I had a couple of short story ideas last week that I was telling Kathy about. One of them she thought was mildly interesting and the other she said, "Oh my GOD you have to write that." I've been unmotivated to write anything since not getting my book published because, really, what's the point in writing something good if nobody's gonna read it? So ( Read more... )

My MLB Extra Innings package has started. It sucks omni-cock in so many ways it isn't funny. It's glitchy and goes black during games (sometimes for hours, and sometimes at the very end of the 3 hour game you'd been watching so you don't know how it turned out), they don't broadcast pre- or post-game stuff, they don't show most of the Cubs games ( Read more... )

I had another attack on Sunday where my chest felt restricted, I found it hard to breathe or talk, I broke out in cold sweats, and my hands and feet got cold. I was worried enough that Kathy convinced me to go to the emergency room, no longer able to fool myself the other two episodes from Friday night were just a food allergy.
( Twenty hours in the hospital... )

I've had some chest pains tonight and that's no fun. It's probably just from eating these oily jumbo green olives stuffed with feta cheese that Kathy got. But it doesn't feel like any heartburn I've ever had. It's super constrictive, and hurts to the point that I've broken out in cold sweats, and chewed four aspirin each of the two times it's ( Read more... )

Just saw this on threadless. It will be mine.


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I've lost 125 pounds. This is awesomeness. When I've lost 150 or so, I'm going to reward myself with Lasik on my left eye so that it no longer sees the world as if viewed through pudding.

Babe passed away on New Year's Eve. She had a seizure and we rushed her to the emergency vet and the doctor reported her blood pressure was through the roof. Apparently, despite the 6 months we'd been bringing her in and the couple three thousand dollars we'd spent to keep her renal failure at bay, our vet never once checked her blood pressure. :\ ( Read more... )

I meant to post this awhile ago. It's the cake my sister made me for my birthday.


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I had terrible tooth pain last week for like 5 days, and finally I went to the dentist. He tried to save the tooth by filling the cavity despite it being pretty deep, but it continued to hurt like hell. I had it pulled on Tuesday. I've now lost 2 wisdom teeth and 3 non-wisdom teeth on the top. (I still have all the teeth on the bottom so that's ( Read more... )

Baby's doing better. Her kidney values are coming down. I can't remember the name of the chemical, but it was at 12, then 2 weeks later at 8, then 3 weeks later at 6.9. Normal range is like 1.4 - 3.2, so she's lost some kidney function, but the worry was she wasn't going to get ANY function back and she has, which is great ( Read more... )