https://derrickperrin.com/2014/06/01/aerobie-aeropress-coffee-espresso-maker/ Aerobie® AeroPress® Coffee & Espresso Maker | DerrickPerrin.com 2014-06-01T20:40:33+00:00 The Aerobie's AeroPress Coffee - Espresso Maker is my friend. On my 36th birthday I received an Areopress coffee maker. Kendra, I thank you for this little kitchen gem. Dollar for dollar this is the best coffee machined I have ever owned. Derrick Perrin makes AreoPress Espresso Cons - Must heat wate https://www.youtube.com/embed/T5o7qn8RbC0 https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/t5o7qn8rbc0.jpg 128 69 480 270 Food aerobie aeropress coffee yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2014/08/13/kitchen-chalkboard-is-open-for-business-diy/ Kitchen Chalkboard is open for business - DIY | DerrickPerrin.com 2014-08-13T18:28:35+00:00 This year we have been working to freshen up the kitchen cabinets. Sure starting a home improvement project with a 1 month and a 2 year old is one of the worst ideas I have come up with, but the end product is coming out well. The progress is slow, but we are almost done. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2sQ4hvtlvy0 https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2sq4hvtlvy0.jpg 30 187 480 270 Home Chalkboard DIY home improvement kitchen project Kitchen Chalkboard yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2014/08/13/auralex-foam-diy-video/ Auralex Foam - DIY how to Video | DerrickPerrin.com 2014-08-13T21:10:52+00:00 How to best install Auralex Foam for the diy do it yourself studio. https://www.youtube.com/embed/skA9seVWT0U https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ska9sevwt0u.jpg 553 12824 480 270 Home Auralex DIY foam Home studio Auralex Foam Instal yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2014/08/29/day-4-morning-update/ Day 4 Morning Update | DerrickPerrin.com 2014-08-29T11:31:01+00:00 We made it to M.D. Anderson in Houston this morning. Thursday fit in with this week keeping the hectic theme in place. So I visited with a doctor in Wimberley on Thursday. Kendra the three kids and my mom were there for that outing. In the afternoon we got the call to be in Houston at 7am. So here I https://www.youtube.com/embed/5SNKDpZZau8 https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/5snkdpzzau8.jpg 36 57 480 270 Medical yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2014/08/30/great-m-d-anderson-trip/ Great M.D. Anderson Trip | DerrickPerrin.com 2014-08-30T20:00:17+00:00 Hey there fans! Thanks again for all your support. On Thursday I went to Wimberley, Texas and met an amazing doctor who has us taking our green smoothie diet and super charged it to the max. Let me put it in perspective. I have done anything to get away from Broccoli for the past 32 years. Today I p https://www.youtube.com/embed/5OdrNxoN5oo https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/5odrnxon5oo.jpg 86 125 480 270 Medical Andy Peal Houston M.D. Anderson yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2014/09/04/hurdles-and-tripwires/ Hurdles and tripwires | DerrickPerrin.com 2014-09-04T15:21:08+00:00 Hurry up and wait is the name of the game So a week ago I get the word I have a tumor in my right hip. We swallow that information down and rally together to take on the world. When I had the tumor biopsied last week and the word on the street was Wednesday was the day to find out what type of tumor https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ox47ZaLLknQ https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ox47zallknq.jpg 70 48 480 270 Medical yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2014/09/12/watch-09-04-2014-update-on-youtube/ Watch "09.04.2014 update." on YouTube | DerrickPerrin.com 2014-09-12T15:54:11+00:00 09.04.2014 update.: http://youtu.be/3ReXDYYWqes We are at MD Anderson today for a round of test. So far blood work and bone scans have been taken care of. We are getting a little bit of rain and having a good day. Today the on location support staff consist of Kendra, and Mom & Dad. The off loca https://www.youtube.com/embed/3ReXDYYWqes https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/3rexdyywqes.jpg 61 31 480 270 Medical yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2014/09/14/sunday-sunday-sunday-video-update/ Sunday, Sunday, Sunday Video Update | DerrickPerrin.com 2014-09-14T17:46:30+00:00 Derrick and Benjamin from the tree house. When looking into my dr notes online I found the answer to a question a lot of you have had. The question is, "Do you have Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma or the Hodgkin's form of the disease?" I have diffuse large b-cell lymphoma. This is the most common form of non-H https://www.youtube.com/embed/qzMNEPAZoKA https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/qzmnepazoka.jpg 114 37 480 270 Medical yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2014/09/21/cancer-treatment-day-3-video/ Cancer treatment day 3 Video | DerrickPerrin.com 2014-09-21T03:11:38+00:00 We are doing amazingly well for our circumstances. The hospital folks have been really nice and we have more love and support than we could imagine. Thanks for all your comments and prayers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6jEAUNad5Yg https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/6jeaunad5yg.jpg 247 144 480 270 Medical MD Anderson yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2014/09/11/meet-blender/ Derrick Perrin talks about his Blentech Blender 2014-09-11T10:44:56+00:00 A Blentech blender is appreciated and displayed within this story. Smoothies from a blender are healthy. