Memnison Journal

Yesterday was my first day out with both feet in REAL shoes; it was snowing in Chicago, and I had to go downtown to have my monthly all-day session with the leukemia docs and get my IVIG treatment.  The two dogs had torn up my sleep a lot the night before with getting up and [...]

Craft stores and online stores that sell handmade stuff are doing well as cheap gift-things with the recession.  Me, I’m worthless at handmade gifts, unless you make ‘em on a computer.
People (and primates) will believe lies and deceive each other far more than dolphins will. I say we elect dolphins.
Yes, the non-US based [...]

…so that the dogs can bite at them.

…so be good for goodness sake!

Our dog Dot, with a very jaundiced eye towards the universe…

*snifl* Went to bed around 8:45, and woke up at 10:30 when Susan came to bed - partly because I was stuffed up and couldn’t breathe well through the CPAP, and partly because of the fuss of Susan getting into place and the dog trying to get next to MOMMY for the night.  Looked around [...]

From a Wire Fox Terrier email list Susan’s on; Libby (the WFT) is commenting on the dog show.  (We have two WFTs, one of which was apparently mistaken for a trick sheep…)

Youtube video: very very weird, and not for the animal lovers in the audience. Nothing gross, as such, but…seriously twisted sense of humor.  Yes, the subtitles are in Spanish.  ‘Perro’ means dog, and ‘pata’ means duck.  I think you can figure out the rest.

The pancreatitis has died down enough to bring Dot home from the vet’s office / animal hospital, and while she’s still shaky, she’s obviously a whole heck of a lot better.  And there’s a ferocious vet bill, over a grand, and I really DON’T want or need that with Christmas coming up.
Susan’s knee is better, [...]

Yes, I will be at Windycon over the weekend.  I’ll be not-very-mobile. I’ll probably locate a prime lurking post and hang there a lot.  Mere will be with me.
The docs took out the last of the foot stitches, and the wound has come open again, about an inch worth.  The docs and Susan are [...]

Panic in various circles over the mistaken notion that ‘Obama’s going to shut down gun shops and confiscate our guns‘.
Various people who were proclaiming Obama’s victory in  OMG terms now doing a ‘never mind’ response.
Dogs are adopting kittens in Jiangmen, Meredith’s home town in China, but you can’t adopt or foster children if you aren’t [...]

Part of the effort to not-upset-the-foreigners, dog is off Beijing menus during the Olympics; it’s a cold-weather food anyway, as noted in the article.

Warning: video of man singing puppies to sleep will expose you to risk of saying *aaaaaaaawwwwww*.

“Dog available for adoption.  Very friendly with children.”

At various times, I get into research projects; some simmer on for decades in various forms, and some break off and pick up speed because I happen to run into something that really fuels the fire, so to speak.
My library here is largely one that I use for reference. I have a huge amount [...]