Memnison Journal

The operation this morning was more limited than I’d been told.  Apparently they went in throuugh the bottom and dug and found some sort of duct going up into the joint area and a puddle of goo, and they cleaned all that out, and they didn’t have to cut open the top.  The samples are [...]

Got a few more details from Dr. Spock on the operation tomorrow morning. He’s going to majorly debride the bottom and open up the area from above and poke around. He’s still somewhat concerned that there was bone infection that wasn’t caught yet, and wants to be thorough! He’s also talking about [...]

Of course, it was the year I was born and they put out the ‘57 Chevy, so that should be a start….from US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT, and really worth a serious look-through.

NY Times on US Guidelines for a Flu Pandemic

Hey, Susan, here’s a knitting project for Meredith…
“They’re still over at the bar talkin’ about which Bronte sister they think would be the best in bed.” “Why settle for one when you could have all three?”
Now, you’ll believe reindeer can play a bad game of rummy with Santa.
A football for Grandma by Allan Sherman. [...]

I’ve had a lot of sleep disruptions recently; until tonight, it was 99% external - the dogs, kid, wife all waking me up and so on.  It’s gotten cold out, and Susan recently took the dogs over for a Severe Grooming that was more appropriate at the beginning of summer than just before it gets [...]

Estimates in Great Britain are that the flu pandemic would arrive there within two months of an outbreak elsewhere and take two months to burn out.

White House April Fools jokes.
Jerry Falwell is no longer an agent of intolerance, says Senator McCain.
The Dallas Morning News is reporting that hard-right fundies are losing faith in Dubya; he’s not hard-right fundie enough. Actions, not words.
Shades of SURVIVORS; the UK Home Office is preparing for avian flu. “Even with ramping local [...]

“We have a Dark Chocolate Govinda Giri Krishna, a Milk Chocolate Govinda Giri Krishna, and a White Chocolate Govinda Giri Krishna.” Are any of the Krishnas blue? No?
“Choose Your Own Adventure” Books That Never Quite Made It.
The weird-food blog of an expat in Hanoi, complete with dog soup, posters to warn you on [...]

Hadn’t thought of this; Africa meets avian flu.
Haruna said H5N1 is spreading unreported in parts of the country as farmers, wary of the government’s promise of compensation, are reluctant to inform authorities about outbreaks. The government has been slow to close live poultry markets and restrict the movement of fowl from town to [...]

The Avian Flu is just another element in a chain of a long line of new diseases that get moved over to humans as the humans dig deeper and farther into the wild; Ebola, AIDS and various haemorragic fevers for starters. Good article here on this.

Kimchi-powered anti-bacterial air conditioner. The useless part is that they’re supposed to nail bird flu (a virus) with this.