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6SfToCf-Z0w https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/6sftocf-z0w.jpg 58 433 480 270 Food blender Blentech smoothie blender yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2014/09/22/md-update-09-22-2014/ MD Update 09.22.2014 | DerrickPerrin.com 2014-09-22T19:48:40+00:00 I have a Ukelele and I'm not afraid to use it. Yesterday I was wising I had one of my guitars with me here at M.D. Anderson. There wasn't enough room to pack it and I'm thinking it would be too loud to play. I put out a simple post on facebook that read: I got $50 for the first person who brings me https://www.youtube.com/embed/y10t6yQWaXU https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/y10t6yqwaxu.jpg 164 79 480 270 I workout yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2014/09/24/one-rough-night/ One rough night | DerrickPerrin.com 2014-09-24T22:16:34+00:00 So we finally made it home, got a bite to eat and crashed out. The crashing was short lived and I spent 1/2 the night in the bathroom acting as if I was a college age dunk kid. Good news is there was not a hangover. Kendra ran out and grabbed my nausea mediation and it immediately went to work. Most https://www.youtube.com/embed/iLHY8NqBAZY https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ilhy8nqbazy.jpg 105 28 480 270 Medical yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2014/09/26/lab-check/ Lab Check | DerrickPerrin.com 2014-09-26T18:10:02+00:00 Time for the weekend. https://www.youtube.com/embed/iMZGyDa2Mxw https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/imzgyda2mxw.jpg 66 36 480 270 Medical yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2014/09/29/going-houston-going-good-time/ Going to Houston and were going to have a good time | DerrickPerrin.com 2014-09-29T19:43:45+00:00 So we are packing for a trip to MD Anderson and we are taking the kids with us to Houston. The doctors in Lymphoma say clots are common but want me to have it checked out just for fun. So we are headed to Houston and will be back in Corpus Christi late on Tuesday. I'm shooting a commercial on Wednes https://www.youtube.com/embed/Og8Y7T-dUDE https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/og8y7t-dude.jpg 101 26 480 270 Medical yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2014/09/30/shots-twice-daily/ Shots - Twice daily | DerrickPerrin.com 2014-09-30T02:06:04+00:00 If you don't like watching people get shots then don't watch the clip below. Other folks want to know what I'm doing daily. Here is me taking my blood thinner. Thanks for watching. -Derrick https://www.youtube.com/embed/RyiY9_qOqnE https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ryiy9_qoqne.jpg 211 100 480 270 Medical yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2014/10/03/two-solid-work-days/ Two solid work days | DerrickPerrin.com 2014-10-03T03:46:34+00:00 The past two days have been great.. Two full days of video production work. It feels normal for once around here. On Tuesday the Big Box Pro crew was out shooting an apartment complex commercial and today we were in San Antonio at a doctor's office for a shoot. Since I had the gear all setup I chose https://www.youtube.com/embed/G2zgH2uNMjc https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/g2zgh2unmjc.jpg 66 78 480 270 Work FS-100 san antonio video work yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2014/09/30/pic-line-good-go/ Pic Line is good to go | DerrickPerrin.com 2014-09-30T23:16:30+00:00 Me and the little family came up to Houston late Monday night. The kids were stoked at how nice the Crown Plaza was. They treat MD Anderson Cancer patients really nice. Kendra dropped my off at the complex and ran the kids off to the zoo. I had my pic line checked out and its all good. Happy times i https://www.youtube.com/embed/SUtYFjvh1ec https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sutyfjvh1ec.jpg 64 41 480 270 Medical yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2014/09/18/watch-chemotherapy-setup-day-1-on-youtube/ Watch "Chemotherapy setup day 1" on YouTube | DerrickPerrin.com 2014-09-18T15:03:06+00:00 Beautiful rainy day here in Houston Texas.  