at home. It’s called the Goof Board. Basically it looks like a skate board without wheels sitting on top of a ridged plastic [...]
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My EDG Went Well and What That Means For Me

February 17, 2010 | By Dan
I had my EDG on Friday to visually inspect my esophagus to see how the treatment did in killing off the cancer. The doctors said that it looked as though I had never had cancer which is very good news. [...]
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I’ve Decided to Become Social

February 10, 2010 | By Dan
Actually I have been “Social” (Facebook, Twitter, etc) for a while but nowhere on the web could you find be being social all in one place. Well now you can. Right over to the right hand side I have a whole bunch [...]
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Whoa. I Gained 10 Pounds

February 10, 2010 | By Dan
So my quest to get my weight up to 150 has been more successful then I had anticipated. I went to the doctor yesterday and weighed in at 154lbs. I weighed 144lbs about a month ago. My ideal weight is supposed to [...]
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The Day I Have Been Waiting For

February 5, 2010 | By Dan
I mentioned earlier in the week that I got the results back from my PET/CT scan and they looked good – no cancer activity. We were happy about that and still are. Today though a couple of things happened that [...]
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Results are in From My PET/CT and CAT Scans

February 2, 2010 | By Dan
In short – the results are good. The first indication that the results where good is that they gave them to me over the phone (docs don’t usually give bad news over the phone). The second was that the “activity” level [...]
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Alternative Esophageal Cancer Treatment Methods

January 26, 2010 | By Dan
In looking through the stats on this site and doing some Google searches as a result I came across a couple of alternative non-surgical treatments for esophageal cancer that I had not heard of before. As mentioned before I have [...]
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My Resume Has Been Updated

January 25, 2010 | By Dan
I spent some time to get my resume updated this morning. Most specifically I added my most recent employer which was Solarwinds. Also added were .txt and .pdf version of it. I am not currently looking for a position but [...]
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A Couple of Updates at danmasters.net

January 22, 2010 | By Dan
I have done some cleanup here at the ol’ blog. The first you may notice is a new design or what we like to call in the blogosphere as a “theme”. I would like to take credit for the design [...]
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