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Yesterday, my wife and I ran 15 kilometers in the Hot Chocolate 15K Run in Chicago. I am still alive! My knee is killing me, though. Actually, other than my knee, I feel really good. And as far as the knee goes, I have another doctor’s appointment this Thursday. I’ll let you know how it goes. My gut is that there….

Okay, I’ve actually just spent the last 15 minutes looking at knee images on Wikipedia. I also just had my wife check out this funky ligament-deal that is doing this weird popping thing, when I straighten and bend my leg. Yikes! Some sort of ligament over the lateral meniscus, or maybe something a bit lower – the lateral collateral ligament, which connects the fibula and the femur. (I only know some of this lingo because I’ve been staring at it for 25 minutes now…)

Until the middle of this post, I had no idea how complicated the anatomy of the knee was. This is unbelievably complicated stuff! How on earth the human body has been assembled so well is quite unreal, if you ask me. Even the most complicated automotive engine doesn’t hold a candle to the intricacies of the human body. It just works. It makes you wonder who built it…

Hopefully this new doc will be able to tell me something I don’t already know about my problem knee and help me fix it. No cortisone shots, please.

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been doing a bunch of updates to the website (http://box5496.temp.domains/~jaymathe), and finally, I can say that I won’t be doing any major updates for a long, long time…

The main updates:

• Design Fundamental ad on homepage.
• Music page updates to include songs from Fundamental
• Extras page has all new stuff
• Music album pages now have album info, credits
• Albums now have downloadable artwork – covers and booklets
• Listen to every song from my three most recent records in new music players

Now, some of this stuff wasn’t necessary, but it has been on my to do list for a while. And, I think as we continue to move towards a more online digital media-based society (especially when it comes to music), this extra content really starts to add some significant value to the site.

But there is one, major drawback:

Because I am *capable* of doing all of this updating myself, I do. It takes a lot of time – time away from writing and practicing music. But at least I don’t have to pay someone to do it. It’s a skill – perhaps necessary. Well, at least at this stage of the game, it’s definitely necessary – because I’m doing it. Hence, I am typing this at 12:26 AM…

Time for bed! And let me know what you think of the updates!