My hip is on day 2 of feeling really good. Almost back to walking normal with little effort. Chemotherapy setup day 1 video: http://youtu.be/oPU9rklNjlE So today will be long and compounded because of no sleep. We dropped the little ones in Port Lavaca at https://www.youtube.com/embed/oPU9rklNjlE https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/opu9rklnjle.jpg 46 51 480 270 Medical yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2014/10/05/bad-hair-day/ A Bad Hair Day | DerrickPerrin.com 2014-10-05T19:01:17+00:00 During this cancer process there have been a few things that have made it more real. There is a lot of denial that takes place. I have tried to be real about everything that is going on but sometimes you sit there and hope the doctors have it all wrong. You hope that the scan comes back negative and https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZDQaaBxPGQY https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/zdqaabxpgqy.jpg 122 87 480 270 Medical yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2014/10/08/erase-project-song-rich-caldwell-derrick-perrin/ Erase - Project song by Rich Caldwell and Derrick Perrin | DerrickPerrin.com 2014-10-08T07:37:45+00:00 In the year 2000 or 2001 I was running recording sessions at The Brick House Recording Studio in Corpus Christi, Texas. I got on-board there after my band UPC had recorded there. If you ever want to get close with a group of friends I suggest locking yourself in a recording studio for a week. If you https://www.youtube.com/embed/nimIvWmBtxg https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/nimivwmbtxg.jpg 247 148 480 270 Music Brick House Corpus Christi Music Rich Caldwell Richard yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2014/10/12/new-back-pack/ My new back pack | DerrickPerrin.com 2014-10-12T07:39:24+00:00 So this is day 3 of my 2nd round of chemotherapy. This is different from my first round of chemo. Since I was such a good patient on the first round I'm able to take my chemo out of the hospital. I have a backpack that gets refilled once a day. Take a look. Each night we drop my MD Anderson and pick https://www.youtube.com/embed/UWPbzrvU-f4 https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/uwpbzrvu-f4.jpg 105 29 480 270 Medical yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2014/10/13/watch-daily-update-from-mda-10-11-14-on-youtube/ Watch "Daily update from MDA. 10.11.14" on YouTube | DerrickPerrin.com 2014-10-13T02:26:52+00:00 Daily update from MDA. 10.11.14: http://youtu.be/wErPuQkzAmk Click the link above for the latest video update by derrick. . https://www.youtube.com/embed/wErPuQkzAmk https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/werpuqkzamk.jpg 142 67 480 270 Medical yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2014/10/16/derrick-diet/ Derrick and Diet | DerrickPerrin.com 2014-10-16T18:46:27+00:00 Each time you eat something you might want to ask yourself is this going to help or hurt me. That is pretty much what it boils down to. The things you eat will only do those two things. So in a quest to be as health as possible I had a allergy test ran on my blood. This gave me a baseline to start m https://www.youtube.com/embed/THOJi-XTbcg https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/thoji-xtbcg.jpg 283 60 480 270 Medical yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2014/10/16/sony-nex-poland-pzo-amar-lens-105mm-f45/ Poland PZO AMAR lens - Sony NEX system 2014-10-16T23:40:29+00:00 Poland PZO AMAR lens 105mm f/4,5 on Sony NEX system https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZZjWr8VWJkQ https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/zzjwr8vwjkq.jpg 297 400 480 270 Technology 105mm f/4 NEX-7 Poland PZO AMAR lens SONY Poland PZO AMAR lens yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2014/11/02/im-superman/ I'm Not Superman | DerrickPerrin.com 2014-11-02T01:02:26+00:00 So as Halloween was happening all around I was setting up for my next bag of chemotherapy. Along with getting chemo I get additional drugs that help my body handle the chemotherapy. This includes Prednisone, antibiotics, and every 8 hours one pill for anti-nausea. The hospital likes to put some Zofr https://www.youtube.com/embed/aPtcm8zQEzE https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/aptcm8zqeze.jpg 100 44 480 270 Medical yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2014/12/02/texas-road-trip-sugar-problems/ Texas Road Trip & Sugar Problems | DerrickPerrin.com 2014-12-02T06:57:27+00:00 So sweets are a problem....  a seriously huge problem. Plain sugar, sugar substitutes or anything that has a huge glycemic index will cause you problems.  So choose your poision in the form of sugar or sugar substitute, they will kill you. There off my soap box now. This week's forecast is set for t https://www.youtube.com/embed/rcABgQK7rjI https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/rcabgqk7rji.jpg 210 575 480 270 Medical yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2015/01/07/fresh-coffee-good/ Fresh Coffee is Good | DerrickPerrin.com 2015-01-07T07:06:34+00:00 Coffee, Is it good for you or is it evil? Well that just depends on who you talk to. Like everything too much of a good think will be bad for you. Don't drink it on an empty stomach and don't drink crappy coffee. So after watching a few online videos Kendra and I got really interested in fresh coffe https://www.youtube.com/embed/JaQNy0Ef4YY https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/jaqny0ef4yy.jpg 700 1571076 480 270 Food coffee Houston roast yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2015/02/06/ringing-last-chemotherapy-round/ Ringing out my last chemotherapy round | DerrickPerrin.com 2015-02-06T09:33:27+00:00 I completed my 6th, and last, round of chemotherapy on January 10, 2015 As much as I hated starting chemo, it was almost just as bad stopping the process. Sure, I was happy to have my permanent I.V. removed. With the picc line out I would be able to shower without wrapping part of my body in saran w https://www.youtube.com/embed/eL1nE3b2kRw https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/el1ne3b2krw.jpg 145 52 480 270 Medical Bell chemotherapy MD Anderson yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2015/05/15/half-drunk-and-on-a-bike-to-big-tree/ Half Drunk and on a Bike to Big Tree | DerrickPerrin.com 2015-05-15T07:08:30+00:00 The freedom of a bicycle is amazing Some time between the time my aunt bought her house in Lamar and the time she moved in, I made it my little get away. It was not much at the time, and after ripping out the kitchen there was even less. It was great. One weekend my friend Jeff and I were crashing a https://www.youtube.com/embed/IqyfJvIp6ZY https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/iqyfjvip6zy.jpg 54 5579 480 270 Bicycle Bicycle yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2014/11/18/no-dee-not-you/ No Dee, not you. | DerrickPerrin.com 2014-11-18T16:13:31+00:00 In between my rounds of chemotherapy my family and I would return home in Corpus Christi. From finish to the next start we would get about 14 days at home. These days were strange. You would try to work on the list of things to do you created in Houston. Cancer has a nasty way of kicking you while y https://www.youtube.com/embed/YePEKG-V4Ds https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/yepekg-v4ds.jpg 118 273 480 270 Love cancer Eric yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2016/06/29/corpus-christi-7-day-film-project/ Corpus Christi 7-Day Film Project | DerrickPerrin.com 2016-06-29T23:06:33+00:00 It is hot, the kids are off for summer, and creative juices are on the rise. Last year my family and I decided we would do a CC7D film project together. Year in, year out we are video producers. We shoot a lot of different video but don't typically make movies or films. The Corpus Christi 7 Day Film https://player.vimeo.com/video/133596145 https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/133596145-1.jpg 443 435 1920 1080 Video CC7D Corpus Christi 7-Day Film Project film movie production Super Avenger yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2017/05/09/fun-cycle-app-relive/ Fun Cycle App - Relive | DerrickPerrin.com 2017-05-09T22:23:56+00:00 A few months back I came across an application called Relive. It takes your ride, photos, and date and combines it with a Google Maps flyover. Once done it spits out a video for you to share. Here is my video from a ride I did on the Chispa Road in Texas. https://youtu.be/RVhsFDIFypk You can visit t https://www.youtube.com/embed/RVhsFDIFypk https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/rvhsfdifypk-1.jpg 47 47 480 270 Bicycle Relive bicycle app yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2016/05/25/arizona-trail-mountain-bike-report/ Arizona Trail 300 - Bicycle Trail Report 2016 2016-05-25T14:18:43+00:00 I cry every day. How is that for a manly statement of the day? . It was never something I asked for, but its something I'm trying to learn to accept. CANCER https://www.youtube.com/embed/g-EZgtzG3PU https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/g-ezgtzg3pu-2.jpg 362 139 480 270 Bicycle 2016 - Arizona Trail AZT300 Bicycle Report bike bike-packing camping Derrick Perrin Mountain Bike packing Rookie wilderness Bicycle Report yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2018/06/18/arizona-trail-day-3-on-a-mountain-bike/ Arizona Trail - Day 3 on a Mountain Bike | DerrickPerrin.com 2018-06-18T20:42:54+00:00 /vc_column After the angel refuels stop, I was soon battling horse traffic on the Arizona Trail. Thou shall not spook the horses, but come on with the horse shit people. I ran into a pair of riders and they let me know the clouds were connected with the fires on Mt Lemmon. But no worries because the https://www.youtube.com/embed/5RaM9cVTAgc https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/5ram9cvtagc.jpg 43 2 480 270 AZT300 Arizona Trail AZT 300 AZT300 Bicycle bike-packing bikepacking Derrick Perrin Mountain Bike MTB yes Perrin Derrick https://derrickperrin.com/2019/03/20/ham-radio-on-the-trail/ Ham Radio On The Trail | DerrickPerrin.com 2019-03-20T05:46:51+00:00 Who can use a ham radio? The simple answer is licensed amateur radio operators. A few years back I rode in the AZT300. It is a self-supported bike race in southern remote bits of Arizona. After 8 days on the Arizona Trail, I came home with questions about emergency communications. What would happen https://www.youtube.com/embed/BH19eKBuKwY https://derrickperrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/bh19ekbukwy.jpg 98 7200 480 270 Uncategorized amateur radio Beofang Btech Family Radio Ham Radio HT Radio yes Perrin Derrick