http://www.bxgrant.com/blog/2 Bruce Grant's personal blog www.bxgrant.com bxgrant@yahoo.com (Bruce Grant) 2010-03-16T18:56:17-07:00 en-US http://www.bxgrant.com/entry/16 <div class="bxWikiDocBody">I am amazed at the state of modern medicine. This morning I had some pretty serious facial surgery and less than 12 hours later I am blogging about it. I was hit by a car when I was thirteen. More than twenty years later I am finally dealing with a few of the consequences caused by the accident.<br /> <br /> Today they broke and reset my nose to straighten my septum; they dug out my sinuses and rebuilt them since I've apparently been suffering a constant sinus infection for who knows how many years; and I got a chin tuck to deal with the Grant curse (well, the most immediately noticeable one anyway). I am doing amazingly well and feel pretty good. All-in-all I feel pretty blessed it went as well as it did. I am certainly blessed to have a wife who sacrifices so much for me and to have friends who stand by me.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.bxgrant.com/static/images/pages/entries/bx-invalid.jpg" target="_new"><img style="border:0" src="http://www.bxgrant.com/static/images/pages/entries/bx-invalid-small.jpg" /></a></div> <p><b>Tags: </b> <a href="/tag/2/medicine" rel="tag">medicine</a>&nbsp; <a href="/tag/2/surgery" rel="tag">surgery</a>&nbsp; <a href="/tag/2/longevity" rel="tag">longevity</a>&nbsp; <a href="/tag/2/family" rel="tag">family</a>&nbsp; <a href="/tag/2/friends" rel="tag">friends</a> </p> 2009-03-12T22:45:36-07:00 http://www.bxgrant.com/entry/13 <div class="bxWikiDocBody">This article explores some of the concerns with the ever-increasing focus on consumption in the United States and the deleterious effects this is having on our culture and the world.</div> <p><b>Tags: </b> <a href="/tag/2/environment" rel="tag">environment</a>&nbsp; <a href="/tag/2/consumerism" rel="tag">consumerism</a>&nbsp; <a href="/tag/2/big+business" rel="tag">big business</a> </p> 2008-05-08T09:40:11-06:00 http://www.bxgrant.com/entry/3 <div class="bxWikiDocBody">Looking back over Andre Agassi's career I consider my own life "career" and why watching Andre play and grow through the years brings a sense of kinship with him. (Written 9.5.2006)</div> <p><b>Tags: </b> <a href="/tag/2/tennis" rel="tag">tennis</a>&nbsp; <a href="/tag/2/aging" rel="tag">aging</a>&nbsp; <a href="/tag/2/Andre+Agassi" rel="tag">Andre Agassi</a>&nbsp; <a href="/tag/2/change" rel="tag">change</a> </p> 2008-02-13T13:44:54-07:00 http://www.bxgrant.com/entry/2 <div class="bxWikiDocBody">How the basic building blocks of the universe enforce the idea that nothing is pre-destined and no matter the circumstances each individual is free to make a choice.</div> <p><b>Tags: </b> <a href="/tag/2/physics" rel="tag">physics</a>&nbsp; <a href="/tag/2/science" rel="tag">science</a>&nbsp; <a href="/tag/2/choice" rel="tag">choice</a> </p> 2008-02-12T17:33:22-07:00