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So the Heart Attack happened in early September. Right before that I spoke at the Penny Arcade Expo. I did an hour GamerDad speech, moderated a panel, sat on another panel and improvised a Political Gaming speech when ECA Pres Hal Halpin had to bow out. After the heart attack on Sept 2nd.\u00a0it was decided I’d have a quadruple bypass. Like NOW. I threw a clot around then – it ended up in my lungs – and was released in Mid-Sept. Then I did something crazy. I worked.<\/p>\n
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I worked a lot. It just so happened that the end of ’07 and all of ’08 were the busiest days of my career. No other period comes close. I helped WHATTHEYPLAY.com get off the ground and launched Ask GamerDad. I unsuccessfully negotiated the sale of the entire site – and me – to WhatTheyPlay but managed to come away victorious by selling off 1000 of our reviews. CrispyGamer.com also opened and I helped them out by doing several reviews, The Political Arena column and the GamerParenting column. In November a peice of staple broke and poked upward. This staple was in my sternum, so I had to go back for some sort of “wirecutter” surgery. The wire pain got worse and worse and I had my last surgery, to remove all the metal, in February, right before my son’s 5th birthday. Then in April I wrote a small booklet on Internet safety for the Entertainment Software Ratings Board and National PTA. I met with pres. Patrica Vance, and pres. Domme respectively. I appeared with them for a webinar in Chicago and answered questions Live from New York, on the Internet. Then what? More work, more columns, a “victory” lap at PAX (where I kept it simple and just did my GamerDad speech). My 10th wedding anniversary came next and then I spoke in front of the National Library Association’s convention in Chicago and later in the month another speech before the Mississippi Library Association. And then…<\/p>\n
I rested.<\/p>\n
That’s why I’ve been sporadic about GamerDad.\u00a0 I’m not making promises, I hope to keep posting like I did this week but, well, after a heart attack – I’m told – it’s hard to predict ones moods. Since I didn’t rest after the most far-reaching event of my life – I’m doing so up until now.
\nHere’s to climbing back into the swing of things. Wish me luck, stay loyal, and tell your friends about GamerDad.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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