{"id":139,"date":"2014-05-08T16:54:47","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T16:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.timvandergrift.com\/?p=139"},"modified":"2014-05-08T16:59:47","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T16:59:47","slug":"things-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.timvandergrift.com\/?p=139","title":{"rendered":"Things Happen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yes, very good news<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have a zillion things going on right now, and it’s making me very happy indeed. I’m not a chap for sitting quietly and waiting for events to unfold. That way lies madness for me. Luckily, the unfolding, she comes. First, after a relatively short wait, I got a spot of shoulder surgery that I really needed. I first injured my right shoulder back in the mid 1990’s, competing as a powerlifter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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600-3\/4 lb squat. Yes, I did a full squat (hip below knee joint)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The sport was very good to me, teaching me discipline, persistence, and the rewards of focusing on really big goals. The trade-off was, that high goals come with costs and I had three knee surgeries (which turned out well) but finally hurt my shoulder badly enough that I had to stop competing back in 2005. At the time I looked into surgery, but since I was considered extremely high-functioning (“It hurts when I bench-press more than 315 lb.” “Well, don’t do that.”) my best choice was to put off surgery until the techniques got better. Fast-forward a decade and they have. Last fall I went in for an assessment and day before yesterday they knitted me new set of rotator cuffs.<\/p>\n

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Black and white is better. Colour is pretty gruesome.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I had full ruptures of all my rotator cuff muscles, a torn biceps tendon, bone spurs and the head of my humerus apparently looked like a used golf ball. But all better! Other than being in a sling for two months, I’m pretty dang happy, and the prognosis is that I’m going to actually be able to return to training. Competitive powerlifting? Well, wouldn’t that be a trip . . . but we’ll see. I’ll just be glad to be able to reach for things on low shelves without having my arm flop out of the socket.<\/p>\n

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See you there!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Next good thing is the upcoming Winemaker Magazine conference!<\/a> I’m terrifically excited this year, since I’m doing a boot camp! It’s an intensive course for winemakers who want to learn the secret secrets that I’ve never shared with anyone before<\/a>. As the industry’s technical guy for 22 years I was never able to really let loose with the good stuff for consumers. Now, sky’s the limit! I hope you’re going, and I hope I’ll see you there.<\/p>\n

I’ve also got a couple of irons in the fire right now that are really exciting, product development-wise, plus something I’m terrifically pleased about. I hope to be able to\u00a0let everyone know more very soon! Keep watching this blog, as I won’t be hiding any lights under bushels!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have a zillion things going on right now, and it’s making me very happy indeed. I’m not a chap for sitting quietly and waiting for events to unfold. That way lies madness for me. Luckily, the unfolding, she comes. First, after a relatively short wait, I got a spot of shoulder surgery that I … <\/p>\n

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