dharmabox is me, scott thieman. i’m an enigma, i’m contrasts that coexist together and this is the blog side of my main site dharmabox.org. my meanderings here are more personal and deal with my everyday struggle to deal with the pain in my head and everyday life.migraines clusters life chronic family philosophy work play macs apple fly-fishing growing-things grow lowbrow highbrow tattoo tattoo’s art music meds technology geek sports books book reading holistic buddhism zen religion rumi spirituality compassion kindness ocean seas cycling coffee cooking obscure obscura open-source swimming fitness jazz yoga coffee surfing bodyboarding skateboarding skateboard surf beach beaches travel green environment free-trade box boxes the dharma dharma french-press naps independence cook-wear sushi rain rainstorms iphone list lists journal blog blogging plants orchids adventure armchair humor humour seasons fall leaves hiking mountains fitness free speech diy home hack hacking kayaks love npr bbc hd high definition creatures animals sufism …Tumblr (3.0; @dharmabox)http://www.scottthieman.com/Happy 4th I’m sitting by the water w/ my girl & a cold one getting ready to watch the fireworks..it’s good to live in ghent!http://www.scottthieman.com/post/41021564http://www.scottthieman.com/post/41021564Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:36:11 -0400Have you ever had one of those days why you wondered why you ever got up and it isn’t even 9am yet?http://www.scottthieman.com/post/39784556http://www.scottthieman.com/post/39784556Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:31:26 -0400thought to self don’t discuss movies you don’t like with people who do…..oh and add sovereign principality to list.http://www.scottthieman.com/post/39040339http://www.scottthieman.com/post/39040339Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:49:01 -0400i’m getting just what i’ve always wanted in life, a shot in the back of my head..@&$@!!!http://www.scottthieman.com/post/38174500http://www.scottthieman.com/post/38174500Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:34:37 -0400wondering whether to upgrade or stay with the phone i have. i can’t wait to upgrade to v2.0!http://www.scottthieman.com/post/37878591http://www.scottthieman.com/post/37878591Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:56:48 -0400love using ping.fm on my iphone to do all my online updates at one time!http://www.scottthieman.com/post/37724042http://www.scottthieman.com/post/37724042Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:58:32 -0400first monday in a month i’ve made it to work! head is so so, but i can manage. damn its hot outside!http://www.scottthieman.com/post/37722077http://www.scottthieman.com/post/37722077Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:38:18 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/bFptHnhdn9v9po37n0Eh6iuV_500.png"/><br/><br/>Links found in this tweet:<br/><a href="http://www.plurk.com/user/dharmabox" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.plurk.com/user/dharmabox" target="_blank">http://www.plurk.com/user/dharmabox</a></a><br/><br/><p style="font-size: 75%;"><i>(posted with <a href="http://tweetshots.com" target="_blank">tweetshots.com</a>)</i></p>http://www.scottthieman.com/post/37307505http://www.scottthieman.com/post/37307505Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:06:09 -0400i finally got an invitation to beta test twine, i can’t stop playing with it! every node leads to another and another, before you realize it hours have passed you by. twine draws connections not on a social level, but on a common interest level, the more you use it the smarter it gets and the better able it is to match you up with other users and other “twines” groups of sorts that are really bookmarks that can be shared, collected, commented on, but best of all visited and you become smarter for the experience. drop me a line if your interested and if i know you and like you i’ll send you an invite! http://www.scottthieman.com/post/36361112http://www.scottthieman.com/post/36361112Wed, 28 May 2008 14:48:20 -0400after being poked and prodded then put through a multitude of testing the doctors are back to the original diagnosis i was given 25 years ago. migraines, only now they are much more severe and are present everyday with some-days being much worse than others. thanks a hell of a lot doc, you specialist are all a like until you spend a day in your patients shoes you will never fully understand the agony and the undue pain it causes everyone us, most of all ourselves. today i can barely see to write this, but wanted to while in the midst of one of my more excruciating moments. i’ve been prescribed dhe or dihydroergotamine, which is to be administered through a nasal inhaler. the drug itself has  been around for 50 years, but was only available intravenously, it only recently has been made available for acute cases in an inhaler form. there are only two pharmacies that even carry the stuff and they are only open limited hours so it won’t be until tomorrow before i can get it filled and find out if the stuff works, otherwise i’m stuck with demerol which just masks some of the pain enough so that i can sleep. i still have been given no explanation to the swollen optic nerves or the fields being off. he had one diagnosis in his pocket and when that didn’t pan out there went all the other symptoms with no explanation. doctors are too smart for their own good and not always for ours…………….. http://www.scottthieman.com/post/36118295http://www.scottthieman.com/post/36118295Mon, 26 May 2008 14:10:00 -0400i’ve been in the throws of a cluster migraine now for months. it wax and wains, but never goes away. the pain can be unbearable at times, yet life goes on. i’m at my wits end….http://www.scottthieman.com/post/34784638http://www.scottthieman.com/post/34784638Wed, 14 May 2008 10:10:00 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/bFptHnhdn8rjk16umOMSQnGq_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>check it out!http://www.scottthieman.com/post/34171140http://www.scottthieman.com/post/34171140Thu, 08 May 2008 19:51:51 -0400i love it i’m posting with the tumblr widget on my mac!<br/>macs and tumblr rock!http://www.scottthieman.com/post/34169526http://www.scottthieman.com/post/34169526Thu, 08 May 2008 19:24:28 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/bFptHnhdn8ixb6jsJuojoJxH_500.jpg"/><br/><br/> sunrise virginia beach taken with my iphonehttp://www.scottthieman.com/post/33570716http://www.scottthieman.com/post/33570716Fri, 02 May 2008 19:06:00 -0400well i’m back up at <a href="http://www.dharmabox.org" target="_blank">www.dharmabox.org</a>, i plan to keep it up, but will be keeping this as my personal site under my new domain of <a href="http://www.scottthieman.com" target="_blank">www.scottthieman.com</a>! i’ve been meaning to have a domain under my name and i’m happy to have it hosted here at <a href="http://www.tumblr.com" title="tumblr" target="_blank">tumblr</a>. you should really check them out, great tools, easy posting and its free! http://www.scottthieman.com/post/33569633http://www.scottthieman.com/post/33569633Fri, 02 May 2008 18:47:52 -0400well until i can get my website back up <a href="http://www.dharmabox.org" target="_blank">www.dharmabox.org</a>, i’ll be using tumblr. i’ve seemed to have racked up quite a bill without any warning from properhosting and it is going to cost me a pretty penny to get the bill payed. i may just move here permanently and point the domain here, i hadn’t been happy with the site as it was, though there are lots of memories sitting on their server, i had been up since 2003 and before that on blogger. how time flies!http://www.scottthieman.com/post/33383833http://www.scottthieman.com/post/33383833Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:01:22 -0400